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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1681928, member: 405"]
I used to attend ABCD Camp in Hackensack every July for 7 years, writing about SU prospects for the board, back in the 90s and early 2000s.  I had press credentials and sat with many of the experts - Clark Francis, Brick Oettinger and others.  I also spoke with a lot of AAU coaches and college coaches, to learn what they were looking for when they watched prospects.  Over the course of the summer, the top guys (who people subscribe to for their rankings and evaluations) have seen most players at least 5 times or so, maybe more, and they have seen them head-to-head against other elite prospects, not just against the kids they play in their local high school leagues.  There is some group think, and the ratings guys do talk to each other.

Big kids with ball skills tend to get rated mostly highly, even though big men take time to develop.  Just look at Coleman and Christmas, both of whom were McDonalds' AAs.  I would say that the top 30-40 players are reasonably accurate.  Star rankings are probably more accurate than a specific number - 5 stars are generally elite, 4 stars are generally going to be very good college players, and among them, they usually make up the top 75 or so.  After that, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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