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Message: [QUOTE="General20, post: 502598, member: 724"] Everything you are saying is true. But my rankings dont follow the star system at all. I take into account when I think they will go pro and how good I think they will be before they leave. McCullough for example is only a 7, even though his star ranking should make him a 9. That is because I think he's only going to be around a year, and though I think it will be a good year I dont think it will be an elite year. Here are some rankings of some of the other people you mentioned (remember this is my evaluation of them as high school prospects and has nothing to do with how they actually performed at SU, some I hit the nail on the head on, and others I was way off). I had Fair as an 8. He didn't have a lot of stars but I was a huge fan of his game in high school. I thought then (and still think now) he could have been a McDonalds All American if he hadn't hurt his knee. I had both Waiters and Melo as 8's as well. I thought they fit SU's system perfectly and I turned out to be right about that. Obviously I did not foresee Melo's off the court problems. MCW I had at a 9. Absolutely loved his game coming out of school and I thought he would be a huge difference maker here. I didn't expect him to play as a freshman, but if I'm being honest I thought he would be better than he is now as a sophomore. The year is still young though. Keita I had as a 5. I expected him to be a good solid back up, but never a starter. Triche I had as a 6. I had him at an 8 before his knee injury, but I thought he took a major step backwards when that happened. He did start his freshman year, but did not play starters minutes, eventually becoming a very good starter for us. I think he lived up to that ranking. Rautins I had as an 8. He, like Fair, was a low ranked guy I was very high on. Same with Onuaku. That was my favorite recruiting class. I had both Rautins and Onuaku as 8's and Devendorf as a 9. Donte Greene I had as a 9. Quite frankly, I thought he was going to say two years. If he did I think he would have earned the ranking. As a one year player, he didn't. I have every SU recruit since '02 ranked this way. Its fun to see which ones pan out and which dont. [/QUOTE]

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