Talent by State (Sportings News/Rivals)

Sporting News in collaboration with Rivals.com has some 2006 rankings available. Not only they post the Top 150 players of 2006 and 2007, but they also break them down by position and by state. For example, here are the Top California recruits of 2006 according to Rivals.com

Looking at that list reveals a few things:

UCLA was desperate for big men these year, but Roy Williams was able to take TWO So.Cal big men from under the nose of Ben Howland. A Final Four apperance later UCLA managed to strike back with Kevin Love but nobody else (they lost Marco Spica even)

In-state schools continue to struggle against the national and regional powers with the exception of the Lopez twins.