Rivals revales their top 30 recruiting classes of 2007

Rivals announces their top 30 recruiting classes of 2007... One minor problem with their rating: Billy Walker has already played for Kansas State, so please don't include him there! For the same reason, you do not include transfers or redshirts in recruiting classes. But I digress... Their #1 class belongs to a coach without a contract (extension). Huggins is linked to the #2 class, there's some mayo at #3, some oranges at #4 and a fox at #5. Read their story for all the details. Rivals did a great job with this ranking both on the content and the presentation!

Goodman's blog covers the Under 19 team trials, coached by the next John Beilein (DePaul's Jerry Wainwright), and assisted by GW's Karl Hobbs. The list of players ranges from rising-sophomores in college to 2008 prospects (rising hs seniors). Goodman's blog is now overtaking Andy Katz as a reliable source of daily scoop, especially since now Andy Katz has significantly limited his readership by having his "Daily Word" requiring an ESPN Insider pass for the full story.

Latest updates from the Hodge Report at CSTV: A 2007 Virginia Tech commit decides to attend prep school but Seth Greenberg gains a 2007 guard, Colorado State gets a 2008 guard, Tubby Smith loses a 2008 forward, while these teams gain new players: Drexel, UNC Wilmington, UC Riverside (I wrote about it a few days ago), Wyoming, and CS Northridge. Meanwhile, Calipari disciple Tony Barbee has a clearout at UTEP with four going out and six coming in.

I want to transfer too!

Transfers are the theme of the day in today's Hodge Report at CSTV. Transfers involving Creighton, Duquesne, and South Alabama.

Bookmark this! An updated transfer list maintained by Goodman's blog. This is the most comprehensive list of tranfers I have seen on the net!

Justin Young of Rivals has a story on Yahoo Sports on the Cactus Classic, which as you may expect from the name was played in Arizona. As usual this time of the year, with the changing of the guard, new players emerge, and new names jump to the spotlight (literally and figuratively). The 2008 class becomes the focus, with the 2009 becoming the #2.

Mr Rutgers delivers

New news at the Hodge Report at CSTV

Mr Rutgers (the new Rutgers coach) delivered on his reputation by getting one of the top 2008 players to stay in-state

Steve Cleveland makes a splash at Fresno State by getting a 2007 center.

A Wake Forest transfer lands at Colorado

Washington State grabs an Oregonian, teammate of a high profile 2007 recruit.

For more details, and free player profiles visit the Hodge Report at CSTV

Weekend update

New news form the Hodge Report at CSTV

Stanford and Washington State pick up 2008 commits

Colorado State gets a Purdue transfer (don't blame Gene Keady for this one)

The surpring Texas A&M Corpus Cristi (just like A&M College Station, they both lost their coaches this spring) added four new players

A Pac-10 transfer returns to the state of Texas

For the details and player profiles please visit their website

All you can eat Friday's!

Thanks to the UC Riverside board for the link! in their post discussing that O'Dea (Seattle area) forward Josh Scott may have committed to (signed LOI) UC Riverside.

Forward Chris Singleton is going to visit Kentucky according to A Sea of Blue

The Hodge Report at CSTV has more updates

The winner of the Howard Thompkins sweepstakes has been announced! The touted 2008 recruit has decided to stay in-state. Which school? Read to find out! (hint: not Paul Hewitt).

A number of D1 players are downgrading (transfering to a lower division) including players at Utah State, Eastern Washington, Maine, Elon, CS Northridge, and Oakland.

Carolina steals SoCal guard!

There is no doubt loads of talent in SoCal, but one can only wonder how the style of play of Ben Howland and Tim Floyd are affecting their chances of keeping the best SoCal prospects in town. Granted they can't keep them all, but UCLA had back-to-back Final Fours and USC got OJ Mayo and a shiny new arena with a downtown LA view... So who did Ole Roy get? He got the son of a former NBA player, Larry Drew Jr of 2008.


More from the Hodge Report on CSTV

Rolle won't be the next Tyrus Thomas. He is transferring out!

A Wake Forest forward transfers to an in-state mid-major

New players for Fresno State, BYU (2), South Alabama, Dusquene and Fresno State

Visit their website for details

Arizona steals SoCal star!

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Don't count out the Silver Fox just yet. Despite struggling the last few years while having superior talent, and despite negative recruiting and a head coach in his 70s, Arizona has continued to load up on premium talent. Not only did they get Jerryd Bayless in 2007, but now they got 2008 super-guard Brandon Jennings who recently decommitted from USC. This SoCal player moved to Oak Hill last year... More details at FoxSports and Goodman's blog

Not to be outdone, Rick Barnes and Texas goes international, as they search for the next TJ Ford. They pick up 6-1 point guard Dogus Balbay from Turkey via the Brewster Academy. Details at CollegeHoopsNet

A Sea of Blue has a post on the recruiting of JuCo forward Nemanja Calasan, who may visit Kentucky and Billy Gillispie... If the name sounds remotely familiar, it is because he had previously committed to the Majerusless Utah, but opted out after the head coaching change (Ray Giacoletti fired/left).

More news at the Hodge Report on CSTV

Transfers: One leaves Penn State for D2, another goes from Wichita State to Wyoming, and another goes from Idaho to Navy, which loses one to transfer to balance things out

For all the details, visit the Hodge Report on CSTV

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