[Logan]

Originally Posted by Logan

Why don't we have a basketball recruiting thread? Someone less lazy than me, get to work.

Anyway, Mike Rice has had an amazing start to his Rutgers tenure just four months or so in. This year's team will be terrible due to the current roster and recent transfers, but he's killing it (comparatively) with recruiting. He took less money from the school in order to build a better staff of assistants with great connections in NYC, Philly, and DC and it has paid enormous dividends. In a couple weeks we've gotten a commit from the #33 player on Rivals in PF Kadeem Jack, as well as top 150 players in PG Myles Mack and C Derrick Randall, plus another guy who ESPN graded at a 93 in Malick Kone. Expecting a couple other commits soon, and the 2012 class is off to a great start with a top 50 player in Jordan Goodman.

If Rice can coach like he did at Robert Morris with this level of talent that will be on campus in a couple years, he might just get the program into the top half of the Big East.

#12 so far in the Rivals recruiting rankings.

Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting - UK in familiar spot in 2011 team rankings