SEC Basketball Recruiting: Every team's top class from past decade

SEC Basketball Recruiting: Every team’s top class from past decade

By Dakota Cox | May 13, 2019

NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 02: Anthony Davis #23 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrates before he cuts down the net after the Wildcats defeat the Kansas Jayhawks 67-59 in the National Championship Game of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on April 2, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) /

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – MARCH 15: Ben Howland the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs gives instructions to Quinndary Weatherspoon #11 against the Tennessee Volunteers during the Quarterfinals of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 15, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Mississippi State Bulldogs: 2015

Mississippi State hasn’t had a ton of great recruiting classes. When their players come in, they aren’t highly-ranked. They mostly are quality players who develop into stars. That’s why I’m choosing 2015 as their top recruiting class.

In this class, they have two players that grew into stars for the Bulldogs. Aric Holman was a bruiser down low for the team. However, their best player was Quinndary Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon was outside of the top 100 players of the 2015 class, but he grew into a more well-rounded player during his four years at Mississippi State.

Another key piece to this recruiting class was Malik Newman, but he transferred after just one season with Mississippi State. This is hard to control in terms of ranking a recruiting class, because his decision to leave doesn’t show that he was a bad player. Most people leave because of things that don’t affect the recruiting process that much.

Another recruiting class I considered was the following class in 2016. They had some higher prospects that didn’t completely pan out, but they also had Lamar Peters and Abdul Ado. However, Schnider Herard busted, And Mario Kegler transferred after just one season. They had a lot of people in the draft class, but I believe 2015 had more value.

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