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NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Look at 2019 classes for each California school

By Andrew Dieckhoff

MARIETTA, GA - MARCH 25: Isaiah Mobley warms up before the 2019 Powerade Jam Fest on March 25, 2019 in Marietta, Georgia. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images for Powerade)
MARIETTA, GA - MARCH 25: Isaiah Mobley warms up before the 2019 Powerade Jam Fest on March 25, 2019 in Marietta, Georgia. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images for Powerade) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 10: UCLA Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero introduces Mick Cronin as the new UCLA Mens Head Basketball Coach at Pauley Pavilion on April 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 10: UCLA Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero introduces Mick Cronin as the new UCLA Mens Head Basketball Coach at Pauley Pavilion on April 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

Under the radar Pac-12 classes

While USC certainly boasts the state’s best recruiting class of 2019, the other Pac-12 schools are going to be bringing in some talent as well. Stanford is the only other California school in the Top 50 of the 247Sports class rankings. The Golden Bears and Bruins are both in the Top 100, but find themselves near the bottom of the conference rankings. So while their traveling partners get noticeably better, the dark days may not be completely behind Cal and UCLA just yet.

Stanford (#46 in the 247Sports Class Rankings) – The Cardinal’s top prize is four-star point guard Tyrell Terry. The 6’1” Minneapolis native is a top 10 point guard in the 2019 class and falls just outside the 247Sports Composite top 100 overall. Terry will be expected to come in and contribute immediately. So, too, will three-star forwards Spencer Jones and James Keefe. These two will be counted on to fill some of the void left in the frontcourt by Okpala’s departure and the graduation of Josh Sharma.

California (#66) – Cal is bringing in a trio of three-stars to help in the rebuilding process after their dismal season. New head coach Mark Fox’s challenge became even more difficult with the transfers of Justice Sueing (to Ohio State), Darius McNeill (to SMU), and Connor Vanover (to Arkansas). The best of these three recruits is Joel Brown, who chose Cal over Arizona State, Minnesota, and Clemson. To make up for the losses in the frontcourt, the Bears are bringing D.J. Thorpe and Kuany Kuany and their considerable size. Thorpe is probably the more game-ready of the two, but Kuany’s size (6’10”, 200 lbs) is promising.

UCLA (#73) – Down in Westwood, things might get a little worse before they start getting any better. The Bruins offered 16 different five-star recruits and signed exactly zero. Not only that, but they watched two of them go to crosstown rivals USC, as well as a pair each for conference foes Arizona and Washington. In the end they pulled down just two recruits: four-star Jaime Jaquez and three-star Jake Kyman, who are both small forwards. Obviously, piking up a talent like Jaquez is nothing to sneeze at, but it’s hard not to hold UCLA to a higher standard. Mick Cronin will have a difficult job in his first year, but it shouldn’t be long before he brings the Bruins back to relevance.

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