NCAA Basketball Recruiting: 10 takeaways from 2023 early signing period

3. Stanford, USC, and Colorado get early success

In the Pac-12, there is a trio of programs that consistently get elite classes; Arizona, UCLA, and Oregon. And all three once again will bring in a good crop of newcomers to keep them in the top tier of the foreseeable future.

But the “middle tier” of the conference also has done well so far. USC is a team to watch after landing four-star prospects. Silas Demart and Arrinten Page. And Page has a high school teammate in Isaiah Collier, who is viewed as the No. 1 prospect in the entire 2023 class. Both UCLA and USC are in his final four list of options but reportedly, it’s the Trojans in the lead for his services.

If that happens, USC would jump to having the top class in the Pac-12. But two others have done well also in Stanford and Colorado. The Cardinal landed top-30 shooting guard Andrej Stojaković, son of former NBA All-Star, Peja Stojaković. That’s the third year in a row the program has landed someone that high, joining Ziaire Williams and Harrison Ingram.

For the Buffaloes, they recently landed Cody Williams, the first five-star commit in program history. The 6’6 wing and brother of former Santa Clara guard and NBA lottery pick, Jalen Williams will boost a program that suffered a lot of talent departures but already has some promising pieces to work with.

For a league that has dipped in terms of talent compared to the other power conferences, the Pac-12 as a whole should be happy with these results, especially if one of the LA schools gets Collier.