Early Recruiting Class Rankings

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2009 Top 25 Recruiting Classes	Notable Recruits / Scout Rankings
1 Memphis Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Memphis class: John who? Josh Pastner are you serious? Three all-americans right out of the gate? Wow	Will Barton (8) Jelan Kendrick (15) Joe Jackson (17) Tarik Black (72) Chris Crawford Hippolyte Tsafack Antonio Barton
2 Ohio State Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Ohio State class: Three guys, including Big Sully, from the same AAU team plus two more standouts = excellence	Jared Sullinger (3) DeShaun Thomas (14) Jordan Sibert (56) Aaron Craft (91) Lenzelle Smith J.D. Weatherspoon
3 North Carolina Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: North Carolina class: Two players with championship resumes headed to team with embarrassment of riches	Harrison Barnes (1) Reggie Bullock (11) Kendall Marshall (21)
4 Syracuse Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Syracuse class: Cuse fans, prepare yourself for the Fab Melo Experience; Waiters gets buckets	Fab Melo (7) Dion Waiters (28) Baye Moussa-Keita C.J. Fair
5 Illinois Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Illinois class: Bruce Weber's been waiting a long time for this group to sign their letters; this was the class Illini fans waited for!	Jereme Richmond (16) Meyers Leonard (39) Crandall Head (59)
6 Michigan State Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Michigan State class: Tom Izzo has a diverse bunch highlighted by the athletic Payne and scoring maven Appling	Adreian Payne (19) Keith Appling (44) Russell Byrd (84) Alex Guana
7 Duke Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Duke class: Jay who? Chris who? Move over fellas, Kyrie Irving is carving out his own niche	Kyrie Irving (5) Josh Hairston (42) Tyler Thornton (92)
8 Wake Forest Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Wake Forest class: Jumpers from J.T.: good. Boards for Tabb: many. Upside of Desrosiers: priceless	Carson Desrosiers (38) Travis McKie (46) J.T. Terrell (75) Melvin Tabb (88) Tony Chennault
9 NC State Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: NC State class: Pack's backcourt has a chance to be elite with Lo Brown and Harrow; ATL pipeline in effect!	Lorenzo Brown (28, '09) Ryan Harrow (25) Luke Cothron (57)
10 South Carolina Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: South Carolina class: Not to toot their Horn, but Gamecocks did pretty well for themselves with Harris & Ellington	Damontre Harris (40) Bruce Ellington (52) R.J. Slawson (69) Brian Richardson Eric Smith
11 UCLA Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: UCLA class: Diverse group led by Teronne Johnson who was born to play Big Ten basketball	Josh Smith (13) Tyler Lamb (60)
12 Florida Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Florida class: Is it me of does Patric Young still seem a tad undervalued nationally? Prather perfect Billy D guy	Patric Young (18) Casey Prather (55)
13 Stanford Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Stanford class: Johnny Dawkins was part of a big class when he arrived at Duke, now he's got his own in Palo Alto	Anthony Brown (41) Dwight Powell (45) Josh Huestis John Gage Aaron Bright
14 Virginia Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Virginia class: Sum is greater than the individual parts and that's impressive since Johnson and Harrell are Top 50 prospects	James Johnson (31) K.T. Harrell (53) Will Regan Joe Harris Akil Mitchell
15 Florida State Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Florida State class: Two guys in our Top 50 were enough to give FSU the Top 15 nod. Remember the name: Okaro White	Ian Miller (48) Okaro White (49) Bernard James (JUCO)
16 Missouri Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Missouri class: Tony Mitchellís addition along with Phil Pressey gives Mikes Anderson pop on the trail	Phil Pressey (33) Tony Mitchell (47) Ricky Kreklow Kadeem Green
17 Tennessee Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Tennessee class: Bruce Pearl loves him some Atlanta Celtics. Last three recruits have come from famed ATL program	Jordan McRae (29) Trae Golden (83)
18 California Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: California class: You knew that if Stanford was gonna have a nice class, Cal would counter. Monty has marksmen coming	Gary Franklin (85) Richard Solomon (89) Allan Crabbe (97) Alex Rossi
19 Maryland Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Maryland class: Terps quietly added three guys with good credentials who can score; Terps signed two West Coast natives	Mychael Parker (64) Terrence Ross (93) Terrell Stoglin Ashton Pankey
20 Oklahoma State Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Oklahoma State class: Success of class hinges on knee of Michael Cobbins and development of junior college forward J.P. Olukemi	Michael Cobbins (51) Markell Brown (98) J.P. Olukemi (JUCO) Brian Williams
21 Xavier Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Xavier class: Gillen. Prosser. Matta. Miller. Mack. New coach went on the attack and got a well-rounded class for "X"	Jordan Latham (87) Griffin McKenzie Jay Canty Justin Martin
22 Georgetown Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Georgetown class: Point guard Markel Starks should steady the ship and Lubick is a sneaky athlete inside	Nate Lubick (37) Markel Starks (81)
23 Pittsburgh Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Pittsburgh class: Panthers rallied on signing day to bring in Moore; three Top 100 level recruits in the fold	Cameron Wright (74) J.J. Moore (77) Isaiah Epps (92)
24 Texas A&M Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Texas A&M class: All bigs ñ each different ñ plus a holdover recruit in Kourtney Roberson gives this class size and a revampted frontcourt	Tobi Oyedeji (68) Kourtney Roberson Keith Davis Daniel Alexander
25 Alabama Telep's Class notes Dave Telep's Class Notes: Alabama class: A-Grant has his point guard of the future in Kansas City's Trevor Releford and Hankerson made you take notice last summer	Trevor Releford (50) Charles Hankerson (96)

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