Almost time to hit the recruiting trail again.  Need to turn up some gems.

	School	Players	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
1.	W. Kentucky	12	77	46	52	77	42	58	43	43	41	52	72	65	C	670
2.	N. Iowa	12	61	55	47	61	41	57	57	49	54	58	72	58	B-	670
3.	Illinois St.	12	63	48	54	61	39	62	49	44	55	56	76	64	C	669
4.	Missouri St.	11	66	48	45	73	39	54	44	44	44	70	74	54	C+	678
5.	Evansville	12	61	55	39	58	33	52	51	51	53	58	75	62	C	648
6.	S. Illinois	12	59	50	47	55	38	53	42	45	43	68	74	73	C	646
7.	Gardner-Webb	12	55	52	37	54	31	49	45	48	47	68	72	64	C	624
8.	Wichita St.	10	55	54	38	61	30	46	43	44	45	66	73	66	C+	656
9.	Creighton	10	48	50	35	58	31	44	48	51	54	63	75	58	C	659
10.	Drake	12	61	46	44	62	39	45	42	46	37	56	70	58	C	607
11.	Indiana St.	11	62	54	35	63	30	33	45	51	50	58	66	58	C	627
12.	Bradley	12	56	52	41	56	34	45	41	43	47	62	74	53	C+	604

Walk-ons removed

	Name	Year	Pos	School	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
1.	Stephen McBride	Fr.	PF	Gardner-Webb	66	25	59	64	59	75	17	27	14	99	67	87	C	659
2.	Carl Terry	Fr.	SF	S. Illinois	62	41	51	67	42	69	26	48	42	56	62	63	C	629
3.	Michael Freeman	Fr.	SG	S. Illinois	55	61	31	37	12	40	68	46	40	76	62	97	C+	625
4.	Michael Jones	Fr.	C	Creighton	55	29	65	65	62	68	34	34	50	24	66	68	D+	620
5.	Louis Tyler	Fr.	PF	S. Illinois	45	36	63	43	80	66	19	25	20	92	64	65	D	618
6.	Francisco Morales	Fr.	PG	S. Illinois	66	63	21	41	12	4	61	51	57	71	85	86	C-	618
7.	Steve Murry	Fr.	C	Illinois St.	53	23	86	67	82	83	19	10	16	51	72	47	D-	609
8.	John Parks	Fr.	SF	Gardner-Webb	50	52	40	38	28	64	67	40	31	73	67	51	D	601
9.	Frank Small	Fr.	PF	Illinois St.	83	41	54	55	39	70	38	19	33	41	72	54	D-	599
10.	Mark Arrowood	Fr.	SG	Missouri St.	66	67	1	65	1	1	74	57	49	77	77	64	C	599
11.	Jeffrey Whitney	Fr.	SG	Gardner-Webb	16	54	19	29	12	27	69	62	63	73	89	83	C-	596
12.	William Herrmann	Fr.	PG	Missouri St.	65	70	10	72	12	1	87	54	72	54	74	21	D	592
13.	Michael Samuels	Fr.	SF	W. Kentucky	72	52	42	59	23	34	58	47	38	21	79	65	C	590
14.	James Rawls	Fr.	PF	N. Iowa	55	26	58	51	54	58	42	20	28	66	57	74	C+	589
15.	Hugh Mann	Fr.	PF	Evansville	58	40	55	66	56	81	15	40	12	31	65	66	D	585
16.	Drew Dougherty	Fr.	PG	N. Iowa	47	73	1	62	1	1	87	58	66	66	61	55	B+	578
17.	Fernando Padilla	Fr.	SG	Creighton	59	69	23	67	14	33	52	57	51	41	68	42	A-	576
18.	Dave Adams	Fr.	PG	Wichita St.	37	56	1	39	1	25	75	65	61	71	67	76	C	574
19.	Calvin Tartaglia	Fr.	PF	W. Kentucky	74	23	48	74	49	60	24	22	12	48	68	71	C-	573
20.	Earl Valentine	Fr.	SG	Illinois St.	47	57	31	38	25	63	77	46	43	42	63	40	C-	572
21.	Marc Pruett	Fr.	SG	W. Kentucky	75	60	22	66	12	15	58	30	58	52	72	48	B	568
22.	Kevin Rogers	Fr.	SG	Illinois St.	77	52	30	73	10	25	36	53	64	35	76	36	C+	567
23.	Cecil Brose	Fr.	PF	Evansville	62	31	47	60	22	72	50	24	52	70	53	20	C	563
24.	Edwin Becker	Fr.	PG	Indiana St.	76	58	3	57	1	14	74	49	37	78	55	59	C	561
25.	Jeffery Orner	Fr.	PF	Indiana St.	49	39	67	42	81	51	19	36	58	28	50	41	C	561

Red shirts from the list will be removed when I get a minute.
There are no Top-125 recruits in this class... ZERO!

1. ACC: 42 recruits, 869 points
2. Big 12: 46 recruits, 825 points
3. PAC 10: 39 recruits, 763 points
4. SEC: 40 recruits, 711 points
5. Big Ten: 38 recruits, 691 points
6. Big East: 38 recruits, 687 points
7. Summit League: 67 recruits, 667 points
8. Missouri Valley: 34 recruits, 623 points
9. Ivy League: 42 recruits, 590 points
10. Mountain West: 38 recruits, 572 points
11. Atlantic 10: 41 recruits, 552 points
12. WCC: 27 recruits, 520 points
13. Big South: 38 recruits, 496 points
14. Big West: 40 recruits, 491 points
15. MAC: 35 recruits, 486 points
16. Conference USA: 30 recruits, 444 points
17. Southern: 38 recruits, 438 points
18. Southland: 32 recruits, 435 points
19. Patriot League: 34 recruits, 434 points
20. Mid-Eastern: 32 recruits, 424 points

ACC - 5 sim
B10  - 1 sim
B12  - 4 sim
BE    - 3 sim
P10  - 1 sim
SEC - 1 sim
MVC - 1 sim      42
Ivy     - 2 sim      40
SL    - 0 sim      30
The Ivy, Valley, and Summit are all 3 fairly full.
Using a 1 pt for D-.... 2 for D, 3 for D+ etc, scale.
Conference prestige = Mo Valley = 42,  Ivy = 40, Summit = 30.

Actual Conference Prestige

Rank	Conference	Prestige	Record	Strength of Schedule	RPI
1.	ACC	A+	0-0	.0000	.0000
2.	Big 12	A-	0-0	.0000	.0000
3.	Big Ten	B+	0-0	.0000	.0000
4.	PAC 10	B	0-0	.0000	.0000
4.	Big East	B-	0-0	.0000	.0000
6.	SEC	B-	0-0	.0000	.0000
7.	WCC	C	0-0	.0000	.0000
8.	Missouri Valley	C-	0-0	.0000	.0000
8.	Mountain West	C-	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Atlantic 10	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Big Sky	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Big South	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Conference USA	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Horizon	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Ivy League	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Metro-Atlantic	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Mid-Eastern	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Ohio Valley	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Southern	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
10.	Summit League	D+

School	Coach	Conf. W-L	Overall W-L	Home W-L	Road W-L	Top 25 W-L	Last 10	STRK	RPI	SOS
Indiana St.	ktreloar99	9-7	15-12	9-5	6-6	0-4	5-5	L1	117	101
Evansville	jrakovan	8-8	8-19	3-10	5-8	0-8	5-5	L4	154	51
Drake	tk21775	7-9	13-15	6-6	6-8	0-0	5-5	L1	188	185
Bradley	Sim AI	6-10	14-13	9-5	5-7	0-0	2-8	L4	190	216
S. Illinois	kmfloyd	5-11	7-20	3-9	4-10	0-3	2-8	L4	199	70
Creighton	mizzou77	4-12	7-20	1-12	6-7	0-1	3-7	L1	225	105

Final Team Ratings, (with W/O's)

	School	Players	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
1.	Illinois St.	12	65	50	58	66	42	68	53	47	56	59	79	66	C	710
2.	N. Iowa	12	64	57	48	63	44	59	62	53	57	61	77	60	B-	706
3.	W. Kentucky	12	78	48	53	80	44	60	44	45	41	56	76	67	C	693
4.	Missouri St.	12	69	49	47	77	42	56	47	48	45	74	79	57	C+	691
5.	S. Illinois	12	62	54	51	60	40	55	46	49	45	72	77	77	C	687
6.	Evansville	12	62	57	42	60	35	55	54	54	55	61	78	64	C+	677
7.	Gardner-Webb	12	58	56	40	57	35	54	48	53	50	71	76	68	C+	665
8.	Indiana St.	12	64	59	37	70	33	38	51	55	53	62	70	62	C	653
9.	Wichita St.	12	56	56	40	63	31	47	45	47	48	69	76	69	B-	647
10.	Creighton	12	50	54	37	62	33	46	49	52	56	66	79	62	C+	646
11.	Drake	12	63	48	47	67	42	47	45	48	42	60	75	61	C	644
12.	Bradley	12	56	54	43	59	36	48	42	43	50	65	77	55	C+	627

700 overall rating is really a minimum target for a NT team.
735-750 is more like a typical team with a chance to play a couple rounds.
750-800 today is more of a top-20 type.
As we all know, overall team ratings can be misleading, however, if your team rating is 800+, your pretty solid.
If it's in the 600's... you still need to keep climbing the prestige ladder and recruiting more talented players.

A few years ago the overall numbers for this were higher..... but as HD keeps making fewer and fewer high rated players, the overall team ratings have come down some. When I was at Creighton 2-3 years ago, there were probably 5-6 of us who had teams between 700-750 to BEGIN the season every year. Today, we will be lucky to see those type numbers someday to end the season... telling me the overall pool of players is about 30-50 points below then.

1.	ACC	A+	0-0	.0000	.0000
2	Big 12	A-	0-0	.0000	.0000
3.	Big Ten	B+	0-0	.0000	.0000
4t	Big East	B	0-0	.0000	.0000
4t	PAC 10	B	0-0	.0000	.0000
6	SEC	B-	0-0	.0000	.0000
7	WCC	C	0-0	.0000	.0000
8t	Atlantic 10	C-	0-0	.0000	.0000
	Ivy League	C-	0-0	.0000	.0000
	Missouri Valley	C-	0-0	.0000	.0000
	Mountain West	C-	0-0	.0000	.0000
12t	Big Sky	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
	Big South	D+	0-0	.0000	.0000
	Conference USA	D+

  15t  Summit League   D

	Bradley	D	cmd78	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Creighton	D+	mizzou77	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Drake	D	tk21775	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Evansville	D+	jrakovan	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Gardner-Webb	D	shadoworkcat	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Illinois St.	C+	sinatra	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Indiana St.	B-	ktreloar99	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Missouri St.	B-	palyak	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	N. Iowa	C+	rtoenjes	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	S. Illinois	D+	kmfloyd	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	W. Kentucky	B-	twencoach	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000
	Wichita St.	D+	tiger23	MVC	0-0	.0000	0	.0000

Prestige total = Valley 51 (was 42 last season), Ivy 46  (was 40), Summit 28  (was 30)
The 9 places we moved up is a nice goal for the next few seasons to try to continue.
The Ivy got better as well, the Summit dropped 2 points, however that is very normal for the situation they are in.
When we all moved to the CUSA in Rupp, we cut alot of players, added freshmen and actually lost more games for a season or two than when the sim was there.
After 2-3 seasons however, our prestige began to climb and with it the talent we were able to recruit, which snowballed the effect.
I really doubt that the Summit will be able to do what we did with CUSA in Rupp, I think the downward prestige pull will just be too great, however it will be a fun experiment to watch. I really expect the Ivy and Mo Valley (with a somewhat lesser pedigree of coaches), will be able to hold pace, and possibly even stay ahead of the Summit.
We shall see, should be fun to watch.
If the Valley, Summit, and Ivy can keep full conferences for 10-15 seasons...
Allen, once most dominated D1 world of all HD could become the most level playing field in D1.

Begining season #69

1.	Illinois St.	12	62	52	53	66	38	62	58	50	54	60	77	62	C	693
2.	Missouri St.	12	71	52	41	76	39	55	48	50	49	76	74	57	C	688
3.	S. Illinois	12	63	55	49	62	39	51	47	49	40	74	74	76	C	679
4.	N. Iowa	12	63	52	49	62	48	60	52	47	49	62	69	59	C+	672
5.	Gardner-Webb	12	59	57	40	60	31	52	47	52	50	72	76	71	C+	669
6.	Evansville	12	59	58	42	60	35	53	53	53	56	61	75	64	C+	669
7.	Drake	12	64	48	48	68	43	47	46	48	43	60	74	62	C+	651
8.	Indiana St.	12	68	60	36	68	32	40	51	53	55	57	68	57	C	646
9.	Creighton	11	59	46	47	67	47	42	38	42	46	62	71	60	C	643
10.	W. Kentucky	12	72	47	38	71	29	51	49	46	41	52	71	54	C	622
11.	Bradley	12	60	49	42	60	31	53	46	41	44	58	71	53	C	607
12.	Wichita St.	12	54	49	40	47	31	47	44	44	51	53	68	59	C	588

Creighton had the only W/O due to an Ineligible going Juco.

This is what the top rated players look like to begin the season

1.	George Paulson	Sr.	SF	N. Iowa	65	72	62	61	42	97	84	55	45	77	81	98	B-	839
2.	Randal Hendley	Sr.	SF	Illinois St.	74	72	45	77	33	70	79	48	81	74	86	93	B-	832
3.	Archie Callahan	Jr.	PF	Missouri St.	87	44	79	82	84	100	39	26	39	72	77	88	C+	817
4.	Michael Koerwitz	Sr.	SG	Illinois St.	73	69	39	59	26	53	99	90	84	63	85	68	B+	808
5.	Don Christenson	Sr.	PG	Indiana St.	82	93	1	77	4	29	95	92	79	77	89	81	B+	799
6.	Wes Pace	Sr.	SF	Evansville	64	83	56	59	38	21	66	62	80	81	87	99	C	796
7.	Allen Clark	Sr.	PF	Illinois St.	76	54	74	95	43	84	30	37	52	76	76	89	C-	786
8.	Larry Michel	Sr.	SF	Bradley	81	74	40	99	39	59	57	66	63	78	81	48	C	785
9.	John Saavedra	Sr.	PG	Drake	74	74	38	88	4	16	55	99	75	81	93	86	B-	783
10.	Carey Morello	Sr.	PG	Illinois St.	51	79	33	71	18	42	93	87	74	87	88	53	C+	776
11.	Alton Wooten	Sr.	SG	Drake	71	77	32	67	40	14	88	57	74	74	80	99	B	773
12.	Chris Choquette	Sr.	SF	S. Illinois	79	49	38	93	32	67	73	70	33	63	85	86	C	768
13.	Murray Reynolds	Sr.	PG	Missouri St.	80	70	21	87	20	47	61	86	78	78	88	46	B-	762
14.	Marlon Duszynski	Sr.	SG	Evansville	73	52	35	71	35	46	65	54	71	75	83	99	B-	759
15.	John Lott	Sr.	SG	Wichita St.	35	81	19	58	28	46	86	84	84	78	77	81	B-	757
16.	Neil Ozuna	Sr.	PG	Gardner-Webb	86	91	12	98	24	7	68	73	63	73	75	84	B-	754
17.	Geoffrey Wickstrom	Sr.	SG	Creighton	55	86	16	81	17	27	66	73	91	79	88	64	C	743
18.	Robert Scalia	Jr.	SF	Indiana St.	74	74	45	73	46	49	70	64	66	75	67	39	C+	742
19.	Paul Lefebvre	Sr.	PF	Bradley	63	40	82	67	47	99	53	40	37	81	68	64	C	741
20.	Stephen McBride	So.	PF	Gardner-Webb	66	30	70	70	73	79	17	38	30	99	68	99	C	739
21.	Joseph Pratt	Jr.	C	Drake	70	34	75	91	57	76	31	28	15	79	83	99	C	738
22.	Louis Tyler	So.	PF	S. Illinois	51	39	86	62	95	67	20	37	36	93	69	83	D+	738
23.	James Barcus	Sr.	PG	Missouri St.	60	73	4	89	7	33	78	88	72	92	80	60	C+	736
24.	Larry Knapp	Jr.	C	N. Iowa	65	38	87	62	79	96	27	36	44	84	64	54	B-	736
25.	John Rufus	Sr.	PF	N. Iowa	65	49	89	64	99	98	22	16	31	58	79	64	C+	734

We shall see if over time we recruit better.

4 of the top ten in the conference...I better not blow this!

Incoming Freshman

1.	Kelly Thompson	Fr.	PF	Missouri St.	90	26	68	83	56	92	22	33	42	75	58	73	D-	718
2.	Charles Hunter	Fr.	PF	Indiana St.	70	33	63	66	65	86	48	26	49	68	57	36	D+	667
3.	Donald Trivette	Fr.	SG	W. Kentucky	77	55	28	65	15	45	62	62	55	64	71	62	C	661
RS	James Rawls	Fr.	PF	N. Iowa	64	28	60	60	61	60	52	25	37	66	66	79	C+	658
5.	Jeffrey Ray	Fr.	SF	Illinois St.	43	35	66	52	61	56	66	43	49	45	78	60	C+	654
6.	Scott Herman	Fr.	PF	N. Iowa	56	51	42	38	33	79	34	45	43	86	65	57	D+	629
7.	Steven Nguyen	Fr.	SG	Indiana St.	76	65	21	77	10	50	64	46	60	37	60	61	C-	627
8.	Thomas Tubergen	Fr.	SG	Missouri St.	59	60	19	60	13	44	58	51	52	92	62	56	D+	626
RS	Scott Putnam	Fr.	SG	Indiana St.	53	64	16	66	16	39	51	59	52	85	72	46	C	619
10.	James Matsumoto	Fr.	SG	S. Illinois	54	62	20	52	14	13	79	56	37	88	70	72	C+	617
11.	Christopher Grosz	Fr.	SG	Illinois St.	63	49	34	57	34	28	55	61	32	86	73	40	C	612
12.	Paul Mucha	Fr.	PF	S. Illinois	70	30	64	58	61	79	22	42	14	65	64	42	F	611
RS	Calvin Tartaglia	Fr.	PF	W. Kentucky	76	21	56	79	52	62	33	21	15	48	65	72	C	600
14.	Robert Todd	Fr.	C	Creighton	67	30	74	74	80	58	10	27	43	35	59	38	C-	595
15.	James Jetton	Fr.	SG	Bradley	69	47	28	65	13	16	67	42	55	65	75	53	C-	595
16.	Herman Stewart	Fr.	C	Creighton	68	11	84	71	90	28	13	12	24	78	58	52	C-	589
17.	Bradley Bechard	Fr.	SG	W. Kentucky	49	73	12	42	1	35	80	72	67	36	77	42	C+	586
18.	Jerome Hunt	Fr.	C	Gardner-Webb	43	27	64	43	40	73	36	16	43	88	75	37	C-	585
19.	Irvin Petty	Fr.	PG	Bradley	69	71	17	48	10	48	64	50	50	40	74	41	C	582
20.	Forrest Kidd	Fr.	C	W. Kentucky	71	14	63	71	67	64	18	24	20	44	64	55	C-	575
21.	Edwin Barney	Fr.	SG	W. Kentucky	66	48	12	75	1	9	83	52	44	60	78	47	C-	575
22.	Tibor Zieglen	Fr.	C	Bradley	56	26	66	47	46	75	7	30	21	63	78	55	D	570
23.	Timothy Arakaki	Fr.	C	Wichita St.	56	13	80	38	64	69	17	13	44	40	61	73	D+	568
24.	Raymond Piche	Fr.	SG	Wichita St.	71	58	20	49	11	11	60	55	57	59	67	47	C-	565
25.	Edward Miller	Fr.	PF	Wichita St.	71	41	47	68	46	72	10	38	33	36	64	37	C	563

3 Red Shirts marked (from last season)
Since 25 x 5 is 125, I'm going to call anything listed as 25 or lower at their position a top 125 recruit.

Top 125
Ray - Ill. State  #17SF
Hunter - Ind. State  #20PF
Thompson - Mo State  #21PF
We landed 3 Top-125 recruits
This is one of the main lists I hope to see grow longer in a few seasons.

Grosz is also a redshirt if you update the list