This is my 3rd recruiting class, 2nd at my current school. I believe I'm doing a good job with recruiting, but I want the opinion of more experienced players.

Lucas Strange, C, 40 WE, 64% FT

Athleticism	51	Low		Perimeter	11	Low
Speed	16	Low		Ball Handling	10	High
Rebounding	65	High		Passing	33	Low
Defense	44	High		Stamina	85	Low
Shot Blocking	61	High		Durability	45	High
Low-post	24	High		FT Shooting		High

Jerry Batts, PF, 32 WE, 59.3% FT

Athleticism	55	Average		Perimeter	15	High
Speed	44	Average		Ball Handling	28	High
Rebounding	43	High		Passing	27	High
Defense	46	High		Stamina	69	High
Shot Blocking	30	High		Durability	39	Average
Low-post	48	High		FT Shooting		High

Willie Scaife, SG, 64 WE, 60.9% FT

Athleticism	55	Low		Perimeter	34	High
Speed	42	High		Ball Handling	51	Average
Rebounding	17	Average		Passing	20	High
Defense	35	High		Stamina	64	Average
Shot Blocking	1	Low		Durability	71	Low
Low-post	33	Average		FT Shooting		High

Joshua Smith, C, 9 WE, 66.5% FT

Athleticism	53	High		Perimeter	14	High
Speed	22	Low		Ball Handling	13	Average
Rebounding	66	High		Passing	25	Low
Defense	53	High		Stamina	65	Average
Shot Blocking	61	High		Durability	52	High
Low-post	35	Low		FT Shooting		Low

Curtis Bembry, a player that I signed last year but went JuCo in Florida (which I did not scout). I do have some potentials from last year.

High-High Ball Handling
Low Low Post
High-High Rebounding
High-Low Stamina
High-High Perimeter 
Average Defense
Low Passing
High-High Athleticism
Average Shot Blocking

id like your class a lot better if you hadn't tried to steal james johnson from me and cost me all sorts of money :)

First thing I noticed was Joshua Smith's Work Ethic.  That 9 is going to really, really stunt his growth.

Posted by emy1013 on 2/25/2012 3:21:00 PM (view original):
First thing I noticed was Joshua Smith's Work Ethic.  That 9 is going to really, really stunt his growth.

Yep, I will probably start him to get his WE up, probably won't go up too much but at least it's something.

Very good class. I would Play Joshua Smith aggressively, start him every game until CT time, play him 25min+ per game. Run Slowdown so he won't be too tired and hurt your team too much. Depending on how Batt's ath/spd develops, if he's at the high end of average (+20), he could be a low end D1 sf. 

Yeah, Batts is going to be good. Congrats.

Posted by caesari on 2/25/2012 4:05:00 PM (view original):
Yeah, Batts is going to be good. Congrats.

Yep, I plan on redshirting him, anyone think there is a better option for me to redshirt?

He probably won't start until Bembry leaves, and he might not reach full potential by his senior year (if he does not redshirt).

the problem with redshirting Batts is that he probably only gets ~25 points of improvement in a red-shirt year because of his work ethic.  better than nothing for sure, but depending on your needs (i haven't looked at the rest of your roster) I might look at Scaife or Strange as redshirt options