From: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu (R.CLOUGH)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Recruiting: Top 50
Date: 17 Dec 92 23:38:45 GMT
Reply-To: trradrx@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Organization: Duke U. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC


 The following is a list of the Top 150, according to Bob Gibbons.  I'm 
comparing that list with the lists of several other publications.  Keep in
mind that several of them made the lists before some of the summer events, and
not all of them are ranked numerically.  At the end of the list, some other
players that did not make it in the BG Top 150 but were mentioned by the 
other publications. 
  These include:
  S&S = Street & Smith's.  These include the top 28, a group of 150 or so
High Honorbable Mentions (HHM) and a group of 300 or so honorable mentions (HM).
Written by Dave Krider.
  TSN = The Sporting News.  They have a top 100.
  BW =  Basketball Weekly.  They have a list of the top 75.
  TPS = The Poop Sheet, a Triangle Area ACC Sports mag.  They have a top 25
and list the rest by position, so C1 = #1 center not in the top 25, PF# =
power forwards, SF# = small forwards, OG# = off guards, and PG# = point guards.
Written by Brick Oettinger.
  DV = Dick Vitale's.  Actually, this was written by Chris Wallace, of Blue
Ribbon (where the hell is it?) fame.  He has a top 20, and then a player to
watch by region.  E = East standout, S = Southern, MW = Midwest, W = West.
Keep in mind that he includes underclassmen in his rankings, so not all of
his top 20 will be represented here.
  PRE = ACC Preview magazine.  They have a Super Seventy (SS), listed by height.
  SPO = Sport.  They have a top 10, and then a list of Players to Watch (PTW).
  BG=Bob Gibbons
  ??? = Player did not commit in November
  ~~  = Foreign Player, not recognized
  --- = Player not ranked

BG  Player/Height/Position/School	S&S TSN  BW TPS  DV PRE SPO

1.  Randy Livingston/6-4/PG/LSU  	  1   1   1   1	  1  SS   2
2.  Rasheed Wallace/6-11/PF/???		  4   2   3   2	  2  SS	  5
3.  Jerry Stackhouse/6-7/SF/UNC		  2   3   2   3	  3  SS   6
4.  Charles o'Bannon/6-6/SF/???		  9   6   7  10	  7  SS PTW
5.  Greg Newton/6-11/PF/DUKE		  ~  10  ~~   6	 10  SS	  4
6.  Jason Osbourne/6-7/F/LOUISVILLE	 12  15  10  15	 19  SS PTW
7.  Ronnie Henderson/6-5/OG/LSU		  6   5   5   5	  4  SS   9
8.  Jacque Vaughn/6-0/PG/KANSAS		 13   8	  8  16	 11  SS PTW
9.  Joey Beard/6-10/PF/DUKE		 11   9   9  12	 13  SS PTW
10. Rashard Griffith/7-0/C/WISCONSIN	  5   7	  6   9   9  SS   3 
11. Dontonio Wingfield/6-8/PF/CINCINNATI  3   4	  4   7	  5  SS   7
12. Jeff McInnis/6-4/PG/UNC		 26  25  15  13  20  SS PTW
13. Darnell Robinson/6-11/C/ARKANSAS	  7  11	 11   4  15  SS   1
14. Avondre Jones/6-10/C/???		HHM  12  12  25  14  SS ---
15. Keith Booth/6-6/SF/???		 18  13  13  20   E  SS PTW
16. Jon Garavaglia/6-9/PF/MICHIGAN ST	HHM  28  20  24  MW  SS PTW
17. Sylvester Ford/6-6/OG/???		 10  30  14  17   S  SS   6
18. Chris Kingsbury/6-5/OG/IOWA		 16  26	 17 OG3  MW  SS PTW
19. Damon Flint/6-5/OG/OHIO STATE	  8  32  18  11  12  SS PTW
20. Jerald Honeycutt/6-9/PF/???		 19  16  16   8  16  SS PTW
21. Kiwane Garris/6-2/PG/ILLINOIS	 22  46  22  19  MW  SS PTW
22. Sherron Wilkerson/6-4/OG/INDIANA	HHM  20  24 OG2  MW  SS ---
23. Jeff Capel/6-4/G/DUKE		 14  36  28 OG4   S  SS PTW
24. Bobby Crawford/6-4/PG/MICHIGAN	 15  17  19  14   S  SS  10
25. Cedric Henderson/6-7/F/MEMPHIS ST	HHM  96  27 SF7   S  SS ---
26. Jeff Sheppard/6-3/OG/KENTUCKY	 HM  34  32 OG11  S  -- ---
27. Joe Smith/6-9/C/MARYLAND		HHM  70  29 PF1   -  SS ---
28. Jason Lawson/6-9/PF/???		 27  27  23 C1	 18  SS PTW
29. James Collins/6-5/OG/FLORIDA ST	 17  35  34 OG12  S  SS PTW
30. Ray Allen/6-5/G-F/UCONN		 HM  72  49 OG1   S  SS ---
31. Michael Stewart/6-11/C/KALIFORNIA	 HM  59  37 C6    W  SS PTW
32. Rayshard Allen/6-7/PF/TULANE	HHM  19  26 PF2	  S  SS PTW
33. Chuck Gellatt/6-8/PF/SYRACUSE	HHM  24  25 PF3   E  SS ---
34. Scott Pollard/6-11/C/KANSAS		HHM  64  33 C2    W  SS ---
35. Kirkland King/6-8/PF/UCONN		 HM  61  35 SF1	  S  SS ---
36. Stais Boseman/6-3/OG/SOUTHERN CAL	HHM  21  21  21   W  SS PTW
37. Jamal Jackson/6-6/PF/CLEVELAND ST	---  --  -- SF8   -  -- ---
38. Ed Jenkins/6-8/PF/???		HHM  23  31  22	 MW  SS ---
39. Richard Mandeville/7-0/C/INDIANA	HHM  74  43 C3    W  SS PTW
40. Erick Dampier/6-11/C/MISS. ST 	HHM  22  39  23   S  SS ---
41. Nick Proud/6-11/C/KANSAS		 HM  --  67 C11	  W  -- ---
42. Antonio McDyess/6-9/PF/???		HHM  18  30  18   S  SS ---
43. Donnell Williams/6-8/F/SETON HALL	 25  29  36 SF2   E  SS PTW
44. Ed Gray/6-3/OG/TENNESSEE		 HM  31  44 OG5	  W  SS ---
45. Robbie Eggars/6-11/PF/INDIANA	HHM  90  46 PF7  MW  SS PTW
46. Alvin Williams/6-4/OG/VILLANOVA	 HM  43  38 PG2   E  SS ---
47. Roshown McLeod/6-8/SF/ST. JOHN'S	HHM  80  51 PF8   E  SS PTW
48. Tom Pipkins/6-4/OG/DUQUESNE		 HM  51  48 OG8   E  -- ---
49. Kelly Thames/6-7/SF/MISSOURI	HHM  --  54 SF17  MW SS ---
50. Robbie Reid/6-2/PG/BYU		HHM  79  72 PG10  -- SS ---
	Robert Clough, DUMC (though still not speaking for them)
"Cherokee did a good job at being big."--Thomas Hill, on Duke's center vs Mich.
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