How much should we care about recruiting rankings?

An analysis of how UConn players have performed relative to their high school ranking over the past decade.

Ian Bethune

Whenever a player commits to UConn, one of the first things everyone wants to know is where they’re ranked in the class. It’s an easy way to get an idea of how good a prospect that person might be, without taking the time to watch their film.

But once the player gets to college, does their ranking mean anything? The lists are subjective, littl…