2002 Winners
1) Duke (421 pts)
#8 Sheldon Williams
#14 Shavlik Randolph
#11 J.J. Redick
#21 Sean Dockery
#30 Michael Thompson
Lee Melchonni
The Blue Devils are off the scale with this class which includes everything but the proverbial partridge in a pear tree.
2) North Carolina (287 pts)
#3 Raymond Felton
#4 Rashad McCants
#9 Sean May
Three top 10’s! ‘Nuff said.
3) Villanova (262 pts)
#5 Jason Fraser
#39 Alan Ray
#42 Curtis Sumpter
#56 Randy Foye
Nova really cleaned up with this group which could turn out to be one of best recruiting hauls in the school’s history.
4) Arizona (239 pts)
#17 Chris Rogers
#20 Hassan Adams
#27 Andre Iguodala
Zona has reloaded with a strong class of three top 25ish wing players.
5) Florida (194 pts)
#16 Anthony Roberson
#40 Matt Walsh
#53 Mario Boggan
Rashid Al-Kaleem
Boggan is better than his #53 ranking and Al-Kaleem just missed making the top 100 so this group could be better than the 5th best class.
6) Michigan State (190 pts)
#7 Paul Davis
#52 Matt Trannon
#54 Maurice Ager
Delco Rowley
Davis is the headliner in a very strong Spartan class which includes a solid nucleus to build upon.
7) Maryland (177 pts)
#29 Travis Garrison
#43 John Gilchrist
#60 Chris McCray
#95 Nik Caner-Medley
The defending national champs won’t be firing blanks with this bunch.
8) Illinois (173 pts)
#19 Dee Brown
#48 Deron Williams
#78 James Augustine
Kyle Wilson
Elliott Poole
A solid group of new Illini players keep the Big 10 well stocked with young talent.
9) Syracuse (162 pts)
#2 Carmelo Anthony
#38 Gerry McNamara
Matt Gorman
Anthony will be he highest rated freshman in 2002-03 now that Amare Stoudemire has decided to skip college.
10) Georgia Tech (151 pts)
#5 Chris Bosh
#46 Jarrett Jack
Theodis Tarver
Tech slides in to give the ACC bragging rights with 4 of the top 10 classes in the nation..
Honorable Mention:
Connecticuit (144 pts)
Michigan (138 pts)
Indiana (128 pts)
Oklahoma (124 pts)
Iowa (104 pts)