Rivals Updates Their 2012 Basketball Top 150

Good news as MSU ends up with three four-stars all in the top 100. Our highest rated recruit is Matt Costello at No. 57. Kenny Kaminski is No. 77 and Denzel Valentine is No. 95. Some other names of note include Gary Harris at No. 24 and Jordan Hare at No. 88.

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Gary Harris

Also added to my FanPost: Harris getting looks from Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin for football. Crazy!

by Con-T on Aug 31, 2010 5:34 PM CDT reply actions

Makes sense

I heard about his performance and immediately thought “Wow, this guy seems good enough for IU football.” Is he interested?

by intrpdtrvlr on Aug 31, 2010 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Hard to say

Says he hasn’t thought about it yet, according to the Indy Star.

by Con-T on Aug 31, 2010 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions

he would be reasonably sure that his football commitment would be over in time for the preseason.

by lesmanalim on Sep 1, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions

itd be nice

to add harris somehow.

i like winning more. so hopefully these recruits can get it done. costello needs to hit that weight room.

by tbone521 on Aug 31, 2010 5:59 PM CDT reply actions

Good Work by Izzo of course.

I think these kids are great and it does not hurt when Izzo attaches his name to something. Kind of like when Joe Blow gets offered by Duke and he catapults up 100 spots because they think Coach K knows something they do not and they do not want to miss it. I’m looking at you Brian Zoubek for every college season except his final year.

by That Guy Green on Aug 31, 2010 6:36 PM CDT reply actions

I feel good!

Everyone who reads my comments on here knows I’ve been campaigning for Matt Costello as a big-time recruit for some time. It was pretty gratifying to see him rated that highly, not to mention 30 spots ahead of Jordan Hare!

by intrpdtrvlr on Sep 1, 2010 10:20 AM CDT reply actions

Looking the other direction

Costello’s only 17 spots (and zero stars) behind J-P Tokoto, who at one time looked like the definition of an elite recruit.

by Con-T on Sep 1, 2010 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions

It seemed as if there were a number of commenters wondering why MSU would “settle” for Costello instead of going after Hare simply because Hare was rated higher. The ratings can be a helpful barometer of talent/expectations, but I wish fans wouldn’t consider them the ONLY factor in recruiting.

by TMadison25 on Sep 2, 2010 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Yep, ratings are merely one guide

The thing I wanted to emphasize was not that Costello was/is better than Hare. There’s a lot of debate on that and they’re both going to have two years to make their cases as the premier post player in the 2012 class. What I really wanted to argue against is that there’s a consensus that Hare is this superior, elite talent and Costello is merely a blue collar, “solid” recruit who’s a step behind. This ranking is just a piece of evidence against that perception.

by intrpdtrvlr on Sep 6, 2010 8:20 AM CDT up reply actions