Re-Ranking The Recruiting

[wrestleknownothing]

I thought you guys might like this. Though sadly the coloring of the team names does not carry over. If you are a fan of color, check out the original post on Intermat.

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I have spent some time cleaning up the Big Board data @Husker_Du so kindly shared. Who knew Shakur Rasheed was Corey Rasheed in high school? I am sure some of you did, but I didn't. I also updated the results to include the 2023 class and the 2024 results.

Last time around I pulled data from Flo, but this time it is just the Real Big Board data from Willie. So there will be some differences based on that.

For this round I am focusing on the Top 10 recruits. Like Jesse James with banks, that is where the money is.

• The Top 10 only produced 39% of the AAs in the sample, but they produced 77% of the Champions. So, it seemed like they should be their own category.
• The next 10 (11 - 20) produced 18% of the AAs and 16% of the champions. That seemed like their own bucket too.
• The next 20 (21 - 40) produced 19% of the AAs and that gets us to 76% and that is enough.

As suspected, Penn State and Ohio State dominate the Top 10 recruits with 18 each. If you were to rank the recruiting classes without knowing what the results would be for the whole 11 years, it would probably look like this.

• A tie between Ohio State and Penn State with Oklahoma State a little way back, and Iowa/Michigan a long way back.

If you re-rank those classes based on results, I think it would look like this.

Penn State runs away with it.

• While Penn State and Ohio State each had 18 Top 10 recruits in 11 years, the Penn State recruits produced a whopping 33 trips to the finals and 25 total individual titles. Bo Nickal was right. That's what they do.
• Oklahoma State drops from #3 to #7 once you see the results. While their 12 Top 10 recruits produced 16 AA's, they only had 1 title out of 6 finalists.
• Iowa also slips a spot from #4 to #5 as their 7 recruits produced 6 trips to the finals with 3 titles.
• Michigan drops from #5 to #10 having gotten only 9 AAs and 1 title from their 7 Top 10 recruits.
• Meanwhile Missouri and Cornell did more with less. Missouri moves up from #12 to #4 once you factor in their 5 titles from 5 trips to the finals with only 3 Top 10 recruits.
• Cornell jumps from #7 to #3 on the strength of their 6 titles from 6 finals with 5 top 10 recruits.
• Arizona State hangs in there at #6 in both the before and after rankings.

 

[SlipperyPete12]

 

[LDandy]

I thought you guys might like this. Though sadly the coloring of the team names does not carry over. If you are a fan of color, check out the original post on Intermat.

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I have spent some time cleaning up the Big Board data @Husker_Du so kindly shared. Who knew Shakur Rasheed was Corey Rasheed in high school? I am sure some of you did, but I didn't. I also updated the results to include the 2023 class and the 2024 results.

Last time around I pulled data from Flo, but this time it is just the Real Big Board data from Willie. So there will be some differences based on that.

For this round I am focusing on the Top 10 recruits. Like Jesse James with banks, that is where the money is.

• The Top 10 only produced 39% of the AAs in the sample, but they produced 77% of the Champions. So, it seemed like they should be their own category.
• The next 10 (11 - 20) produced 18% of the AAs and 16% of the champions. That seemed like their own bucket too.
• The next 20 (21 - 40) produced 19% of the AAs and that gets us to 76% and that is enough.

As suspected, Penn State and Ohio State dominate the Top 10 recruits with 18 each. If you were to rank the recruiting classes without knowing what the results would be for the whole 11 years, it would probably look like this.

• A tie between Ohio State and Penn State with Oklahoma State a little way back, and Iowa/Michigan a long way back.

If you re-rank those classes based on results, I think it would look like this.

Penn State runs away with it.

• While Penn State and Ohio State each had 18 Top 10 recruits in 11 years, the Penn State recruits produced a whopping 33 trips to the finals and 25 total individual titles. Bo Nickal was right. That's what they do.
• Oklahoma State drops from #3 to #7 once you see the results. While their 12 Top 10 recruits produced 16 AA's, they only had 1 title out of 6 finalists.
• Iowa also slips a spot from #4 to #5 as their 7 recruits produced 6 trips to the finals with 3 titles.
• Michigan drops from #5 to #10 having gotten only 9 AAs and 1 title from their 7 Top 10 recruits.
• Meanwhile Missouri and Cornell did more with less. Missouri moves up from #12 to #4 once you factor in their 5 titles from 5 trips to the finals with only 3 Top 10 recruits.
• Cornell jumps from #7 to #3 on the strength of their 6 titles from 6 finals with 5 top 10 recruits.
• Arizona State hangs in there at #6 in both the before and after rankings.

Penn State with as many champions as Ohio State, Cornell, Mizzou, Iowa, Arizona State, and Oklahoma State combined. This isn't domination, this is God Mode.

 

[bwfight]

Penn State with as many champions as Ohio State, Cornell, Mizzou, Iowa, Arizona State, and Oklahoma State combined. This isn't domination, this is God

Penn State with as many champions as Ohio State, Cornell, Mizzou, Iowa, Arizona State, and Oklahoma State combined. This isn't domination, this is God Mode.

Not sure God follows wrestling that closely. He delegates that to Willie.

However, in the Bible, Jacob wrestled with God all night in Genesis 32:22-32. The story symbolizes the struggle for identity and blessing, and how wrestling with God can lead to transformation.

Jacob must have had a great gas tank 🤩

 

[tullfan68]

LOL if he was a wrestler he would have gone to PSU!

 

[mcpat]

LOL if he was a wrestler he would have gone to PSU!

I’m thinking Ohio State. Didn’t Jesus and his disciples wear robes?

 

[bwfight]

I’m thinking Ohio State. Didn’t Jesus and his disciples wear robes?

Yes, but they didn’t bring hell 😉

 

[86PSUPaul]

Yes, but they didn’t bring hell 😉

But he did weave a whip and administer an ass kicking to the money changers. He wasn’t all peace and love all the time…

 

[bwfight]

But he did weave a whip and administer an ass kicking to the money changers. He wasn’t all peace and love all the time…

I was actually referring to Kyle Snyder’s comment prior to the match when Tan Tom’s team wore the robes and pin chains. However, you are correct with your analysis as well. 👍