I meant top guy for spring signing period... kendrick and payne were long gone. I am taking the distance factor into play, all I was suggesting is that generally a major division 1 prospect doesn't choose a mid-major over a major conference team unless he has some relation (like a father coaching, etc). FWIW Burton was top 50 as a freshmen but had to sit out his junior season (or sophomore) and that is why he fell off the rankings. I am disappointed because UC needs some new faces, imo Burton was the best player we were on after Ratliffe committed to Missouri. This current team is in no way, shape or form ready to compete at the top of the Big East. Mick better hope that Poland comes to UC because at the end of the week he will likely end up losing Burton and Teague. If Poland goes elsewhere look out...
FWIW I never believed he would be a Bearcat, but when UCLA was eliminated I expected him to come here.
