If you add Bryce Hopkins to the
2021 Illinois Basketball Class Calculator, we jump from #68 to #31 overall. Not too shabby.
I know you posted the link to the 2021 Class Calculator but just posting this here in case other's wanted to do the same thing as me. A potential class of:
1. Bryce Hopkins (#30, 4star, 0.9876) = 28.76 pts
2. Mac Etienne (#44, 4star, 0.9811) = 22.51 pts
3. Luke Goode (#99, 4star, 0.9510) = 10.32 pts
Total = 61.59 pts
Compared to other in progress 2021 classes, this would be 9th in the Nation and 3rd in the B10.
Compared to completed 2020 classes, this score would have been 17th in the Nation and 3rd in the B10 (the same place our actual 2020 class ranked).
Then depending on who we get for our 4th spot, from #68 TyTy Washington thru #252 Tevin Smith, our final 2021 recruiting team score would likely be somewhere between 63.94 to 64.95. A score of 63.94 would be 2nd in the Nation compared to current 2021 recruiting ranks and would be 11th in the Nation (1st in B10) compared to finalized 2020 class rankings.
If you're wondering how different recruits would impact our overall team ranking I broke down 6 potential recruits below (in no particular order):
4a. Wesley Cardet (#101, 4star, 0.9483) = 3.36 pts (Total = 64.95)
4b. Ramses Melendez (#137, 3star, 0.9255) = 3.05 pts (Total = 64.64)
4c. TyTy Washington (#68, 4star, 0.9720) = 11.18 pts AND drops Goode to 3.40 pts (Total = 65.85)
4d. Tevin Smith (#252, 3star, 0.8737) = 2.35 pts (Total = 63.94)
4e. Nate Santos (#193, 3star, 0.8926) = 2.61 pts (Total = 64.19)
4f. Kordell Charles (#146, 3star, 0.9204) = 2.98 pts (Total = 64.57)
TLDR: If we have a class with Hopkins, Etienne, Goode + anyone else we should be feeling VERY good. That would make back-to-back Top 20 Recruiting classes (Our 2019 class was #68 as we didn't really pair Kofi w/ anyone else, and our 2018 class was #25 so that would be an
excellent start for BU's time at Illinois)