Ragin' Cajun Blog: Basketball recruiting update (Oct. 20)

[cajunfan32]

Josh I saw you tweeted eariler that we since WKU lost a big recruit that we may compete with them and UNT for the top recruiting class in the SBC. I heard our class was good but is it really THAT good? Because I heard WKU was landing some big name recruits.

[Parrott]

Josh I saw you tweeted eariler that we since WKU lost a big recruit that we may compete with them and UNT for the top recruiting class in the SBC. I heard our class was good but is it really THAT good? Because I heard WKU was landing some big name recruits.

Western Kentucky has five signees (all three-star prospects led by SG Derrick Gordon, the nation's 135th-best player) and the 25th-best signing class by Rivals.com. But that ranking includes four-star PG Cezar Guerrero (No. 61 nationally), and he will wait until spring to sign and might end up elsewhere. WKU's ranking falls without him.

North Texas signed three of the top 32 prep recruits in Texas as well as the No. 70 player in the state and the 92nd-best JUCO player.

The Cajuns have three JUCO signees among the top 150 nationally, including the 50th-best in F/C Kadeem Coleby (Daytona State College). Plus, Mississippi prep G/F Kentwan Smith (Piney Woods) was a sleeper but had started to gain more attention before signing. He could be a three-star recruit with a strong senior season.

A strong finish in the spring for the Cajuns might not beat out WKU, but that's just because the Hilltoppers have a loaded class. The Cajuns addressed several needs, and those JUCO guys will have a chance to start immediately.

[Parrott]

Speaking of Western Kentucky, Rivals.com and Scout.com report that Guerrero has decommitted. Our friend Nick Baumgardner in Bowling Green spoke with his brother, who said WKU is still in play. The decommit drops WKU out of Rivals.com's top 25 recruiting classes.