1. Duke (421 pts)
• #8   Sheldon Williams
• #14 Shavlik Randolph
• #11 J.J. Redick
• #21 Sean Dockery
• #30 Michael Thompson
• Lee Melchonni

The Blue Devils are off the scale with this class which includes everything but the proverbial partridge in a pear tree.

2. North Carolina (287 pts)
• #3 Raymond Felton
• #4 Rashad McCants
• #9 Sean May

Three top 10's!  'Nuff said.

3. Villanova (262 pts)
• #5   Jason Fraser
• #39  Alan Ray
• #42  Curtis Sumpter
• #56  Randy Foye

Nova really cleaned up with this group which could turn out to be one of best recruiting hauls in the school's history.

4. Arizona (239 pts)
• #17  Chris Rogers
• #20  Hassan Adams
• #27  Andre Iguodala

Zona has reloaded with a strong class of three top 25ish wing players.

5. Florida (194 pts)
6. #16 Anthony Roberson
7. #40 Matt Walsh
8. #53 Mario Boggan
9. Rashid Al-Kaleem

Boggan is better than his #53 ranking and Al-Kaleem just missed making the top 100 so this group could be better than the 5th best class.

6. Michigan State (190 pts)
• #7   Paul Davis
• #52  Matt Trannon
• #54  Maurice Ager
• Delco Rowley

Davis is the headliner in a very strong Spartan class which includes a solid nucleus to build upon.

7. Maryland (177 pts)
• #29  Travis Garrison
• #43  John Gilchrist
• #60  Chris McCray
• #95  Nik Caner-Medley

The defending national champs won't be firing blanks with this bunch.

8. Illinois (173 pts)
• #19 Dee Brown
• #48 Deron Williams
• #78 James Augustine
• Kyle Wilson
• Elliott Poole

A solid group of new Illini players keep the Big 10 well stocked with young talent.

9. Syracuse (162 pts)
• #2   Carmelo Anthony
• #38 Gerry McNamara
• Matt Gorman

Anthony will be he highest rated freshman in 2002-03 now that Amare Stoudemire has decided to skip college.

10. Georgia Tech (151 pts)
10. #5   Chris Bosh
11. #46 Jarrett Jack
12. Theodis Tarver

Tech slides in to give the ACC bragging rights with 4 of the top 10 classes in the nation..

Honorable Mention:

• Connecticuit (144 pts)
• Michigan (138 pts)
• Indiana (128 pts)
• Oklahoma (124 pts)
• Iowa (104 pts)