ESPN Men's Basketball Recruiting

Just because a team didn't make the Top 25 didn't mean it had a bad recruiting year. Scouts Inc. grades every major conference team and looks at a few of the names to know in each league from this recruiting cycle.

Conference Grades

Conference	Breakdown
	North Carolina matched its exciting march to a title with a stellar recruiting class. However, with stellar recruiting classes secured, Georgia Tech and NC State might be formidable foes for the defending champs next season. ACC Grades | Biancardi's overview
	With some major post players entering the conference next year, will DeJuan Blair and Hasheem Thabeet be easily forgotten? Does Villanova's stellar class give it the pieces to make a return trip to the Final Four? Big East Grades | Williams' overview
	After enduring a miserable first year in Bloomington, Tom Crean's Hoosiers looked primed for a resurrection in 2009-10. Crean's hardly the only Big Ten coach bringing in elite talent. Big Ten Grades | Williams' Overview
	Kansas made a late run on the recruiting trail. With Xavier Henry's commitment, the Jayhawks, Oklahoma and Texas have secured classes that should have all three powers playing up to par next season. Big 12 Grades | Rankin's overview
	In recent years, UCLA has had a monopoly on top West Coast talent. That isn't the case this recruiting cycle; Washington, USC are among the teams that have been very active in Pac-10 country. Pac-10 Grades | Francisco's overview
	John Calipari's extreme makeover in Lexington seems to be grabbing all the headlines. But Billy Donovan and Rick Stansbury weren't all that quiet on the recruiting trail, either. SEC Grades | LaPlante's overview
Best of non-BCS conferences	George Mason could be primed for another March to remember with a stellar 2009 recruiting class. Of course, mainstay Gonzaga also had a productive year on the trail. Top Classes