How can ESPNU, Rivals and Scout rank the top 100 basketball players in the nation?

There are 18,000+ high-schools with basketball teams in the nation. How can they find the best? Are there people just as good as the top recruits that don't get ranked due to lack of exposure. Because it would seem hard for colleges and scouts to find the best with that many schools.How can ESPNU, Rivals and Scout rank the top 100 basketball players in the nation?
They poll people who follow highschool basketball throughout the country, and base their rankings on their opinions. ESPN might not know who the best players in Nebraska are, but they have a correspondent or two or three out that way who keep their eye on basketball in that state and are paid to report back. Most of those correspondents also earn money by alerting colleges they're affiliated with about players who have college or pro potential.



High school coaches know how to contact those guys. If a HS coach has a great player on his team, he'll let that scout know about it, just to promote his own agenda.



Yes, it's possible that there is some awesome high school player out there that ESPN missed, but it's not likely. If the kid plays anywhere near a major metropolitan area, it's virtually impossible that he would have been missed.How can ESPNU, Rivals and Scout rank the top 100 basketball players in the nation?
The top 100 is never truly the top 100. So many of these young kids are overlooked because they grow up in the country and not the big cities w/ bright lights.How can ESPNU, Rivals and Scout rank the top 100 basketball players in the nation?
You just found the problem with recruiting.

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