Dave Telep of ESPN.com has listed his Top 11 story lines of the class of 2011 and Coach Cal leads the charge.
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[B]The Calipari effect[/B]
This season, the SEC added four top-10 recruits and eight players in the top 25 of the ESPNU 100. That’s the most of any league in America and Kentucky is a driving force behind the numbers. The Wildcats have three of the top six players, and four of the top 16. In fact, in the two years prior to John Calipari’s arrival, the league signed just four top-10 players and seven top-25 prospects. During the three years Calipari has been in the SEC, the league has 11 top-10 prospects and 19 top-25 players. Basically an entire league has stepped up its game in response to UK’s recruiting success.
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The SEC is obviously getting better because of the insurgence of Coach Cal into the mix. Recruiting is what makes the teams they are, and the SEC is right in the talk for every top recruit now that Cal is pushing the envelope every year. Look for the SEC to be right up there with football as the top conference every year in recruiting from here on out.
