Does recruiting matter? Is the sky blue? Will I have to pay taxes this year? Has Pamela Anderson been surgically altered? The obvious answer to this question is of course recruiting matters. In the past few years, the recruiting business has exploded to a multi-million dollar per year business. So, as an experiment, I’ve decided to take a look back at the recruiting business since 2003. I’ve taken the top 25 classes per year. The top class gets 25 points. The 25th best class gets 1 point. Anyway, I’ve added up what all of the schools on the list have done. I’m hoping to identify how accurate these recruiting classes are, who has “apparently” recruited the best, who’s been hurt the most by 1-and-done players, and who some of the best players that were ignored by recruiting services and, more importantly, who has an eye for them. Over the next three days, I’m going to give you the top 30 teams according to simply how well rivals.com has rated them (this has nothing to do with actual performance in college). My rooting interest (the Minnesota Golden Gophers) are unfortunately at #58 on the list and without the two players they are missing because of suspensions this year, they wouldn’t even be that. Yesterday, I gave you the first ten. Here's the next ten with the top 10 to come tomorrow.

#20 – Oklahoma Sooners
Record over last six years – 134-61
Top Recruits - Blake Griffith (#23 – 2007), Willie Warren (#10 – 2008), Keith “Tiny” Gallon (#9 – 2009)
Recruiting Flops - none
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Tony Crocker, Taylor Griffin, Taj Gray
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - none

Jeff Capel has not only done a good job of not only recruiting high level talent, but talent that has stayed more than a year. Unfortunately, there just haven’t been enough of the solid guys around stars to contend for a national title, but look for Oklahoma to be competitive as long as Capel is around.

#19 – Villanova Wildcats
Record over last six years – 144-62
Top Recruits - Kyle Lowry (#28 – 2004), Corey Fisher (#27 – 2007), Corey Stokes (#28 – 2007), Mouphtaou Yarou (#10 – 2009)
Recruiting Flops - none
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Scottie Reynolds, Dante Cunningham
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - none

A couple of the guys for the Villanova teams from the awesome 2005-06 teams just missed the cutoff (Allan Ray and Randy Foye were both 2002 recruits). Another team that’s done a good job of grabbing a lot of really good guys, but not any of the really top guys.

#18 - Michigan State Spartans
Record over last six years – 147-61
Top Recruits - Shannon Brown (#3 – 2003), Delvon Roe (#24 0 2008)
Recruiting Flops - Marquise Gray (#21 – 2004)
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Drew Neitzel, Raymar Morgan, Kalin Lucas, Goran Suton
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - none

It’s appropriate that Villanova and Michigan State are back-to-back on this list because they’ve done similar things with similar talent. Of course, Michigan State has had more postseason success than Villanova. But in similarly competitive conferences, they’ve had similar win loss totals (144-62 to 147-61). I’d argue that Michigan State has gotten slightly more with their under the radar recruits like Neitzel, Lucas, and Morgan, though.

#17 - Florida State Seminole
Record over last six years – 117-81
Top Recruits - Von Wafer (#21 – 2003), Alexander Johnson (#23 – 2003), Soloman Alabi (#24 – 2007), Chris Singleton (#12 – 2008), Michael Snaer (#7 – 2009)
Recruiting Flops - no huge flops (but no big hits, either)
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Toney Douglas, Jason Rich
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - none

Of their “big” recruits, I think it would be fair to say that none of them has panned out as stars. Wafer’s floating around in the NBA and Singleton, Alabi, and Snaer all look like they have the potential to be pretty good. But when you see where these recruiting classes have ranked and what it’s gotten Florida State - 117-81 with little postseason success – and you can’t help but feel they’ve been pretty disappointing.

#16 – Alabama Crimson Tide
Record over last six years – 117-76
Top Recruits - Ron Steele (#24 – 2004), Richard Hendrix (#9 – 2005), Jaymychal Green (#21 – 2008)
Recruiting Flops - none
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Alonzo Gee, Jermareo Davidson
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - none

Again, probably appropriate that Florida State and Alabama are next to each other. Both have had seemingly great recruiting classes that just haven’t put it together in the NCAAs. When you compare these teams with a few of the teams that are below (Syracuse, Michigan State, Villanova), you can’t help but feel they’ve somewhat underachieved.

15 – Arkansas Razorback
Record over last six years – 117-76
Top Recruits - Olu Famutimi (#16 – 2003), Al Jefferson (#4 – 2004)
Recruiting Flops - Olu Famutimi (#16 – 2003)
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Ronnie Brewer, Michael Washington, Courtney Fortson, Sonny Weems
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - Al Jefferson – never made it to campus

The 15th best recruiting class over the past six years gets you… one NCAA tournament win. Of course, if Al Jefferson is at Arkansas from 2004-2008, along with some of the other pieces they’ve had, we might be talking about one of the best teams in the nation over that period of time. Seriously.

14 – Indiana Hoosiers
Record over last six years – 100-85
Top Recruits - Josh Smith (#3 – 2004), DJ White (#14 – 2004), Eric Gordon (#2 – 2007)
Recruiting Flops - none
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Maurice Creek
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - Josh Smith – never made it to campus, Eric Gordon

This is one of those “could you imagine” type of teams. Could you imagine the 2004-05 Hoosiers with Bracey Wright, DJ White, and Josh Smith? How do you possibly guard that team? How about the three headed monster of Josh Smith, DJ White, and Marco Killingsworth? If Smith stays for a senior year, you’re talking Josh Smith, DJ White, and Eric Gordon. Those would have been unbelievable teams. Smith never coming and Gordon leaving early killed this team.

13 – Washington Huskies
Record over last six years –135-64
Top Recruits - Martell Webster (#4 – 2005), Spencer Hawes (#6 – 2006)
Recruiting Flops - none
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Jon Brockman, Quincy Poindexter
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - Martell Webster – never made it to campus, Spencer Hawes

I never knew that future teammates Brandon Roy and Martell Webster were scheduled to be college teammates as well. If he goes to one year of Washington, you’ve got a team with Roy, Webster, and Jon Brockman for at least one season. Still, you’ve got to respect the mark they’ve put up over the past 6 years (average year of 23-11).

12 – Ohio State Buckeyes
Record over last six years – 141-62
Top Recruits - Mike Conley (#18 – 2006), Daequan Cook (#13 – 2006), Greg Oden (#1 – 2006), Kosta Koufos (#16 – 2007), William Buford (#19 – 2008), BJ Mullens (#1 – 2008)
Recruiting Flops - BJ Mullens
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Evan Turner, John Diebler, Mark Titus
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - Conley, Oden, Cook, Mullens, Koufos

When you consider how many great recruits they’ve had that has stayed 10 minutes, it’s impressive that they’ve put up 141 wins in the past six years. Even though some of the recruits have had disappointing seasons (Cook, Koufos, and Mullens especially), they’ve also had a guy like Evan Turner who’s went from the 49th best senior to a certain lottery pick.

11 – Memphis Wildcats
Record over last six years – 181-38
Top Recruits - Kendrick Perkins (#6 – 2003), Darius Washington (#23 – 2004), Shawne Williams (#15 – 2005), Derrick Rose (#3 – 2007), Tyreke Evans (#6 – 2008)
Recruiting Flops - none
Best Below-the-Radar Recruits - Joey Dorsey, CDR, Robert Dozier, Antonio Anderson
Program Killing One-and-Done Players - Williams, Rose, Evans, and Kendrick Perkins who went pro instead

Insert your John Calipari/Memphis recruiting/money/grades joke here. Insert your Memphis plays in the worst conference in the world joke here. Insert your free throws aren’t important joke here. Sorry, guess I never got around to finishing this paragraph.

I'll be back tomorrow with the top 10!