Collins, Washington finish in top 15 of final 2021 RSCI rankings

by:Jack Pilgrim06/01/21

Kentucky boasts two top-15 signees, along with a third ranked inside the top 40 of the final Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) rankings.

RSCI, which combines the rankings of all of the well-known recruiting experts into a single, consensus ranking, has Daimion Collins listed at No. 12 overall and No. 5 among power forwards and TyTy Washington ranked No. 14 overall and No. 3 among point guards. To round out Kentucky’s trio of signees, Bryce Hopkins came in at No. 33 overall and No. 11 among small forwards.

RSCI – pronounced “risky” – takes the top 100 recruiting rankings from VC, ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports and assigns points to each player based on their position on each list. The No. 1 overall prospect is given 100 points, No. 2 gets 99 points, No. 3 gets 98, and so on all the way down to No. 100 getting one point. The service combines all four scores and sorts the players in descending order based on that overall total.

In short, the RSCI final rankings are a collection of expert opinions across all major recruiting outlets, not just one.

Here is the entire top 30, which features a few interesting ties in total points near the top of the list:

1. Chet Holmgren – Gonzaga (400 points)
2. Jaden Hardy – G League (394 points
2. Paolo Banchero – Duke (394 points)
4. Jabari Smith – Auburn (387 points)
5. Patrick Baldwin – Wisconsin-Milwaukee (385 points)
6. Caleb Houstan – Michigan (374 points)
6. Kennedy Chandler – Tennessee (374 points)
8. Peyton Watson – UCLA (366 points)
9. JD Davison – Alabama (357 points)
10. Kendall Brown – Baylor (351 points)
11. Moussa Diabate – Michigan (346 points)
12. Daimion Collins – Kentucky (344 points)
13. Michael Foster – G League (343 points)
14. TyTy Washington – Kentucky (342 points)
15. Hunter Sallis – Gonzaga (341 points)
16. Harrison Ingram – Stanford (340 points)
17. Max Christie – Michigan State (338 points)
18. AJ Griffin – Duke (336 points)
19. Trevor Keels – Duke (326 points)
20. Nathan Bittle – Oregon (322 points)
21. Aminu Mohammed – Georgetown (317 points)
22. Matthew Cleveland – Florida State (313 points)
23. Brandon Huntley-Hatfield – Tennessee (312 points)
24. Efton Reid – LSU (311 points)
25. Bryce McGowens – Nebraska (303 points)
26. Nolan Hickman – Gonzaga (296 points)
27. Tamar Bates – Indiana (288 points)
28. Benny Williams – Syracuse (285 points)
29. Manny Obaseki – Texas A&M (281 points)
30. Charles Bediako – Alabama (277 points)

For the complete rankings, click here.

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