2015: 1 Top 50, 2 Top 100, 5 outside of Top 100

Dedric Lawson - 37th
KJ Lawson - 56th
Nick Marshall - 146th
Randall Broddie - 131st
Craig Robinson II - 243rd
Dante Scott - 343rd
Jeremiah Martin - 353rd

Nationally involved with: JaQuon Lyle (OSU) - 54th, Andrew Fleming (IOWA) - 82nd, Marcus Lovett (SJU) - 110th, Ted Kapita (ARK) - 42nd, Moustapha Diagne (CUSE) - 70th.

Elite local prospects missed: Skal Labissiere (UK) - 2nd, LaGerald Vick (KU)- 28th.

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2014: 3 JUCOs & no Top 100

Trahson Burrell - NR
Chris Hawkins - NR
Avery Woodson - NR
Dominic Magee* - 103

Nationally involved with: Trevon Bluiett (XAV) - 58th, Cliff Alexander (KU) - 2nd, Chris McCullough (CUSE) - 32nd, Cinmeon Bowers (AUB) - NR,

Elite local prospects missed: Leron Black (ILL) - 43rd, Chris Chiozza (UF) - 36th

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2013: 2 Top 50, 6 Top 100

Austin Nichols* - 29th
Kuran Iverson* - 32nd
Nick King* - 55th
Dom Woodson* - 74th
Pookie Powell* - 99th
Markel Crawford - 71st

Nationally involved with: Tyler Ennis (CUSE) - 37th, Josh Newkirk (PITT) - 137th, Keith Frazier (SMU) - 26th, Juwan Parker (UGA) - 127th, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (ZONA) - 18th, Josh Hart (NOVA) - 125th, Devin Williams (WVU) -54th, Jameel McKay (ISU) - NR, Dwight Coleby (OM) 156th, Sidy Djitte (CLEM) - 235th, Robert Hubbs (UT) - 21st.

Elite local prospects missed: Johnathan Williams III (MIZZ) - 48th, JuJuan Johnson (MARQ) - 42nd.

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2012: 1 Top 50, 1 outside of Top 100

Shaq Goodwin - 37th
Damien Wilson* - 142nd

Nationally involved with: Rodney Purvis (NCSU) - 10th, Archie Goodwin (UK), 18th, Gabe York (ZONA) - 50th, Jordan Adams (UCLA) - 65th, Alex Poythress (UK) - 7th, Perry Ellis (KU) - 33rd, Tony Parker (UCLA) - 21st, LJ Rose (BAY) - 95th

Elite local prospects missed: Jarnell Stokes (UT) - 39th

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2011: 1 Top 10, 1 JUCO

Adonis Thomas - 7th
Stan Simpson - NR

Limited scholarships and only wanted Adonis.

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2010: 3 Top 50, 4 Top 100, 3 outside of Top 100.

Will Barton - 13th
Joe Jackson - 20th
Jelan Kendrick* - 24th
Tarik Black* - 60th
Chris Crawford - 112th
Hippolyte Tsafack - 176th
Antonio Barton - 282nd

Pastner's first recruiting class.

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So, early on in Pastner's career here we recruited at a very high level. He managed to keep MOST of the elite local talent home - though missing on Stokes was a HUGE miss. We were on the final list for a number top All-Americans and lost to schools such as: Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA, Arizona, NC State, and Syracuse.

In Josh's first 4 years we made the final cut for 8 non-local All-Americans. In the last 2 years, we've made the final cut for just 2. So, essentially the number of non-local elite prospects we actually stand a chance with has dropped by half in the last 2 years...

In Josh's final 2 years we have seen 4 Top 50 local recruits leave the city. That's 1 more than his first 4 years combined. We now lose recruiting battles to the likes of Iowa, Xavier, Arkansas, and Auburn.

We've had 6 players outside of the Top 100 in the last 2 classes. That's 2 more than we've had in Josh's first 4 years combined.

So, when I say a trend has developed - these are the facts backing that up.

Oh...2016 doesn't look promising either, so as far as I can tell, the trend will continue.