Ratings of basketball prospects began in 2000, and in that time prior to this year’s recruiting efforts by Alabama Coach Nate Oats and his staff the Crimson Tide had recruited 69 ranked players.

Alabama’s latest commitment, guard Josh Primo of Royal Crown in Toronto, Canada, would rank 13th.

The list of ranked Bama basketball signees obviously would not include a number of greats, including the likes of Wendell Hudson, Leon Douglas, Charles Cleveland, Reggie King, Latrell Sprewell, James “Hollywood” Robinson, Ennis Whatley, Gerald Wallace, Robert Horry and others who were highly-recruited prospects before the ranking system.

Here are the top 10 prospects as of their ranking at the time they were recruited:

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