Updated Top 25 college basketball recruiting classes

Pac-12 powers Arizona, UCLA making moves; New head coaches at Providence, Maryland, Texas A&M and Houston push programs into rankings.

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Sep 29, 2011, 5:33pm
11. Texas A&M
Verbal commitments: No. 52 J-Mychal Reese (6-1, 170, PG), No. 54 Alex Caruso (6-4, 180, SG)
Program impact: Reese and Caruso both attend schools within 10 miles of Texas A&M's campus. Reese put up big numbers at Bryan as a junior (28.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists per game), where he was coached by his father and new Aggie assistant John Reese.

12. Texas
Verbal commitments: No. 8 Cameron Ridley (6-10, 250, C), No. 96 Javan Felix (5-11, 190, PG)
Program impact: Rick Barnes is off to another very good start in 2012 – and he doesn't even have a pledge from a Canadian yet. The Longhorns have signed four players from Canada over the past two years but that run may end this year. Texas fans would probably like to see Barnes tap into the deep pool of Lone Star State talent a bit more as just five players on the 2011-12 roster are homegrown. MaxPreps.com's Class of 2012 Top 100 features 13 players from Texas.

Michigan State commitment Kenny Kaminski showed he could fill it up against elite players.
Michigan State commitment Kenny Kaminski showed he could fill it up against elite players.
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13. Michigan State
Verbal commitments: No. 61 Matt Costello (6-9, 225, PF), No. 74 Kenny Kaminski (6-7, 230, PF), Denzel Valentine (6-5, 205, SG)
Program impact: This is a solid group, but there will be some level of disappointment if the Spartans can't land five-star guard Gary Harris.

14. Oklahoma State
Verbal commitments: No. 11 Marcus Smart (6-3, 205, PG/SG), Phil Forte (5-11, 180, PG/SG), Kamari Murphy (6-8, 200, PF), Adam Wing (6-4, 195, SG)
Program impact: Travis Ford has won 20 or more games in each of his three seasons at Oklahoma State, but slid to the NIT last year after NCAA appearances in 2009 and 2010. Smart could be a program-changing recruit for the Cowboys and should help OSU return to the Big Dance in a hurry.

15. Florida
Verbal commitments: No. 41 Braxton Ogbueze (6-1, 185, PG), No. 84 Michael Frazier (6-4, 185, SG), Dillon Graham (6-3, 175, SG)
Program impact: Frazier passed on the opportunity to make a run at several career scoring records to try and win a national title with former St. Patrick coach Kevin Boyle at Montverde Academy.

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