#9 Isaiah Austin
Baylor
Austin was once in the conversation with Nerlens Noel and Shabazz Muhammad as the top recruit in the Class of 2012, but the buzz surrounding him "dropped"; he enters college as a lowly consensus top-10 recruit. The reason was a concern about his toughness, but many believed he improved on those problems late in his high school career. That's a good sign considering he's also a shot-blocking, 7-footer that's a knock-down, three-point shooter.
Austin was once in the conversation with Nerlens Noel and Shabazz Muhammad as the top recruit in the Class of 2012, but the buzz surrounding him "dropped"; he enters college as a lowly consensus top-10 recruit. The reason was a concern about his toughness, but many believed he improved on those problems late in his high school career. That's a good sign considering he's also a shot-blocking, 7-footer that's a knock-down, three-point shooter.








