1. UCLA/USC/Stanford/Cal
2. SDSU
3. All other schools (SDSU, Fresno St, SJSU, WCC schools)
Those 3rd tier California recruits are as good or better than any LDS recruits. They are as good or better than any transfer portal guys. Santa Clara had a transfer portal guy from the B10. Haarms was our last B10 portal guy. Barcello was our last P12 portal guy. Our transfer portal guys are mid-major. They are good, but there is a reason they didn't transfer to the ACC or B12 or B10.
All of the CA schools send players to the NBA. Gonzaga and St. Mary's yearly send players to the NBA. When was the last time we sent someone to the NBA?
To say BYU should always be 3rd in the WCC is disrespecting those other WCC programs that send more players to the NBA than we do.