Smith was a two-star guard, according to scout.com, making him the only active, non-walk-on player on Louisville's roster without a ranking of at least three stars.
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Crean lucked out with timing: The state's last three classes of seniors produced 17 four- and five-star prospects, according to Scout.com, compared with 10 in the three years before that.
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Nevertheless, high-school coaches and parents have come to place so much stock in the star ratings which also are used by sites such as Scout, ESPN and 247sports that they lobby for them.
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