Based on info from Rivals I compiled the following. I started with 2002 and ran through 2011 (the only data available). You math whizzes can take the numbers and extrapolate what ever makes your boat float. The bottom line - over signing does not guarantee championships (or even winning records) and every school finds itself short on players at some point and signs more than the ethical limit. Sorry about the misaligned cols - computer challenged here.
UGA | Tenn | Fla | S.C. | Ken | Vandy | |
2002 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 22 |
2003 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 22 |
2004 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 20 |
2005 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
2006 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 25 |
2007 | 23 | 32 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 14 |
2008 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 22 |
2009 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 29 | 28 | 18 |
2010 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 25 |
2011 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 21 |
Last Four | 89 | 94 | 85 | 107 | 100 | 86 |
Average | 23.3 | 24.5 | 22.9 | 27.4 | 25.1 | 21.4 |
Bama | Auburn | LSU | Miss St | Miss | Ark | |
2002 | 19 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 23 |
2003 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 25 |
2004 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 32 |
2005 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 29 | 28 | 24 |
2006 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 30 | 26 |
2007 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 33 | 22 | 27 |
2008 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 26 |
2009 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 37 | 32 |
2010 | 26 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
2011 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 30 |
Last Four | 108 | 113 | 101 | 102 | 121 | 113 |
Average | 25.4 | 27.7 | 24.6 | 26.9 | 26.5 | 27 |