Chris Bosh played one season at Georgia Tech before he was the No. Key players: Dee Davis, Jordan Hulls, Matt Carlino, Erik Fromm. That year, Chamberlain scored over 70 points twice and 90 points once. mythical national champions by USA Today. 20, Mike Abram, 6-4, Muncie, Ind., Louisville. Otis was eventually convicted of sexually molesting one of his players in 2009. As in past years, the team was selected on recommendations of prep coaches around the state. Few high school athletes anywhere, ever, can compare with Danny Ainge at North Eugene High School. Duncanville (Texas) 17-1 2. Key players: Maurice Robertson, Eugene Edgerson. She was the first women's basketball player to have her basketball number, number 24, retired. Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins led Washington High to back-to-back Class 3A state championships in his final two years of high school, including a 29-0 season as a senior. 14, Dave Rivers, 6-0, Jersey City, N.J., Notre Dame. Wiley then played more than a decade of professional basketball, including seven seasons in the NBA. He also was named to the first team on Parade magazine's high school All-America squad. Montana isn't known for being a hotbed of high school sports, but the team Missoula Sentinel High put together in 1963-64 was impossible to keep off the list. The 6-foot-6 big man led the Gaelic Knights to sectional Class A title as a senior. Rose was hardly a one-man show for the Prospectors. Key players: Oscar Robertson, Albert Maxey, Bill Brown, Stan Patton, Edgar Searcy. Longtime rival Dunbar High. A table featuring shooting dashboard information for each player in the league based on selected filters. 72, Mitch Lee, 6-8, Hialeah, Fla., Minnesota. 4. Mayo, Patrick Patterson, Jamaal Williams, Michael Taylor. 100, Derrick McKey, 6-9, Meriden, Miss., Alabama. 5 overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. Michigan has had a lot of great teams several made this list but a young Rice was truly the show here. 1 recruit in the class of 2023. The Hargrave Military Academy 1998-99 basketball team was an absolute problem. Proviso East's legendary early 1990s teams weren't the last time multiple NBA players would be on the roster, either. Duckworth was selected as an NBA All-Star twice and named NBA Most Improved Player in 1988. 32, Gary Thompkins, 6-3, Jackson, Mich., Iowa. . Hamilton became a basketball oddity. 9 Virginia Tech 57 No. Photo . Wootten died in January 2020, at 88 years old. Minnehaha won its third state championship in four years in 2021. Earvin "Magic" Johnson led Lansing's Everett High to a state championship in 1977 when he averaged 28.8 points and 16.8 rebounds. Where do the nation basketball recruits rank? Lone Peak's only loss that season came to Florida powerhouse Montverde Academy, but the team's record included six wins over teams that were nationally ranked during the season. 22, Stacy Thomas, 6-7, Gainseville, Ga., Tennessee. Hurley's son Bobby is now the head coach at Arizona State, and his son Danny is the head coach at the University of Connecticut. His NBA career technically stretched over seven seasons, but he only played in three because of injuries. 16 Lehigh 43 No. 50, Billy King, 6-6, Sterling, Va., Duke. Can you imagine the sheer terror of trying to guard "The Human Highlight Film" in high school? How'd the Purple Knights do it? He has a good shot at becoming the first third-generation player in NBA history. The team, which also was featured in the 2018 documentary "We Town," won consecutive Independent Schools state titles in 2016 and 2017. 6 overall pick in the 1963 NBA draft. Few have dominated on every level like the 7-foot-2 center did. [1] It was part of the Parade All-American series that originated with boys basketball before branching to other sports. Probably one of the more underrated teams on this list (if you can even say that), Ames High was led by a pair of future NBA first-round draft picks in Harrison Barnes and Doug McDermott. The son of former University of Houston standout Michael Young, from the Phi Slama Jama years, Joseph Young signed with Providence before he decided to play for the University of Houston, then eventually landed at the University of Oregon, where he was the 2015 Pac-12 Player of the Year. $7 . Kingswood-Oxford Wyverns High School: 6'6'' 175: 86: Rutgers Signed. Even as a high schooler, Tatum was developing a reputation for lighting up the scorebook. 3, Cedric Henderson, 6-9, Marietta, Ga., Georgia. No team from Flint Northwestern has won a state championship in any sport since the girls basketball team won it all in 1993. 46, Dwight Boyd, 6-4, Memphis, Tenn., Memphis State. Ranking Explanation . Just a few years after King College Prep's national championship in 1990, King won another state championship in 1993 behind a pair of 7-footers 7-foot-2 Thomas Hamilton and 7-foot Rashard Griffith. Bishop Gorman High is known for being a football powerhouse, but in 2009-10, it featured one of the best high school teams in the nation. . Quincy was never more dominant than when they hit the state tournament, winning four games by an average of almost 30 points. These rankings are based on the potential influence they have as an individual. Led the team in scoring (14.5 points per game) and rebounding (9.4 per game), becoming the first WKU player to lead the team in both categories in back-to-back years since Chris Marcus in 2000-02. "He is a man playing against boys," said Cincinnati assistant coach Jim Dudley, commenting on Robinson's 44-inch vertical leap. Center Kentrell Gransberry became an All-Big East pick at the University of South Florida. Of all the stars off the 1979-80 West Memphis High team, 6-foot-9 forward Michael Cage went on to have the best career. He signed with the University of Illinois but never played after the school was put on probation. Billy Owens never quite lived up to his potential on the college and pro levels. Dajuan Wagner's son, D.J. Football came first with me." 26 at 29-2 after failing to repeat as state champions. Lazare played professional basketball for eight years. Juan Dixon was a skinny shooting guard who took college basketball by storm in the early 2000s, leading the University of Maryland to its only national championship in 2002 while being named Final Four Most Outstanding Player. But we're guessing Magic may have averaged a triple-double. Terry Fair went on to star at the University of Georgia then played 11 years of professional basketball overseas, mostly in Israel's top league. But by the time he enrolled at King as a 6-2 freshman, football had taken a back seat. Mayo began playing high school basketball when he was a seventh-grader in Kentucky, where he was an All-State pick as an eighth-grader before transferring to a high school in Ohio for the first three years of high school. This was the third of three consecutive national title teams for McClymonds. West Philadelphia High won a mythical national championship in 1977 behind three-time high school All-American Gene "Tinkerbell" Banks, a 6-foot-7 forward who went on to star at Duke and play in the NBA for six seasons. The best player for Southwestern High who kept coming up short of a state championship was probably Anderson Hunt, who eventually got a title on a much bigger stage. 40 overall. Grace Brethren vs Rosedale Christian-Takeaways. The 2019-20 Minnehaha Academy team didn't need a state tournament to tell us what we already knew they just don't make high school basketball teams like this very often. Ashland Blazer High won three more state championships after the legendary 1928 title team in 1933, 1934 and 1961. RASHEED WALLACE, Simon Gratz, 6-10, 1993: Incredibly athletic for his size; even ran track. Niagara Falls had a future NBA first-round draft pick in sophomore guard Johnny Flynn, who averaged 15.2 points, 5.6 assists and 3.4 rebounds. Jeff Malone was the SEC Player of the Year in 1983 at Mississippi State, then played 13 seasons in the NBA, where he averaged 19.0 points for his career and was a two-time All-Star. Booker went 33-1 and won the FIAA state title consisting of only segregated, all-Black schools. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The nation's top 100 high school basketball prospects as rated by Ken Mink of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, listed with height, home town and the college that recruited them: 1, Danny Manning, 6-10, Lawrence, Kans., Kansas. In 1982, she won the Wade Trophy for the best women's basketball player in the nation. Ames High hasn't won another state title in boys basketball since 2010, but its two stars have remained in the basketball spotlight on the next level. You could take the frontcourt from Archbishop John Carroll High's 1958-59 squad and line it up against any high school team in the country today and come out on top. Sentinel went 27-0 and won the 1964 state championship behind 6-foot-8 forward Mike Lewis, who averaged 35 points per game and was a Parade All-American before he starred at Duke, where he was an All-ACC selection and All-American. . Proviso East won the 1991 Class AA state championship with one of the more talented high school rosters we've ever seen the Pirates had three players selected in the 1995 NBA Draft with Illinois Mr. Basketball Sherrell Ford (Illinois-Chicago), Michael Finley (Wisconsin) and Donnie Boyce (Colorado). 1, but finished ranked No. Attucks went 62-1 over the last two seasons with Robertson as its star. Key players: Pete Trgovich, Junior Bridgeman, Tim Stoddard, Darnell Adell, Ruben Bailey. 82, Cornelius Brodus, 6-6, Groveland, Fla., Florida. Keatts, Howard and West were all inducted into the Hargrave Hall of Fame in 2011. By far the most difficult school to pick just one team from, we give the edge to Morgan Wooten's 1972-73 squad mainly because of the presence of Adrian Dantley and Kenny Carr, who would both become NBA lottery picks. 6 overall in the 2016 NFL draft. Tyran Stokes: The statistical calculations of 3 players drafted in the first round on the same high school team is 4,037,639 to 1. Dominguez repeated as state champions in 2001, then won another state title in 2004 the last state championship in school history. CG. Robinson is averaging 21.5 points and 14 rebounds a game, not bad for a 202-pounder who is listed at 6-7 but claims he's actually "6-5 1/2, maybe 6-6." 92, Steve Kratzer, 6-8, New York, Richmond. At the expense of the Oregon schools, the Sun Devils got their third and fourth true road wins . last week) 1. Key players: Frank Williams, Sergio McClain, Marcus Griffin. 76, Terry Stallworth, 6-6, Long Beach, Calif., Texas-El Paso. 3 in the nation in 2009 and won its third state championship in four years before the NJSIAA banned TPS from the 2010 tournament for violating workout guidelines in the offseason. Ranking the Class of 2022: How the seniors stack up heading into July. Key players: Harrison Barnes, Doug McDermott. The filter bar below allows you to search all state winners since 1985. East's star player on the latest state championship team was Hasaan Herrington, who led his team to an undefeated season and signed with NCAA Division II University of Texas-Tyler, where the head coach is former East star Louis Wilson. 33, Brian Sloan, 6-8, McCleansboro, Ill., Indiana. Key players: Wilt Chamberlain, Vince Miller, Marty Hughes, Howard Johnson, Dave Shapiro. Robinson is averaging 21.5 points and 14 rebounds a game, not bad for a 202-pounder who is listed at 6-7 but . St. Augustine star Eugene Edgerson wasn't done winning national championships. Another starter, Edward "Monk" Malloy, became president at the University of Notre Dame. 1 seed for the. That would be none other than Bel-Air Academy shooting guard Will Smith, the star of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and played originally by Overbrook High grad Will Smith. 75, Herman Harried, 6-8, Baltimore, Syracuse. It went by Negro High School until 1939, when it was named after its first principal, A.H. Parker. The oldest team on this list gets the most basketball-crazy state in the country's foot in the door with Kentucky, where Blazer High (yes, cool name) went undefeated and won a national championship in 1928. Scott was probably a player ahead of his time. Monta Ellis ended up having a 12-year career and averaged 17.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists. Thompson went on to star at Providence. 8 seeded Wildcats remain the lowest seed to win the title. Future NBA players Dee Brown and Shannon Brown were teammates in the early 2000s. Rnk: . Ronnie Courtney's career path is something to behold. Key players: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Paul Dawson, Larry Hunter. Robinson, who has signed with Cincinnati, has been a starter for three years and has been called the most intimidating player in the Public League since Efrem Winters played at King four years ago. 27 overall position from 247 Sports and the No. 88, Joe Coleman, 6-2, Jackson, Miss., Mississippi. In King's 49-46 Public League title victory over Simeon Tuesday, Liberty's perimeter shooting (18 points) and Robinson's inside play (10 points, 6 rebounds) kept the Jaguars ahead most of the way, overcoming Anderson's 16 points and 10 rebounds. Way before Gene Banks lit up the scoreboard and led West Philadelphia High to a mythical national championship in 1977, another star player was doing big things for West Philly. 4, Kevin Walls, 6-3, Camden, N.J., Louisville. Smith, a spectacular backcourt player, averaged 22 points. Julian Phillips Link Academy (Branson, MO) SF. The team later became enveloped in scandal when head coach Russell Otis was charged with sexually molesting one of his former players and stealing money from the team's Nike sponsorship. The three-time Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American had six 40-point games as a senior. Thank you for paying attention, whether it has been for all 35 DN years or barely one. The best for 2021-22: SC high school basketball . The 1988 Carlisle High team featured one of the greatest high school basketball players of all time in future Syracuse star and No. With no scheduling limitations, the 1963-64 Birmingham Parker High team played a whopping 44 games and was named National Black High School champions in an era before integrated schools had made their way to all parts of the United States. MaxPreps has compiled a list of the high school boys basketball coaches with the most all-time wins. Also on the second team is Danny Jones, Rockford Boylan's all-time leading scorer. Bradley averaged 19 points per game, and playing all over the country in tournaments, he brought home MVP at every single one. Washington went unbeaten on the way to the state championship. 3 overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. Kashmere High went 46-0 in 1974-75 in an era where states weren't quite as stringent on scheduling limits. Wallace, who went on to star at UNC and play 16 seasons in the NBA, was the big story and was featured in Sports Illustrated that year. And stories of what some colleges offered him (diamonds, movie roles, cash) are even unbelievable in today's day and age. Flint Hill only won one more state championship, in 1995, and made it to the state semifinals in 2005. The Baltimore Sun said that the Calvert Hall 1981-82 team was the greatest in BCL history on the league's 50th anniversary. Ohio High School Athletic Association 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus OH 43214 | FAX: 614-267-1677 Comments or questions: [email protected] The player who led the way for Long Beach Poly was 6-foot-4 guard Morlon Wiley, who went on to start four years at nearby Long Beach State. . Some 30 years after the first Wichita Heights dynasty, the school would experience another basketball renaissance thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime recruit with 6-foot-8 forward Perry Ellis. How popular were the Marion High teams in this stretch? While Quincy High has not won a state basketball championship since 1981, the school still holds Illinois records for most appearances at the state tournament (32) and most games played in the state tournament (89). By his senior season, Bryant was the most heralded high school basketball player in the United States and led Lower Merion to a state championship while averaging 30.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocked shots. Then he played nine games before he underwent season-ending back surgery. 93, Fred Burton, 6-5, New York, Texas A. and M. 94, Greg Butler, 6-10, Rolling Hills, Calif., Stanford. Trgovich won two national titles at UCLA, Stoddard won a national championship at North Carolina State and pitched 11 seasons in the majors. 12/15/22 Basketball Rankings 15/12/2022 In Basketball. Key players: Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount, Makhtar Ndiaye, Alex Sanders, Curtis Staples, Jermaine Smith, Mike Brittain, Tavares Johnson. Key players: Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph. Two players off the team ended up playing in the NBA Jay Humphries and Ralph Jackson. That doesn't mean the school hasn't continued to pump out big-time talent, including Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, Harold "Baby Jordan" Miner and Jason Hart, who starred at Syracuse and played a decade in the NBA. "I didn't even play basketball until the 6th or 7th grade. Latimore and Chino Hills responded by winning back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019. Parker High opened in 1900 to serve African-American students. Led by back-to-back Utah Mr. Basketball picks Nick Emery and T.J. Haws, they won the Class 6A state championship. After the legendary 2012-13 team, Lone Peak repeated as state champs in 2014 and won again in 2018. That's what we've got left. This was the first of three consecutive state championships for Minneapolis North High, but the only one of the three to go undefeated. Ellis, a 6-foot-3 guard , was supposed to play for Mississippi State but made the improbable leap to the NBA in the final year high school players were allowed to go straight into the draft. The team is led by first-year head coach Todd Golden, and played their home games at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida as a member of the . Key players: Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Stephen Van Treese, Damian Windham. Power Memorial Academy continued to pump out elite NBA talent long after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar graduated. Jayson Tatum wasn't the first player out of Chaminade Prep to go No. What's amazing about the team is that few names jump off the page from Camden High that were on the roster that year a true testament to how well head coach Clarence Turner's team was run. High School All-American and Mississippi Player of the Year Monta Ellis capped his career with a second state championship for Lanier High and did it with one of the more amazing statistical seasons we've ever seen 41.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 4.5 steals. Bosh went on to become an 11-time NBA All-Star and won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat, when he was teamed with Dwyane Wade and LeBron James to form arguably the greatest trio in NBA history. Key players: Ellis Johnson, Gene Strother. Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) Record: 25-1 2. Anderson was the leading scorer for a team that was unbeaten and ranked No. The trio known as "The Three Amigos" beat Peoria Manual 68-61 in the state championship game and were coached by a Proviso East alum in Bill Hitt. Bloomington South had two 6-foot guards who went on to play professional basketball, Jordan Hulls and Dee Davis, along with USA Today Coach of the Year J.R. Holmes on the bench. Oak Hill featured a starting lineup with four future NBA players Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount and Makhtar Ddiaye and had another five future Division I players on the roster. 7 overall recruit in the country. He also set the NYC scoring record and went 79-2 in those three seasons, with two national championships and one national runner-up finish. It also earned one of high school basketball's mythical national championships from the National Sports News Service. Then they reeled off 36 straight wins after that, capping it all with a 57-33 win over Baton Rouge Catholic High in the Class 5A state championship game. 95, Jeff Wilder, 6-6, New York, Iona. They repeated in 1994 and have won nine total national championships. "When I was 9 or 10, all I wanted to do was go out with my friends and throw rocks," he said. Here are 15 numbers to know for Saturday's game: 55: Florida's NCAA NET ranking as of Friday. Key players: Jerry Lucas, Larry Emrick, Tom Sizer. 70, Everett Stephens, 6-2, Evanston, Ill., Purdue. Southwest Macon won a state championship in 1978 and followed that with a mythical national title in 1979 led by Terry Fair and Jeff Malone. 1/5/23 Basketball Rankings 05/01/2023 In Basketball. The wealth of talent extends deep into the top 15. In front of 11,522 fans, future Illinois star Frank Williams guided them to the 65-62 win. 12 Old Dominion 68 No. Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. Rice played 15 seasons in the NBA, was a three-time NBA All-Star, All-Star Game MVP in 1997 and a two-time All-NBA pick. SCHOOL (W-L); Comment (rk. Rank--Name HT Team State; 1. 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