The polls found on this page were compiled by the AP based on votes submitted by AP member reporters and editors from Ohio . Head coach Russell Otis was acquitted in his trial for sexually molesting one of his players and reclaimed his job before the 2002-03 season. Dan Sabers said his two sons were in hog heaven knowing that Dwight and Honore were helping to build their new house. We knew going in that Kennedy was going to be a very good team, Sabers said. His 1992-93 team had a gaggle of future Division I talent in forward and Class 6A Player of the Year B.J. He was named the Naismith Player of the Year and drafted No. Even at that, no one outshined Stackhouse. Key players:Gene Banks, Joe Garrett, Clarence Tillman, Darryl Warwick, Mike Powell, Vincent Ross, Tyrell Biggs, Pee Wee Thomas. Claude Green Senior But this team in 93 was just incredible when you figure they had eight all-state players. 2 It featured a starting five of all future Division I players and two future NBA draft picks, Mo Bamba and Cam Reddish, the No. Inhis final season, he averaged 25.2 points, 9.1 assists, 8.8 rebounds and 3.4 steals and was named Illinois Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American. There was a carry-over effect, no question about it, Dan Sabers said. 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. Key players: Shabazz Muhammad, Ronnie Stanley, Xavier Grimble. Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times. 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. In his last year at TPS, Boyle had two future NBA players, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and 2012 NBA draft No. Robert Shelton, Louisa, 6-4, Jr. 3 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. Two starters for North were declared ineligible the day before the state championship game, but he put the team on his back and beat Staples-Motley High 54-52 for the title. His father was a bodyguard for social activist Malcolm X, also known as Malik Shabazz, and named his son after him. It's not recency bias to just believe what your eyes tell you. Player, School, Avg. One of the cool things about Carlisle High was the credit given to the "Gold Team" the backup players who guarded the starters in practice. 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. 95. Yates won its second straight Class 4A state title in Texas and won games by an average of 40 points on the way to a 32-0 record. City High has built a standard of excellence in which making the football playoffs is widely expected. Peoria Manual closed out the year with its fourth straight championship and was led in scoring by head coach Wayne McClain's son, Sergio McClain. Thornridge High never won another state title in boys basketball after Quinn Buckner led them to back-to-back titles in 1971 and 1972. Carroll. Started by the Sunday magazine in 1957, it had been the longest ongoing selection of high school basketball . Without question, they did, said current City coach Dan Sabers, who was the defensive coordinator for the 1993 team. Followers. Louis Bullock, Canterbury, 23.8 Led the Miami Valley Conference in points per game, field-goal percentage (57.8) and . For more high school stories, stats and videos, visit http://usatodayhss.com. In front of 11,522 fans, future Illinois star Frank Williams guided them to the 65-62 win. Head coach Kevin Boyle was named USA Today National Coach of the Year in 2007 as well. Ronnie Courtney's career path is something to behold. In an interesting twist, James' oldest son, Bronny, scored the game-winning basket and finished with 15 points for Sierra Canyon (California) High in a win over SVSM in December 2019. Ronnell Felton, Hayfield, 6-2, Jr. Derek Barrett, Meade, 5-10, Sr. 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. COACH OF THE YEAR 10 overall pick in 2018. Five years before Tatum was selected, Chaminade's Bradley Beal was selected No. Of the three players from Camden to make it to the NBA in school history, none were on the national championship team. How'd the Purple Knights do it? The team was led by Parade All-American Howard Porter and future MLB pitcher Hugh Yancy. Nesselrodt, James Wood; Derrick Newton, Northwestern; Victor Page, The 1977 state champions were inducted into the Lansing Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. 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. The Hargrave Military Academy 1998-99 basketball team was an absolute problem. 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. Don't feel too bad for Ellis. Point guard Rumeal Robinson was a star for Rindge in 1986, leading his school to the state title before heading to the University of Michigan, where he teamed up with Glen Rice to win the 1989 NCAA championship. Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date High School College Nationality; Rasheed Wallace: FC: 6-11: 230: Philadelphia, PA: Sep 17, 1974: Simon Gratz High School (PA) North Carolina: United States . In Philadelphia-area prep hoops history, you can count him alongside players like Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant as the all-time greats. Any conversation about the greatest teams and greatest players in Chicago high school basketball history should include King College Prep and 6-foot-4 Jamie Brandon, a three-time All-State pick who finished his career as the No. While Kevin Garnett was the star, Ronnie Fields also was very talented. 5 overall by the MInnesota Timberwolves. City won three state titles during a four-year stretch from 1993-96 while compiling a 47-4 record. Kingswood-Oxford Wyverns High School: 6'6'' 175: 87: Rutgers Signed. SECOND TEAM You can lose early, but you can't lose late. Mike Doyle, Pallotti, 6-3, Sr. Dee Brown led the University of Illinois to the 2005 NCAA championship game while Shannon Brown won a pair of NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010. Larry Brown took over as coach in 1980, and by the middle of the decade, he had built the Little Hawks into a rising power. Ewing won a national championship with Georgetown in 1984 and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Key players: Sherrell Ford, Michael Finley, Donnie Boyce. St. Nicholas' only loss came to New Jersey powerhouse St. Anthony's in a tournament in Hawaii. He was an unselfish team player and an outstanding passer. James was briefly suspended this year over an investigation into improper benefits, then reinstated, and the Irish not only won their third state title in four years but also took down national powers Mater Dei, Westchester and Oak Hill. I stand in awe of him.". The Baltimore Sun said that the Calvert Hall 1981-82 team was the greatest in BCL history on the league's 50th anniversary. Ellis spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Golden State Warriors and made the playoffs just once, when he was named NBA Most Improved Player in 2007. Montverde Academy went 25-1 in 2020-21 and repeated as national champions and had another group of stars led by projected future first-round pick Calab Houstan and Creighton star Ryan Nembhard. The list includes teams as far back as 1952 and as recent as 2013. Scott led Flint Hill to a 46-0 record over his final two seasons and was named the Naismith National Player of the Year as a senior when he averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds and, more importantly, was able to play all five positions. Jamal Cobbs Verbum Dei Senior 5-8 18.0 Anthony Martin Jefferson Senior 5-9 22.0 Clem Breedlove Jordan Junior 5-11 20.0 Reggie McFerren Crenshaw Senior 6-6 19.3 Terrell McKnight Dorsey Senior 5-9 14.0 John Thompson Manual Arts Senior 6-4 20.1 Jae Yun Belmont Senior 6-2 19.6 Jerry Espinoza Bell Senior 6-4 20.0 Gerardo Roman Lincoln Senior 6-2 25.0 Mario Hernandez Roosevelt Senior 5-9 15.0. Tragically, Sealy died in a car accident in 2000, at 30 years old. Keith Davis, Anacostia, 6-4, Sr. Fields, 6-foot-3, reportedly had a 50-inch vertical and once jumped over future Illinois star Sergio McClain for a dunk. East Anchorage wasn't done winning state championships when Trajan Langdon walked out the door. Phill Hawkins, The Heights, 22.5 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. The Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team was an annual selection by Parade that nationally honored the top high school boys' basketball players in the United States. O.J. Brentsville; Chatney Howard, Southern; Sulayman Joof, Whitman; Damion Key players: Karl Godine, Jarvis Williams, Carl Byrd, Madison Lane. Bailey, who guided the Cubs to the Southern Section Division I semifinals, was the first recruit to sign this year with UCLA. Three of Citys games in 1993 ended by the 50-point mercy rule, including one at halftime. Langdon did it 1994 with a future NFL defensive end in the frontcourt with 6-foot-6 center Mao Tosi a devastating combo, regardless of what state you reside in. 6 overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. Forward Duane Ferrell went on to star at Georgia Tech and played 11 seasons in the NBA. They led state powerhouse Kansas City Wyandotte 25-0 to start the state championship game on the way to a 92-52 victory. . We came up with the 10 best high school basketball teams of all time. A Findlay Prep player was actually taken No. Lucas, at 6-foot-8, was unlike any player anyone had ever seen. Mboya, Landon; Javier Michaux, Howard; Natter Miller, Chancellor; Randy McDonald's All-American roster doesn't have a Randy Livingston. He has a good shot at becoming the first third-generation player in NBA history. Led 33-1 Crimson Tide to No. The template for how tough a high school basketball league can be has to include the Baltimore Catholic League. 3 in the USA Today Top 25. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 1 in our boys' rankings. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft after spending one season at Gonzaga. Rankings represent the player's final standing within his high school class in a given year. Wilkins went on to become arguably the greatest player in franchise history. Senior Eric Singletary, Sidwell Friends, 6-2, Sr. Boyce is on his second stint as Proviso East's head coach after being re-hired in 2016. How popular were the Marion High teams in this stretch? The oldest team on this list gets the most basketball-crazy state in the country's foot in the door with Kentucky, where Ashland High School went undefeated and won a national championship in 1928. And it was Douglas who led his team to the city championship (over DeMatha) and mythical national championship as he averaged 26 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals. 0.9961. Once the school was taken out of the hands of the School District of Philadelphia, things began to change. Ainge also was a two-time All-State quarterback and one of the top high school baseball players in the nation as well. The steady flow of NBA talent didn't stop, either. Kidd and Corliss Williamson were 1a and 1b. Following Niagara Falls High's magical season in 2004-05, he was arrested on drug and domestic violence charges and spent 13 days in jail. Capping off the year at the top of the national polls made Lincoln the first Texas team in 27 years to win a mythical national championship, following Kashmere High and grabbing the national title from a Carmelo Anthony-led Oak Hill Academy squad after they suffered an upset loss to Mater Dei (California). Ellis was a three-time All-Big 12 selection and two-time All-American at the University of Kansas. After Bryant's death in a helicopter crash in January 2020, the school hosted a memorial service in the gym named after the fallen star. 2 in the final USA Today Super 25 Poll. Muscatine is 5-4 and features senior running back Austin Moss, who rushed for 814 yards and scored 12 touchdowns in the regular season. But it didnt matter with the running game so dominant against what had been a formidable Little Hawk defense. Mayo had 41 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in the 2007 Class AAA state championship game a 103-61 win over South Charleston. 6-3 7 overall in 2012 and won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015. No story about Camden High basketball is complete with mentioning the Wagner family three generations of elite basketball talent to walk the halls. Peoria Manual High lost its only game of the season to Chicago Carver early in the season, then stormed back to set up a state semifinals showdown with another nationally ranked team in Thornton High. Quincy was led by a pair of future Big Ten standouts, 6-foot-10 center Michael Payne (Iowa) and 6-foot-3 guard Bruce Douglas (Illinois), who played in the NBA for one season. High School FHSAA Florida Class 4A Semifinals 202020. By Washington Post StaffFebruary 28, 2023. 6-8 / 220. Washington went unbeaten on the way to the state championship. The only team in the U.S. who could say they were better than Woodlawn in 2002-03 was the Lebron James-led St. Vincent-St. Mary High squad out of Akron, Ohio. The 6-1 guard made the City 4-A team and is being recruited by Cal State Sacramento and Humboldt State, a Division II school. 33 Lower Merion jersey now hangs above a door in the gym. Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date . 73. Detroit Southwestern High lost in the state championship game seven of the previous eight seasons before 1990. The kids have battled throughout, so we feel good heading into Wednesday night, Sabers said. Six players off the Compton High national championship teams led by head coach Bill Armstrong went on to play Division I basketball. Anacostia Because of the Krider-Verbum Dei-Kashmere dispute, we always look at the 1975-76 season as the beginning of modern weekly national . Louis Bullock, Canterbury, 6-3, Soph. Mr. Basketball USA. He would stand during the anthem but looked downward and recited Islamic prayer. I remember Kidd and Donte Bright being the top 2. 23. Findlay opened in 2006 and closed its doors in 2019, winning three mythical national titles and producing 17 NBA players and 70 Division I players in that stretch. 6 OLSH, 61-60, Friday night in the WPIAL Class 3A championship at Pitt's Petersen Events Center. 3 scorer in state history. After Thompson won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics as a player, he coached at Georgetown for 27 seasons and became the first Black head coach to win an NCAA championship in 1984. rebounds, 3 blocked shots, 2 steals and 2 assists. He played one season at USC before he was the No. These rankings are based on the potential influence they have as an individual. Future NBA superstar and Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant was the first freshman to start on the varsity for Lower Merion High. 1993-94; 1994-95; 1995-96; 1996-97; 1997-98; 1998-99; 1999-00; . 1 recruit in the nation before heading off to Duke University. Compton High won back-to-back CIF state championships and back-to-back national championships in 1968 and 1969 as part of a 66-game winning streak over the final two seasons. Feb 27, 2023 Updated Feb 28, 2023. Led by senior guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (then known as Chris Jackson), Gulfport went 40-3 and won its second consecutive state championship in 1988, taking down a Murrah High team with two future NBA first-round draft picks, James Robinson and Lindsey Hunter, in the state championship game. The Denver Nuggets saw enough in Porter to sign him to a five-year, $175 million contract before the 2021-22 season. But he was a star among stars, and one of the fastest and most dynamic players in the history of Iowa high school football. Bosh was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021. The 1989-90 Raytown South boys basketball team went undefeated and won a state championship despite losing its best player before the season started, when star center and University of Kansas signee Chris Lindley had his foot severed in a train accident. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 13 overall in the NBA draft several months later. Joey Beard PRO PHOTOGRAPHY. The world was introduced to LeBron James in 2001-02 via a Sports Illustrated cover featuring the St. Vincent-St. Mary High star, and ESPN made the deft decision to start broadcasting his games on national television. Another City 4-A selection, Patterson guided Fremont to the City 4-A semifinals and a surprise wild-card berth in the state playoffs. 1. Lamon White, Colonial Beach, 23.4 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. Abdul-Rauf was one of the most highly recruited players in the country coming out of high school and played two seasons for LSU, where he was an All-American both years, then was the No. Andre Miller, Verbum Dei--The Southern Section Division IV Player of the Year, Miller averaged 23.5 points, seven rebounds and four assists while leading the Eagles to a Southern Section title. That didn't take away from what the team actually accomplished, winning a second consecutive state championship behind 32 points from future Villanova star Corey Fisher in the championship game. At one point in the early 2000s, the basketball and football teams featured a pair of future NFL Pro Bowlers as teammates quarterback Josh Cribbs, who became an elite return specialist in the NFL, and tight end Vernon Davis. I still remember back then, of course, we put some teams away pretty early in some cases throughout the regular season and we had to watch him to make sure he didnt sneak back out there somehow. The April signing period began Wednesday, and that list may grow to include all 10 players. Location: Anchorage, Alaska. Lincoln beat three other nationally ranked teams on the way to going 40-0 and routing Beaumont Ozen, 71-51, in the Class 4A state championship game. Oden was one of the most heralded recruits of the last 30 years and a two-time Parade All-American and the National Player of the Year. The player who can claim GOAT status out of Compton High is currently in the NBA with five-time NBA All-Star shooting guard/small forward DeMar DeRozan, who will have made $257.6 million in career earnings once his current contract with the Chicago Bulls ends after the 2023-24 season. Ellis teamed with future Wichita State guard Evan Wessel and future West Virginia running back Dreamius Smith to win four consecutive state championships from 2009 to 2012 under the leadership of head coach Joe Auer. Key players: Wilt Chamberlain, Vince Miller, Marty Hughes, Howard Johnson, Dave Shapiro. 96.32. Now known as Blazer High, it is still the only high school from Kentucky to win a national championship in boys basketball, where it capped off the year with a 15-10 win over Canton (Illinois) High at the National Interscholastic Tournament in Chicago. In three seasons with Lucas, the Middies went 76-1. The current Little Hawk squad has lived up to that standard despite losing its final regular-season game Friday and will host Muscatine tonight in a Class 4A first-round game at Bates Field. Washington Post baseball coach of the year in 1986. Beal was the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2011 and played one season at the University of Florida. Interestingly enough, they could have won another state title in 1963, but the school board wouldn't allow the team to play in the state tournament. then took them all the way to the top of the USA Today Super 25 rankings as a senior in 1987. . No player on the current Little Hawk team was alive in the fall of 1993 when City dismantled its competition one physical mismatch at a time. Two players off the team ended up playing in the NBA Jay Humphries and Ralph Jackson. He would do anything to get back out on the field. 2 Bulldogs, who 6-3 . Woodlawn star RoShon Jacobs went on to become an All-Southland pick in both football and basketball for Louisiana-Monroe. Key players: Joseph Young, Brandon Peters. Greg Williams In 2019, Stanley had a career year and made his first Pro Bowl and first NFL All-Pro Team. Everett did it in 2004 with another future Michigan State star and future NBA draft pick, 6-foot-11 center Goran Suton, who immigrated to the United States from Serbia with his family right before he entered high school. They ended the year on a 58-game winning streak and defeated state champions from three different states, including national No. No. City was leading Cedar Rapids Jefferson 55-0 at halftime, spoiling Jeffersons homecoming event that night. Ronald Rhodes, Calvert; DeRon Robinson, W.T. Mike Powell With five players ranked in the 2023 ESPN 100 and four more ranked in the 2024 . Former Hargrave star Luke Hancock transferred to the University of Louisville in 2011 after playing his first two seasons at George Mason. Fields' basketball career never reached the heights he'd once hoped. It was a learning experience for those guys. 43: In basketball-crazy Kansas, one high school team stands above all the rest the 1976-77 Wichita Heights High team led by future NBA first-round draft picks Darnell Valentine and Antoine "Big Dog" Carr. 1. He was a Ukrainian Super League All-Star in 2009, NBA D-League All-Star in 2013 and NBL All-Star for the New Zealand Breakers in 2013. He held the career scoring record for the Aztecs until it was broken by Kawhi Leonard in 2011. John Thompson became much more well-known as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. Key players: Curtis Walls, Lee Wall, Louis Banks, Sean Turner, Larry Cohen, Reggie Lawrence, Kevin Smith, Dennis Brown, Davis Nieves, Vic Carstarphen. The image speaks for itselffans and players alike were in awe of Webber's dominance. After California made its state championship games in basketball official in 1981, McClymonds didn't play in the championship game until 2007, when it finished as state runner-up, and won its only title to date in 2008 under head coach Dwight Nathaniel. His No. Key players: Billy Owens, Michael Coleman. Every High School Basketball team in the nation is ranked. The truly bananas fact about Oak Hill Academy's 1992-93 season is that six of the 36 wins were against college teams on the way to winning the school's first mythical high school national championship. 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. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf became one of the most polarizing players in NBA history in 1996 when he refused to stand for the national anthem before games because he viewed the flag as a "symbol of oppression" and pointed out the long history of tyranny in the U.S. Forward Key players: Lonzo Ball, LiAngelo Ball, LaMelo Ball, Onyeka Okongwu, Eli Soctt, Andre Ball, Cameron Shelton. They had a kicking game. Dunbar to the DCIAA championship and City Title Game victory over It's also our second-to-last ESPN . That's a truly remarkable feat for coach Greg Wise's squad. 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. FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain 202022 ( Gold ): 7 games: 7.0ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.1spg, 1.3bpg. OLSH missed two last-second shots, sparking a long-awaited celebration for Deer Lakes, which was making its first appearance in the WPIAL finals. Photo . Nicknamed "Dink," the 298-pounder has soft touch around the basket. 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. The crew not only finished the job on time in about six weeks, but they also had fun doing it thanks largely to Dwights energy. Was Douglas, who starred at Syracuse and played 13 seasons in the NBA, the greatest player to ever come out of Spingarn? And stories of what some colleges offered him (diamonds, movie roles, cash) are even unbelievable in today's day and age. Howard Porter went on to become a three-time All-American at Villanova and led his team to the NCAA championship game against UCLA in 1971, where he was named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player despite losing in the title game. 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. Jarace Walker IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) PF. Cage played 15 seasons in the NBA and led the league in rebounding while playing for the Los Angeles Clippers in 1988. The Little Hawks finished with a losing record in seven out of eight seasons from 1975 to 1982. (RSCI) data is provided by RSCIhoops.com. Langdon was a McDonald's All-American, a three-time All-American at Duke and played three seasons in the NBA.