1972 TRidge was..No 7, All time, Best High School Basketball Team, What Happened?? A better pick for notable wins would have been that years Carroll team, which included Eddie Jordan, Roger Clark and Al Dutch among others. Billings West hosts Butte on their home court, February 13, 1982. Anson Seibert 7. In 1999, he became the first official sports information director for the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) and at that time turned over the National Sports News Service to National High School Sports Hall of Fame writerDoug Huff of Wheeling, W. Va. Sollenberger continued on with the AIA until his sudden death from a heart attack in 2005. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Data Provided By Averages 110 per game. There use to be a time that ST A wouldnt even think about playing them and they win with kids from that city, Camden NJ constantly Start with two straight undefeated seasons in the tough NJ highest school division led by the legendary Ron Itchy Smith and Golden Sunkett and ball handling wiz Pud Wilson in the 59 and 60 season the team was the original showtime before showtime doing Harlem Globetrotters warm up before the game and the dazzling dribbling displays at the end then the 74 state championship team with Doc Lee and NFL players Derrick Ramsey and Art Still who blew out star Jackie Galloons team in the state championship the 77 SC team with Arts brother Dennis and won it again the next year with BC and a Soph name Milt Wagner the #1 in the country team of 86 with Lou Banks and Vic C they talk about the loss to Dunbar in 82 but Did they say D scouted numberous Camden games to prepare and decided to play Camden with their best team ever ironically the year after Milt left mind you the year before Milt dropped 52 on #1 Samantha. Philly Champ: Bonner 1-0 Dunbar DC had Craig Shelton, bey bey Duren, and Kenny Matthews. Originally awarded in conjunction with the Lansing State Journal (1981-1987) the Detroit Free Press took over the roll of co-sponsor in the fall of 1988. Unfortunately, Others have also acknowledged. ), 9. The average margin of Carrolls victories across all games was over 27 points. Regional State Championship 33 What about Wilbur Cross in 1973 we were No 1 in the country and in my 4 years we lost only 2 games 70-74 and Hillhouse back in the 1950s, chino hills at number 8 is just disresptectful they didnt have a single loss and they beat teams with 30plus. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Gus Williams. Gazette file photo. The team featured guard Ron Satterwaite who played at William & Mary. MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK. Carrolls 1958-59 championship team was led by Parade-Magazine First-Team High-School All-American and future NBA player, Tom Hoover, who reportedly was the leading high-school rebounder in the nation. It was distributed over the Associated Press and many other major outlets by World Features Syndicate. The FAB 50 was published on the Fox, Student Sports, and Rivals.com platforms until2008, when Student Sports event division and media group was purchased by ESPN. 6th man Alphonso Miller Tampa, The 81-82 Dunbar Poets of Baltimore, was and is the greatest High School Basketball team of ALL TIMES , hands down and for any one to think other wise is insane. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. 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Norwalk High School 1996 (CT) 28-0 MaxPreps.com also publishes weekly national basketball rankings, which it began for the 2008-09 season with Krider as compiler. In tournament play, Carroll successively beat LaSalle (MD), St. James (PA), St. Catherines (WI), St. Michaels (NJ), All Hollows (NYC), and Trenton Catholic (NJ). Custer takes on Reed Point, February 7, 1980. Arguably the best to come out of D.C. Four All Metropolitan/City players and one that should have been. Players develop at different rates and the things that make some players extremely good in HS dont transfer to college or the NBA. Take a look at where some of the most predominant teams over the past 40 years have come from and who has found success. This team won won a still area record 58 consecutive games. OConnell ran Woottens offensive system just to coaches liking. 10) 1972-1973 DeMatha Catholic (Hytesville, MD) (30-1)Players: Adrian Dantley (NBA), Kenny Carr (NBA), Billy Langloh (Virginia), Ron Satterthwaite (William & Mary), Eric Coard (Nebraska), Buzzy OConnell (Stetson), Vern Allen (Niagara),Notable Wins: St Johns, Gonzaga, Calvert Hall, Archbishop OConnell, CarrollCoach: Morgan Wootten DeMatha is a basketball institution led by gatekeeper Morgan Wooten. 1988 McDonalds All-American Rosters - High School Basketball - RealGM Basketball Football Baseball Soccer Hockey Forums Betting Tickets High School Forums News Analysis All-Star Games GM Laboratory McDonalds All-American Rosters Players Awards Stats 1988 McDonalds All-American Rosters All-Star Game: Year: International Format East Boys Roster I personally think that isnt true in a lot of cases. Facing one of the top leagues in America, Dematha faced several out of state schools as well. In basketball, meritocracy rules. Eric Coard seldom played until his senior season, he played good enough to earn a scholarship to the University of Nebraska. 1958-59 Archbishop Carroll High School (ACHS) Basketball Team: Visit the RSCI website for historical rankings at various stages of the recruiting process (Fall, Pre-Summer, etc). Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden described Morgan Wootten when he said, "I know of no finer coach at any level high school, college or pro. Dwight Howard Southwest Atlanta Christian Warriors (Atlanta, Ga.), 16. Earl Tatum. The newspaper names two teams, one for male athletes and one for female athletes. 12.5M. He helped Ohio State reach the national championship game in his one season there. 30-2 overall and 28-0 against high-school opponents There are seven new girls teams and 11 on the boys side. Only four of 32 teams came within 10 points of Carroll: two high school and two university-freshman teams. That season Verbum Dei (Los Angeles), with future NBA players Roy Hamilton and David Greenwood, was riding a 39-game winning streak and being talked about as California best team ever. The 1973 team was the best DeMatha ever had. Other Links > Basketball > Top Ranked Basketball Players by High School . Ranking Explanation . Record: Overall:17-1 Conf. Wibaux and Lavina take to the court at Laurel High School, March 4, 1982. Billings West hosts former Class AA opponent Havre in Billings, December 18, 1978. I dont think you can say necessarily that a HS team that had more NBA players was better than a team with less NBA players. 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The Carrol Lions crushed George Washington University freshmen by 40 points and defeated the Navy Plebe team on their home court. Ridiculous list for excluding the Power memorial teams of the 60s and Mount Vernon NY teams f the 70s!!! 1977 Public school Ballard HS has for many years flown under the radar as one of the best teams before Prep dominance. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? I would put them up against any high school team. High Basketball Team has to be on the list. BILLINGS With tournament time staring up in high school and just around the corner in college basketball, today seems an appropriate time to look back in Montana basketball history. Wilt Chamberlain Overbrook Panthers (Philadelphia), 3. While it depends on the type of athlete, most have pretty unique diets compared to the average joe. Coach Jackie Carr what a basketball genius. Dunbar should be the greatest team of all time! Per Washington Post, the number one team in the nation.Bruce (Soup) Campbell, Jim (Jiggy) Williamson, John Thomas.. 1986 Camden team with Banks and Carstarphen was fought! Beginning with the 1987-88 school year, the nations first national weekly poll of sportswriters for boys basketball (and football) joined the field when Huff spearheaded the National Prep Poll. Phil Tiny Smith, who was considered the fastest baseline to baseline HS player in the country, and went on to play for Univ. Patrick Ewing Cambridge Rindge and Latin Falcons (Cambridge, Mass. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Georgia High Schools . most teams didnt have resources to recruit players from other states. Dorman 3. Actually attended closest margin of victory, St. Patrick game when I was 10 years old. Konnor Griffin 3. Kashmere (Houston, Texas) finished 46-0 and was named national champion by the National Sports News Service andis considered one of the best teams in Texas history. Most commenters have emotional ties to their favorites. The event was replaced with the Stagg Christmas tournament. Simmons and Russell became roommates and together led the school to national championships in 2013 and 2014. Three professional athletes in that group plus NCAA champions with NC St and UCLA. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. The West had Shawn Kemp and LaPhonso Ellis, two other forwards/centers who were in the top positions of the high school rankings, along with Darrick Martin and Lee Mayberry, two of the best guards. A native of Columbia, and the only three-time All-American in Louisiana Tech women's basketball history, Flowers led the Lady Techsters to four consecutive Final Four appearances, NCAA titles in. This may have been one of the best prep school rosters ever assembled, led by the unstoppable combination of future NBA lottery picks DeAngelo Russell and Ben Simmons. I was sitting courtside and I thought it was an NBA game. School located in Decatur Georgia. Lawrence North beat up on Dunbar (Ohio) featuring five-star guard Daequan Cook in a nationally televised game. of New Mexico. Beginning with the 2012-13 season, Flores spearheaded the FAB 50 and it is now under his direction. As a junior in 2014, Ben Simmons posted 18.5 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists. One of the losses was to the Maryland Frosh by one point on their home court; the second loss was to Georgetown University frosh. overall is just absurd. [1][2][3][4], Coach of the Year: Bob Wade (Dunbar High School, Baltimore), Coach of the Year: Morgan Wootten (DeMatha Catholic High School, Hyattsville, Maryland), Coach of the Year: John Wood (Spingarn High School, Washington, D.C.), Coach of the Year: Stu Vetter (Flint Hill Prep, Oakton, Virginia), Coach of the Year: John Sarandrea (St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Bronx, New York), 1st team: Kenny Anderson, Doug Edwards, Allan Houston, Bobby Hurley, Jim Jackson[5], 1st team: Damon Bailey, Shawn Bradley, Jamie Brandon, Eric Montross, Ed O'Bannon[5], 1st team: Alan Henderson, Juwan Howard, Glenn Robinson, David Vaughn, Chris Webber[6], 1st team: Donta Bright, Othella Harrington, Jason Kidd, Rodrick Rhodes, Corliss Williamson,[6], 1st team: Randy Livingston, Jerry Stackhouse, Jacque Vaughn, Rasheed Wallace, Dontonio Wingfield[6], 1st team: Jelani Gardner, Raef LaFrentz, Felipe Lpez, Ricky Price, Jerod Ward, 1st team: Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Vincent Carter, Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury, Ron Mercer[6], 1st team: Mike Bibby, Kobe Bryant, Ronnie Fields, Winfred Walton, Tim Thomas[6], 1st team: Chris Burgess, Baron Davis, Mark Karcher, Tracy McGrady, Lamar Odom[6], 1st team: Al Harrington, Rashard Lewis, Quentin Richardson, Stromile Swift, Korleone Young[6], 1st team: LaVell Blanchard, Donnell Harvey, Jay Williams, Joseph Forte, DerMarr Johnson. By Mirza Kurspahic Tuesday, August 7, 2012 According. Peoria Manual put 6-6 David Booth and 6-1 Lynn Collins on the squad. Newspaper distribution and the Internet created greater interest in national rankings, but in actuality, United States high school basketball rankings began in 1959. Chris Jackson, the highest ranked point guard in the nation, was also part of the East team. They became the first Indiana team to win the mythical national championship since Cripus Attucks in 1955. High schools 17-0 Beat a great De Matha team with Hawkeye Whitney for the Metro Championship. 3. There are 3 Indiana teams you left out that were as good as any of your Top 10. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 4:46AM. The 1983 team was #1 from wire to wire, and no one else was in the conversation. Raef LaFrentz of MFL/Mar-Mac of Monona, who stood 6-11, is one of the . ), 4. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Fort Dorchester 9. Other Links > Basketball > Top Ranked Basketball Players by High School . Even after salaries exploded in the NBA from the 80s until today, the best players in HS are not always the ones that play in the NBA. 3) 1988-1989 St. Anthony (Jersey City, NJ) (32-0) Players: Bobby Hurley (NBA), Terry Dehere (NBA), Rodrick Rhodes (NBA), Jerry Walker (Seton Hall) Danny Hurley (Seton Hall), Sean Rooney (Duquesne), Felix Ortiz (Radford), Woodrow Williams (Buffalo), Lamont Street (Wagner) Any list, no matter who created it, would fail to satisfy a significant number of people. The 1959-60 Carroll Lions were led by Parade-Magazine Second-Team All-American and future NBA player, 610 John Thomson, Jr., and playmaker George Leftwich. NIL Rankings; . WHEW! I played in that game in 1973 against Dematha stopping their winning streak and keeping our 37 game streak going. This record has not been broken in California! The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from New York High Schools . You guys didnt even mention Power Memorial from 1964, Thornridge 1972, Archbishop Carroll 1959, Wilt Chamberlains Overbrook team 1955, Boys High with Connie Hawkins 1960, DeWitt Clinton 1966. Player Rankings. That made a huge difference in making that team even better than the level of its talent and its talent level was insane. Huntley Project takes on St. Labre in a Class B tournament at the Metra in Billings, February 24, 1982. The only problem is that none of them ever played high school baseball. Their Coach later became an Atlanta Hawks Assistant coach. The East team had many forwards and centers in its roster, among them Alonzo Mourning and Billy Owens, two of the top-ranked big men of their class. Of the seven regular starters on these two Carroll teams, three (Hoover, Thompson, Austin) played in the NBA, and a fourth (Leftwich) turned down an NBA offer to enter coaching. Because of the unpredictability of March Madness and its single-elimination bracket, college basketball is structured to produce unexpected champions. Obviously this is an impossible list to put together. He was the pied piper in Indy and puts the sold out sign on the ticket office everywhere he goes. Only six of 28 high-school opponents came within 20 points of Carrolls power. Two City Championships. Early 80s Dunbar (Balt.) GIVE COMPTON ITS DUE RESPECT!!! 300 overall | Team: Cardinals | College: Notre Dame An esteemed guard for College Football Hall of Fame coach Frank Leahy at Notre Dame, Fischer returned to school after the Cardinals drafted him following his junior year, then officially kicked off his NFL career a year later, when the Cardinals drafted him again -- this time 10th overall. Muncie Central Bearcats High School Basketball Teams have a much better record in history in High School basketball and Stats: State Championship 8 247Sports Composite Top247. Lee Raker Virginia NBA 4th round (8th pick, 77th overall) 32-0 overall against 26 high schools plus 6 university freshmen teams Nick Smith North Little Rock (North Little Rock . High schools 21-0 Booth lived up to his press clippings with a. The HOOP SCOOP does not knowingly include fifth . The Eagles defeated No. Giving the 1973 team, 2 NBA lottery picks. The Stags only had one loss on the year and it came to Baltimore powerhouse Dunbar. O'Neal's. HS Team 35-0. Tony Red Bruin, who went on to Syracuse University, and was drafted by the Chicago Bulls. In addition, one member of each team is named, respectively, the male or female USA Today High School Basketball Player of the Year. Do you have a blog? The 1959-60 Carroll team again won the Washington-Baltimore Catholic League Championship, the DC City Championship, the Knights of Columbus Tournament in DC, the ESCIT in Newport, RI, and then defeated Monsignor Bonner High School, who had won the Philadelphia city championship. You can see that the area under the curve gets smaller both as the rating for a commit decreases and as the number of total commits for a school increases. I stand in awe of him. On October 13, 2000, Coach Morgan Wootten was inducted into the Hall of Fame, one of three high school basketball coaches ever so honored. 1972 Thornridge from Illinois closest game all year was 14 points won the state title game by 35. 1968 Indianapolis Washington with George McGinnis and Steve Downing and the 1971 EC Washington team with Junior Bridgeman, Pete Trgovich and Tim Stoddard. . Its ironic the rankings started for the 1982-83 school year because this years team at Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) could go down as one of the best of all-time (certainly since the advent of weekly polls) provided it finishes undefeated. Although they didnt finish the season with the vaunted number one ranking, few doubt they were the best team in the nation. The host was Hampton, Va., Institute from 1929-34 before it shifted to Tuskegee, Ala., from 1935-41. Take a look through some of these photos of games from years past. Bonner (PA); St. Catherines (WI); Demarest (NJ) Absolutely unbelievable. Wise scored 39 points (22 in one of the most dominating fourth quarters ever) on an array of long jump shots and slashing drives that left the crowd in an absolute frenzy. During post-season play, Carroll beat six high-caliber teams in two tournaments: Queen of Peace (NJ), Pacelli (MN), Malloy (NY), Power Memorial (NYC), All Hollows (NYC), and Trenton Catholic (NJ). High schools 18-0 Their dominance as a program has reached more than 50 seasons. John Austin was the only non-senior starter on the 1959-60 Carroll team; he was a 1962 Parade-Magazine First-Team High-School All-America (then at DeMatha HS), an honorable mention on APs 1966 college All-American teams, and a future NBA player. Legendary coach Kevin Boyle continued his dominance, posting a 27-1 record. This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. In a controversial game they took on Curie Metro Chicago featuring five star Cliff Alexander. High school boys basketball national ratings, and mythical national champions, have been around for a century. The 1959-60 Carroll basketball team was undefeated (32-0); they extended their win-streak from the 1958-59 season to 55 games. Finished ranked 3rd in the Tri-state that year. Future150 rankings for high school basketball recruits across the nation. 1977-1988; Spring Arbor 33 22 11.667 6 2 0 1951-1961; Columbiaville Wolves 15 10 5.667 2 0 0 1951-1955; Inkster Peterson-Warren Mustangs 3 2 1.667 0 0 0; Albion Wildcats 186 123 63.661 25 9 0 A Reed Point player dribbles down the court in a game against Melstone, February 25, 1982. 3. Deer Lodge would make it all the way to the championship, falling to Livingston 104-64. Carrolls team also included future high-school All-American and future NBA player, 6-10 John Thompson, as well as playmaker George Leftwich, who turned down an NBA offer for a coaching career. They played in one of the toughest leagues in America and only lost a game to a standout individual performance.Honorable Mention: 1957 Middletown (OH), 1959 McClymonds (CA), 1964 Power Memorial (NY), 1974 Verbum Dei (CA), 1977 West Philadelphia (PA), 1977 T.C. In 1960, the Scholastic Sports Association named Carrolls Bob Dwyer as their Coach of the Year. Big Timber takes on Class A opponent Laurel in a season-opening tournament at the Metra, December 8, 1978. Get Exposure / F150 Report GET SOCIAL: Rankings. Your list is a very interesting one with a lot of great teams, but I have a couple of bones to pick with you. Besides winning the Washington-Baltimore Catholic League and the Washington, DC City Championship, the 1958-59 Carroll team also won the Knights of Columbus Tournament at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and the Eastern States Catholic Invitational Tournament (ESCIT) in Newport, RI. Kenny Williams, another highly regarded prospect, was selected but did not play. CG. Lets not act like that was the best Camden team. Bill Cartwright Elk Grove Thundering Herd (Calif.), 24. All five went on to play major college basketball, with Trgovich (UCLA) and Stoddard (North Carolina State) being part of national championship teams. They were headlined by the tandem of 6-6 Adrian Dantley and the 6-7 Kenny Carr, both future NBA lottery picks. Bryce Rainer 8. NOTE: the rankings are compiled . What are the teams judged off? ), Gonzaga, etc. Magic Johnson. There is no doubt the USA Today Super 25 national rankings, which began in the fall of 1982, helped popularize national high school rankings around the country in both boys basketball and football. Ansonia won consecutive Class S titles against New London in 1987 and 1988. Only one of Carrolls high-school games in 1958-59 was even close, and that was Carrolls victory over Trenton Catholic in the final game of the season. west philadelphia high school coach joey goldberg , players gene banks has to be rank as one of the best basketball team and player. Patrick Ewing and Cambridge Rindge and Latin 79-81 Led by Quinn Buckner, definitely the gold standard in Illinois. During his coaching career at DeMatha, he received job offers from North Carolina State, Georgetown, Duke, Wake Forest, and Virginia. Greg, April 25, 2021, you mentioned something about players transferring to Dunbar, well Im a little confused, who were the players your speaking of ??? It was my first year doing national rankings and the publisher and I had a dispute over my payment, so I never got to publish my final rankings, Krider told Ballislife.com in 2015. Wilbur Cross (New Haven, Ct) in 1974 If it weren't for a loss to Curie at the Spalding Hoophall Classic that was later ruled a forfeit, this team would be higher on this list. ALL. Don't forget about Mike Conley. As a senior, the point guard averaged 16.5 points and 4.2 assists. Top 100: Hubert Davis, Lake Braddock, Basketball, 1988 Radiant personality and hard work led the former Bruin to a 12-year career in the NBA. Quinn went on to attend Indiana U. Best high school basketball team ever. Brandon McDonald was a defensive player who locked up opposing teams top offensive players. The "Hometown" column should contain the player's actual hometown, which is not always the location of the player's high school. The COMPTON HIGH 1968 AND 1969 TEAMS WENT 33-0 EACH YEAR! The newspaper names athletes whom it believes to be the best basketball players from high schools around the United States. Isiah Thomas St. Joseph Chargers (Westchester, Ill.), 21. Each year, the newspaper also selects a USA Today High School Boys' Basketball Coach of the Year and a USA Today High School Girls' Basketball Coach of the Year. Billings Central hosts former Class A opponent Glasgow, January 6, 1984. Conway 10. The last set of boys basketball Super 25 rankings published by the Gannett Companys McLean, Va.-based American daily was on December 10, 2019. 19 1989 Christ the King team New York I coached was good not good enough to be in the top 10 but how could any List not have Power memorial with Lou Alciindor not in the top 10 Best high school team in New York City history. @Nicholas Sacoulas, yes, Mater Christi (Astoria, NYC) won the City Championship those two consecutive years, 1978 and 1979 They also notably broke the 30 plus game winning streak of Mount Vernon HS (Westchester, NY). Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. No Milton Wagner. Your rankings have left out one of the best high school basketball teams of all time. Danny Manning Lawrence High School Chesty Lions (Kan.), 23. The Chase for the Recruiting Champion powered by 247Sports Composite. I write about high school football and basketball. Career highlights: 2011-12 NCAA Player of the Year (AP, Naismith, John Wooden Award), Final Four M.O.P. would have beaten this team. Since you included a couple of DC area teams in your list, how could you have forgotten them?
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