I have an internet white whale I'm looking for. 6-6 Lathrop finished his career with a 955-300 overall record, with 924 of those wins coming at Raytown South, including four state titles. 19. That wasn't the case with Niagara Falls High, which went 28-1 in 2004-05 and won the first national title in school history. Over the last few decades, Dunbar High School has become almost as well-known for putting out big-time football players as it once was for its elite basketball talent. City assistant coach Michael Sabers, who is Dans son, was only 7 at the time, but he still remembers certain things about the 1993 season and about the summer leading into it. The song was actually released in 2017 and didn't become a hit until 2018, when it went viral and climbed to No. Overall, Central's rankings within the state of Alabama is 94th, 7,097th in the United States, and 3rd in the Columbus, . Averaged 22 It was a learning experience for those guys. Related organizations It's also our second-to-last ESPN . Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) Rankings - 1999. The summer of 1993 was special because thats when Dwight and all-state nose guard Corey Honore helped Dan Sabers build the house in which the Sabers family still lives. Oak Hill Academy didn't stop winning national titles after that first one in 1993. Louis Bullock, Canterbury, 23.8 Key players: Oscar Robertson, Albert Maxey, Bill Brown, Stan Patton, Edgar Searcy. I have absolutely no clue. 6-8 / 220. After the legendary 2012-13 team, Lone Peak repeated as state champs in 2014 and won again in 2018. Kashmere brought home more than just a Class 4A state title in 1975. On3 NIL . Shot 47 percent Although none of the players off the 2002-03 Woodlawn High squad made it to the NBA, one of them did have a lengthy career in the pros. He is also an outstanding shooter from three-point range. Marion's star backcourt of Jay Edwards and Lyndon Jones both played for Indiana University, where Edwards was the Big Ten Player of the Year in 1989. 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. Lucas, at 6-foot-8, was unlike any player anyone had ever seen. Wichita South High is the second team from Wichita, Kansas, to make the list and was coached by legendary high school coach Steve Eck, who won six Class 6A state championships with the Titans from 1986 to 1996. 1 or No. Check out Prep Hoops 2021 National Player Rankings. 2 in all the major national polls. Averaged 18.2 points. Potomac (Md.) The three-time Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American had six 40-point games as a senior. Players and teams so great they took up permanent space in the memories of basketball fans. Flint Hill only won one more state championship, in 1995, and made it to the state semifinals in 2005. Key players: Sherrell Ford, Michael Finley, Donnie Boyce. St. Albans Thompson, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and the College Basketball Hall of Fame, died in August 2020 at 78 years old. With Ewing on its roster, Cambridge could beat just about anybody. 1 and 2 teams in the state every year and there were some great athletes, Raffensperger said. And stories of what some colleges offered him (diamonds, movie roles, cash) are even unbelievable in today's day and age. There was a carry-over effect, no question about it, Dan Sabers said. Brentsville; Chatney Howard, Southern; Sulayman Joof, Whitman; Damion High Point Montverde Academy (Florida) has won Geico Nationals in back-to-back years and remains No. Kashmere High went 46-0 in 1974-75 in an era where states weren't quite as stringent on scheduling limits. Led by 2021 NBA draft No. Key players: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, Day'Ron Sharpe. Buckner, who was also the Illinois Player of the Year in football, also won a gold medal in the Olympics, led Indiana to an undefeated NCAA championship season in 1976 and won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics. Forward It's not recency bias to just believe what your eyes tell you. 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. 3 overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. The 5-9 senior, who averaged double figures in points and assists, is considered one of the top 15 point guards in the nation and was also selected to the City 4-A team. then took them all the way to the top of the USA Today Super 25 rankings as a senior in 1987. . for 20-5 Cavaliers. Key players: Mo Bamba, Cam Reddish, Brandon Randolph, Anthony Ochefu, Jake Forrester. 6-2 He was picked No. They likely would have won four straight state championships if the 2019-20 season hadn't gotten shut down. 6 overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. Ewing won a national championship with Georgetown in 1984 and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Without question, they did, said current City coach Dan Sabers, who was the defensive coordinator for the 1993 team. He was selected to three preseason all-tournament teams, first-team Southern Section Division I and two postseason national all-star games. Thompson went on to star at Providence. Led 33-1 Crimson Tide to No. He eventually played two seasons in the NBA three years apart, for the Boston Celtics in 1996 and the Houston Rockets in 1999-2000, where Calvin Murphy nicknamed him "Two Sandwiches" because of his size. The list includes teams as far back as 1952 and as recent as 2013. 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. In a weird twist, Louisville was later stripped of its national title because of rules violations, but Hancock and a group of other players sued the NCAA, won, and his MOP and the team's tournament records stayed in place. Williams, the Big Ten Player of the Year in 2001, was a first-round draft pick by the New York Knicks in 2002 but lasted just three seasons in the NBA. Virginia-bound standout averaged 19.8 points, 9.9 assists, 9 City finished the regular season 7-2, the other loss coming against Cedar Falls by a 14-13 margin in the season opener. 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. After not winning a state title since 1943 before Bryant led them to the title in 1996, they added two more since then, in 2006 and 2013. In the famous single-class system of high school basketball in Indiana, only two teams ever won three consecutive state titles Franklin High from 1920 to 1922 and Marion High from 1985 to 1987. His 1992-93 team had a gaggle of future Division I talent in forward and Class 6A Player of the Year B.J. Forward. In 2007, a study at John Hopkins University looking at graduation rates around the U.S. classified Kashmere as a "dropout factory." 6-3 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. Then, he went to play for the University of Missouri for his one college season. James was hired as the head coach at Austin Peay in April 2021. Mills, Coolidge; James Moore, Robinson; Steve Napper, DeMatha; Aaron Kidd and Corliss Williamson were 1a and 1b. 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. Crispus Attucks High's most famous team was the 1955 state championship team, which became the first all-Black school to win a state championship in Indiana history. That's a truly remarkable feat for coach Greg Wise's squad. 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. Hamilton became a basketball oddity. Chris Bosh played one season at Georgia Tech before he was the No. Few shooting guards in area have better range than Green, who helped McKinley; Jamail Pritchett, Quince Orchard; Chris Rhames, Anacostia; He held the career scoring record for the Aztecs until it was broken by Kawhi Leonard in 2011. Key players: Pete Trgovich, Junior Bridgeman, Tim Stoddard, Darnell Adell, Ruben Bailey. Harrison Barnes has been in the NBA since he was selected No. 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. He was either the No. Cage played 15 seasons in the NBA and led the league in rebounding while playing for the Los Angeles Clippers in 1988. Coached by a former NBA star in Brandon Roy, Nathan Hale High grabbed a state championship and a handful of national championships by going unbeaten behind future NBA star forward Michael Porter Jr. Not everyone was a fan of how Nathan Hale put its team together, though. It featured a starting five of all future Division I players and two future NBA draft picks, Mo Bamba and Cam Reddish, the No. Billy Owens never quite lived up to his potential on the college and pro levels. 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. 33 Lower Merion jersey now hangs above a door in the gym. 6-10 Joseph Young was a second-round pick in the 2015 NBA draft and played three seasons for the Indiana Pacers. Boyce is on his second stint as Proviso East's head coach after being re-hired in 2016. Junior Three years later, Rison led Michigan State to the Rose Bowl. 23. buzzer to win title game of Middle Atlantic Invitational. Key players: Malik Sealy, Brian Reese, Adrian Autry. Roosevelt; Brad Fowler, Severn; Michael Gray, Colonial Beach; Darren Key players: Patrick Ewing, Kevin Headley. (FREE) The Patrick School finished No. There's no doubt about it. Five years before Tatum was selected, Chaminade's Bradley Beal was selected No. USA Olympic Basketball Team Rosters and Stats . Dominguez repeated as state champions in 2001, then won another state title in 2004 the last state championship in school history. Ronald Rhodes, Calvert, 23.4 Selected to the City Times second team last season, Rickenbacker improved his shooting range and defense to become one of the areas most versatile forwards. Edgerson, a 6-foot-6, 235-pound forward, won a national championship at the University of Arizona and played on two Final Four teams with the Wildcats under the late Lute Olson. Wiley then played more than a decade of professional basketball, including seven seasons in the NBA. 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. 6-3 At St. John's Catholic Prep, Vetter had the advantage of two future college stars on the team with Damien Wilkins and Jason Capel, who took down a nationally ranked schedule with tournaments in Hawaii, North Carolina and Maryland. Placed under the control of Mastery Charter Schools in 2011, Simon Gratz changed its name to Simon Gratz High School Mastery Charter and was taken off the PDSL list in 2012. 16. The school ultimately closed its doors in 2013. from three-point range. In all, 11 Overbrook alums have made it to the league. And it was clearly on.. 3 in the national rankings and won a Class 4A state championship. But it's another Overbrook product whose fictional persona (with the same name) is arguably one of the most famous fictitious basketball players in history. Imagine trying to prepare your team to face West Memphis High during the 1979-80 season. They lost one game all year, but it was just the second game of the season. Bob Brown SECOND TEAM City was leading Cedar Rapids Jefferson 55-0 at halftime, spoiling Jeffersons homecoming event that night. Attucks went 62-1 over the last two seasons with Robertson as its star. In Philadelphia-area prep hoops history, you can count him alongside players like Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant as the all-time greats. In December 2010, the school named its new gymnasium after Bryant after he donated$500,000 to refurbish the gymnasium one of many times Bryant gave back to his alma mater. You are thinking of Livingston being higher than Iverson, I believe othella Harrington was ranked 1 in that class, There used to be a site that went back to the early 90s and had recruiting rankings. 1992-93 All-Met Boys Basketball Team. 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. Thumbnail sketches of the Golden Five . 5 overall recruit Dariq Whitehead, a 6-foot-6 small forward signed to play for Duke. Beal was the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2011 and played one season at the University of Florida. Frank McQueen, Parkdale, 23.9 Forward 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). 1993 Mr. Basketball USA. The history of Parker High School encompasses much more than what happens on a basketball court. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham, the Eagles had just one game decided by single digits on the way to a 25-0 record and mythical national title. His father was a bodyguard for social activist Malcolm X, also known as Malik Shabazz, and named his son after him. All rights reserved. Greg Williams, W.T. Arnett Young, Largo. But I think the table was set for those guys in 93 and they did very well. First things first. Crenshaws Kristaan Johnson, who was the City Times 1993 Player of the Year, became only the third Cougar in school history to sign with the Bruins. 1 and No. 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. 6-3. MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year. When it comes to producing outstanding high school basketball players, the Los Angeles area ranks among the best. They had fast defensive players and a lot of college football players that went on to play college football." Three of City's games in 1993 ended by the 50-point mercy rule, including one at . Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. 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. Otis was eventually convicted of sexually molesting one of his players in 2009. 1 overall pick Kyrie Irving. I think without question the thing that sent us over the top was how tough Tim was, Sabers said. Wilt Chamberlain led Cecil Mosenson's Overbrook High teams to back-to-back Philadelphia city championships in his final two seasons and was never more dominant than in his senior season of 1954-55. Derek Barrett, Meade, 5-10, Sr. Senior points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists. Markus Black, the point guard on the 2006 state championship team, became Booker's head coach in 2016 and coached there until 2021, when he was hired to join Eric Musselman's staff at the University of Arkansas. Dominique Wilkins went to the University of Georgia and played three seasons before leaving school early and declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft. 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. Key players: B.J. Player, School, Avg. Dwight hardly was a solo act, though, with a total of eight players earning all-state accolades in 1993. 1 overall in the 2003 NBA draft, SVSM has won five more state titles, in 20009, 2011, 2017, 2018 and 2021. Key players:Jay Edwards, Lyndon Jones,Nikki Mallory, Lefon Bowens, Jay Teagle, Eric Ewer, Daric Keys, Kyle Persinge. That summer was pretty cool knowing Tim Dwight especially Tim Dwight and Corey Honore working all summer with us to help my dad build a house, Michael Sabers said. In front of 11,522 fans, future Illinois star Frank Williams guided them to the 65-62 win. Name: Toby Bailey School: Loyola Year: Senior Points: 22.5, Name: Tremaine Fowlkes School: Crenshaw Year: Senior Points: 25.5, Name: Kristaan Johnson School: Crenshaw Year: Senior Points: 23.3, Name: Dayron Harris School: Washington Year: Senior Points: 20, Name: Andre Miller School: Verbum Dei Year: Senior Points: 23, Name: Calvin Patterson School: Fremont Year: Senior Points: 24.5, Name: David Rickenbacker School: Manual Arts Year: Senior Points: 21.5, Name: Joe Covarrubias School: Huntington Park Year: Senior Points: 20.1, Name: Ricky Blackmon School: Dorsey Year: Senior Points: 22.2, Name: Tommie Davis School: Crenshaw Year: Senior Points: 9. 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. In addition the list features several different regions. 1. Key players: Rasheed Wallace, Rondell Turner, Jamahal Redmond, Lynard Stewart, Reds Smith, Terrel Stokes, Alem Watson. Yates set a national record by scoring at least 100 points in 15 consecutive games. But he can shoot well from 20 feet and in. 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. They were similar, but Livingston had more awards. Woodlawn went a staggering 39-0 unheard of scheduling even for the last 20 years and finished No. St. Augustine star Eugene Edgerson wasn't done winning national championships. Ronnie Courtney's career path is something to behold. Below is a graphical representation of how our formula works. High school national championships in boys basketball come with the same momentum as winning a college football national championship. Rose and Simeon won titles in 2006 and 2007. One decade later, another great player took center stage and led Marion to a state championship when Zach Randolph helped the school win the 1998 title. The Baltimore Sun said that the Calvert Hall 1981-82 team was the greatest in BCL history on the league's 50th anniversary. James played pro basketball overseas for seven years before he returned to Duke as an assistant coach, winning two more national titles in 2010 and 2015. 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. Jaden Bradley IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) 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. Key players: Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount, Makhtar Ndiaye, Alex Sanders, Curtis Staples, Jermaine Smith, Mike Brittain, Tavares Johnson. Chatney Howard, Southern, 24.8 The 1977 state champions were inducted into the Lansing Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Each recruit is weighted in the rankings according to a, Readers familiar with the Gaussian distribution formula will note that we use a varying value for. Marquise Newbie 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. FIRST TEAM High School Basketball; Wisconsin; Wisconsin Rankings; WI High School Basketball Rankings. Props to The Sentinel for putting together this powerhouse online package about Carlisle High's four consecutive state championship teams that detailed the lives of the school's players and coaches before, during and after their time in the spotlight. 8. 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. Greg Jones, Cardozo, 6-1, Sr. Dominguez made it to the championship game again in 2008 but lost to McClymonds High. Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas was the star player on the second of back-to-back, undefeated state and national championship teams at Middletown High. Aaron Nesselrodt, James Wood, 22.4 Sentinel lost in the state championship game three consecutive times before winning it all in 1986 the 10th state title in school history. 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. Another starter, Edward "Monk" Malloy, became president at the University of Notre Dame. 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. Boys Basketball AP All-Ohio Teams: 1938-39: 1939-40: 1940-41: 1941-42: 1942-43: 1943-44: 1944-45: 1945-46: 1946-47: 1947-48: . Findlay Prep featured a roster with three future NBA players Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph. Key players: Billy Owens, Michael Coleman. Tyson Chandler was such a great basketball talent that the 7-foot-1 center was featured on "60 Minutes" before he even played a high school basketball game, and by the time he reached his junior year at Dominquez High, the hype was out of control. 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. 97. . Long Beach Poly's girls team, however, has become a state powerhouse in that time. When teams from New York end up on the national stage, it's usually coming out of New York City. Daily scores for basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics and indoor track. Southwest Macon High coach Duck Richardson was so hard on his players they gave him a truly deplorable nickname we won't repeat here feel free to look it up if you're so inclined but the results are impossible to argue. In April 2021, at the end of his 52nd year as a high school basketball coach, he was named the AT&T National Coach of the Year. Collectively, they became legends who burnished their legacies with undefeated seasons, state championships and, in some cases, national championships. Who are the longest running recruiting services? Dunbar. Key players: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Leonard Bennett, Dwayne Davis. The NJSIAA hired a former cop to secretly videotape the team working out. Simeon Career Academy didn't have to wait long for another generational talent to walk its halls. John Thompson became much more well-known as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. The 6-1 senior became more of an offensive force this season, using his ball-handling skills to lure double coverage and throwing passes to open teammates. Now a fixture in the playoffs, it hasnt always been that way for City. (RSCI) data is provided by RSCIhoops.com. 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. 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. Career 109-51. Copyright @2023 TigerDroppings.com. Eric Singletary, Sidwell Friends, 6-2, Sr. Corey Robinson, Watkins Mill, 6-2, Sr. THIRD TEAM Ronnell Felton, Hayfield, 6-2, Jr. Key players: LeBron James, Dru Joyce III, Sian Cotton, Romeo Travis. A gifted small forward, the 6-7 senior was forced to play center and power forward after Leon Watson injured his shoulder. 2 in the final USA Today Super 25 Poll. 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. They've won five state championships since he graduated, in 1995, 1999, 2000, 2013 and 2021 and finished as state runner-up four more times. Forward MaxPreps said Lone Peak High was the top public school team in the country in 2012-13. 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. In 2019, Stanley had a career year and made his first Pro Bowl and first NFL All-Pro Team. Six players off the Compton High national championship teams led by head coach Bill Armstrong went on to play Division I basketball. FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain 202022 ( Gold ): 7 games: 7.0ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.1spg, 1.3bpg. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft after spending one season at Gonzaga. 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. 6-8 Scott was probably a player ahead of his time. His NBA career technically stretched over seven seasons, but he only played in three because of injuries. The Cougars passed only three times, all of which were incomplete. Key players: RoShon Jacobs, Kentrell Gransberry, Darnell Lazare. The undefeated Arkansas state championship team reached as high as No. No. OLSH missed two last-second shots, sparking a long-awaited celebration for Deer Lakes, which was making its first appearance in the WPIAL finals. Young's Xavier Amos (5) dunks the ball against Kenwood. Jarace Walker IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) PF. He was just one of three future NBA players on the roster alongside junior Voshon Lenard and senior Howard Eisley. Nicknamed "Dink," the 298-pounder has soft touch around the basket. 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. Senior guard Bryce Robson made a go-ahead layup with 70 seconds left as No. Bailey, who guided the Cubs to the Southern Section Division I semifinals, was the first recruit to sign this year with UCLA. Jalen Hood-Schifino Montverde Academy (Montverde, FL) CG. We came up with the 10 best high school basketball teams of all time. Inglewood has not played for a state championship since its undefeated team won it all in 1980. The Little Hawks finished with a losing record in seven out of eight seasons from 1975 to 1982. Find out where your teams stands. Two-time NBA champion Mario Elie and five-time NBA All-Star Chris Mullin played alongside each other for Power Memorial shortly before it closed its doors for good in 1984. Where do the nation basketball recruits rank? Key players: Quinn Buckner, Mike Bonczyk, Boyd Batts. Don't feel too bad for Ellis. When Chino Hills hired Dennis Latimore as its coach before the 2017-18 season, LaVar Ball pulled his youngest son, LaMelo Ball, out of school and publicly criticized Latimore's hiring adding to the Ball family's history of firebombing every bridge they crossed. Gerald Hilliard, Phelps, 6-3, Sr. Doug McDermott was named the National College Player of the Year at Creighton in 2014 and was the No. Guard Ellis was a three-time All-Big 12 selection and two-time All-American at the University of Kansas. Other Links > Basketball > Top Ranked Basketball Players by High School . Mayo had 41 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in the 2007 Class AAA state championship game a 103-61 win over South Charleston. 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). The star player on the 2016 state championship team was all-state guard Tyler Johnson, who became a two-time All-Big Ten wide receiver at the University of Minnesota and won a Super Bowl as a rookie with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021. City won three state titles during a four-year stretch from 1993-96 while compiling a 47-4 record. And the 1994 City Times' boys' all-star team is . 11 overall pick in 2014. In fact, a Flint Hill grad turned in arguably the greatest performance in ACC Tournament history. 6 overall in the 2016 NFL draft. advanced placement courses, and honors courses. 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. 4 overall in the 2007 NBA draft. While the greatest player in Inglewood High history is undoubtedly Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, the greatest team tag belongs to the 1979-80 squad. 1948 Duke University High Point 44 Wilson 41 1949 Duke University R. J. Reynolds 38 High Point 23 1950 Duke University High Point 63 Durham 48 CLASSIFICATION NAME WAS CHANGED TO AAA IN 1951 1951 Duke University Wilmington New Hanover 65 Raleigh 50 1952 Duke University Raleigh 51 Greensboro 49 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 .