Paterson Kennedy's Jayden Briggs grabs the rebound away from Ridgewood's Matt Favieri (5) in the North 1, Group 4 high school basketball final in Paterson on Tuesday evening. Key players: Frank Williams, Sergio McClain, Marcus Griffin. Key players: Howard Porter, Hugh Yancy, Arthur Johnson. Lawrence North High star Greg Oden was picked No. Out of the trio of professional athletes on Bishop Gorman's star-studded team, Ronnie Stanley has been the most successful on the next level. It lies mainly on the right bank of the Rhine River, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Cologne. 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. Some of those teams were even better than that. 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. Visit Our Patreon Page to Create Your Own All-Time Fantasy Teams and See Other Bonus Material . 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 Baltimore Sun said that the Calvert Hall 1981-82 team was the greatest in BCL history on the league's 50th anniversary. For all of Mo Bamba's basketball accomplishments, they now pale in comparison to a hit song named "Mo Bamba" written and performed by one of Bamba's childhood friends, rapper Sheck Wes. Valentine played 10 seasons in the NBA, while Carr played 16 seasons. Brandon, who originally committed to play for Illinois, teamed with Shaquille O'Neal at LSU and helped lead the Tigers to a Sweet 16 appearance. Key players: Ellis Johnson, Gene Strother. The Ravens rewarded him with a five-year, $98.7 million contract with $64 million guaranteed. Key players: Sherrell Ford, Michael Finley, Donnie Boyce. Key players: Wilt Chamberlain, Vince Miller, Marty Hughes, Howard Johnson, Dave Shapiro. He also played seven years in the NBA. Key players: Jevon Crudup, Deric Cofield, Steve Aldrich, Scott Fidler, Andy Nicholson, Bryan Harris, Jesse Battles. After Parker won the Class AA state championship, they played in a national tournament, where they took down the defending national champions from Pearl (Tennessee) High before beating Armstrong (Virginia) High in the finals. Bobby Hurley went on to win two national championships at Duke in 1991 and 1992. Dominguez repeated as state champions in 2001, then won another state title in 2004 the last state championship in school history. UCLA coach John Wooden once called Wooten "the finest coach on any level high school, college, or pro. In 2013, Hancock was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player after he led Louisville to the national championship. He was known for his long-distance shooting ability in an era with no 3-point line. Camden High's 1986 team went unbeaten and was rewarded with a national championship from USA Today when it came out on top in the final Super 25 Poll. Greatest College Basketball Teams Ever: Nos. Players and teams so great they took up permanent space in the memories of basketball fans. Tragically, Sealy died in a car accident in 2000, at 30 years old. UCLA (957 Points) Total appearances: 60.17% of all polls. The 6-foot-10 forward has the skills of a guard and has shown he can compete with the league's best if not for his proclivity for injuries. Key players: Jayson Tatum, Tyler Cook, William Gladson. 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. 1 overall pick Kyrie Irving. Keatts, Howard and West were all inducted into the Hargrave Hall of Fame in 2011. Holmes broke the Indiana high school career wins record with his 807th win in 2019 but didn't stop there. Doug McDermott was named the National College Player of the Year at Creighton in 2014 and was the No. He cashed out a staggering $103.2 million in career earnings. Monta Ellis ended up having a 12-year career and averaged 17.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists. Matching 6-foot-10 posts and future NBA players John Thompson and Tom Hooverwould have been just fine. 1 or No. The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Ohio High Schools Few high school athletes anywhere, ever, can compare with Danny Ainge at North Eugene High School. In 2021, Eck returned to coaching high school basketball and back in Wichita at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. Dantley, 6-foot-6, and Carr, 6-7, absolutely terrorized opponents, and Wooten was a master at getting the most out of them. 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. Ainge also was a two-time All-State quarterback and one of the top high school baseball players in the nation as well. If only they would've gotten to play Dunbar High, would it have been the greatest game ever? It was Robinson who hit the game-winning free throws against Seton Hall in overtime of the championship game. MORE: Carl Hayden's greatest high school basketball players. 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. It was Bradley who was the star on this team, however, as the No. The 1977 state champions were inducted into the Lansing Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. 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. Robertson led the nation in scoring three times and was a three-time National Player of the Year at the University of Cincinnati before he became a 12-time NBA All-Star, nine-time All-NBA selection and was named to the NBA's 35th, 50th and 75th Anniversary Team. Willie Weeks, Wolf Point - Weeks helped lead the Wolves to the 1968 Big 32 state championship . Spector went on to play for Villanova, then became the first player ever signed by the Boston Celtics. The star players on its 2016-17 team were Mo Bamba and Cameron Reddish; other top players included heralded recruits Brandon Randolph, Anthony Ochefu and Jake Forrester. Pointer wasn't even the most famous person in his family. He starred in basketball for BYU but also played in the majors for the Toronto Blue Jays, where he became the youngest player in franchise history to hit a home run. 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. Chandler and Dominguez delivered and became the first and only California team to win a mythical national title in the era of weekly high school polls, along with their state title. College basketball has been played since the 1890s, with some schools making a name for themselves throughout the following 130 years. 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. They finished as state runner-up in 1988. High school assists were not a stat they were recording yet. Key players: Jamie Brandon, Damian Porter, Fred Sculfield, Anton Little, Rashard Griffith. 10 overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft and played five seasons in the NBA. 3 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. Findlay Prep was the most basketball factory school of all the basketball factory schools who ever existed and played on a high level. In 1995, Randolph Childress averaged 35.7 points and 7.0 assists in the ACC Tournament, leading Wake Forest to the championship and hitting the game-winner against North Carolina in the finals. Key players: LeBron James, Dru Joyce III, Sian Cotton, Romeo Travis. Six players off the Compton High national championship teams led by head coach Bill Armstrong went on to play Division I basketball. Rose was the real prize, though. Parker was an All-American in his one season at Duke and the No. Key players: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Leonard Bennett, Dwayne Davis. This was the first of three consecutive state championships for Minneapolis North High, but the only one of the three to go undefeated. Less than a decade after Buckner walked its halls, Thornridge's basketball program placed another player in the NBA with 7-foot center Kevin Duckworth. 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. In all, 11 Overbrook alums have made it to the league. He's known to have heard a spectacular time playing basketball and many fans and . First appearance: March 8, 1949. The undefeated Arkansas state championship team reached as high as No. 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. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar should always be in the discussion when it comes to the greatest basketball players of all time. Tatum went on to star for Duke, where he played one season before he was the No. 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. The template for how tough a high school basketball league can be has to include the Baltimore Catholic League. While Malone would go on to have a better career, it was the 6-foot-8 forward Fair, who was the focus in high school. Thompson went on to star at Providence. Key players: Shabazz Muhammad, Ronnie Stanley, Xavier Grimble. Thornridge High never won another state title in boys basketball after Quinn Buckner led them to back-to-back titles in 1971 and 1972. 3 in the national rankings and won a Class 4A 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. 4 in the final USA Today Top 25 poll. 1 pick in the NBA draft after his junior season for sure and maybe his sophomore season and was a three-time Parade All-American and two-time National Player of the Year. The two Parade All-Americans coached by Lafayette Norwood saw little in the way of competition throughout the year. In all, Lone Peak has won eight state championships in boys basketball and all since 2001. 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. Key players: Patrick Ewing, Kevin Headley. Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. Rose and Simeon won titles in 2006 and 2007. All-Time Top 50 Men's List. 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. Forward Duane Ferrell went on to star at Georgia Tech and played 11 seasons in the NBA. Few high school big men in history can hold a candle to Philadelphia Simon Gratz High star Rasheed Wallace, who averaged 16 points, 15 rebounds and 7 blocks per game as a senior in 1992-93. Wagner, is currently a star guard for Camden High and the No. The history of Parker High School encompasses much more than what happens on a basketball court. Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing might have something to say about that. 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. Key players: Reggie Williams, Muggsy Bogues, Keith James, Mike Brown, Tim Dawson, Reggie Lewis. 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. 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. Montverde's 2021-22 team was making another push to be the best in school history, with six players ranked in the ESPN Top 25, led by No. 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. 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. Former Nathan Hale High star Michael Porter Jr. has become one of the most befuddling NBA prospects to come along in some time. He was named the Naismith Player of the Year and drafted No. Parker High opened in 1900 to serve African-American students. 3 NBA draft overall pick Billy Owens, who was on all four state title teams, scored 3,000 career points and earned comparisons to Magic Johnson coming out of high school. Any list of greatest high school basketball coaches needs to include Stu Vetter, who led two different schools to national titles Flint Hill Academy in 1987 and St. John's Catholic Prep in 1988. Chris Bosh played one season at Georgia Tech before he was the No. No team from Flint Northwestern has won a state championship in any sport since the girls basketball team won it all in 1993. Ames went 27-0 in 2009-10 their second consecutive state championship Vance Downs was named USA Today National Coach of the Year and the team finished No. What happened next with former Washington High star Junior Bridgeman is one of the greatest (mostly) unknown stories in basketball history. 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). That was when superstar junior guard Jalen Rose led them to the first of back-to-back state titles. 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. Minnehaha won its third state championship in four years in 2021. 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. 1 or No. Every High School Basketball team in the nation is ranked. He attended the University of Pittsburgh but never played there. We rank the top 25 boys' high school basketball programs in the country. 5 overall recruit Dariq Whitehead, a 6-foot-6 small forward signed to play for Duke. Dajuan Wagner's son, D.J. It went by Negro High School until 1939, when it was named after its first principal, A.H. Parker. They were led by a pair of future NBA first-round draft picks, Muggsy Bogues and National Player of the Year Reggie Williams, and brought another first-round pick off the bench with the late Reggie Lewis. . The two most sought-after players in the country in 1984-85 resided in the D.C. area with 6-foot-11 DeMatha High forward/center Danny Ferry and Spingarn High point guard Sherman Douglas, just 6-foot-1 and 160 pounds. Mayo played eight years in the NBA before he was suspended two years for violating the league's "drugs of abuse" policy before the 2018-19 season. In Philadelphia-area prep hoops history, you can count him alongside players like Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant as the all-time greats. 40 overall. 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. Unfortunately for Simon Gratz High, the school became known for more than its basketball talent throughout the 1980s and 1990s, when it was a perennial member of the Persistently Dangerous Schools List. Key players: Tyson Chandler, Sherman Gay, Marcus Moore, Ellis Moore, Ellis Myles. Jayson Tatum wasn't the first player out of Chaminade Prep to go No. 1. In 2019, Stanley had a career year and made his first Pro Bowl and first NFL All-Pro Team. USbasket Top 50 U.S. High School Teams Ranking Last Updated: 1/19/2023 The RANKING is carefully calculated based on teams' games and league/conference strength. Key players: Bobby Hurley, Rodrick Rhodes, Jerry Walker, Terry DeHere, Danny Hurley. Wichita South head coach Steve Eck made the move to college basketball after the 1995-96 season and his last state championship at South. Mayo had 41 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in the 2007 Class AAA state championship game a 103-61 win over South Charleston. MaxPreps said Lone Peak High was the top public school team in the country in 2012-13. Otis was eventually convicted of sexually molesting one of his players in 2009. Key players: Nick Emery, T.J. Haws, Erik Mika, Talon Shumway, Connor Toolson. 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. Key players: Da'Quan Cook, Corey Fisher, Brad Haugabrook, Jeff Robinson. Wootten died in January 2020, at 88 years old. Lucas added an NBA championship as a member of the New York Knicks in 1973 and would have been totally at home in the current era of pro basketball. One of Hargrave's greatest players and its greatest coach teamed up to win a national championship on the college level. The 6-foot-8 forward began to pick up national attention as a senior when he had 48 points, 27 rebounds, 8 blocks and 9 dunks in a win over a much larger school a performance that earned him a spot in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section. Schenley has had some powerful teams over the years, but as it relates to our time frame, the 2007 group is the one that makes the cut. One school, one spot. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. Marion went 84-4 over that period, capped by a 69-56 win over Richmond in the 1987 state championship game, and had nine of its players go on to play college basketball. North was led by a future NCAA All-American and national champion in sophomore point guard Khalid El-Amin, a three-time All-State selection who led UConn to one of the most shocking upsets of all time in the 1999 NCAA championship game against Duke. Former Hargrave star Luke Hancock transferred to the University of Louisville in 2011 after playing his first two seasons at George Mason. Booker High won two more state championships after moving from the FIAA to the FHSAA, in 1985 and 2006. 2 Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti High. Yates set a national record by scoring at least 100 points in 15 consecutive games. Four years later, he led Michigan to the 1989 NCAA championship. Lewis played six seasons in the ABA and was an ABA All-Star in 1971, but his career was cut short by an Achilles tendon injury. That's a truly remarkable feat for coach Greg Wise's squad. Best Japanese Restaurants in Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia: Find Tripadvisor traveler reviews of Dsseldorf Japanese restaurants and search by price, location, and more. Key players: Glen Rice, Andre Rison, Jeff Grayer. Hoover played at Villanova and was the No. Key players: Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Stephen Van Treese, Damian Windham. Key players: Quinn Buckner, Mike Bonczyk, Boyd Batts. 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). Teammates Scottie Barnes and Moses Moody were also lottery picks in 2021. 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. 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. Imagine trying to prepare your team to face West Memphis High during the 1979-80 season. Ewing won a national championship with Georgetown in 1984 and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. 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. Quincy was never more dominant than when they hit the state tournament, winning four games by an average of almost 30 points. It's routinely viewed as one of the worst high schools in the country when it comes to academics. First things first. You can still watch Long Beach Poly's thrilling 45-44 win over Mater Dei in the CIF championship game and see for yourself why this team made the list. Key players: Curtis Walls, Lee Wall, Louis Banks, Sean Turner, Larry Cohen, Reggie Lawrence, Kevin Smith, Dennis Brown, Davis Nieves, Vic Carstarphen. Mayo played his final season at Huntington High and was named National Player of the Year while playing alongside another future NBA player, Patrick Patterson. Three of SLAM's college hoop junkies compiled their personal lists using a mental simulation of "Who dominated their respective season the most . Chet Holmgren swept every major national player of the year award at Minnehaha in leading them to the Class 3A state title in 2021. Rose was hardly a one-man show for the Prospectors. "We've still got a heartbeat . Bloomington South is a great example of a team that didn't necessarily need to overpower teams with size to win a lot of games, going undefeated and winning a coveted Indiana state championship. Key players: Paul Silas, Joe Ellis, Aaron Pointer. The steady flow of NBA talent didn't stop, either. They repeated in 1994 and have won nine total national championships. Key players: Malik Sealy, Brian Reese, Adrian Autry. Future Pitt All-American DeJuan Blair and St. John's . McClymonds went 32-0 that season, becoming the first high school basketball team from the East Bay to go unbeaten since Berkeley High in 1969-70. Calvert Hall played a national schedule that year that included wins over D.C.'s Spingarn High and a victory in a 1-2 matchup against Camden (New Jersey) High. 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. Langdon was the one who paved the way for the other two as a three-time Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year and winner of three consecutive Class 4A state championships. 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. Cage needed 28 rebounds in the final game of the regular season to beat Chicago Bulls forward Charles Oakley for the rebounding title and grabbed 30. John Thompson became much more well-known as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. Five years before Tatum was selected, Chaminade's Bradley Beal was selected No. The Patrick School did everything it could to win a national championship in 2007 but came up just short at No. 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. Key players: Lonzo Ball, LiAngelo Ball, LaMelo Ball, Onyeka Okongwu, Eli Soctt, Andre Ball, Cameron Shelton. 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. New Teacher jobs added daily. Yates High School gets all the love from us because they were a public school and won a national championship in the modern era of prep schools and diploma mills. 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. Today's top 17 Teacher jobs in Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 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. Key players: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, Day'Ron Sharpe. 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. They all played on the greatest high school basketball team in their respective state's history, according to look back at legendary squads from all 50 states. beat Peoria Manual 68-61 in the state championship game, jumped over future Illinois star Sergio McClain for a dunk. It's a pretty amazing stat line that was wasted on some pretty awful teams. 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. 11 overall pick in 2014. Flynn, who played collegiately at Syracuse, had the perfect complement in wing Paul Harris, who earned a reputation as an elite shutdown defender against some of the nation's top players. But not the title. Wooten finished his career with a 1,274-192 overall record and in 2000 became the first exclusively high school basketball coach inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. 26-50 | Nos. Dennis Scott led Flint Hill to a national runner-up finish as a junior in 1986, then took them all the way to the top of the USA Today Super 25 rankings as a senior in 1987. 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. Key players: Danny Ainge, Rodger Bates, Mike O'Neill, Greg Niko, Steve Moulton, Greg Jacobson. 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. Few high school basketball duos can match up with Lawrence North High's Michael Conley Jr. and Greg Oden, who led their school to three consecutive state championships and ended their careers on a 50-game winning streak. Quincy also has one of the more incredible pregame routines you will ever see unique enough that it's detailed in a book, "Stand Up and Cheer: A Century of Blue Devil Basketball," written by Quincy Herald-Whig sportswriter Matt Schuckman. 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. You can make an argument for Cage being the greatest high school basketball player in Arkansas history. Langdon was a McDonald's All-American, a three-time All-American at Duke and played three seasons in the NBA. 1st Regular Season FAB 50: NEW No. Few teams have done what St. Augustine High did in 1994-95, climbing from unranked in the preseason all the way to the top of all the major national high school polls by the end of the year. He teamed with Conley to lead Ohio State to the 2007 NCAA championship game, and the two were picked No. 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. A Findlay Prep player was actually taken No. "I think it's clear by the way we've been playing lately that our team is together and committed to each other. 16-30 on October 25 and now have published an in-depth look at the nation's 50 best teams. 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. St. Nicholas' only loss came to New Jersey powerhouse St. Anthony's in a tournament in Hawaii. In his last year at TPS, Boyle had two future NBA players, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and 2012 NBA draft No. Bobby Hurley was one of three future NBA players on the roster alongside Rodrick Rhdes and Terry Dehere, as St. Anthony defeated teams from 10 different states on the way to a 32-0 record. The 7-footer won two state basketball championships (1978 and 1979) while also earning Parade All-American honors. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft after spending one season at Gonzaga. 10) Fuzzy Vandiver, Franklin. 5) Indianapolis Washington, 1969. Key players: Maurice Robertson, Eugene Edgerson. 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