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. Key players: Oscar Robertson, Albert Maxey, Bill Brown, Stan Patton, Edgar Searcy. 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. Five years before Tatum was selected, Chaminade's Bradley Beal was selected No. Dominique Wilkins went to the University of Georgia and played three seasons before leaving school early and declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft. Fields, 6-foot-3, reportedly had a 50-inch vertical and once jumped over future Illinois star Sergio McClain for a dunk. While Kevin Garnett was the star, Ronnie Fields also was very talented. The three-time Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American had six 40-point games as a senior. In three seasons with Lucas, the Middies went 76-1. In the late 1930s, Art Spector was the star for West Philadelphia. 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. He went on to help lead Michigan to back-to-back Final Fours, alongside childhood friend Chris Webber, and played 14 seasons in the NBA. The story of Kashmere High through the present day has been one of struggle. High school national championships in boys basketball come with the same momentum as winning a college football national championship. 1 overall in the 2013 NBA draft. Led by two future NBA draft lottery picks in brothers Lonzo Ball and LaMelo Ball (who was then just 5-foot-11 but would grow to 6-7), Chino Hills High was a national phenomenon in 2015-16 as they took down a schedule full of the nation's best teams. Key players: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, Day'Ron Sharpe. 6 overall pick in the 1963 NBA draft. Key players: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Paul Dawson, Larry Hunter. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft after spending one season at Gonzaga. 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. 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. But not the title. When teams from New York end up on the national stage, it's usually coming out of New York City. 9 Camden, No. George McGinnis scored 148 points in his last four games of the 69-state tournament for a 37-point average. 1 in our boys' rankings. 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. Latimore and Chino Hills responded by winning back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019. First appearance: March 8, 1949. Dominguez made it to the championship game again in 2008 but lost to McClymonds High. The Tigers had one close game in the sectional final but won games that season by an average of 28 points and won by an average of 23 points in the state tournament. 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. As a senior in 1989-90, Brandon led King to a 32-0 record and the state championship before being named mythical national champions by USA Today. 1! Attucks went 62-1 over the last two seasons with Robertson as its star. 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. Led by 2021 NBA draft No. How'd the Purple Knights do it? Billy Owens never quite lived up to his potential on the college and pro levels. 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. 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. Sandy Creek. 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. It was Robinson who hit the game-winning free throws against Seton Hall in overtime of the championship game. Teammates Scottie Barnes and Moses Moody were also lottery picks in 2021. Porter Jr. averaged 36.2 points, 13.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.2 steals, 2.7 blocks and was named Gatorade National Player of the Year. Washington went unbeaten on the way to the state championship. First things first. Key players: Jalen Rose, Vashon Leonard, Howard Eisley, Garland Mance, Elton Carter. Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing might have something to say about that. He signed with the University of Illinois but never played after the school was put on probation. Long Beach Poly has not won a state championship in boys basketball since its legendary 1983-84 squad, finishing as runner-up just once, in 2016. 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. 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. 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. He's the older brother of Ruth, Bonnie, Anita and Joan Pointer. If we're trying to pick an all-time greatest player in Lone Peak history, we'd probably have to go with Jackson Emery, who went on to play for BYU and was named MWC Defensive Player of the Year in 2011. Peoria Manual High teammates Marcus Griffin, Sergio McClain and Frank Griffin were reunited at the University of Illinois, where they played for head coach Bill Self and led the Illini to an Elite Eight appearance in 2001. He also reportedly spent time playing professionally under an alias during this time. 1 and No. That's a truly remarkable feat for coach Greg Wise's squad. Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. He has a good shot at becoming the first third-generation player in NBA history. The Sandy Creek Patriots out of Tyrone, Ga. had a rather front-loaded schedule. It's a pretty amazing stat line that was wasted on some pretty awful teams. Key players: Rasheed Wallace, Rondell Turner, Jamahal Redmond, Lynard Stewart, Reds Smith, Terrel Stokes, Alem Watson. Key players: Malik Sealy, Brian Reese, Adrian Autry. 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. Marion High's eight state championships in boys basketball are the most in Indiana history, but the "Purple Reign" teams that won three consecutive titles from 1985 to 1987 are still the most well known. Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett transferred to Chicago's Farragut Career Academy before his senior year in 1994-95 and created one of the greatest high school basketball duos of all time when he paired up with fellow phenom Ronnie Fields, who was one year behind him in school. 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. The Baltimore Sun said that the Calvert Hall 1981-82 team was the greatest in BCL history on the league's 50th anniversary. Key players: Michael Payne, Bruce Douglas. In front of 11,522 fans, future Illinois star Frank Williams guided them to the 65-62 win. 3 scorer in state history. 5 overall recruit Dariq Whitehead, a 6-foot-6 small forward signed to play for Duke. Quinn Buckner was a winner wherever he went, starting with his time at Dolton Thornridge High, where he was a Parade All-American and led the team to a 33-0 record in 1971-72, state title and mythical national 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. 1 or No. 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. 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. Spector went on to play for Villanova, then became the first player ever signed by the Boston Celtics. Alongside Tom Gola, Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant, Banks is often thought of as one of the greatest Philly-area high school players of all time. 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. Woodlawn went a staggering 39-0 unheard of scheduling even for the last 20 years and finished No. Dunbar finished the season 31-0 and beat teams from seven different states in the process. In that time, Hurley won 26 state championships, four national championships and was named USA Today National Coach of the Year three times. Patrick Ewing swept National Player of the Year awards at Cambridge Ridge and Latin School in 1981 after leading his school to a third consecutive state championship. Without further ado, here are the top-ranked high school basketball programs in America as of January 21, 2021. Key players: Shabazz Muhammad, Ronnie Stanley, Xavier Grimble. In our wildest dreams we get to see a game between the 1966-67 Booker High state championship team and the 2019-20 Montverde Academy national championship team to determine the greatest high school team in Florida history. 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. Bob Hurley Sr. would be St. Anthony High's coach for 45 years, staying at the school until the day it closed in 2017. Some of those teams were even better than that. 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: Jayson Tatum, Tyler Cook, William Gladson. He was at his most dominant as a junior in 1956-57, when he scored 45 points in the state semifinals. It's worth noting the school didn't open its doors until 1997. It was Bradley who was the star on this team, however, as the No. Key players: O.J. Samuel Pierce played for Vanderbilt and became the first Black player in SEC history. Quincy High's unbeaten 33-0 season in 1980-81 was part of a 64-game winning streak, with the 1981 team winning the mythical national title and the second state title in school history and first since 1934. The song was actually released in 2017 and didn't become a hit until 2018, when it went viral and climbed to No. 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. Key players: Wilt Chamberlain, Vince Miller, Marty Hughes, Howard Johnson, Dave Shapiro. Woodlawn star RoShon Jacobs went on to become an All-Southland pick in both football and basketball for Louisiana-Monroe. Harris spent the next 11 seasons playing basketball professionally all over the world just not in the NBA. Mayo, Patrick Patterson, Jamaal Williams, Michael Taylor. We recently released the preseason MaxPreps Top 25 high school girls basketball rankings, highlighted by . Pointer wasn't even the most famous person in his family. During his NBA career, Bridgeman began buying up fast-food restaurants and started a catering/events service an empire that eventually made him one of the richest men in America, with an estimated $600 million fortune. 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. Trgovich won two national titles at UCLA, Stoddard won a national championship at North Carolina State and pitched 11 seasons in the majors. He also played seven years in the NBA. 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. They reportedly had 6,000 season-ticket holders. Key players: Dee Davis, Jordan Hulls, Matt Carlino, Erik Fromm. What's amazing about the team is that few names jump off the page from Camden High that were on the roster that year a true testament to how well head coach Clarence Turner's team was run. Williams, Jamall Walker, Manny Dies, Mark Eck, Robert Lolar. 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. These are the greatest high school basketball teams of all time. In all, 11 Overbrook alums have made it to the league. Woe unto the unfortunate post players who had to try and guard a young Chris Bosh for Lincoln High during the 2001-02 season, because the future Basketball Hall of Famer was an absolute nightmare to try and contain. 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. And they went 4-20. 1. . We conclude our 2021-22 preseason FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com with an in-depth look at the nation's top 15 teams. 1 overall pick Kyrie Irving. After playing on back-to-back state championship teams at Woodlawn in 2002 and 2003, 6-foot-8 forward Darnell Lazare played for LSU, where he was a solid role player for four years and helped lead the Tigers to the Final Four in 2006. How was TPS caught? 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. 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. 50. Lower Merion wasn't done winning state championships once Kobe left. Detroit Southwestern High lost in the state championship game seven of the previous eight seasons before 1990. No.1 rankings: 134, most of any program. Booker High won two more state championships after moving from the FIAA to the FHSAA, in 1985 and 2006. 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. Eck spent 25 years coaching mostly on the junior-college level, most notably winning an NJCAA Division I National Championship at Hutchinson Community College in 2017. 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. 33 Lower Merion jersey now hangs above a door in the gym. Findlay Prep was the most basketball factory school of all the basketball factory schools who ever existed and played on a high level. Every state has its high school basketball legends. 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. It was a player who was on the St. John's Catholic Prep roster a few years before the national championship team in 1998 who we want to single out 6-foot-6 forward Nate James graduated in 1996, then went on to play for Duke, where he capped his career as the co-captain on the Blue Devils' 2001 NCAA championship team. Then they reeled off 36 straight wins after that, capping it all with a 57-33 win over Baton Rouge Catholic High in the Class 5A state championship game. Inglewood has not played for a state championship since its undefeated team won it all in 1980. 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. 26-50 | Nos. They lost one game all year, but it was just the second game of the season. He attended the University of Pittsburgh but never played there. 1. Barnes and McDermott were actually teammates in the NBA, with both playing for the Dallas Mavericks in 2018. Milt Wagner's son, Dajuan Wagner, scored 100 points in a single game in 2001 against Camden County Tech and was the No. 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. Some of those teams were even better than that. Tatum went on to star for Duke, where he played one season before he was the No. O.J. 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. Key players:Jay Edwards, Lyndon Jones,Nikki Mallory, Lefon Bowens, Jay Teagle, Eric Ewer, Daric Keys, Kyle Persinge. 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. One of Hargrave's greatest players and its greatest coach teamed up to win a national championship on the college level. College basketball has been played since the 1890s, with some schools making a name for themselves throughout the following 130 years. We began with teams No. 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. Crudup averaged 28.9 points and 13.0 rebounds as a senior, went on to star for the University of Missouri and was a second-round draft pick by the Detroit Pistons in 1994. And stories of what some colleges offered him (diamonds, movie roles, cash) are even unbelievable in today's day and age. 7 Calvary Christian, No. Beal was the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2011 and played one season at the University of Florida. His NBA career technically stretched over seven seasons, but he only played in three because of injuries. 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. Not by a long shot. He was just one of three future NBA players on the roster alongside junior Voshon Lenard and senior Howard Eisley. In 2021, Eck returned to coaching high school basketball and back in Wichita at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. Matching 6-foot-10 posts and future NBA players John Thompson and Tom Hooverwould have been just fine. Jo Jo White was one of the top players to ever play high school basketball in St. Louis. On the 50th anniversary of our All-Metro Team, White was selected to 50 years: The All-time all-metro . Key players: Karl Godine, Jarvis Williams, Carl Byrd, Madison Lane. 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. 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. If only they would've gotten to play Dunbar High, would it have been the greatest game ever? Chris Bosh played one season at Georgia Tech before he was the No. Two more state championships after moving from the FIAA to the FHSAA, top 50 high school basketball teams of all time 1985 and 2006 with playing. 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