Key players: Jerry Lucas, Larry Emrick, Tom Sizer. It was just fun. Kashmere brought home more than just a Class 4A state title in 1975. Westtown School's 2016-17 team was one of the more dominant high school basketball teams of all time. Nathan Langley, Dunbar, 22.0 It also earned one of high school basketball's mythical national championships from the National Sports News Service. 6-3 The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from New York High Schools . City lost 31-28 in a game that lived up to the hype with Dwight and Banks making one big play after another in front of a standing-room only crowd at Bates Field. 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. In 1995, El-Amin was pulling off similar feats. Woodson, 22.0, © Copyright 1993 The Washington Post Company. Key players: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Leonard Bennett, Dwayne Davis. Key players: Da'Quan Cook, Corey Fisher, Brad Haugabrook, Jeff Robinson. No. Chris Bosh played one season at Georgia Tech before he was the No. He's the older brother of Ruth, Bonnie, Anita and Joan Pointer. The three-time Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American had six 40-point games as a senior. I found this story on USA TODAY High School Sports and wanted to share it with you: City won three state titles during a four-year stretch from 1993-96 while compiling a 47-4 record. 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. In basketball-crazy Kansas, one high school team stands above all the rest the 1976-77 Wichita Heights High team led by future NBA first-round draft picks Darnell Valentine and Antoine "Big Dog" Carr. Dwight rushed for 2,113 yards and scored 43 touchdowns as a senior in 1993 despite often playing in only half of each game because the scores were so lopsided. Senior Three of Citys games in 1993 ended by the 50-point mercy rule, including one at halftime. 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. Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. His NBA career technically stretched over seven seasons, but he only played in three because of injuries. The Ravens rewarded him with a five-year, $98.7 million contract with $64 million guaranteed. beat Peoria Manual 68-61 in the state championship game, jumped over future Illinois star Sergio McClain for a dunk. Ronnell Felton, Hayfield, 6-2, Jr. Robert Shelton, Louisa, 27.2 Howard Porter went on to become a three-time All-American at Villanova and led his team to the NCAA championship game against UCLA in 1971, where he was named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player despite losing in the title game. 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. Another starter, Edward "Monk" Malloy, became president at the University of Notre Dame. At 6-foot-8, he was a 3-point shooter and one of the best long-distance shooters of the 1990s, when he played 11 seasons in the NBA. Earl Tyson, Dunbar, 6-0, Sr. FOURTH TEAM The last state championships for Raytown South came with the undefeated team in 1989-90, but legendary head coach Bud Lathrop coached until 2006. Even as a high schooler, Tatum was developing a reputation for lighting up the scorebook. Washington Post baseball coach of the year in 1986. Ellis Johnson was the star for Ashland and went on to become the first All-American for legendary head coach Adolph Rupp at the University of Kentucky while also starring in football, baseball, and track and field. Phill Hawkins, The Heights, 22.5 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists. Toby Bailey, Loyola--One of the top five recruits in the state. . Keith Davis, Anacostia, 6-4, Sr. 12. 5 overall by the MInnesota Timberwolves. The team was led by Parade All-American Howard Porter and future MLB pitcher Hugh Yancy. Simply breathtaking. The polls found on this page were compiled by the AP based on votes submitted by AP member reporters and editors from Ohio . Key players: Bobby Hurley, Rodrick Rhodes, Jerry Walker, Terry DeHere, Danny Hurley. 73. Derek Barrett, Meade, 5-10, Sr. The current Little Hawk squad also has a star senior running back leading the charge with Xavier Washpun having finished the regular season ranked third in Class 4A with 1,549 rushing yards. Some of those teams were even better than that. The NJSIAA hired a former cop to secretly videotape the team working out. He led the Yellowjackets to three Michigan State championships (MHSAA), finishing his senior campaign as . 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. Last update: 3/2/2023, Minimum Games Played: 5; Learn more about the rankings # School Ovr . Bob Hurley Sr. would be St. Anthony High's coach for 45 years, staying at the school until the day it closed in 2017. Ranking Explanation . Bulldogs finished 24-2 and with 22-game IAC win streak. Dunbar. But with him, it just made it an impossible team to beat really. Key players: Michael Payne, Bruce Douglas. East's star player on the latest state championship team was Hasaan Herrington, who led his team to an undefeated season and signed with NCAA Division II University of Texas-Tyler, where the head coach is former East star Louis Wilson. Forward 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. Ashland Blazer High won three more state championships after the legendary 1928 title team in 1933, 1934 and 1961. Without question, they did, said current City coach Dan Sabers, who was the defensive coordinator for the 1993 team. Junior Winners of the City Times Player and Coach of the Year awards will be announced at the breakfast. High School Orlando Sentinel Orlando All-Area Honorable Mention 202021. 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. By High School Sports It's not recency bias to just believe what your eyes tell you. Chet Holmgren swept every major national player of the year award at Minnehaha in leading them to the Class 3A state title in 2021. James would have been the No. Fowlkes was runner-up to Jelani Gardner of St. John Bosco for Cal Hi Sports Magazines State Player of the Year. Earvin "Magic" Johnson led Lansing's Everett High to a state championship in 1977 when he averaged 28.8 points and 16.8 rebounds. Player, School, Avg. Once the school was taken out of the hands of the School District of Philadelphia, things began to change. 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. Twenty years ago, another Little Hawk football team performed at a level to which all other City teams now aspire while cruising to the 1993 Class 4A state title. 6-8 / 220. MP Stats for iPad Stat keeping for basketball teams. Peoria Manual closed out the year with its fourth straight championship and was led in scoring by head coach Wayne McClain's son, Sergio McClain. 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. The team, which also was featured in the 2018 documentary "We Town," won consecutive Independent Schools state titles in 2016 and 2017. Averaged 23.6 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. Check out Prep Hoops 2021 National Player Rankings. Career point total: 2,167. 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. Led by future NBA lottery pick Shabazz Muhammad and a a pair of future NFL players in Ronnie Stanley and Xavier Grimble, Bishop Gorman only lost to California powerhouse Mater Dei and to fellow Nevada standout Findlay Prep before winning the state championship. Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date . 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. Key players: Karl Godine, Jarvis Williams, Carl Byrd, Madison Lane. 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. Woodson; Thomas Washington, FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain 202022 ( Gold ): 7 games: 7.0ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.1spg, 1.3bpg. Key players: Frank Williams, Sergio McClain, Marcus Griffin. The truly bananas fact about Oak Hill Academy's 1992-93 season is that six of the 36 wins were against college teams on the way to winning the school's first mythical high school national championship. Key players: Reggie Williams, Muggsy Bogues, Keith James, Mike Brown, Tim Dawson, Reggie Lewis. Carroll. 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. 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. McClymonds, which also counts NBA legend Bill Russell among its former players, also featured another star, future MLB outfielder Aaron Pointer. John Raffensperger has seen numerous high school football teams over the past half century, but the former Little Hawk teacher and legendary boys track coach puts the 1993 City squad on a pedestal by itself. Thornridge High never won another state title in boys basketball after Quinn Buckner led them to back-to-back titles in 1971 and 1972. Guard How'd the Purple Knights do it? This was a two-year stretch under head coach Michael Peck in which Findlay went 61-1. Minnehaha featured a pair of future NBA draft lottery picks in future Gonzaga star Jalen Suggs and 2021 Gatorade Player of the Year Chet Holmgren, a 7-foot center. Basketball Without Borders returns to all-star weekend camp for 1st time since 2020, NFHS Network's Weekly Top 10 Basketball Highlights, 3 Texas schools in the lead for 4-star Longview RB Taylor Tatum, https://usatodayhss.com/2013/citys-93-state-champions-still-legendary, City's '93 state champions still legendary. Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. 5 ranking in They also had size that could match up with anyone they played, led by 6-foot-6 leading scorer Pete Trgovich, 6-5 senior Junior Bridgeman and 6-7 senior Tim Stoddard. Porter Jr.'s father was hired as an assistant coach by the University of Washington before the season and brought his five-star recruit son with him to Seattle. Johnson, who transferred from Montclair Prep, became one of the first players ever selected to the Southern Section first team (1992) and to a City 4-A team (1993, 1994). O.J. Feb 27, 2023 Updated Feb 28, 2023. 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. The crew not only finished the job on time in about six weeks, but they also had fun doing it thanks largely to Dwights energy. 2 in the final USA Today Super 25 Poll. Doug McDermott was named the National College Player of the Year at Creighton in 2014 and was the No. The Utah Jazz selected Wilkins No. 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. Had single-game highs of 44 points as a sophomore Members of boys second-team rosters for the 1993-94 season, and their point averages: NAME SCHOOL YEAR HEIGHT AVG. I have an internet white whale I'm looking for. Then he played nine games before he underwent season-ending back surgery. Key players: Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount, Makhtar Ndiaye, Alex Sanders, Curtis Staples, Jermaine Smith, Mike Brittain, Tavares Johnson. Three-time all-DCIAA selection. 8. You can make an argument for Cage being the greatest high school basketball player in Arkansas history. Maryland Class 4A state semifinalists. Key players: Duane Ferrell, James "Pop" Tubman, Marc Wilson, Paul Edwards, Pat Sass. The first of St. Anthony High head coach Bob Hurley Sr.'s four mythical national championships came with his son, Bobby Hurley, leading the team at point guard. Malik Sealy had one of the more amazing backstories of anyone in basketball. Key players: Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Stephen Van Treese, Damian Windham. 3 in the USA Today Top 25. SCORING LEADERS Jaden Bradley IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) Senior The 6-1 guard made the City 4-A team and is being recruited by Cal State Sacramento and Humboldt State, a Division II school. RASHEED WALLACE, Simon Gratz, 6-10, 1993: Incredibly athletic for his size; even ran track. With Ewing on its roster, Cambridge could beat just about anybody. Eric Singletary, Sidwell Friends, 6-2, Sr. 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. What were teams supposed to do when they faced off against Hargrave, led by current North Carolina State head coach Kevin Keatts and future NBA stars Josh Howard and David West? Who are the longest running recruiting services? Both were the top player. His father was a bodyguard for social activist Malcolm X, also known as Malik Shabazz, and named his son after him. 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. 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. Robinson was the No. They had everything. Jamail Pritchett, Quince Orchard, 22.1 1 or No. Led by back-to-back Utah Mr. Basketball picks Nick Emery and T.J. Haws, they won the Class 6A state championship. In 2021, Eck returned to coaching high school basketball and back in Wichita at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. 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. One of the most highly recruited high school basketball players of all time, Ewing was coached by future Division I head coach Mike Jarvis and went 94-5 in four seasons. The Poets went wire-to-wire as the No. There was a carry-over effect, no question about it, Dan Sabers said. 1994-95 All-Met Boys Basketball Team Thursday, March 30, 1995. Guard It went by Negro High School until 1939, when it was named after its first principal, A.H. Parker. Visit . In three seasons with Lucas, the Middies went 76-1. Gerald Hilliard, Phelps, 6-3, Sr. 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. (RSCI) data is provided by RSCIhoops.com. The Associated Press provides rankings for high school football and boys and girls basketball. 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. 1 ranking in the area and City Title championship. Longtime rival Dunbar High. Inglewood has not played for a state championship since its undefeated team won it all in 1980. Lamon White, Colonial Beach, 23.4 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. Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award. I may be completely wrong though. 11 overall pick in 2014. This year's senior class will be off to their . 23. Pointer wasn't even the most famous person in his family. Both were the top player. Led 33-1 Crimson Tide to Mr. Basketball finalists Isaiah Evans, North Mecklenburg, 6-7, Jr., F: He led the team to a 28-2 record and a . He was a three-time Register all-state selection. Robert Miller, Largo, 6-0, Sr. Key players: Maurice Robertson, Eugene Edgerson. Record: 23-3. . Randolph went on to star for Michigan State and played in the NBA for 18 seasons, where he averaged 16.9 points and 9.1 rebounds for his career and racked up $195.5 million in career earnings. The best team their school ever had was the next year, when future NBA legend Oscar Robertson was a senior and led the team to 31-0 record and was named Mr. Basketball in Indiana. USA Olympic Basketball Team Rosters and Stats . 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. William Peters Hoover played at Villanova and was the No. The nation's top 100 high school basketball prospects as rated by Ken Mink of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, listed with height, home town and the college that. Joseph Young was a second-round pick in the 2015 NBA draft and played three seasons for the Indiana Pacers. Nesselrodt, James Wood; Derrick Newton, Northwestern; Victor Page, Teammates Scottie Barnes and Moses Moody were also lottery picks in 2021. After Bridgeman left Washington, he was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year for Louisville, then played 12 seasons in the NBA. 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. While Quincy High has not won a state basketball championship since 1981, the school still holds Illinois records for most appearances at the state tournament (32) and most games played in the state tournament (89). Jalen Hood-Schifino Montverde Academy (Montverde, FL) CG. 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. You got to see future NFL All-Pro wide receiver Andre Rison tossing alley-oop passes to future NBA All-Star Glen Rice. 3 overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft. The Willowridge High squad in 2000-01 was led by a pair of McDonald's All-Americans who went on to star in college and play in the NBA with Daniel Ewing and T.J. Ford. Nicknamed "Dink," the 298-pounder has soft touch around the basket. 6 overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. A ranking of High school Basketball recruits. 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. He would do anything to get back out on the field. Cameron Christie, 6-5, Rolling Meadows. Meade; Neil Scott, St. Andrew's; Jason Smith, Broadneck; Darrian City High has built a standard of excellence in which making the football playoffs is widely expected. 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. It was Robinson who hit the game-winning free throws against Seton Hall in overtime of the championship game. Was Douglas, who starred at Syracuse and played 13 seasons in the NBA, the greatest player to ever come out of Spingarn? 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. Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) Rankings - 1999. In that time, Hurley won 26 state championships, four national championships and was named USA Today National Coach of the Year three times. Thank you for paying attention, whether it has been for all 35 DN years or barely one. Keatts, Howard and West were all inducted into the Hargrave Hall of Fame in 2011. 3 scorer in state history. Photo Galleries Explore and . Keyes, Woodbridge; Brian Lipka, Robinson; Joe Martinez, Fairfax; Gordon 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. City also had an eight-year stretch from 1962-69 when it finished with a losing record six times, including an 0-9 mark in 1968. Key players: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Paul Dawson, Larry Hunter. 5 Deer Lakes defeated No. Key players: Ellis Johnson, Gene Strother. Not just for the players, but for the coaches as well.. Kidd had a chance to win the game on the final possession and Corliss threw that shite into the stands. . 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. Mayo began playing high school basketball when he was a seventh-grader in Kentucky, where he was an All-State pick as an eighth-grader before transferring to a high school in Ohio for the first three years of high school. But he was a star among stars, and one of the fastest and most dynamic players in the history of Iowa high school football. Averaged 18.2 points. Former Nathan Hale High star Michael Porter Jr. has become one of the most befuddling NBA prospects to come along in some time. We came up with the 10 best high school basketball teams of all time. Winter 2022-2023 high school sports scores. The four consecutive state championships won by Carlisle High in the mid/late 1980s were the only four in school history. Lathrop finished his career with a 955-300 overall record, with 924 of those wins coming at Raytown South, including four state titles. The talent faucet didn't just shut off after Dennis Scott and Co. left in the late 1980s. A Findlay Prep player was actually taken No. Player Position Status Followers On3 NIL Valuation. 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. In 1993, Livingston was the Naismith and Gatorade player of the year and tied with Rasheed Wallace for Parade player of the year. 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. Harrison Barnes has been in the NBA since he was selected No. Three-year starter led Eagles to 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. South Lakes Had 20 career triple-doubles. After Khalid El-Amin led Minneapolis North Community High to three consecutive state championships, the school didn't win another state title until 2003, then not again after that until winning back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017. The first class was just 19 students and 1 teacher. 1. Career 109-51. Two players off the team ended up playing in the NBA Jay Humphries and Ralph Jackson. St. Augustine star Eugene Edgerson wasn't done winning national championships. Here are the City/Suburban Hoops Report's current top 10 prospects in the class. Oh, did we mention 10-year NBA veteran and first-round draft pick Jeff Grayer was also on the roster? A wiry versatile player with endless length, Christie is a smooth . The history of Parker High School encompasses much more than what happens on a basketball court. 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 NBA suspended Abdul-Rauf for his refusal to stand, and two days later, he worked out a compromise. Montana isn't known for being a hotbed of high school sports, but the team Missoula Sentinel High put together in 1963-64 was impossible to keep off the list. Mike Powell Imagine trying to prepare your team to face West Memphis High during the 1979-80 season. 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. 3 in the national rankings and won a Class 4A state championship. 1 overall in the 2003 NBA draft, SVSM has won five more state titles, in 20009, 2011, 2017, 2018 and 2021. That was just part of an 83-game winning streak for Kashmere, which was led by future Texas A&M star Karl Godine and Jarvis Williams. 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. 5 overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. 2 Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti High. Rose and Simeon won titles in 2006 and 2007. And our eyes tell us that the 2019-20 Montverde Academy team is one of the best collections of high school talent we've ever seen. Key players: Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph. 6 overall in the 2016 NFL draft. And I dont know how you could ever have one team that had that many all-state players. And so Tim starts doing like monkey bars on the rafters over the floor to get himself over there and then reach down and just smoothed out a spot. Hunt was one of the standouts on Jerry Tarkanian's famous UNLV teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 1990 after he led the Runnin' Rebels to an NCAA championship. 1 and No. Finished year by making 60-foot shot at High school highlights: Parade Magazine National Player of the Year (1992), USA Today Offensive Player of the Year (1992), PIAA state champion (1992) What Happened Next: Ron Powlus.