3 in the USA Today Top 25. 1st Regular Season FAB 50: NEW No. 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. 1 in our boys' rankings. 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. Keatts, Howard and West were all inducted into the Hargrave Hall of Fame in 2011. 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. Jerry Lucas had one of the more storied amateur careers of any basketball player in history, winning a national championship with Ohio State in 1960, then winning an Olympic gold medal that summer. Dozens of future pros have walked through Oak Hill's doors perhaps none greater than Carmelo Anthony, who led Syracuse to its lone national title as a freshman in 2003. Jayson Tatum wasn't the first player out of Chaminade Prep to go No. Robertson teamed with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 NBA championship. Wootten died in January 2020, at 88 years old. 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. Three of SLAM's college hoop junkies compiled their personal lists using a mental simulation of "Who dominated their respective season the most . 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. 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. Key players: Reggie Williams, Muggsy Bogues, Keith James, Mike Brown, Tim Dawson, Reggie Lewis. College basketball has been played since the 1890s, with some schools making a name for themselves throughout the following 130 years. Key players: Jay Humphries, Ralph Jackson. Forty percent of every freshmen class did not make it to graduation, and almost 60 percent of students zoned to attend Kashmere chose to attend different high schools. SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school boys' basketball teams in the 2022-23 season. This was a two-year stretch under head coach Michael Peck in which Findlay went 61-1. Since James went No. 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. 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. 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. He was also one of the main components of one of the worst NBA trades of all time, when Golden State Warriors coach and general manager Don Nelson swapped Mitch Richmond for Owens, breaking up the Run TMC trio of Richmond, Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway. Led by back-to-back Utah Mr. Basketball picks Nick Emery and T.J. Haws, they won the Class 6A state championship. They likely would have won four straight state championships if the 2019-20 season hadn't gotten shut down. Emery and Haws both went on to play for BYU, where Haws was a two-time All-WCC selection. Key players: Jalen Rose, Vashon Leonard, Howard Eisley, Garland Mance, Elton Carter. Key players: Frank Williams, Sergio McClain, Marcus Griffin. Key players: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, Day'Ron Sharpe. 7 Calvary Christian, No. Best full decade: 1970s, appeared in 100% of polls, only program . 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. He also played seven years in the NBA. 33 Lower Merion jersey now hangs above a door in the gym. One of Hargrave's greatest players and its greatest coach teamed up to win a national championship on the college level. Langdon was a McDonald's All-American, a three-time All-American at Duke and played three seasons in the NBA. Sort of. The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Ohio High Schools In that time, Hurley won 26 state championships, four national championships and was named USA Today National Coach of the Year three times. 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. Probably one of the more underrated teams on this list (if you can even say that), Ames High was led by a pair of future NBA first-round draft picks in Harrison Barnes and Doug McDermott. He's been a three-time NBA All-Star and will have made $214.2 million in career earnings when his current contract runs out after the 2022-23 season. And stories of what some colleges offered him (diamonds, movie roles, cash) are even unbelievable in today's day and age. Westtown isn't the only. He's also still in the NBA. 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. 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. Not by a long shot. 1 overall in the 2013 NBA draft. Even at that, no one outshined Stackhouse. He's known to have heard a spectacular time playing basketball and many fans and . Jo Jo White was one of the top players to ever play high school basketball in St. Louis. Stand Up and Cheer: A Century of Blue Devil Basketball, future NBA players John Thompson and Tom Hoover, went undefeated and won a state championship. 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. There were two future NBA players on McClymonds High's unbeaten 1959-60 team Paul Silas and Joe Ellis. Bradley averaged 19 points per game, and playing all over the country in tournaments, he brought home MVP at every single one. 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. Key players: Quinn Buckner, Mike Bonczyk, Boyd Batts. St. Vincent-St. Mary didn't stop winning state championships after LeBron James embarked on one of the greatest NBA careers of all time. Banks scored 31 points for the Speedboys in a 72-52 win over Father Judge High in the city championship game. Proviso East's legendary early 1990s teams weren't the last time multiple NBA players would be on the roster, either. Billy Owens never quite lived up to his potential on the college and pro levels. Key players: Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Stephen Van Treese, Damian Windham. 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. 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. beat Peoria Manual 68-61 in the state championship game, jumped over future Illinois star Sergio McClain for a dunk. 13 in final MaxPreps Top 25 Breakdown: The school's all-time leading scorer Jalen Suggs is now at Gonzaga . 50. Harris transferred to Notre Dame Prep in Massachusetts for his final high school season and played for Syracuse for three seasons before declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft and going unselected. Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. The Baltimore Sun said that the Calvert Hall 1981-82 team was the greatest in BCL history on the league's 50th anniversary. The team featuring the greatest high school basketball player in Michigan history needed to be on the list. Key players: Danny Ainge, Rodger Bates, Mike O'Neill, Greg Niko, Steve Moulton, Greg Jacobson. The song was actually released in 2017 and didn't become a hit until 2018, when it went viral and climbed to No. The school ultimately closed its doors in 2013. 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. 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. 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. 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. He is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Key players: Shabazz Muhammad, Ronnie Stanley, Xavier Grimble. 5 overall by the MInnesota Timberwolves. We went . It's worth noting the school didn't open its doors until 1997. UCLA coach John Wooden once called Wooten "the finest coach on any level high school, college, or pro. 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. He went from Willowridge to being a Division I head coach at Texas Southern, where he coached for six years before going back to the high school ranks. Long Beach Poly's girls team, however, has become a state powerhouse in that time. Otis was eventually convicted of sexually molesting one of his players in 2009. Joseph Young was a second-round pick in the 2015 NBA draft and played three seasons for the Indiana Pacers. 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. Greatest High School Basketball Teams of All Time By Tony Adame, updated on June 6, 2022 drebwell / Twitter Every state has its high school basketball legends. Williams, Jamall Walker, Manny Dies, Mark Eck, Robert Lolar. . Leverage your professional network, and get hired. Courtney won another state title at George Bush High School in 2010. Key players: Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount, Makhtar Ndiaye, Alex Sanders, Curtis Staples, Jermaine Smith, Mike Brittain, Tavares Johnson. 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. After the legendary 2012-13 team, Lone Peak repeated as state champs in 2014 and won again in 2018. 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. You can lose early, but you can't lose late. 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. In 2013, Hancock was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player after he led Louisville to the national championship. What happened next with former Washington High star Junior Bridgeman is one of the greatest (mostly) unknown stories in basketball history. 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. Players and teams so great they took up permanent space in the memories of basketball fans. Wichita South head coach Steve Eck made the move to college basketball after the 1995-96 season and his last state championship at South. Three years later, Rison led Michigan State to the Rose Bowl. How was TPS caught? It's easy to understand why most people look at the 1982-83 Dunbar High squad as the de facto greatest high school basketball team of all time. 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. Jumped over future Illinois star Sergio McClain, Marcus Griffin died in January,. 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