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. Long Beach Poly has won six state championships since 2006, including four consecutive from 2006 to 2009 and back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014. 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 history of Parker High School encompasses much more than what happens on a basketball court. Forward Duane Ferrell went on to star at Georgia Tech and played 11 seasons in the NBA. Lazare played professional basketball for eight years. Can you imagine the sheer terror of trying to guard "The Human Highlight Film" in high school? James was hired as the head coach at Austin Peay in April 2021. Key players: Jamie Brandon, Damian Porter, Fred Sculfield, Anton Little, Rashard Griffith. Scott was probably a player ahead of his time. Arguably the greatest player in Calvert Hall or at least the one that came to be the most well-known was still a generation away when the 1981-82 team won the national title. Earned all-state honors in 1984-85 and was two-time All-CNY Cities League all-star. 42, Craig Jackson, 6-8, Denver, UCLA. 93, Fred Burton, 6-5, New York, Texas A. and M. 94, Greg Butler, 6-10, Rolling Hills, Calif., Stanford. 1 or No. 3 overall, but he refused to play for Utah and was traded to the Atlanta Hawks a few months later. 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. Compton High hasn't played in a CIF State Championship Game since 1969 but has played for the Southern California Championship and lost three times in 1998, 2010 and 2014. . 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. Rating Str. Key players: B.J. "We've got one more thing to do," said Robinson. 33 Lower Merion jersey now hangs above a door in the gym. There were two future NBA players on McClymonds High's unbeaten 1959-60 team Paul Silas and Joe Ellis. 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. 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. 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. Key players: Wilt Chamberlain, Vince Miller, Marty Hughes, Howard Johnson, Dave Shapiro. Rose and Simeon won titles in 2006 and 2007. Now Robinson and Liberty, who have led King to the state quarterfinals for the first time, are two of the five first-team players selected to The Tribune's 1985-86 All-State team. Midseason Journal: Glue Guys. The three-time Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American had six 40-point games as a senior. Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Sixth Man of the Year Most Improved Player Teammate of the Year J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Western Conference Finals MVP Eastern Conference Finals MVP ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Led the team in scoring (14.5 points per game) and rebounding (9.4 per game), becoming the first WKU player to lead the team in both categories in back-to-back years since Chris Marcus in 2000-02. She ranks as Pennsylvania's all time scoring leader with 3,823 points. Joseph Young was a second-round pick in the 2015 NBA draft and played three seasons for the Indiana Pacers. Lawrence North High star Greg Oden was picked No. 2 in all the major national polls. We rank the best teams in the country for the 2022-23 season. "When I was 9 or 10, all I wanted to do was go out with my friends and throw rocks," he said. 56, Vernon Johnson, 6-8, Tempe, Ariz., Arizona State. Players and teams so great they took up permanent space in the memories of basketball fans. It's the first time two players from one school have made the first five and the first time a junior has made it. 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. 76, Terry Stallworth, 6-6, Long Beach, Calif., Texas-El Paso. You can lose early, but you can't lose late. 91, Gary Voce, 6-9, New York, Notre Dame. Bradley averaged 19 points per game, and playing all over the country in tournaments, he brought home MVP at every single one. 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. 19, Chris Morris, 6-8, Atlanta, Ga., Auburn. 4. 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 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. Bob Hurley Sr. would be St. Anthony High's coach for 45 years, staying at the school until the day it closed in 2017. Findlay Prep featured a roster with three future NBA players Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph. And they went 4-20. FILTER ALL STATE WINNERS BY: BOYS GIRLS 10 overall position from Rivals. 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. East Anchorage wasn't done winning state championships when Trajan Langdon walked out the door. 1985: Shaker (Latham) 510: 57: Vern Fleming: PG: 1985: Mater Christi (Astoria) 531: 58: Jim McMillian: SF: Class of 1985. James was briefly suspended this year over an investigation into improper benefits, then reinstated, and the Irish not only won their third state title in four years but also took down national powers Mater Dei, Westchester and Oak Hill. 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. Billings Senior vs. Great Falls - February 28, 1980. 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. 97, Richie Simmonds, 6-2, New York, Iona. "I didn't even play basketball until the 6th or 7th grade. Sentinel lost in the state championship game three consecutive times before winning it all in 1986 the 10th state title in school history. The third five comprises Rockton Hononegah's 6-10 Jim Shikenjanski, Argo's Joe Griffin, Quincy's Jack Kramer, Leo's Randy Doss, and Carlyle's Kunz. But not the title. Ellis was a three-time All-Big 12 selection and two-time All-American at the University of Kansas. Robert E. Lee High School (VA) North Carolina: United States: Michael Porter--Dublin, VA-Pulaski County High School (VA)-United States: Mark Stevenson: SF: 6-6-Philadelphia, PA-Roman Catholic High . In all, 11 Overbrook alums have made it to the league. 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. 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. Key players: Nick Emery, T.J. Haws, Erik Mika, Talon Shumway, Connor Toolson. 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. Key players: LeBron James, Dru Joyce III, Sian Cotton, Romeo Travis. Inglewood has not played for a state championship since its undefeated team won it all in 1980. 4, kevin walls, 6-3, camden, n.j.,. Thompson went on to star at Providence. They repeated in 1994 and have won nine total national championships. "Marcus could make any kind of shot he wanted to." This was the first of three consecutive state championships for Minneapolis North High, but the only one of the three to go undefeated. 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. Also on the second team is Danny Jones, Rockford Boylan's all-time leading scorer. What happened next with former Washington High star Junior Bridgeman is one of the greatest (mostly) unknown stories in basketball history. Key players:Gene Banks, Joe Garrett, Clarence Tillman, Darryl Warwick, Mike Powell, Vincent Ross, Tyrell Biggs, Pee Wee Thomas. 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. Ainge also had success as an NBA executive, putting together the team that won an NBA championship for the Boston Celtics in 2008, when he was named NBA Executive of the Year. Other Links > Basketball > Top Ranked Basketball Players by High School . Followers. Camden of New Jersey was sandwiched in between at 2, Calvert Hall beat Camden in Philly by 5. 6, Derrick Lewis, 6-7, Washington, D.C., Maryland. These rankings are based on the potential influence they have as an individual. It featured a starting five of all future Division I players and two future NBA draft picks, Mo Bamba and Cam Reddish, the No. 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. 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. 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. The team featuring the greatest high school basketball player in Michigan history needed to be on the list. 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? 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. 23, Chris Sandle, 6-8, Los Angeles, Arizona State. But we're guessing Magic may have averaged a triple-double. 12 Old Dominion 68 No. 4 in the final USA Today Top 25 poll. 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 another state title in 1992 but hasn't won again since, finishing as state runner-up in 2012 and taking fourth place in 2013. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- 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 recruited them: 1, Danny Manning, 6-10, Lawrence, Kans., Kansas. 4. 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. Key players: Derrick Rose, Bryant Orange, Timothy Flowers, Kevin Johnson. 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). 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. The team was led by Parade All-American Howard Porter and future MLB pitcher Hugh Yancy. PRO PHOTOGRAPHY. 13 overall in the NBA draft several months later. mythical national champions by USA Today. 6-8 / 200. One of Hargrave's greatest players and its greatest coach teamed up to win a national championship on the college level. They likely would have won four straight state championships if the 2019-20 season hadn't gotten shut down. 38, Kreigh Smith, 6-7, Tipton, Ind., Indiana. They lost one game all year, but it was just the second game of the season. Few high school athletes anywhere, ever, can compare with Danny Ainge at North Eugene High School. The media ranked Calvert Hall number 1 and Dunbar number 3 to begin the season. 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. First things first. Camden High guard Milt Wagner went on to lead Louisville to three Final Fours and the 1986 NCAA championships before winning an NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1988. 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. NIL Deal Tracker; NIL News; NIL Rankings. 53, Melvin Faust, 6-7, Homestead, Fla., South Alabama. He also was named to the first team on Parade magazine's high school All-America squad. Photo . The Baltimore Sun said that the Calvert Hall 1981-82 team was the greatest in BCL history on the league's 50th anniversary. 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. The team later became enveloped in scandal when head coach Russell Otis was charged with sexually molesting one of his former players and stealing money from the team's Nike sponsorship. 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. After Magic Johnson, Everett didn't win another state championship until 2004, defeating Flint Carman-Ainsworth High in the state championship game. 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. 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. 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. He's also still in the NBA. 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. 1, danny manning, 6-10, lawrence, kans., kansas. The wealth of talent extends deep into the top 15. Being in the stands for a Flint Northwestern High basketball game in the mid-1980s must have been a treat. He was at his most dominant as a junior in 1956-57, when he scored 45 points in the state semifinals. 50, Billy King, 6-6, Sterling, Va., Duke. Williams, Jamall Walker, Manny Dies, Mark Eck, Robert Lolar. 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. 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. Colby Giacubeno January 10. 59, Fred Tisdale, 6-6, Logan Co., Ky., Western Kentucky. 2, john williams, 6-8, los angeles, louisiana state. Chet Holmgren swept every major national player of the year award at Minnehaha in leading them to the Class 3A state title in 2021. He was known for his long-distance shooting ability in an era with no 3-point line. Lower Merion wasn't done winning state championships once Kobe left. 1. Even as a high schooler, Tatum was developing a reputation for lighting up the scorebook. Johnson of Greensboro Day School (Greensboro, N.C.) is at No. The Sun Devils are led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of the Pac-12 . 32, Gary Thompkins, 6-3, Jackson, Mich., Iowa. 24, John Johnson, 6-0, New York, Virginia. It was Robinson who hit the game-winning free throws against Seton Hall in overtime of the championship game. Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing might have something to say about that. Key players: Sherrell Ford, Michael Finley, Donnie Boyce. At one point in the early 2000s, the basketball and football teams featured a pair of future NFL Pro Bowlers as teammates quarterback Josh Cribbs, who became an elite return specialist in the NFL, and tight end Vernon Davis. Former Hargrave head coach Kevin Keatts was hired as an assistant coach at Louisville around the same time. Boyce is on his second stint as Proviso East's head coach after being re-hired in 2016. 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. 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. Harrison Barnes has been in the NBA since he was selected No. UCLA coach John Wooden once called Wooten "the finest coach on any level high school, college, or pro. The last state championships for Raytown South came with the undefeated team in 1989-90, but legendary head coach Bud Lathrop coached until 2006. 49, Tyrone Jones, 6-6, Washington, D.C., Kansas. It's a pretty amazing stat line that was wasted on some pretty awful teams. He also reportedly spent time playing professionally under an alias during this time. The 1977 state champions were inducted into the Lansing Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. 69, Tyrone Howard, 6-7, Pittsburgh, Eastern Kentucky. 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. As a senior at Mount Carmel High School she averaged 33.1 per game. Key players: Malik Sealy, Brian Reese, Adrian Autry. 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. CG. The 2020-21 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Coming from Jacksonville (Fla.) Riverside, Singletary was one of the nation's top prospects, earning the No. Key players: Patrick Ewing, Kevin Headley. 3 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. Gill's team, like King, has reached Champaign for the first time. Schurz Football and Baseball; University of Illinois Football - All Conference, Most Valuable Player (1950); Professional - Chicago Cardinals. Morgan Wootten coached DeMatha Catholic for 46 years, leading the school to five national championships and 33 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference titles. Wagner, is currently a star guard for Camden High and the No. Pointer wasn't even the most famous person in his family. One year later, head coach Kevin Boyle left TPS to become the new coach at Montverde Academy. 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. NIL Rankings; . Jamyn Sondrup : Utah : 3. 2 overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2014 NBA draft. . Southwest Macon won a state championship in 1978 and followed that with a mythical national title in 1979 led by Terry Fair and Jeff Malone. "We are extremely proud to announce the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class," said former Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning, NFF Chairman and a 1989 inductee into the College Football . 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. Key players: Jalen Rose, Vashon Leonard, Howard Eisley, Garland Mance, Elton Carter. How was TPS caught? 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. 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. Key players: Jayson Tatum, Tyler Cook, William Gladson. 31, Ed Davender, 6-2, New York, Kentucky. Today, we unveil the Preseason MaxPreps Top 25 high school basketball rankings with Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) beginning the season as the team to beat behind reigning California Player of . 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. Was Douglas, who starred at Syracuse and played 13 seasons in the NBA, the greatest player to ever come out of Spingarn? Some of those teams were even better than that. 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. Basketball blues across the Bluegrass State where do Kentucky and Louisville go from here? 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: Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Stephen Van Treese, Damian Windham. Use the "Find my Team" feature to quickly locate your team! Minnesota; Minnesota Rankings; MN High School Basketball Rankings. In 1982, she won the Wade Trophy for the best women's basketball player in the nation. 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. 3 Purdue escapes Michigan State's upset bid, What to learn from the wildest weekend yet in men's hoops, Texas, Xavier and Clemson surge in Andy Katz's latest Power 36 men's college basketball rankings, St. John's men's basketball knocks off No. Robinson is averaging 21.5 points and 14 rebounds a game, not bad for a 202-pounder who is listed at 6-7 but claims he's actually "6-5 1/2, maybe 6-6." 96, Mark Bryant, 6-8, Maplewood, N.J., Seton Hall. Led by back-to-back Utah Mr. Basketball picks Nick Emery and T.J. Haws, they won the Class 6A state championship. He was Minnesota's Mr. Basketball in 1987. 1 overall in the 2013 NBA draft. 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. Key players: Tyson Chandler, Sherman Gay, Marcus Moore, Ellis Moore, Ellis Myles. . Ellis, a 6-foot-3 guard , was supposed to play for Mississippi State but made the improbable leap to the NBA in the final year high school players were allowed to go straight into the draft. MaxPreps Follow your favorite high school teams and players. The winners also will each receive $15,000 to go to their high school football program and a $10,000 cash award. At the heart of Bloomington South's program was its ever-present head coach, J.R. Holmes. Where do the nation basketball recruits rank? 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. 62, Ricky Blanton, 6-5, Miami, Fla., Louisiana State. Ronnie Courtney's career path is something to behold. 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. 1 recruit in the class of 2023. Rankings from AP poll. 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. Duckworth was selected as an NBA All-Star twice and named NBA Most Improved Player in 1988. 86, Tony Shaw, 6-4, Darlington, S.C., South Carolina. The trio known as "The Three Amigos" beat Peoria Manual 68-61 in the state championship game and were coached by a Proviso East alum in Bill Hitt. 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. 43. 88, Joe Coleman, 6-2, Jackson, Miss., Mississippi. 17.45.13.81.553.2 . St. Nicholas went from the Bronx to the top of the nation in high school basketball thanks to 6-foot-7 star forward and future NBA player Malik Sealy, who averaged 21.4 points and 10.4 rebounds while shooting 65.4 percent from the field. John Thompson became much more well-known as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. The best basketball players in 2026 are as follows: Click the players name to watch some footage. The best player currently in the 2025 class. 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. The undefeated Arkansas state championship team reached as high as No. How'd the Purple Knights do it? 25, Leonard Taylor, 6-8, Los Angeles, Houston. 14, Dave Rivers, 6-0, Jersey City, N.J., Notre Dame. Ranking Explanation . Key players: Mo Bamba, Cam Reddish, Brandon Randolph, Anthony Ochefu, Jake Forrester. Two players off the team ended up playing in the NBA Jay Humphries and Ralph Jackson. Below is the ESPN High School Boys' Basketball Top 25 for the week of Jan. 9, 2023. But he's shown to be much more than just a fluid shooter while leading the Mustangs to a Class 1A state championship. 2 Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti High. Since James went No. Imagine trying to prepare your team to face West Memphis High during the 1979-80 season. 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. The team is led by first-year head coach Todd Golden, and played their home games at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida as a member of the . 45, Jeff Grayer, 6-5, Flint, Mich., Iowa State. 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. 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. 90, Rodney Scott, 6-3, Los Angeles, UC Irvine. Key players: Jay Humphries, Ralph Jackson. A Findlay Prep player was actually taken No. 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. 99, Michael Williams, 6-1, Dallas, Baylor. But by the time he enrolled at King as a 6-2 freshman, football had taken a back seat. Wiley then played more than a decade of professional basketball, including seven seasons in the NBA. Key players: Howard Porter, Hugh Yancy, Arthur Johnson. Jermel Thomas: New York: 4. 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