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. How was TPS caught? St. Anthony's was a national phenomenon. It lies mainly on the right bank of the Rhine River, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Cologne. One school, one spot. Ronnie Courtney's career path is something to behold. 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. Imagine trying to prepare your team to face West Memphis High during the 1979-80 season. [jwplayer lpqhoLGb-BmKM743H] It was another hardware-filled week of high school basketball around the nation, as No. The 2019-20 Blazer team was 28-0 heading into the state tournament, looking to become the first team to go unbeaten and win a state title since Brewers High in 1948. Cage played in college for San Diego State, where he was a two-time WAC Player of the Year and an All-American in 1984. Some of those teams were even better than that. Garnett was the National Player of the Year in 1995 and became the first high school player picked in the NBA draft in 20 years, when he was selected No. 50. 1 overall in the 2013 NBA draft. 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. Lower Merion wasn't done winning state championships once Kobe left. Key players: O.J. Rose and Simeon won titles in 2006 and 2007. 20 St. Paul VI, No. Barnes and McDermott were actually teammates in the NBA, with both playing for the Dallas Mavericks in 2018. And they went 4-20. 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. 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. Chris Bosh played one season at Georgia Tech before he was the No. Then, he went to play for the University of Missouri for his one college season. Power Memorial Academy continued to pump out elite NBA talent long after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar graduated. 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. Harrison Barnes has been in the NBA since he was selected No. Longtime rival Dunbar High. The steady flow of NBA talent didn't stop, either. Kennedy strolled to a . Long Beach Poly's girls team, however, has become a state powerhouse in that time. In 1995, El-Amin was pulling off similar feats. Key players: Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph. 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. MORE: Carl Hayden's greatest high school basketball players. We began with teams No. Crispus Attucks High's most famous team was the 1955 state championship team, which became the first all-Black school to win a state championship in Indiana history. 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. Courtney won another state title at George Bush High School in 2010. He's known to have heard a spectacular time playing basketball and many fans and . Joseph Young was the star player on Yates' national championship team in 2010, when he averaged 27.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 3.8 assists. You got to see future NFL All-Pro wide receiver Andre Rison tossing alley-oop passes to future NBA All-Star Glen Rice. 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. 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. Williams, Jamall Walker, Manny Dies, Mark Eck, Robert Lolar. 6 overall in the 2016 NFL draft. Guiding them from the sideline was head coach Ronnie Courtney, who was named 2001 USA Today Coach of the Year and won back-to-back state titles with the duo in 2000 and 2001. 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. 33 Lower Merion jersey now hangs above a door in the gym. This was the third of three consecutive national title teams for McClymonds. Willie Weeks, Wolf Point - Weeks helped lead the Wolves to the 1968 Big 32 state championship . High school assists were not a stat they were recording yet. East Anchorage wasn't done winning state championships when Trajan Langdon walked out the door. 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. 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. In the late 1930s, Art Spector was the star for West Philadelphia. 5 overall recruit Dariq Whitehead, a 6-foot-6 small forward signed to play for Duke. 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. Simeon Career Academy didn't have to wait long for another generational talent to walk its halls. 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. 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. SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school boys' basketball teams in the 2022-23 season. Key players: Harrison Barnes, Doug McDermott. 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. No.1 rankings: 134, most of any program. 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 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. Harris spent the next 11 seasons playing basketball professionally all over the world just not in the NBA. 1 overall in the 2003 NBA draft, SVSM has won five more state titles, in 20009, 2011, 2017, 2018 and 2021. 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. Key players: John Thompson, Edward Malloy, Tom Hooper, George Leftwich. 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. The undefeated Arkansas state championship team reached as high as No. Every state has its high school basketball legends. 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. Michigan has had a lot of great teams several made this list but a young Rice was truly the show here. First appearance: March 8, 1949. His 1992-93 team had a gaggle of future Division I talent in forward and Class 6A Player of the Year B.J. The debate over who is the greatest high school basketball player in Alaska history boils down to three players East's Trajan Langdon, Bartlett's Mario Chalmers and Juneau-Douglas High's Carlos Boozer. James would have been the No. The story of Kashmere High through the present day has been one of struggle. Robertson teamed with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 NBA championship. Key players: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, Day'Ron Sharpe. 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. 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. 3 overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft. Key players: Duane Ferrell, James "Pop" Tubman, Marc Wilson, Paul Edwards, Pat Sass. Simply breathtaking. 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. Being in the stands for a Flint Northwestern High basketball game in the mid-1980s must have been a treat. Middle brother LiAngelo Ball, who actually led the team in scoring, was also key as Chino Hills took down ranked team after ranked team, including wins over Montverde Academy (Florida), Jefferson (New York), Bishop Gorman (Nevada) and Bishop MOntgomery (California). He was listed as a center but was by far the team's best outside shooter. 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. 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. Even as a high schooler, Tatum was developing a reputation for lighting up the scorebook. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Washington went unbeaten on the way to the state championship. In 2021, Eck returned to coaching high school basketball and back in Wichita at Kapaun Mount Carmel High School. LeBron James, Patrick Ewing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar all have one thing in common. 51-68 25. They repeated in 1994 and have won nine total national championships. Three years later, Rison led Michigan State to the Rose Bowl. Hamilton became a basketball oddity. Was Douglas, who starred at Syracuse and played 13 seasons in the NBA, the greatest player to ever come out of Spingarn? 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. The team was led by Parade All-American Howard Porter and future MLB pitcher Hugh Yancy. Spector went on to play for Villanova, then became the first player ever signed by the Boston Celtics. 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. 2 in all the major national polls. Emery and Haws both went on to play for BYU, where Haws was a two-time All-WCC selection. MaxPreps High School Basketball Rankings. 13 overall in the NBA draft several months later. 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. Key players: B.J. Key players: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Paul Dawson, Larry Hunter. 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. There has been a lot of great high school basketball teams. Key players: Lonzo Ball, LiAngelo Ball, LaMelo Ball, Onyeka Okongwu, Eli Soctt, Andre Ball, Cameron Shelton. Jevon Crudup was the straw that stirred the drink for Raytown South, which finished No. Ellis teamed with future Wichita State guard Evan Wessel and future West Virginia running back Dreamius Smith to win four consecutive state championships from 2009 to 2012 under the leadership of head coach Joe Auer. The four consecutive state championships won by Carlisle High in the mid/late 1980s were the only four in school history. 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. Wawasee has had its share of bumps in the road in 2022-23. The talent faucet didn't just shut off after Dennis Scott and Co. left in the late 1980s. 2 in the final USA Today Super 25 Poll. He was just one of three future NBA players on the roster alongside junior Voshon Lenard and senior Howard Eisley. But not the title. One decade later, another great player took center stage and led Marion to a state championship when Zach Randolph helped the school win the 1998 title. 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. 5) Indianapolis Washington, 1969. Wiley then played more than a decade of professional basketball, including seven seasons in the NBA. Thornridge High never won another state title in boys basketball after Quinn Buckner led them to back-to-back titles in 1971 and 1972. Former Nathan Hale High star Michael Porter Jr. has become one of the most befuddling NBA prospects to come along in some time. Holmes broke the Indiana high school career wins record with his 807th win in 2019 but didn't stop there. 40 overall. No story about Camden High basketball is complete with mentioning the Wagner family three generations of elite basketball talent to walk the halls. 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. Key players: Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount, Makhtar Ndiaye, Alex Sanders, Curtis Staples, Jermaine Smith, Mike Brittain, Tavares Johnson. 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. 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. Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. 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. 31-50 on October 24, continued with teams No. In three seasons with Lucas, the Middies went 76-1. Two players off the team ended up playing in the NBA Jay Humphries and Ralph Jackson. Inglewood has not played for a state championship since its undefeated team won it all in 1980. There were two future NBA players on McClymonds High's unbeaten 1959-60 team Paul Silas and Joe Ellis. 1. . . Sealy was at his best in the postseason, when he was named MVP of both the CHSAA Tournament and state tournament in taking down fellow New York teams that included future NBA stars Jamal Mashburn (Cardinal Hayes) and Kenny Anderson (Archbishop Malloy). What the Eagles accomplished over 25 games this past season has only been matched a few times in the history of the high school game going back to Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, which ushered in an era of the game where . The NJSIAA hired a former cop to secretly videotape the team working out. 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. 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. How'd the Purple Knights do it? Can you imagine the sheer terror of trying to guard "The Human Highlight Film" in high school? Ashland Blazer High won three more state championships after the legendary 1928 title team in 1933, 1934 and 1961. It was Robinson who hit the game-winning free throws against Seton Hall in overtime of the championship game. Key players: Rasheed Wallace, Rondell Turner, Jamahal Redmond, Lynard Stewart, Reds Smith, Terrel Stokes, Alem Watson. Center Kentrell Gransberry became an All-Big East pick at the University of South Florida. In 2013, Hancock was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player after he led Louisville to the national championship. Billy Owens never quite lived up to his potential on the college and pro levels. 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. Latimore and Chino Hills responded by winning back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019. 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. The team, which also was featured in the 2018 documentary "We Town," won consecutive Independent Schools state titles in 2016 and 2017. Lanier finished ranked No. The player who led the way for Long Beach Poly was 6-foot-4 guard Morlon Wiley, who went on to start four years at nearby Long Beach State. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. 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. 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. College basketball has been played since the 1890s, with some schools making a name for themselves throughout the following 130 years. Lathrop finished his career with a 955-300 overall record, with 924 of those wins coming at Raytown South, including four state titles. Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing might have something to say about that. Quincy was never more dominant than when they hit the state tournament, winning four games by an average of almost 30 points. Wilkins went on to become arguably the greatest player in franchise history. After three years playing Major League Baseball, Danny Ainge turned his focus to basketball, where he won NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in 1984 and 1986. Wootten died in January 2020, at 88 years old. In an All-Star game against Kentucky he had 53 points and 30 rebounds. Few have dominated on every level like the 7-foot-2 center did. The team's first four games were against teams that have appeared in the top 50. Today's top 17 Teacher jobs in Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 7 overall recruit in the country. Key players: Bobby Hurley, Rodrick Rhodes, Jerry Walker, Terry DeHere, Danny Hurley. In that time, Hurley won 26 state championships, four national championships and was named USA Today National Coach of the Year three times. 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. Best full decade: 1970s, appeared in 100% of polls, only program . He played both baseball and basketball at the University of Arizona, where he was a three-year letter-winner. What happened next with former Washington High star Junior Bridgeman is one of the greatest (mostly) unknown stories in basketball history. Few high school athletes anywhere, ever, can compare with Danny Ainge at North Eugene High School. Dajuan Wagner's son, D.J. Oscar Robertson left Crispus Attucks High and embarked on one of the greatest college and pro basketball careers of all time. Key players: Antoine Carr, Darnell Valentine. 3 overall in the NBA draft. The first class was just 19 students and 1 teacher. But we're guessing Magic may have averaged a triple-double. Key players: Tyson Chandler, Sherman Gay, Marcus Moore, Ellis Moore, Ellis Myles. But UNLV forward Anthony Bennett lasted just four seasons in the NBA and is widely considered one of the biggest draft busts in pro sports history. It's not recency bias to just believe what your eyes tell you. 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. Bobby Hurley went on to win two national championships at Duke in 1991 and 1992. 2 overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2014 NBA draft. Bosh was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021. Ellis spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Golden State Warriors and made the playoffs just once, when he was named NBA Most Improved Player in 2007. 1. Oklahoma State Record since 1938-39: 1,449-939 | Regular-season titles: 14 NCAA Tournaments: 28 | Final Fours: 6 Weeks. Inhis final season, he averaged 25.2 points, 9.1 assists, 8.8 rebounds and 3.4 steals and was named Illinois Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American. If only they would've gotten to play Dunbar High, would it have been the greatest game ever? The 2019-20 Minnehaha Academy team didn't need a state tournament to tell us what we already knew they just don't make high school basketball teams like this very often. 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. 16-30 on October 25 and now have published an in-depth look at the nation's 50 best teams. Five years before Tatum was selected, Chaminade's Bradley Beal was selected No. Key players: Mo Bamba, Cam Reddish, Brandon Randolph, Anthony Ochefu, Jake Forrester. Ballislife.com - Ballislife.com is your 1 stop shop for everything basketball! 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. The 1977 state champions were inducted into the Lansing Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. The best of the bunch was Larry Hollyfield, a 6-foot-5 guard/forward who won eight consecutive championships during his career four at Compton High, one California juco title in an unbeaten season at Compton Junior College, then three consecutive national championships at UCLA. Key players: Wilt Chamberlain, Vince Miller, Marty Hughes, Howard Johnson, Dave Shapiro. Even at that, no one outshined Stackhouse. 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. Boyce is on his second stint as Proviso East's head coach after being re-hired in 2016. Articles Blogs East Exclusive FAB 50 High School High School Videos Midwest Profiles South Uncategorized West. Sentinel lost in the state championship game three consecutive times before winning it all in 1986 the 10th state title in school history. On the 50th anniversary of our All-Metro Team, White was selected to 50 years: The All-time all-metro . 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. Compton High won back-to-back CIF state championships and back-to-back national championships in 1968 and 1969 as part of a 66-game winning streak over the final two seasons. 10) Fuzzy Vandiver, Franklin. First things first. 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. No. Flint Hill only won one more state championship, in 1995, and made it to the state semifinals in 2005. Lone Peak's only loss that season came to Florida powerhouse Montverde Academy, but the team's record included six wins over teams that were nationally ranked during the season. The 1988 Carlisle High team featured one of the greatest high school basketball players of all time in future Syracuse star and No. Key players: Patrick Ewing, Kevin Headley. 3 overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2012 NBA Draft. 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. Milt Wagner's son, Dajuan Wagner, scored 100 points in a single game in 2001 against Camden County Tech and was the No. They lost one game all year, but it was just the second game of the season. 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. Holmgren is projected as either the No. Oden was one of the most heralded recruits of the last 30 years and a two-time Parade All-American and the National Player of the Year. Lawrence North High star Greg Oden was picked No. Oden only ended up playing in 105 career games. He attended the University of Pittsburgh but never played there. Dwight Howard Southwest Atlanta Christian Warriors (Atlanta, Ga.). Lucas, at 6-foot-8, was unlike any player anyone had ever seen. 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. Rice played 15 seasons in the NBA, was a three-time NBA All-Star, All-Star Game MVP in 1997 and a two-time All-NBA pick. In all, 11 Overbrook alums have made it to the league. 4 overall in the 2007 NBA draft. 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. Parker High opened in 1900 to serve African-American students. He has a good shot at becoming the first third-generation player in NBA history. Jayson Tatum wasn't the first player out of Chaminade Prep to go No. Tatum went on to star for Duke, where he played one season before he was the No. Kashmere brought home more than just a Class 4A state title in 1975. Sandy Creek. 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. While Kevin Garnett was the star, Ronnie Fields also was very talented. Chet Holmgren swept every major national player of the year award at Minnehaha in leading them to the Class 3A state title in 2021. You're not reading that wrong. The history of Parker High School encompasses much more than what happens on a basketball court. 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. Rose was hardly a one-man show for the Prospectors. 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. . 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. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Joseph Young was a second-round pick in the 2015 NBA draft and played three seasons for the Indiana Pacers. Matching 6-foot-10 posts and future NBA players John Thompson and Tom Hooverwould have been just fine. 22 Centerville and . In Philadelphia-area prep hoops history, you can count him alongside players like Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant as the all-time greats. staggering $103.2 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. Key players: Frank Williams, Sergio McClain, Marcus Griffin. He also played seven years in the NBA. 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. 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