We go 20 deep from five separate regions of the nation in our final Grassroots Hoops Regional Rankings. We rank 100 teams and nobody across the country ranks as many teams as GrassrootsHoops.net. Final No. 1 teams are Oak Hill Academy (East), Montverde Academy (Southeast), Lincolnshire Stevenson (Midwest), Mustang (Southwest) and Oakland Bishop O’Dowd (West).
Final Grassroots Hoops FAB 50
Region-By-Region Rankings
(Through games played on Saturday, April 4)
By Ronnie Flores & Mark Tennis
RELATED: East Top 20 | West Top 20 | Southwest Top 20 | Southeast Top 20 | Final Grassroots Hoops FAB 50
MIDWEST Region Top 20
(Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
1. Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) 30-3
2. Western International (Detroit, Mich.) 26-0
3. Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio) 26-4
4. La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.) 24-3
5. Simeon (Chicago, Ill.) 28-4
6. Apple Valley (Apple Valley, Minn.) 30-2
7. Champlin Park (Champlin, Minn.) 31-1
8. Normal Community (Normal, Ill.) 33-2
9. Homestead (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 28-2
10. Reitz (Evansville, Ind.) 29-2
11. St. Joseph (Westchester, Ill.) 30-6
12. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) 21-6
13. Cretin Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minn.) 25-4
14. Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wis.) 27-1
15. North Scott (Eldridge, Iowa) 24-3
16. Iowa City West (Iowa City, Iowa) 25-1
17. Owensboro (Owensboro, Ky.) 31-4
18. Germantown (Germantown, Wis.) 27-1
19. Defiance (Defiance, Ohio) 27-2
20. Althoff Catholic (Belleville, Ill.) 32-4
Note: The Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 is a continuation of the National Sports News Service ratings that began in 1952. These were the first national high school rankings and they were compiled by the late Art Johlfs of Minnesota. They were compiled for many years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 for the 1999-2000 season. We just completed our 16th consecutive season compiling boys basketball national rankings in a FAB 50 format. Senior consultant Doug Huff began the weekly National Prep Poll, precursor to the FAB 50, for the 1987-1988 season.
Ronnie Flores is the Publisher and Editor of GrassrootsHoops.net. He can be reached at ronlocc1977@yahoo.com. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
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