We go 20 deep from five separate regions of the nation. During the season, we rank 100 teams and nobody across the country ranks as many teams as StudentSportsBasketball.com. No. 1 teams are Washington D.C. St. John’s (East), Montverde Academy (Southeast), Chicago Curie (Midwest), Prime Prep (Southwest) and Rainier Beach (West).
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New FAB 50 National Rankings
Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.) falls from the top 10 after a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference loss to newcomer O’Connell (Arlington, Va.). The Panthers remain in the top 25 because of their overall strength of schedule and a victory later in the week over DeMatha Catholic. The upcoming WCAC playoffs and other section post-season games are sure to cause changes in the next two weeks after this week brings only four newcomers to the FAB 50.
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Ray Smith: On The Brink
Junior swingman Ray Smith of Las Vegas (Nev.) High School has a bright future basketball, but he’s grown tired of the “potential” label he’s been tagged with. This season he’s been doing something about it and it will be noticeable to the basketball community this upcoming spring and summer.
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The Old School Way
Young players have never been more physically talented than they are today. On the flip side, older coaches and experienced players say what is being taught and what is being mimicked by up-and-comers is hurting the game. We explore this phenomenon with one of the nation’s most renowned skill and footwork coaches and break down five aspects of the offensive game young players need to understand and work on.
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Players of the Week
McDonald’s All-American pick from Milwaukee leads fifth group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees in 2014. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Jan. 27-Jan. 31 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.
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College Signing 101
Today is Signing Day and it’s become a near national holiday for high school football players and other fall sports participants. Basketball players, of course, can sign during the early period the first week of November or in the spring. Today is a great time to let young players in on some facts about signing with a college.
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Updated FAB 50 National Rankings
Curie of Chicago remains No. 1 as it prepares for the Chicago Public Schools tournament but there is some shakeup elsewhere in the top 10 as previous No. 6 Whitney Young of Chicago and No. 7 Oak Hill Academy of Virginia and No. 8 Providence of Jacksonville go down. We also continue to agonize about Mater Dei and Rainier Beach in the West.
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Nike Extravaganza: Top 25 Player Rankings
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Mater Dei Downs Whitney Young
Student Sports FAB 50 No. 4 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) remains unbeaten and in the mythical national title hunt with a big home victory over No. 6 Whitney Young (Chicago) in the marquee game of the Nike Extravaganza. Renowned program DeMatha of Maryland also remains unbeaten against California opponents. Three other FAB50-ranked teams are also victorious.
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Players of the Week
Best player from rising FAB 50 team in the West and talented player with an ordinary name from a famous football school leads fourth group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees in 2014. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Jan. 20-Jan. 25 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.
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