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Wednesday Tarkanian Classic Recap

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Student Sports FAB 50 ranked Findlay Prep, Mater Dei and host Bishop Gorman post victories in first day action at the 2013 Tarkanian Classic. Mr. Basketball USA impresses with a 42-point outing.

Related: Tarkanian Classic Results | Tarkanian Classic Preview |  City of Palms Results

Wednesday Tarkanian Classic Recap

Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 84, Foothills Christian (El Cajon, Calif.) 45

For the first 10 minutes of the first half (in Nevada high school basketball there are two 16-minute halves and no shot clock), Foothills Christian hung with the defending California Open Division state champions.

Towards the end of the first half, Mr. Basketball USA candidate Stanley Johnson began to take over the game with strong drives to the basket. The No. 1 ranked prospect in the country by the Hoop Scoop finished with 42 points on 16-of-24 shooting, including 4-of-7 3-pointers.

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Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

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Defending FAB 50 champion Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) remains in the top spot after impressive early season victories and enters this week’s Culligan City of Palms Classic as the No. 1 seed. Preseason No. 2 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) and new No. 3 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) are also off to fine starts despite setbacks to programs ineligible for national rankings consideration. Look for the City of Palms, the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas and other holiday tournaments that begin the day after Christmas to cause considerable change to the first FAB 50 update in 2014.

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FAB 50 Rankings: Diggin’ Deeper

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Last week an article by Newsweek.com explored the world of high school basketball team rankings and particularly what Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) is and why it’s ranked in various national polls. We take a deeper look at the program and what makes a team eligible for the Student Sports FAB 50.

Last week Newsweek.com published an article titled “Findlay Prep: A Top High School Basketball Team, With No School,” an expose into national high school basketball rankings and how national rankings compilers, including Student Sports, find it justifiable to include Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), a basketball academy-type program whose roster all attend the Henderson International School in Henderson, Nev.

From our vantage point, the purpose of the article was to examine the fairness of Findlay Prep in national rankings alongside other public and parochial high schools across the United States and, for those that perhaps don’t closely follow the national high school basketball scene, to realize the innocence of high school basketball and the dream for a neighborhood team to win a state title and earn a national high school ranking is essentially dead.

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2013 Tarkanian Classic Results

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After a successful inaugural event last December, the Tarkanian Classic is arguably the premier pre-Christmas tournament of 2013. Seven teams ranked in the preseason Student Sports FAB 50 will make an appearance, highlighted by No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), the defending Platinum Division champion, and No. 2 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) in the prep school division.

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Preseason 2013-14 Region-By-Region Rankings

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Regional Rankings 576We go 20 deep from five separate regions of the nation. During the season, we rank 100 teams each week and nobody across the country ranks as many teams as StudentSportsBasketball.com. No. 1 teams are Oak Hill Academy (East), Montverde Academy (Southeast), Whitney Young (Midwest), Prime Prep (Southwest) and Findlay Prep (West).

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Preseason FAB 50: (1-15)

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We conclude our preseason Student Sports FAB 50 national team rankings release with an in-depth look at the top 15 teams. We began with teams No. 31-50 on Friday, continued with teams No. 16-30 and now have published an in-depth look at the nation’s 50 best teams. Montverde Academy of Florida is the preseason No. 1 team for the second consecutive season. 

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National Preview: Findlay Prep (NV)

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We continue our 2013-14 team previews with an in-depth look at Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), a program looking to win its first FAB 50 title since 2008-09. Throughout October, we’ll preview many of the top teams from across the country as a countdown to the release of our preseason 2013-14 Student Sports FAB 50.

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