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Each State’s Highest Ranked Team (1988-2021)

April 5, 2016 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

Here is a state-by-state list of the highest end-of-season rankings for boys’ basketball teams since a version of the Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 poll began for the 1987-88 season. 2017-18 FAB 50 national title contender Memphis East earned the highest ranking ever for a Tennessee club during the 2016-17 season and finished one spot lower at No. 4 in 2017-18. The 2018-19 McEachern of Powder Springs is now the highest-rated team ever from Georgia.   

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, mythical national champion, state high school rankings

Final, Expanded 2014-15 FAB 50 Rankings

April 8, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Montverde Academy of Florida is the 2014-15 mythical national champion, the first team to earn three consecutive No. 1 final rankings since the advent of weekly national polls in 1975-76.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service, Oak Hill Academy

FINAL FAB 50 National Rankings

April 5, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 4 Comments

Montverde Academy of Florida captures third consecutive FAB 50 title by virtue of winning 31 of 32 games on the court against its tough schedule. By closing out its season by winning the Dick’s Nationals tournament in New York, there is little debate the Eagles are the nation’s top team as compared to last season when they edged Mater Dei of California. Montverde Academy, which does not compete for a state title, becomes the first program in the weekly poll era to capture three consecutive mythical national titles.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Dick's Nationals, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service

Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

March 30, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment

Two newly-crowned state champions crack the second-to-last GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50 of the 2014-15 season: Homestead (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.). All state playoffs around the country are now complete with Dick’s Nationals in New York April 2-4 the only games left to be played. 

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Dick's Nationals, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, National Sports News Service

New FAB 50 National Rankings

March 23, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment

Four new teams crack this week’s GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50, including No. 44 Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio). Teams in the Buckeye State are still going as are the state playoffs in California, New York, Michigan and New Jersey. FAB 50 No. 23 Wing’s Academy (Bronx, N.Y.) is playing in the New York Federation tourney this weekend and, win or lose, will participate at Dick’s Nationals set for April 2-4.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Dick's Nationals, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, National Sports News Service

Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

March 16, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment

For the second consecutive week, five new teams crack the GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50, including fast-rising Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.). There were more state champs crowned around the country over the weekend, but from a rankings perspective the big news came off the court as Georgia Class AAAAAA champ and FAB 50 No. 6 Wheeler was granted permission to participate at Dick’s Nationals in New York in April.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Callaway, Dedric Lawson, Dick's Nationals, Doug Lispcomb, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Hamilton, Jaylen Brown, Malik Newman, National Sports News Service, Paragon Marketing, Wheeler

New FAB 50 National Rankings

March 9, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

Basketball FAB 50 Illustration
Five new teams crack this week’s GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50, including fast-rising Garfield (Seattle, Wash.), which won the Washington Class 3A state title over previously ranked Rainier Beach (Seattle, Wash.). Rainier Beach is one of those teams that could climb back in the rankings if results involving other teams break in its favor and based on which teams are invited — and do well — at Dick’s Nationals in New York to end the season.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Dick's Nationals, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Jaylen Brown, National Sports News Service, Wheeler

Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

March 2, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

Four new teams crack this week’s GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50, including fast-rising Etiwanda (Etiwanda, Calif.), which has advanced to the semifinals of the loaded CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, where they face No. 7 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) on Tuesday evening. State titles have been captured in North Carolina and Florida with some of those winners and other top-ranked independents eyeing an invitation to Dick’s Nationals in New York at the end of the season.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Cardinal Gibbons, Corona del Sol, Dick's Nationals, Ely, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Greensboro Day, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service

Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

February 16, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment

Three new teams crack this week’s GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50 national rankings, including one that fell out for just a week. The state playoffs around the country are coming into focus and for some of teams that don’t participate, such as No. 1 Montverde Academy  of Florida, the focus shifts to the end-of-season Dick’s Nationals Tournament in New York. 

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Callaway, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service, Oak Hill Academy

New FAB 50 National Rankings

February 9, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 3 Comments

Only one new team cracks this week’s GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50 national rankings. It’s longtime NYC power Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.), but it came at the expense of another Big Apple squad. Read along for our explanation and understand why local consensus is so important — and why as veteran pollsters we sometimes have to go against it.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Bishop O'Dowd, Brooklyn Lincoln, Cardozo, DeMatha Catholic, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service, Oak Hill Academy, Thomas Jefferson, Wing's Academy

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