Mr. Basketball USA candidate Cliff Alexander leads first group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Dec. 9-Dec. 17 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.
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Mr. Basketball USA: All-Time Favorites
Now in its seventh season, the Mr. Basketball USA Tracker tracks the progress of the nation’s top national player of the year candidates. We take a look back at the first six preseason favorites and where they finished at the end of the season.
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Mudiay Tops 2013-14 Preseason POY Tracker
Emmanuel Mudiay, the most physically dominant guard in the country and the nation’s No. 2 ranked prospect, leads voting in preseason Student Sports Mr. Basketball USA Tracker, now in its seventh year. Jahlil Okafor, Stanley Johnson and Cliff Alexander also collect first-place votes.
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Mr. Basketball USA Candidates: Inside Look
Mr. Basketball USA is the title bestowed upon the boys basketball National Player of the Year as selected by Student Sports. We examine the resumes of five early favorites, four others with strong cases and list other potential candidates. The Mr. Basketball USA Tracker, which tracks the progress of the top candidates throughout the high school season, is now in its seventh year.
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FAB 50: All-Time Preseason No. 1’s
Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) has started as preseason No. 1 five times and finished as Top 50 champ in three of those years.
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Injuries Factor Into Mr. Basketball USA Process
Julius Randle, No. 3 vote-getter in the preseason Mr. Basketball USA Tracker, suffered broken bone in his foot on Nov. 24 and likely out three months. We take a look at how this will affect this season’s national player of the year race and how injury has played a role in previous years.
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Mr. Basketball USA: All-Time Favorites
Now in its sixth season, the Mr. Basketball USA Tracker tracks the progress of the nation’s top national player of the year candidates. We take a look back at the first five preseason favorites and where they finished at the end of the season.
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Inside Look at Mr. Basketball USA Candidates
Mr. Basketball USA is the title bestowed upon GrassrootsHoops.net’s National Player of the Year. We examine the resumes of six early favorites, five others with strong cases and list other potential candidates. The Mr. Basketball USA Tracker, which tracks the progress of the top candidates throughout the season, is now in its sixth year.
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