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HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING
OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS
CLASS OF 1987
| Position | Player | Height | Class | Hometown (High School) State | College |
| First Team | |||||
| PF | LeRon Ellis | 6'10 | 87 | Santa Ana (Mater Dei) CA | Kentcky |
| PF | Marcus Liberty | 6'8 | 87 | Chicago (Martin Luther King) IL | Illinois |
| PF | Brian Shorter | 6'7 | 87 | Mouth of Wilson (Oak Hill) VA | Pittsburgh |
| PF | Larry Johnson | 6'6 | 87 | Dallas (Skyline) TX | SMU |
| 2G | Eric Manual | 6'6 | 87 | Macon (Southwest) GA | Kentucky |
| Second Team | |||||
| C | Brian Williams | 6'10 | 87 | Santa Monica (St. Monica) CA | Maryland |
| 2G | Dennis Scott | 6'6 | 87 | Oakton (Flint Hill) VA | Georgia Tech |
| 2G | LaBradford Smith | 6'4 | 87 | Bay City (H.S.) TX | Louisville |
| PG | Rodney Monroe | 6'3 | 87 | Hagerstown (St. Maria Goretti) MD | N.C. State |
| PG | King Rice | 6'0 | 87 | Binghamton (H.S.) NY | North Carolina |
| Third Team | |||||
| PF | Anthony Tucker | 6'8 | 87 | Washington (McKinley) DC | Georgetown |
| WF | Sean Higgins | 6'8 | 87 | Los Angeles (Fairfax) CA | Michigan |
| 2G | Jerome Harmon | 6'5 | 87 | Gary (Wallace) IN | Louisville |
| 2G | Mark Macon | 6'4 | 87 | Saginaw (Buena Vista) MI | Temple |
| PG | Lyndon Jones | 6'2 | 87 | Marion (H.S.) IN | Indiana |
| Fourth Team | |||||
| PF | Perry Carter | 6'8 | 87 | Pittsfield (Maine Central Institute) ME | Ohio State |
| PF | Treg Lee | 6'8 | 87 | Cleveland (St. Joseph) OH | Ohio State |
| WF | Rick Fox | 6'8 | 87 | Warsaw (H.S.) IN | North Carolina |
| WF | Greg Kubek | 6'6 | 87 | Clifton Park (Shenendehowa) NY | Duke |
| PG | Jason Matthews | 6'2 | 87 | Santa Monica (St. Monica) CA | Pittsburgh |
| Fifth Team | |||||
| WF | Richard Dumas | 6'6 | 87 | Tulsa (Booker T. Washington) OK | Oklahoma State |
| WF | Sean Green | 6'6 | 87 | Mouth of Wilson (Oak Hill) VA | N.C. State |
| 2G | Jay Edwards | 6'4 | 87 | Marion (H.S.) IN | Indiana |
| 2G | David Whitmore | 6'4 | 87 | Playa del Rey (St. Bernard) CA | Georgia Tech |
| PG | Elliott Perry | 6'0 | 87 | Memphis (Treadwell) TN | Memphis State |
| Sixth Team | |||||
| PF | Thomas Jordan | 6'8 | 87 | Baltimore (Lake Clifton) MD | Oklahoma State |
| WF | Barry Young | 6'7 | 87 | Ellicott City (Mt. Hebron) MD | UNLV |
| PF | Mike Polite | 6'6 | 87 | Daytona Beach (Mainland) FL | Florida State |
| PG | John Crotty | 6'1 | 87 | Lincroft (Christian Brothers) NJ | Virginia |
| PG | Chris Corchiani | 6'0 | 87 | Hialeah (Miami Lakes) FL | N.C. State |
| Seventh Team | |||||
| C | Doug Smith | 6'9 | 87 | Detroit (MacKenzie) MI | Missouri |
| WF | Mike Maddox | 6'8 | 87 | Oklahoma City (Putnam North) OK | Kansas |
| WF | Barry Manning | 6'4 | 87 | Columbia (Eau Claire) SC | South Carolina |
| 2G | Anderson Hunt | 6'2 | 87 | Detroit (Southwestern) MI | UNLV |
| PG | Gary Waits | 6'1 | 87 | Atlanta (Towers) GA | Alabama |
| Eighth Team | |||||
| PF | David White | 6'6 | 87 | St. Petersburg (Boca Ciega) FL | Florida State |
| 2G | Kirk Taylor | 6'4 | 87 | Dayton (Dunbar) OH | Michigan |
| 2G | Robert Siler | 6'4 | 87 | Siler City (Jordan-Matthews) NC | Wake Forest |
| 2G | Chris Watts | 6'2 | 87 | Trumbell (St. Joseph) CT | Providence |
| PG | Delino DeShields | 6'0 | 87 | Sanford (H.S.) DE | Villanova |
| Ninth Team | |||||
| C | John Pittman | 7'0 | 87 | Rosenburg (Terry) TX | Kentucky |
| C | Mark Georgeson | 6'9 | 87 | Huntington Beach (Marina) CA | Arizona |
| WF | Henrik Rodl | 6'6 | 87 | Chapel Hill (H.S.) NC | |
| 2G | Gerald Madkins | 6'4 | 87 | Merced (H.S.) CA | UCLA |
| PG | Eli Brewster | 6'3 | 87 | Columbus (Wehrle) OH | Ohio State |
| Tenth Team | |||||
| C | Dale Davis | 6'9 | 87 | Toccoa (Stephens County) GA | Clemson |
| PF | Bobby Martin | 6'8 | 87 | Atlantic City (H.S.) NJ | Pittsburgh |
| PF | Bennett Jackson | 6'8 | 87 | Blenheim (H.S.) SC | South Carolina |
| PF | Livingston Chatman | 6'6 | 87 | Lakeland (Kathleen) FL | Florida |
| PG | Brian Garner | 6'2 | 87 | Milwaukee (Washington) WI | Iowa |
| Eleventh Team | |||||
| PF | Byron Tucker | 6'9 | 87 | Oxon Hill (Potomac) MD | N.C. State |
| WF | Chris Seter | 6'9 | 87 | Brookfield (Central) MI | Michigan |
| PF | Anthony Avent | 6'9 | 87 | Newark (Shabazz) NY | Seton Hall |
| 2G | Bryant Lancaster | 6'4 | 87 | Fairfax (Valley) AL | Alabama |
| 2G | Kurt Miller | 6'3 | 87 | Ogden (H.S.) UT | New Mexico |
| Twelfth Team | |||||
| C | Clay Buckley | 6'10 | 87 | Berwyn (Conestoga) PA | Duke |
| WF | Kenny Turner | 6'6 | 87 | Indianapolis (North Central) IN | Virginia |
| WF | Aubrey Boyd | 6'5 | 87 | Macon (Southwest) GA | Florida State |
| 2G | Jesse Hall | 6'3 | 87 | Venice (H.S.) IL | Michigan State |
| PG | Seam Miller | 6'0 | 87 | Beaver Falls (Black Hawk) PA | Pittsburgh |
| Thirteenth Team | |||||
| C | Curtis Cuthpert | 6'9 | 87 | Flint (Northern) MI | Iowa |
| WF | Daric Keyes | 6'6 | 87 | Marion (H.S.) IN | Wake Forest |
| WF | J.D. Green | 6'5 | 87 | Los Angeles (Fairfax) CA | SMU |
| 2G | Ruyh Glass | 6'3 | 87 | Hialeah (Miami Lakes) FL | Florida |
| PG | Antonie Lewis | 5'11 | 87 | Brooklyn (Grady) NY | Kansas |
| Fourteenth Team | |||||
| C | Eric Wilson | 6'11 | 87 | Detroit (Henry Ford) MI | Minnesota |
| C | Sean Rooks | 6'10 | 87 | Fontana (H.S.) CA | Arizona |
| PF | Cedric Lewis | 6'9 | 87 | Washington (Archbishop Carroll) DC | Maryland |
| PF | Bill Heppner | 6'8 | 87 | Crystal Lake (H.S.) IL | DePaul |
| 2G | Desmond Porter | 6'2 | 87 | Louisville (Pleasure Ridge Park) KY | Cleveland State |
| Fifteenth Team | |||||
| C | Richard King | 7'0 | 87 | Omaha (Burke) NE | Nebraska |
| C | Mike Masucci | 6'10 | 87 | Kansas City (Grandview) MO | Kansas |
| PF | Steve Grant | 6'8 | 87 | Marietta (H.S.) GA | Vanderbilt |
| 2G | Matt Muehlebach | 6'2 | 87 | Kansas City (Rockhurst) MO | Arizona |
| PG | Lance Irvin | 6'1 | 87 | Chicago (Julian) IL | Colorado State |
| Sixteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Sean Byrd | 6'8 | 87 | Hialeah (Miami Lakes) FL | Jacksonville |
| PF | Eric Brady | 6'7 | 87 | Mercer Island (H.S.) WA | Washington |
| WF | Tracy Garrick | 6'5 | 87 | Hopkins (Lower Richland) SC | Furman |
| PG | Prince Stewart | 5'11 | 87 | Lexington (Lafayette) KY | UTEP |
| PG | Arnold Bernard | 5'6 | 87 | Bronx (Our Savior Lutheran) NY | |
| Seventeenth Team | |||||
| C | Neville Austin | 6'10 | 87 | Auburn (H.S.) AL | Georgia |
| PF | Lance Kroll | 6'9 | 87 | Tulsa (Hale) OK | Oklahoma |
| PF | Will Foley | 6'8 | 87 | Albany (H.S.) NY | Boston College |
| 2G | Rodell Davis | 6'3 | 87 | Harvey (Thornton Township) IL | Iowa |
| 2G | Illya McGee | 6'3 | 87 | Chicago (Providence-St. Mel) IL | Akron |
| Eighteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Marshall Wilson | 6'8 | 87 | Carnesville (Franklin County) GA | Georgia |
| WF | Dan Aloi | 6'6 | 87 | Elwood City (H.S.) PA | St. Bonaventure |
| WF | Ricky Clark | 6'5 | 87 | Lithonia (H.S.) GA | Tennessee |
| 2G | Kevin Howard | 6'4 | 87 | Atlanta (Douglass) GA | Georgia |
| PG | Oliver Taylor | 6'0 | 87 | Far Rockaway (H.S.) NY | |
| Nineteenth Team | |||||
| C | Sean Muto | 6'11 | 87 | Mechanicsburg (H.S.) PA | St. John's |
| WF | Lyman DePriest | 6'6 | 87 | Highland Park (H.S.) MI | Connecticut |
| 2G | Steve Galloway | 6'4 | 87 | Jackson (Murrah) MS | Missouri-Kansas City |
| 2G | Jean Derouillere | 6'3 | 87 | Miami (Edison) FL | Jacksonville |
| PG | Gerald Posey | 6'1 | 87 | Trenton (McCorriston) NJ | Marquette |
| Twentieth Team | |||||
| C | Derrick Knowles | 6'9 | 87 | Hialeah (Miami Lakes) FL | Dayton |
| 2G | Mark Anglavar | 6'3 | 87 | La Salle (Peru Township) IL | Marquette |
| 2G | Michael Monroe | 6'2 | 87 | Philadelphia (West) PA | |
| PG | Sean Sutton | 6'2 | 87 | Lexington (Henry Clay) KY | Kentucky |
| PG | John Gwynn | 5'11 | 87 | Hyattsville (DeMatha) MD | Connecticut |