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HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING
OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS
CLASS OF 1996
| Position | Player | Height | Class | Hometown (High School) State | College |
| First Team | |||||
| PF | Tim Thomas | 6'10 | 96 | Paterson (Catholic) NJ | Villanova |
| C | Jermaine O'Neal | 6'10 | 96 | Columbia (Eau Claire) SC | NBA |
| C | Charles Hathaway | 6'9 | 96 | Nashville (Hillcrest) TN | Tennessee |
| PF | Lester Earl | 6'8 | 96 | Baton Rouge (Glen Oaks) LA | LSU |
| 2G | Kobe Bryant | 6'6 | 96 | Ardmore (Lower Merion) PA | NBA |
| Second Team | |||||
| PF | Vassil Evtimov | 6'9 | 96 | Brookville (Long Island Lutheran) NY | North Carolina |
| WF | Corey Benjamin | 6'8 | 96 | Fontana (H.S.) CA | Oregon State |
| 2G | Ronnie Fields | 6'3 | 96 | Chicago (Farragut) IL | DePaul |
| PG | Mike Bibby | 6'1 | 96 | Phoenix (South Mountain) AZ | Arizona |
| PG | Shaheen Holloway | 5'10 | 96 | Elizabeth (St. Patrick) NJ | Seton Hall |
| Third Team | |||||
| C | Jason Collier | 7'0 | 96 | Springfield (Catholic Central) OH | Indiana |
| PF | Winfred Walton | 6'8 | 96 | Detroit (Pershing) MI | Syracuse |
| WF | Mike Robinson | 6'6 | 96 | Peoria (Richwoods) IL | Purdue |
| 2G | Ramel Lloyd | 6'3 | 96 | Bronx (Cardinal Hayes) NY | Syracuse |
| PG | Mateen Cleaves | 6'1 | 96 | Flint (Northern) MI | Michigan State |
| Fourth Team | |||||
| C | Loren Woods | 7'0 | 96 | St. Louis (Cardinal Ritter) MO | Wake Forest |
| PF | Kenyon Martin | 6'8 | 96 | Dallas (Bryan Adams) TX | Cincinnati |
| 2G | Richard Hamilton | 6'6 | 96 | Coatesville (H.S.) PA | Connecticut |
| 2G | Lucas Barnes | 6'5 | 96 | Miami (South Miami) FL | Miami-FL |
| 2G | Willie Dersch | 6'5 | 96 | Flushing (Holy Cross) NY | Virginia |
| Fifth Team | |||||
| C | Anthony Dent | 6'9 | 96 | Edison (Calhoun County) GA | Kentucky |
| WF | Dan Langhi | 6'9 | 96 | Benton (Marshall County) KY | Vanderbilt |
| PF | Jermaine Walker | 6'6 | 96 | Pompano Beach (Ely) FL | Miami-FL |
| 2G | Lavor Postell | 6'5 | 96 | Albany (Westover) GA | St. John's |
| 2G | Arthur Davis | 6'4 | 96 | Philadelphia (Frankford) PA | St. Joseph's |
| Sixth Team | |||||
| PF | Lamont Barnes | 6'9 | 96 | Hopkinsville (University Heights) KY | Temple |
| WF | Mike Chappell | 6'8 | 96 | Southfield (Southfield-Lathrup) MI | Duke |
| WF | Corey Powell | 6'5 | 96 | Baton Rouge (Glen Oak) LA | LSU |
| 2G | Glendon Alexander | 6'5 | 96 | Carrollton (Newman Smith) TX | Arkansas |
| PG | Kevin Morris | 5'11 | 96 | New York (Martin Luther King) NY | Georgia Tech |
| Seventh Team | |||||
| WF | Jerald Brown | 6'7 | 96 | Houston (Aldine) TX | Texas A&M |
| PF | Kevin Freeman | 6'6 | 96 | Paterson (Catholic) NJ | Connecticut |
| 2G | Donnie Carr | 6'4 | 96 | Philadelphia (Roman Catholic) PA | La Salle |
| 2G | Jaraan Cornell | 6'3 | 96 | South Bend (Clay) IN | Purdue |
| PG | Jason Hart | 6'2 | 96 | Los Angeles (Westchester) CA | Syracuse |
| Eighth Team | |||||
| PF | Patrick Ngongba | 6'8 | 96 | Towson (Calvert Hall) MD | George Washington |
| PF | Eugene Edgerson | 6'7 | 96 | New Orleans (St. Augustine) LA | Arizona |
| WF | Nate Johnson | 6'6 | 96 | Camden (H.S.) NJ | Louisville |
| WF | Winston Smith | 6'5 | 96 | Elizabeth (St. Patrick) NJ | Massachusetts |
| 2G | Joe Adkins | 6'3 | 96 | Oklahoma City (Marshall) OK | Oklahoma State |
| Ninth Team | |||||
| C | Ken Younger | 6'9 | 96 | Minor (H.S.) ND | Houston |
| WF | Stephen Jackson | 6'7 | 96 | Mouth of Wilson (Oak Hill) VA | Arizona |
| 2G | Vincent Whitt | 6'5 | 96 | Greensboro (Dudley) NC | Clemson |
| 2G | Tommy Polley | 6'5 | 96 | Baltimore (Dunbar) MD | Florida State |
| 2G | Estell Laster | 6'3 | 96 | Oklahoma City (Classen) OK | Oklahoma City |
| Tenth Team | |||||
| C | Malik Allen | 6'9 | 96 | Medford (Shawnee) NJ | Villanova |
| WF | Julian Dunkley | 6'8 | 96 | Cherry Hill (West) NJ | Temple |
| WF | Chris Carrawell | 6'7 | 96 | St. Louis (Cardinal Ritter) MO | Duke |
| WF | Greg Clark | 6'7 | 96 | San Diego (Grossmont) CA | Long Beach State |
| PG | Julius Robinson | 6'2 | 96 | Selma (H.S.) AL | Auburn |
| Eleventh Team | |||||
| PF | Marcus Goree | 6'8 | 96 | Dallas (Hillcrest) TX | West Virginia |
| 2G | Jeff Walker | 6'4 | 96 | Springfield (Lanphier) IL | Iowa |
| 2G | Charles Cranford | 6'4 | 96 | Bayside (Cardozo) NY | |
| 2G | Jarrett Lockhart | 6'3 | 96 | Bronx (Mt. St. Michae) NY | Pittsburgh |
| PG | Collin Charles | 6'0 | 96 | Toronto (Eastern School of Commerce) ON | St. John's |
| Twelfth Team | |||||
| C | Derrick Thomas | 6'10 | 96 | Tulsa (Washington) OK | Syracuse |
| PF | Womi Mohamed | 6'9 | 96 | Frederick (Prospect Hall) MD | Clemson |
| PF | Nate James | 6'6 | 96 | Frederick (Prospect Hall) MD | Duke |
| WF | Isaac Spencer | 6'6 | 96 | Montgomery (Jefferson Davis) AL | Murray State |
| WF | Mike Babul | 6'6 | 96 | North Attleboro (H.S.) MA | Massachusetts |
| Thirteenth Team | |||||
| C | Pablo Machado | 6'11 | 96 | Tifton (Tift County) GA | Georgia Tech |
| PF | Calvin Bowman | 6'8 | 96 | Brooklyn (Erasmus) NY | San Jacinto JC |
| WF | Audreece Dickson | 6'5 | 96 | Houston (Scarborough) TX | Baylor |
| 2G | Mark Kimbrough | 6'4 | 96 | Dawson (Terrell County) GA | Pensacola JC |
| 2G | Doc Taylor | 6'4 | 96 | Bedford Heights (H.S.) OH | DePaul |
| Fourteenth Team | |||||
| C | Cornelius Black | 6'8 | 96 | Chattanooga (Brainerd) TN | Tennessee |
| PF | Isiah Victor | 6'8 | 96 | Hopkinsville (University Heights) KY | Tennessee |
| WF | Desmond Mason | 6'6 | 96 | Waxahachie (H.S.) TX | Oklahoma City |
| WF | Jason Floyd | 6'6 | 96 | Lovejoy (H.S.) GA | Georgia Tech |
| PG | Olujmi Mann | 6'4 | 96 | Santa Ana (Valley) CA | UCLA |
| Fifteenth Team | |||||
| C | Karim Shabazz | 7'0 | 96 | South Ozone (Woodimere) NY | Florida State |
| C | Kristopher Hunter | 6'9 | 96 | Tallahassee (FAMU) | Virignia |
| PF | Randy Hughes | 6'9 | 96 | Swainsboro (H.S.) GA | Auburn |
| WF | Shawn Marion | 6'6 | 96 | Clarksville (H.S.) TN | Vincennes JC |
| WF | David Jackson | 6'5 | 96 | Portland (Wilson) OR | Utah |
| Sixteenth Team | |||||
| C | Quentin Smith | 6'10 | 96 | Vicksburg (H.S.) MS | Mississippi State |
| 2G | Ron Hale | 6'8 | 96 | Largo (H.S.) FL | Florida |
| WF | Shon Coleman | 6'7 | 96 | Statesville (West Iredell) NC | Wake Forest |
| WF | Andre McCollum | 6'6 | 96 | Whiteville (H.S.) NC | N.C. State |
| WF | Leonard Myles | 6'6 | 96 | Chicago (Martin Luther King) IL | |
| Seventeenth Team | |||||
| C | Tate Decker | 7'0 | 96 | Webster Groves (H.S.) MO | Missouri |
| C | Marquette Alexander | 6'8 | 96 | San Francisco (Balboa) CA | San Francisco JC |
| WF | Leon Morris | 6'6 | 96 | Houston (MacArthur) TX | Baylor |
| WF | Randy Barnes | 6'5 | 96 | Mouth of Wilson (Oak Hill) VA | |
| PG | Adrian Crawford | 6'4 | 96 | Barberton (H.S.) OH | Tulsa |
| Eighteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Shamel Jones | 6'9 | 96 | Brooklyn (Paul Robeson) NY | Georgetown |
| PF | A.J. Granger | 6'9 | 96 | Findlay (H.S.) OH | Michigan State |
| PF | Alfred Moss | 6'8 | 96 | Newman (H.S.) GA | Alabama |
| 2G | Daymeon Fishback | 6'6 | 96 | Bowling Green (H.S.) KY | Auburn |
| PG | Quincy Wilder | 6'4 | 96 | Federal Way (H.S.) WA | Washington |
| Nineteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Kofi Pointer | 6'7 | 96 | Baltimore (Southern) MD | |
| PF | Vic Chuckwudebe | 6'7 | 96 | Springfield (Lanphier) IL | Illinois |
| WF | Jason Patton | 6'5 | 96 | Los Angeles (Dorsey) CA | Arizona State |
| PG | Johnny Carson | 6'2 | 96 | Springfield (South) OH | Cincinnati |
| PG | Matt Montague | 6'1 | 96 | Louisville (Male) KY | Brigham Young |
| Twentieth Team | |||||
| 2G | David Moseley | 6'4 | 96 | Las Cruces (Mayfield) NM | Stanford |
| 2G | Jerry Johnson | 6'4 | 96 | Riverdale (H.S.) GA | Louisville |
| 2G | Nate Schindewolf | 6'4 | 96 | Akron (Manchester) OH | Miami-OH |
| 2G | Monte Mack | 6'2 | 96 | Boston (South Boston) MA | Massachusetts |
| PG | Jimmy Sanders | 5'7 | 96 | Chicago (Westinghouse) IL | |