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HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING
OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS
CLASS OF 1997
| Position | Player | Height | Class | Hometown (High School) State | College |
First Team |
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| PF | Chris Burgess | 6'10 | 97 | Irvine (Woodbridge) CA | Duke |
| PF | Lamar Odom | 6'9 | 97 | Troy (Redemption) NY | UNLV |
| WF | Tracy McGrady | 6'8 | 97 | Durham (Mt. Zion Christian) NC | NBA |
| 2G | Anthony Perry | 6'3 | 97 | Jersey City (St. Anthony) NJ | Georgetown |
| PG | Baron Davis | 6'2 | 97 | Santa Monica (Crossroads) CA | UCLA |
| Second Team | |||||
| C | Elton Brand | 6'8 | 97 | Peekskill (H.S.) NY | Duke |
| PF | Shane Battier | 6'8 | 97 | Birmingham (Detroit County Day) MI | Duke |
| PF | Ryan Humphrey | 6'7 | 97 | Tulsa (Booker T. Washington) OK | Oklahoma |
| WF | Dion Glover | 6'4 | 97 | Decatur (Cedar Grove) GA | Georgia Tech |
| PG | Kenneth Brunner | 5'9 | 97 | Compton (Dominguez) CA | Fresno State |
| Third Team | |||||
| C | Jason Collins | 6'11 | 97 | North Hollywood (Harvard-Westlake) CA | Stanford |
| C | Melvin Ely | 6'10 | 97 | Harvey (Thornton) IL | Fresno State |
| PF | Jarron Collins | 6'10 | 97 | North Hollywood (Harvard-Westlake) CA | Stanford |
| 2G | Ricky Davis | 6'6 | 97 | Davenport (North) IA | Iowa |
| WF | Ron Artest | 6'6 | 97 | New York (La Salle) NY | St. John's |
| Fourth Team | |||||
| PF | Marcus Griffin | 6'8 | 97 | Peoria (Manual) IL | Illinois |
| PF | Jumaine Jones | 6'8 | 97 | Camilla (Mitchell Baker) GA | Georgia |
| 2G | Luke Recker | 6'5 | 97 | Waterloo (DeKalb) IN | Indiana |
| 2G | Mark Karcher | 6'5 | 97 | Baltimore (St. Francis) MD | Temple |
| PG | Edwin Daniels | 6'0 | 97 | New Orleans (Cohen) LA | UNLV |
| Fifth Team | |||||
| C | Brendon Haywood | 7'0 | 97 | Greensboro (Dudley) NC | North Carolina |
| PF | Terrance Morris | 6'8 | 97 | Frederick (Thomas Johnson) MD | Maryland |
| PF | Tyrus Boswell | 6'8 | 97 | Mountain Brook (H.S.) AL | Mississippi State |
| WF | Britton Johnsen | 6'8 | 97 | Murray (H.S.) UT | Utah |
| PG | Larry Hughes | 6'5 | 97 | St. Louis (Christian Brothers) MO | St. Louis |
| Sixth Team | |||||
| C | Eric Chenowith | 7'1 | 97 | Villa Park (H.S.) CA | Kansas |
| C | Chris Mihm | 6'11 | 97 | Austin (Westlake) TX | Texas |
| PF | Chris Owens | 6'7 | 97 | Duncanville (H.S.) TX | Tulane |
| WF | Marcus Fizer | 6'7 | 97 | Arcadia (H.S.) LA | Iowa State |
| PG | Erick Barkley | 6'1 | 97 | Middle Village (Christ the King) NY | Maine Ctl. Inst. |
| Seventh Team | |||||
| PF | Brindley Wright | 6'8 | 97 | Miami (Senior) FL | Florida |
| WF | Myron Ransom | 6'5 | 97 | Birminghan (West End) AL | UAB |
| 2G | Byron Mouton | 6'5 | 97 | Rayne (H.S.) LA | Tulane |
| WF | Sergio McClain | 6'4 | 97 | Peoria (Manual) IL | Illinois |
| PG | Arch Miller | 5'9 | 97 | Beaver Falls (Black Hawk) PA | N.C. State |
| Eighth Team | |||||
| C | Ron Kelly | 6'10 | 97 | Emory (Rains) TX | N.C. State |
| WF | Reggie Jessie | 6'6 | 97 | Brooklyn (Bishop Loughlin) NY | St. John's |
| 2G | Max Owens | 6'5 | 97 | Durham (Mt. Zion Christian) NC | North Carolina |
| 2G | Charlie Bell | 6'3 | 97 | Flint (Southwestern) MI | Michigan State |
| PG | Dean Oliver | 5'11 | 97 | Mason City (H.S.) IA | Iowa |
| Ninth Team | |||||
| C | Elton Tyler | 6'10 | 97 | West Roxbury (H.S.) MA | Miami-FL |
| WF | Cameron Stephens | 6'7 | 97 | Fort Wayne (South Side) IN | Purdue |
| 2G | Maurice Evans | 6'5 | 97 | Wichita (Collegiate) KS | Wichita State |
| PG | Nick Irvin | 6'2 | 97 | Chicago (Carver) IL | Fresno State |
| PG | Tony Harris | 5'11 | 97 | Memphis (East) TN | Tennessee |
| Tenth Team | |||||
| PF | Mark Vershaw | 6'8 | 97 | East Peoria (H.S.) IL | Wisconsin |
| 2G | Michael Johnson | 6'5 | 97 | Seattle (Ballard) WA | Washington |
| 2G | Kenny Gregory | 6'4 | 97 | Columbus (Independence) OH | Kansas |
| PG | Travis Spivey | 6'2 | 97 | Durham (Mt. Zion Christian) NC | Georgia Tech |
| PG | Khalid El-Amin | 5'10 | 97 | Minneapolis (North) MN | Connecticut |
| Eleventh Team | |||||
| C | Mike Bradley | 6'11 | 97 | Worcester (Burncoat) MA | Kentucky |
| WF | Ben Perkins | 6'6 | 97 | Vinton (H.S.) LA | Providence |
| 2G | Albert Mouring | 6'3 | 97 | Federalsburg (Colonel Richardson) MD | Connecticut |
| PG | William Avery | 6'2 | 97 | Mouth of Wilson (Oak Hill) VA | Duke |
| PG | Jermaine Medley | 6'1 | 97 | Mouth of Wilson (Oak Hill) VA | Villanova |
| Twelfth Team | |||||
| PF | Jamaal Davis | 6'8 | 97 | Merrillville (H.S.) IN | Purdue |
| WF | Tang Hamilton | 6'7 | 97 | Jackson (Lanier) MS | Mississippi State |
| WF | Trent Hassell | 6'6 | 97 | Clarksville (H.S.) TN | Austin Peay |
| WF | Tavorris Bell | 6'5 | 97 | Hempstead (H.S.) NY | Rhode Island |
| 2G | Shannon Crooks | 6'3 | 97 | Everett (H.S.) MA | St. John's |
| Thirteenth Team | |||||
| C | Kaspars Kambala | 6'9 | 97 | Mequon (Homestead) WI | UNLV |
| WF | Luke Axtell | 6'9 | 97 | Austin (Westlake) TX | Texas |
| WF | Brandon Smith | 6'6 | 97 | Amarillo (Palo Duro) TX | Michigan |
| 2G | Lorenzo Guess | 6'3 | 97 | Wayne (Memorial) MI | Michigan State |
| 2G | Robert O'Kelley | 6'0 | 97 | Memphis (White Station) TN | Wake Forest |
| Fourteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Ledaryl Billingley | 6'6 | 97 | Chicago (Morgan Park) IL | Marquette |
| 2G | Johnnie Parker | 6'6 | 97 | Webster Groves (H.S.) MO | Missouri |
| WF | Brian Wardle | 6'5 | 97 | Hinsdale (Central) IL | Marquette |
| PG | Kevin Bradley | 6'0 | 97 | Los Angeles (Crenshaw) CA | Pepperdine |
| PG | James Hall | 6'0 | 97 | Waco (H.S.) TX | West Virginia |
| Fifteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Charles Hayward | 6'7 | 97 | Alexandria (Peabody) LA | UNC-Charlotte |
| PF | Jackie Rogers | 6'7 | 97 | Syracuse (Corcoran) NY | Winchendon |
| PF | Orlando Melendez | 6'7 | 97 | Marion (McDowell) NC | North Carolina |
| 2G | Marvin O'Connor | 6'3 | 97 | Philadelphia (Simon Gratz) PA | Villanova |
| PG | Kevin Augustine | 5'11 | 97 | Santa Ana (Mater Dei) CA | USC |
| Sixteenth Team | |||||
| C | Jonathan Neeley | 6'10 | 97 | Rockingham (Richmond County) NC | UNC-Charlotte |
| PF | James Felton | 6'9 | 97 | Bayonne (Marist) NJ | St. John's |
| 2G | Ryan Hogan | 6'3 | 97 | Deerfield (H.S.) IL | Kentucky |
| 2G | Estaban Weaver | 6'3 | 97 | Columbus (Independence) OH | Tallahassee JC |
| 2G | Jamie Roberts | 6'3 | 97 | Albany (Dougherty) GA | Tennessee State |
| Seventeenth Team | |||||
| C | Brian Bersticker | 6'10 | 97 | Virginia Beach (Kempsville) VA | North Carolina |
| PF | Ronell Blizzard | 6'9 | 97 | Waterbury (Sacred Heart) CT | Massachusetts |
| PF | Jamahl Mosley | 6'8 | 97 | Vista (Rancho Buena Vista) CA | Colorado |
| PG | Allen Griffin | 6'2 | 97 | New York (Paul Robeson) NY | Syracuse |
| PG | Dan Dickau | 6'0 | 97 | Vancouver (Prairie) WA | Washington |
| Eighteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Matt Baniak | 6'9 | 97 | Creve Coeur (De Smet Jesuit) MO | St. Louis |
| PF | Brian Williams | 6'7 | 97 | Durham (Mt. Zion Christian) NC | |
| WF | Sean Lampley | 6'7 | 97 | Chicago (DeSales) IL | California |
| WF | Courtney Wallace | 6'4 | 97 | Pittsburgh (Perry) PA | Duquesne |
| 2G | Juan Dixon | 6'2 | 97 | Towson (Calvert Hall) MD | Maryland |
| Nineteenth Team | |||||
| PF | Rahim Lockhart | 6'7 | 97 | Piney Woods (H.S.) MS | Mississippi |
| 2G | Jarrett Kearse | 6'5 | 97 | Philadelphia (Simon Gratz) PA | West Virginia |
| 2G | Dennis Nathan | 6'5 | 97 | Gresham (H.S.) OR | Oregon |
| 2G | Blaine Harmon | 6'4 | 97 | Rayne (H.S.) LA | Southwestern La. |
| PG | Delvon Arrington | 5'10 | 97 | Jersey City (St. Anthony) NJ | Florida State |
| Twentieth Team | |||||
| C | Ruben Boboumtje | 7'0 | 97 | Washington (Archbishop Carroll) DC | Georgetown |
| PF | Lamar Wright | 6'9 | 97 | Dallas (Carter) TX | Texas |
| WF | Damien Barnett | 6'7 | 97 | New Orleans (John F. Kennedy) LA | |
| WF | Jeryl Sasser | 6'7 | 97 | Dallas (Kimball) TX | SMU |
| 2G | Michael Redd | 6'4 | 97 | Columbus (West) OH | Ohio State |