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Final West Region Top 20 Rankings

April 6, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

We go 20 deep from five separate regions of the nation in our final Grassroots Hoops Regional Rankings. We rank 100 teams and nobody across the country ranks as many teams as GrassrootsHoops.net. Final No. 1 teams are Oak Hill Academy (East), Montverde Academy (Southeast), Lincolnshire Stevenson (Midwest), Mustang (Southwest) and Oakland Bishop O’Dowd (West).

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bishop O'Dowd, Corona del Sol, Findlay Prep, regional rankings

Remembering McClymonds: Winners of 3 Straight Titles

April 6, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment

Montverde Academy of Florida won its third straight mythical national title by virtue of finishing No. 1 in the final 2014-15 Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 national rankings. We take a look back at the first team to finish ranked No. 1 for three straight seasons — McClymonds (Oakland, Calif.), which turned the trick between 1958-1960.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Dave Krider, David Grenwood, FAB 50, James Hadnot, Joe Ellis, Kashmere, McClymonds, Montverde, National Sports News Service, Paul Silas, Roy Hamilton, Verdum Dei

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

Ballislife All-American Game May 2

April 5, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment


A plethora of the nation’s best boys high school basketball stars will participate in the 5th Annual Ballislife All-American Game presented by U.S. Army set for May 2 at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, Calif. Internet sensation Thon Maker and eight local Southern California natives headline the participants.

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Filed Under: Blog, boys basketball event Tagged With: Ballislife All-American Game, Dwayne Bacon, Long Beach City College, national high school all-star game, Stephen Zimmerman, Thon Maker

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

2015 Dick’s Nationals Field Set

March 18, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 3 Comments

Three of the top six and four of the top 10 ranked teams in the Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 boys basketball national rankings will participate in the DICK’S Sporting Goods High School Nationals from April 2-4 in New York City. The championship game could potentially be a match up of the nation’s top two ranked teams.

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Filed Under: Blog, boys basketball event, team rankings Tagged With: Dick's Nationals, Dick's Sporting Goods National High School Invitational, FAB 50, Grasroots Hoops FAB 50, high school national champion, Montverde Academy, Oak Hill Academy

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 Mr. Basketball USA Tracker

March 13, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 5 Comments

Mr Basketball USA 576
Ben Simmons, the best player on the nation’s top-ranked team, continues to lead the pack in the Grassroots Hoops Mr. Basketball USA Tracker. The best player on the No. 2 ranked team in the FAB 50 and a few others on winning teams make inroads as the voting process produces a reduced set of viable national player of the year candidates. 

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Filed Under: Blog, national player of the year Tagged With: Ben Simmons, Bishop O'Dowd, Callaway, DeAndre Ayton, Ivan Rabb, Jaylen Brown, Malik Newman, Maranatha, Mr. Basketball USA, Mr. Basketball USA Tracker, Tyler Dorsey, 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

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