Best player from rising FAB 50 team in the West and talented player with an ordinary name from a famous football school leads fourth group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees in 2014. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Jan.
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POY Tracker: Alexander A Slam Dunk
With his epic performance at the recent Hoophall Classic, power forward Cliff Alexander replaces point guard Emmanuel Mudiay as the top Student Sports National Player of the Year candidate. Besides Alexander, Jahlil Okafor and Cheick Diallo garner first-place votes.
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Like Cliff: Memorable Individual Performances
Power forward Cliff Alexander put together a memorable performance to help Curie (Chicago) knock off the No. 1 team in the Student Sports FAB 50 over MLK weekend. It was the best solo performance on a big stage in recent memory. Naturally, we dug in our memory bank and archives for the other top individual performances against a top-ranked team since the turn of the century.
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Players of the Week
Hotshot freshman and Indiana recruit recently named to the 2014 USA Junior National Select team leads third group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees in 2014. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Jan. 13-Jan. 18 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.
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No. 1& No. 2 Go Down
The Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass. shakes up the Student Sports FAB 50 national rankings as No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) and No. 2 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) both go down on MLK Monday. Both the Eagles and Oak Hill lose to top 10 ranked teams from Chicago with dominant big men.
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Players of the Week
Maryland recruit who led team to two wins over two different FAB 50 ranked clubs leads seconds group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees in 2014. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Jan. 6-Jan. 11 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.
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POY Tracker: Seniors Stand Strong
The top players in the class of 2014 take center stage in the national player of the year race as the underclass players lose traction. Emmanuel Mudiay and Cliff Alexander remain the front-runners, but Jahlil Okafor and Stanley Johnson garner the most first-place votes.
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Players of the Week
Highly-regarded sophomore Jayson Tatum leads first group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees in 2014. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Dec. 30-Jan. 4 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.
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Tark Recap & National Updates
FAB 50 No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) won the Platinum Division of the Tarkanian Classic for the second consecutive year, outlasting No. 27 Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) in overtime. Tournament will shake up national rankings picture as No. 2 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) loses twice at event.
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Friday Tarkanian Classic Recap
It will be an all-California final in the Platinum Division of the Tarkanian Classic with Student Sports FAB 50 No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) taking on No. 27 Bishop O’Dowd. In the Prep Division, the nation’s No. 2 ranked team goes down as Prime Prep (Ft.
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