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Final East Region Top 20 Rankings

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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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Final Southeast Region Top 20 Rankings

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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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Final Midwest Region Top 20 Rankings

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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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Final Southwest Region Top 20 Rankings

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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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Remembering McClymonds: Winners of 3 Straight Titles

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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.),

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FINAL FAB 50 National Rankings

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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.

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Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

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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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New FAB 50 National Rankings

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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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2015 Dick’s Nationals Field Set

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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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Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

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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.

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