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FAB 50: All-Time Preseason No. 1’s

Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) has started as preseason No. 1 nine times and finished as FAB 50 champ in four of those years.

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The Warriors went wire-to-wire in the National Prep Poll (precursor to FAB 50) in 1992-93, likely fielding their strongest team ever that season. Three seniors off that team played at North Carolina, including Jerry Stackhouse and Jeff McGinnis.

Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, is one of two Mr. Basketball USA honorees to lead a team to a wire-to-wire FAB 50 No. 1 ranking. He was national player of the year and led Lawrence North to a 29-0 mark during the 2005-06 season. Duke’s R.J. Barrett matched Oden’s feat during the 2017-2018 season for Montverde Academy of Florida, which has won four FAB 50 mythical national titles since 2012-13 and was preseason No. 1 in each of those seasons.

Naismith Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley’s club at St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.) ran into injury problems during the 2004-05 season and was unranked in the final poll that season.

All other preseason No. 1 ranked teams have finished no lower than No. 14 in the final rankings.

All-Time Preseason FAB 50 No. 1 Teams

(Teams’ finishes in parentheses)

1987-88: Miami Senior (Miami, Fla.) 34-2 (No. 7)
1988-89: Flint Hill Prep (Oakton, Va.) 23-3 (No. 9)
1989-90: King (Chicago, Ill.) 30-0 (No. 1)
1990-91: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 27-1 (No. 4)
1991-92: Dunbar (Baltimore, Md.) 29-0 (No. 1)
1992-93: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 30-0 (No. 1)
1993-94: Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.) 29-2 (No. 2)
1994-95: St. John’s at Prospect Hall (Frederick, Md.) 22-1 (No. 2)
1995-96: St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.), 31-0 (No. 1)
1996-97: Dominguez (Compton, Calif.) 29-5 (No. 11)
1997-98: St. John’s at Prospect Hall, 25-0 (No. 1)
1998-99: DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 28-4 (No. 8)
1999-00: Oak Hill Academy, 30-2 (No. 2)
2000-01: Oak Hill Academy, 33-0 (No. 1)
2001-02: Oak Hill Academy, 32-1 (No. 2)
2002-03: St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.) 27-4 (No. 9)
2003-04: Oak Hill Academy, 38-0 (No. 1)
2004-05: St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.), 21-6 (Not Ranked)
2005-06: Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Ind.) 29-0 (No. 1)
2006-07: Oak Hill Academy, 40-1 (No. 1)
2007-08: Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) 36-2 (No. 10)
2008-09: St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.) 30-3 (No. 4)
2009-10: Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) 32-2 (No. 3)
2010-11: Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) 28-4 (No. 14)
2011-12: Simeon (Chicago, Ill.) 33-1 (No. 6)
2012-13: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 26-2 (No. 1)
2013-14: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 27-1* (No. 1)
2014-15: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 31-1 (No. 1)
2015-16: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 45-1 (No. 2)
2016-17: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 38-5 (No. 11)
2017-18: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 36-0 (No. 1)
2018-19: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 22-3 (No. 4)
2019-20: IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) 19-6 (No. 5)
2020-21: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 24-1 (No. 1)
2021-22: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 22-4 (No. 2)
2022-23: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 23-3 (No. 2)
2023-24: Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 33-0 (No. 1)

USA Today
1986-87: Marion (Ind.) 28-1 (No. 2)
1985-86: Flint Hill Prep (Oakton, Va.) 22-1* (No. 2)
1984-85: King (Chicago, Ill.) 23-3 (Not Ranked)
1983-84: Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 28-2 (No. 10)
1982-83: Dunbar (Baltimore, Md.) 31-0 (No. 1)

Basketball Weekly
1981-82: Calvert Hall (Towson, Md.) 34-0 (No.1)
1980-81: Rindge and Latin (Cambridge, Mass.) 25-0 (No. 2)
1979-80: Proviso East (Maywood, Ill.) 26-2 (No. 8)
1978-79: DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 28-3 (No. 12)
1977-78: Verbum Dei (Los Angeles) 27-2 (No. 4)
1976-77: West Philadelphia (Pa.) 30-0 (No. 1)
1975-76: Male (Louisville, Ky.) 29-2 (No. 26)

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