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Pangos All-East Frosh/Soph Top 40 Rankings

Ronnie Flores – October 30, 2026
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Pangos All-Midwest Frosh/Soph Top 45 Rankings

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The Old School Way

February 7, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

Young players have never been more physically talented than they are today. On the flip side, older coaches and experienced players say what is being taught and what is being mimicked by up-and-comers is hurting the game. We explore this phenomenon with one of the nation’s most renowned skill and footwork coaches and break down five aspects of the offensive game young players need to understand and work on.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: basketball watchdog, Fresno City College, Jerry West, Jim Jones, St. Elizabeth

Players of the Week

February 6, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

McDonald’s All-American pick from Milwaukee leads fifth group of Student Sports National Player of the Week honorees in 2014. These honorees are chosen based on performances from games played from Jan. 27-Jan. 31 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Ghassan Nehme, Kevon Looney, Tyshon Rogers

Must Read Article & Time to Check out PhenomHoopReport.com

February 6, 2014 by Clark Francis

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Filed Under: Hot Recruiting Information

College Signing 101

February 5, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

Today is Signing Day and it’s become a near national holiday for high school football players and other fall sports participants. Basketball players, of course, can sign during the early period the first week of November or in the spring. Today is a great time to let young players in on some facts about signing with a college.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: College Signing, Early Signing Period, Jerica Williams, Letter of Intent, scholarship agreement

Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

February 4, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

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Curie of Chicago remains No. 1 as it prepares for the Chicago Public Schools tournament but there is some shakeup elsewhere in the top 10 as previous No. 6 Whitney Young of Chicago and No. 7 Oak Hill Academy of Virginia and No. 8 Providence of Jacksonville go down. We also continue to agonize about Mater Dei and Rainier Beach in the West.    

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: FAB 50, Mater Dei, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service

Updated Ranking of the 125 Top Players Nationally in the Class of 2019 (7th Graders) Provides Great Head Start on the Future

February 4, 2014 by Clark Francis

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Nike Extravaganza: Top 25 Player Rankings

February 3, 2014 by Ronnie Flores

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Filed Under: Blog, boys basketball event, Player Rankings Tagged With: Jahlil Okafor, Jordan McLaughlin, Nike Extravaganza, Stanley Johnson

Mater Dei Downs Whitney Young

February 2, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

Student Sports FAB 50 No. 4 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) remains unbeaten and in the mythical national title hunt with a big home victory over No. 6 Whitney Young (Chicago) in the marquee game of the Nike Extravaganza. Renowned program DeMatha of Maryland also remains unbeaten against California opponents. Three other FAB50-ranked teams are also victorious.

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Filed Under: Blog, boys basketball event, team rankings Tagged With: Corona Centennial, DeMatha, Elijah Stewart, FAB 50, Westchester, Whitney Young

Players of the Week

January 30, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

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. 20-Jan. 25 and they are based on the same regional breakdowns as our regional Top 20 team rankings.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Garfield, Jalen Brunson, Seattle high school basketball, Tramaine Isabell

POY Tracker: Alexander A Slam Dunk

January 30, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Blog, national player of the year Tagged With: Cliff Alexander, Jahlil Okafor, Kelly Oubre Jr., Mr. Basketball USA, Stanley Johnson

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