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Remembering Dunbar’s Magical 82-83 Teams

August 6, 2017 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

On August 8, ESPN released a 30 For 30 documentary titled “Baltimore Boys” about the special high school basketball teams at Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Md. The documentary is about triumph in the face of real-life tragedy and overcoming extreme odds to see four players off the same high school team reach their dreams of the NBA. While the documentary focuses on the humanitarian aspects of the game, we present facts about the basketball team and its on-court performance against the backdrop of this fascinating story about arguably the greatest high school basketball team of all-time.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Baltimore Boys, Baltimore Dunbar, Bob Wade, Calvert Hall, DeMatha Catholic, ESPN 30 For 30, FAB 50, National Sports News Service, Pete Pompey, Reggie Williams

New FAB 50 National Rankings

February 9, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 3 Comments

Only one new team cracks this week’s GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50 national rankings. It’s longtime NYC power Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.), but it came at the expense of another Big Apple squad. Read along for our explanation and understand why local consensus is so important — and why as veteran pollsters we sometimes have to go against it.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Bishop O'Dowd, Brooklyn Lincoln, Cardozo, DeMatha Catholic, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service, Oak Hill Academy, Thomas Jefferson, Wing's Academy

Updated FAB 50 National Rankings

February 2, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment

Only three new teams crack this week’s GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50 national rankings, but there are also three new teams in the top 10. The recurring themes are to not harshly penalize teams that lose to another ranked foe, reward teams that have played tough schedules and reward teams that are still unbeaten at this point of the season.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: DeMatha Catholic, FAB 50, Fairfax, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Greensboro Day, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service, Oak Hill Academy, Sierra Canyon

Findlay Prep, Sierra Canyon Keep Pace

January 2, 2015 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) keeps pace with Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) in the Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 with a victory over Our Savior New American (Centereach, N.Y.) at the Hoophall West Classic in Scottsdale, Ariz. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) notches another quality win after capturing Maxpreps Holiday Classic with a victory over previously unbeaten DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.).

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Cheick Diallo, Cody Riley, DeMatha Catholic, Devearl Ramsey, Findlay Prep, Our Savior New American, Sierra Canyon

Gary McKnight Wins No. 1,000

December 12, 2014 by Ronnie Flores 1 Comment

With its 67-44 victory over Corona del Mar (Calif.) Friday night, veteran coach Gary McKnight of FAB 50 No. 17 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) became the 14th reported coach nationwide to win 1,000 career games. We have some reaction from McKnight and a quick historical look at McKnight’s accomplishment. 

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bob Hurley Sr., DeMatha Catholic, Gary McKnight, Jim Harris, Mater Dei, Morgan Wootten, Ralph Tasker, Robert Hughes

Preseason FAB 50: (31-50)

October 31, 2014 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

Today we kick off the 2014-15 high school basketball season with our first installment of the preseason 2014-15 Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 national team rankings. We begin with teams No. 31-50 and our second installment will be teams No. 16-30 on Monday, November 3. The complete FAB 50 rankings will be released by Tuesday, November 4.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Alterique Gilbert, Arthur Hill, Cape Henry Collegiate, Chino Hills, DeMatha Catholic, Eric Davis, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Harry Giles, Lonzo Ball, McClymonds, Miller Grove, Montverde Academy, National Sports News Service, Putnam City West, Rainier Beach, Riverside Academy, Wesleyan Christian Academy

Memorable Weekend For Mike Jones

January 22, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) coach Mike Jones gets his 300th win at the Hoophall Classic over MLK weekend, knocking off a FAB 50-ranked team in the process. Not only did Jones reach a milestone win, his team broke into this week’s FAB 50 a day after he was announced as coach of the 2014 USA Junior National Select Team.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: DeMatha Catholic, Emmanuel Mudiay, Mike Jones, Morgan Wootten

HSBB: Blasts From The Past

December 11, 2013 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

Periodically, StudentSportsBasketball.com will take a look at happenings in the world of high school basketball dating back five, 10, 15, 20, 25 years ago and beyond! Today, we take a peek back at big news in December of 2003, 1998 and 1978.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: City of Palms Classic, DeMatha Catholic, Donnell Harvey, Larry LcKay, Las Vegas Prep Classic, Morgan Wooten, North Carolina State

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