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All-time Grassroots Hoops Underclass Player of the Year honorees among juniors, sophomores and freshmen going back to 1970 as selected by HOOP SCOOP Editor Ronnie Flores.
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Underclass Players of the Year Harry Giles III, DeAndre Ayton and Marvin Bagley III made a tremendous impact this season and are selected the nation’s top players among juniors, sophomores and freshmen, respectively. The next end-of-season honors squad published with be the 21st Annual Grassroots Hoops All-American team.
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Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) goes down in the championship game of the City of Palms Classic, preventing a third consecutive title for the Eagles and shaking up the national rankings. So what does the loss mean? Who is No. 1 now? What does the loss mean for the rest of the season?
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Mr. Basketball USA is the title bestowed upon the boys basketball National Player of the Year as selected by GrassrootsHoops.net. We examine the resumes of five early favorites, five others with strong cases and list other potential candidates. The Mr. Basketball USA Tracker, which tracks the progress of the top candidates throughout the high school season, is now in its eighth year.
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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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The single Spring Evaluation Period has passed and the summer circuit is about to hear up. We take a look at the national scene and answer five pressing questions surrounding this summer’s travel ball circuit.
1. Will the Under Armour and adidas circuits make waves against the Nike EYBL?
The other shoe companies involved in grassroots basketball have finally figured out the only way to make a dent on Nike’s strange hold on the nation’s top talent is to create a league similar to the Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL). The Under Armour Association and adidas Gauntlet is off to a good start with enough talent to get the attention of the recruiting networks and other national media who cover the grassroots scene. Top 10 talents such as Diamond Stone of Dominican (Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
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