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Final, Expanded 2025-26 FAB 50 Rankings!

August 17, 2026 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. CIA Bella Vista of Arizona is the 2025-26 mythical national champion, as the program is the first team from the state to finish No. 1. The Bears also are the first program to win the EYBL Scholastic Tournament and Chipotle Nationals in the same season.

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(Preseason ranking in parentheses; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included.)

Final, Expanded 2024-25 FAB 50 Rankings!

July 21, 2025 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Columbus of Florida is the 2024-25 mythical national champion, as the program became the first full state association member to start and finish No. 1 in 19 years. The Explorers also became the first non academy-type program to win Chipotle Nationals.

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(Preseason ranking in parentheses; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included.)

Final, Expanded 2023-24 FAB 50 Rankings!

July 21, 2024 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Montverde Academy of Florida is the 2023-24 mythical national champion, as the program captured its seventh FAB 50 title since 2013, tying Oak Hill Academy of Virginia for most all-time No. 1 finishes.

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(Preseason ranking in parentheses; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included.)

Final, Expanded 2022-23 FAB 50 Rankings!

July 25, 2023 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Link Academy of Missouri is the 2022-23 mythical national champion, as the program captured the FAB 50 title in only its second year of eligibility in the nation’s longest-running weekly rankings.

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(Preseason ranking in parentheses; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included.)

Final, Expanded 2021-22 FAB 50 Rankings

August 25, 2022 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Duncanville of Texas is the 2021-22 mythical national champion, the third public school program in seven season to finish as the FAB 50 No. 1 and the first Texas program in 20 years.

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(Preseason ranking in parentheses; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included.)

Final, Expanded 2020-21 FAB 50 Rankings

August 27, 2021 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Montverde Academy of Florida is the 2020-21 mythical national champion, the sixth title for the program since 2013 and the fifth No. 1 finish after starting out as preseason No. 1.

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(Preseason ranking in parentheses; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included; ***Does not include results vs. out-of-season opponents.)

Final, Expanded 2019-20 FAB 50 Rankings

September 1, 2020 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Montverde Academy of Florida is the 2019-20 mythical national champion, the fifth title for the program since 2013 and perhaps its best ever team.

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(Preseason ranking in parentheses; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included; ***Indicates season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic.)

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Final, Expanded 2018-19 FAB 50 Rankings

May 18, 2019 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. IMG Academy of Florida is the 2018-19 mythical national champion, the first ever for the program and the second ever for a program from the state following Montverde Academy as the Southeast Region continues its dominance.

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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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Final, Expanded 2014-15 FAB 50 Rankings

April 8, 2015 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking. The Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 is the official rankings of the National Sports News Service, which date back to the 1952 season. Montverde Academy of Florida is the 2014-15 mythical national champion, the first team to earn three consecutive No. 1 final rankings since the advent of weekly national polls in 1975-76.

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