Two players off the team ended up playing in the NBA Jay Humphries and Ralph Jackson. Wichita South head coach Steve Eck made the move to college basketball after the 1995-96 season and his last state championship at South. Less than a decade after Buckner walked its halls, Thornridge's basketball program placed another player in the NBA with 7-foot center Kevin Duckworth. Monta Ellis ended up having a 12-year career and averaged 17.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists. Oden was one of the most heralded recruits of the last 30 years and a two-time Parade All-American and the National Player of the Year. Oak Hill featured a starting lineup with four future NBA players Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount and Makhtar Ddiaye and had another five future Division I players on the roster. Forward Duane Ferrell went on to star at Georgia Tech and played 11 seasons in the NBA. At St. John's Catholic Prep, Vetter had the advantage of two future college stars on the team with Damien Wilkins and Jason Capel, who took down a nationally ranked schedule with tournaments in Hawaii, North Carolina and Maryland. Key players: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Paul Dawson, Larry Hunter. Some of those teams were even better than that. Other Links > Basketball > Top Ranked Basketball Players by High School . Lathrop finished his career with a 955-300 overall record, with 924 of those wins coming at Raytown South, including four state titles. Muhammad led the Gaels to another state championship as a senior in 2012. Every High School Basketball team in the nation is ranked. In an All-Star game against Kentucky he had 53 points and 30 rebounds. Crudup averaged 28.9 points and 13.0 rebounds as a senior, went on to star for the University of Missouri and was a second-round draft pick by the Detroit Pistons in 1994. 9 Camden, No. He's been a three-time NBA All-Star and will have made $214.2 million in career earnings when his current contract runs out after the 2022-23 season. At 6-foot-8, he was a 3-point shooter and one of the best long-distance shooters of the 1990s, when he played 11 seasons in the NBA. Wootten died in January 2020, at 88 years old. Flynn, who played collegiately at Syracuse, had the perfect complement in wing Paul Harris, who earned a reputation as an elite shutdown defender against some of the nation's top players. In that time, Hurley won 26 state championships, four national championships and was named USA Today National Coach of the Year three times. Since James went No. After not winning a state title since 1943 before Bryant led them to the title in 1996, they added two more since then, in 2006 and 2013. He held the career scoring record for the Aztecs until it was broken by Kawhi Leonard in 2011. 7 overall in 2012 and won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015. The 1989-90 Raytown South boys basketball team went undefeated and won a state championship despite losing its best player before the season started, when star center and University of Kansas signee Chris Lindley had his foot severed in a train accident. East Chicago Washington High averaged 95 points per game during the 1970-71 season, led by a bevy of future pro and college talent. Trgovich won two national titles at UCLA, Stoddard won a national championship at North Carolina State and pitched 11 seasons in the majors. That didn't take away from what the team actually accomplished, winning a second consecutive state championship behind 32 points from future Villanova star Corey Fisher in the championship game. High School All-American and Mississippi Player of the Year Monta Ellis capped his career with a second state championship for Lanier High and did it with one of the more amazing statistical seasons we've ever seen 41.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 4.5 steals. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham, the Eagles had just one game decided by single digits on the way to a 25-0 record and mythical national title. While Kevin Garnett was the star, Ronnie Fields also was very talented. Lanier finished ranked No. No. After Khalid El-Amin led Minneapolis North Community High to three consecutive state championships, the school didn't win another state title until 2003, then not again after that until winning back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017. In an interesting twist, James' oldest son, Bronny, scored the game-winning basket and finished with 15 points for Sierra Canyon (California) High in a win over SVSM in December 2019. They finished as state runner-up in 1988. He went on to help lead Michigan to back-to-back Final Fours, alongside childhood friend Chris Webber, and played 14 seasons in the NBA. Rose was the real prize, though. Courtney won another state title at George Bush High School in 2010. Parker was an All-American in his one season at Duke and the No. Key players: Bobby Hurley, Rodrick Rhodes, Jerry Walker, Terry DeHere, Danny Hurley. He attended the University of Pittsburgh but never played there. Future NBA superstar and Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant was the first freshman to start on the varsity for Lower Merion High. 1 recruit in the class of 2023. 2 in the final USA Today Super 25 Poll. The Poets went wire-to-wire as the No. Hurley's son Bobby is now the head coach at Arizona State, and his son Danny is the head coach at the University of Connecticut. Of all the stars off the 1979-80 West Memphis High team, 6-foot-9 forward Michael Cage went on to have the best career. High school national championships in boys basketball come with the same momentum as winning a college football national championship. In front of 11,522 fans, future Illinois star Frank Williams guided them to the 65-62 win. Key players: RoShon Jacobs, Kentrell Gransberry, Darnell Lazare. SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school boys' basketball teams in the 2022-23 season. Check out the top 35 white basketball players of all time. Visit Our Patreon Page to Create Your Own All-Time Fantasy Teams and See Other Bonus Material . The team's first four games were against teams that have appeared in the top 50. Probably one of the more underrated teams on this list (if you can even say that), Ames High was led by a pair of future NBA first-round draft picks in Harrison Barnes and Doug McDermott. The Patrick School finished No. The first of St. Anthony High head coach Bob Hurley Sr.'s four mythical national championships came with his son, Bobby Hurley, leading the team at point guard. Key players: Tyson Chandler, Sherman Gay, Marcus Moore, Ellis Moore, Ellis Myles. Inhis final season, he averaged 25.2 points, 9.1 assists, 8.8 rebounds and 3.4 steals and was named Illinois Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American. It's not recency bias to just believe what your eyes tell you. They reportedly had 6,000 season-ticket holders. Key players: Oscar Robertson, Albert Maxey, Bill Brown, Stan Patton, Edgar Searcy. His No. For all of Mo Bamba's basketball accomplishments, they now pale in comparison to a hit song named "Mo Bamba" written and performed by one of Bamba's childhood friends, rapper Sheck Wes. Key players: Adrian Dantley, Kenny Carr, Billy Langloh, Eric Coard, Ron Satterthwaite, Buzzy O'Connell, Vern Allen. Otis was eventually convicted of sexually molesting one of his players in 2009. Key players: Dee Davis, Jordan Hulls, Matt Carlino, Erik Fromm. Ellis spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Golden State Warriors and made the playoffs just once, when he was named NBA Most Improved Player in 2007. This was a two-year stretch under head coach Michael Peck in which Findlay went 61-1. 4 in the final USA Today Top 25 poll. Booker went 33-1 and won the FIAA state title consisting of only segregated, all-Black schools. 1 and No. Bradley averaged 19 points per game, and playing all over the country in tournaments, he brought home MVP at every single one. 3 overall in the NBA draft. Key players: Jalen Rose, Vashon Leonard, Howard Eisley, Garland Mance, Elton Carter. The undefeated Arkansas state championship team reached as high as No. 11 overall pick in 2014. Chandler and Dominguez delivered and became the first and only California team to win a mythical national title in the era of weekly high school polls, along with their state title. Wiley then played more than a decade of professional basketball, including seven seasons in the NBA. In the famous single-class system of high school basketball in Indiana, only two teams ever won three consecutive state titles Franklin High from 1920 to 1922 and Marion High from 1985 to 1987. Key players: Rasheed Wallace, Rondell Turner, Jamahal Redmond, Lynard Stewart, Reds Smith, Terrel Stokes, Alem Watson. In 2019, Stanley had a career year and made his first Pro Bowl and first NFL All-Pro Team. The story of Kashmere High through the present day has been one of struggle. Two starters for North were declared ineligible the day before the state championship game, but he put the team on his back and beat Staples-Motley High 54-52 for the title. Pointer wasn't even the most famous person in his family. You can still watch Long Beach Poly's thrilling 45-44 win over Mater Dei in the CIF championship game and see for yourself why this team made the list. Southwest Macon High coach Duck Richardson was so hard on his players they gave him a truly deplorable nickname we won't repeat here feel free to look it up if you're so inclined but the results are impossible to argue. Woodlawn went a staggering 39-0 unheard of scheduling even for the last 20 years and finished No. The oldest team on this list gets the most basketball-crazy state in the country's foot in the door with Kentucky, where Ashland High School went undefeated and won a national championship in 1928. Key players: Shabazz Muhammad, Ronnie Stanley, Xavier Grimble. East's star player on the latest state championship team was Hasaan Herrington, who led his team to an undefeated season and signed with NCAA Division II University of Texas-Tyler, where the head coach is former East star Louis Wilson. He was a Ukrainian Super League All-Star in 2009, NBA D-League All-Star in 2013 and NBL All-Star for the New Zealand Breakers in 2013. Strong, powerful point guard who led the Falcons to a state championship. 16-30 on October 25 and now have published an in-depth look at the nation's 50 best teams. Yates High School gets all the love from us because they were a public school and won a national championship in the modern era of prep schools and diploma mills. USbasket Top 50 U.S. High School Teams Ranking Last Updated: 1/19/2023 The RANKING is carefully calculated based on teams' games and league/conference strength. Rice played 15 seasons in the NBA, was a three-time NBA All-Star, All-Star Game MVP in 1997 and a two-time All-NBA pick. 5 overall recruit Dariq Whitehead, a 6-foot-6 small forward signed to play for Duke. No team from Flint Northwestern has won a state championship in any sport since the girls basketball team won it all in 1993. When teams from New York end up on the national stage, it's usually coming out of New York City. Key players: Larry Hollyfield, Mike Hopwood, Biff Burrell, Reynaldo Brown, Keith Lee, Louie Nelson. Marion went 84-4 over that period, capped by a 69-56 win over Richmond in the 1987 state championship game, and had nine of its players go on to play college basketball. Every state has its high school basketball legends. Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins led Washington High to back-to-back Class 3A state championships in his final two years of high school, including a 29-0 season as a senior. Three of SLAM's college hoop junkies compiled their personal lists using a mental simulation of "Who dominated their respective season the most . Ames went 27-0 in 2009-10 their second consecutive state championship Vance Downs was named USA Today National Coach of the Year and the team finished No. 3 overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar should always be in the discussion when it comes to the greatest basketball players of all time. They were featured on "Dateline," "Regis and Kathie Lee," and in People Magazine and ended the season on a 50-game winning streak. St. Anthony's was a national phenomenon. Earvin "Magic" Johnson led Lansing's Everett High to a state championship in 1977 when he averaged 28.8 points and 16.8 rebounds. Oh, did we mention 10-year NBA veteran and first-round draft pick Jeff Grayer was also on the roster? Former Hargrave head coach Kevin Keatts was hired as an assistant coach at Louisville around the same time. Jabari Parker led Simeon to four consecutive Class 4A state championships from 2010 to 2013, becoming the No. They all played on the greatest high school basketball team in their respective state's history, according to look back at legendary squads from all 50 states. Out of the trio of professional athletes on Bishop Gorman's star-studded team, Ronnie Stanley has been the most successful on the next level. 6 overall in the 2016 NFL draft. He's known to have heard a spectacular time playing basketball and many fans and . And our eyes tell us that the 2019-20 Montverde Academy team is one of the best collections of high school talent we've ever seen. This was the first of three consecutive state championships for Minneapolis North High, but the only one of the three to go undefeated. How was TPS caught? Marion High's eight state championships in boys basketball are the most in Indiana history, but the "Purple Reign" teams that won three consecutive titles from 1985 to 1987 are still the most well known. Banks scored 31 points for the Speedboys in a 72-52 win over Father Judge High in the city championship game. One of Hargrave's greatest players and its greatest coach teamed up to win a national championship on the college level. Attucks went 62-1 over the last two seasons with Robertson as its star. But this one is the best of all time.Instagram- http://www.instagram.com/matthew_ecksteinSnapch. Flint Hill only won one more state championship, in 1995, and made it to the state semifinals in 2005. It lies mainly on the right bank of the Rhine River, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Cologne. 1! Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing might have something to say about that. After Bryant's death in a helicopter crash in January 2020, the school hosted a memorial service in the gym named after the fallen star. Cage needed 28 rebounds in the final game of the regular season to beat Chicago Bulls forward Charles Oakley for the rebounding title and grabbed 30. "I think it's clear by the way we've been playing lately that our team is together and committed to each other. Eck spent 25 years coaching mostly on the junior-college level, most notably winning an NJCAA Division I National Championship at Hutchinson Community College in 2017. 3 scorer in state history. The Hargrave Military Academy 1998-99 basketball team was an absolute problem. The school ultimately closed its doors in 2013. MaxPreps said Lone Peak High was the top public school team in the country in 2012-13. New Teacher jobs added daily. That wasn't the case with Niagara Falls High, which went 28-1 in 2004-05 and won the first national title in school history. The steady flow of NBA talent didn't stop, either. The Tigers had one close game in the sectional final but won games that season by an average of 28 points and won by an average of 23 points in the state tournament. Williams (Kansas), forward Manny Dies (Kansas State), point guard Jamall Walker (Saint Louis) and his nephew, Mark Eck, who led Fort Hays State to an NCAA Division II national championship in 1996. Any list of greatest high school basketball coaches needs to include Stu Vetter, who led two different schools to national titles Flint Hill Academy in 1987 and St. John's Catholic Prep in 1988. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf became one of the most polarizing players in NBA history in 1996 when he refused to stand for the national anthem before games because he viewed the flag as a "symbol of oppression" and pointed out the long history of tyranny in the U.S. Sealy was at his best in the postseason, when he was named MVP of both the CHSAA Tournament and state tournament in taking down fellow New York teams that included future NBA stars Jamal Mashburn (Cardinal Hayes) and Kenny Anderson (Archbishop Malloy). Jeff Malone was the SEC Player of the Year in 1983 at Mississippi State, then played 13 seasons in the NBA, where he averaged 19.0 points for his career and was a two-time All-Star. The only team in the U.S. who could say they were better than Woodlawn in 2002-03 was the Lebron James-led St. Vincent-St. Mary High squad out of Akron, Ohio. Wilkins went on to become arguably the greatest player in franchise history. When Chino Hills hired Dennis Latimore as its coach before the 2017-18 season, LaVar Ball pulled his youngest son, LaMelo Ball, out of school and publicly criticized Latimore's hiring adding to the Ball family's history of firebombing every bridge they crossed. The best team their school ever had was the next year, when future NBA legend Oscar Robertson was a senior and led the team to 31-0 record and was named Mr. Basketball in Indiana. In our wildest dreams we get to see a game between the 1966-67 Booker High state championship team and the 2019-20 Montverde Academy national championship team to determine the greatest high school team in Florida history. Kennedy strolled to a . He was either the No. Then they reeled off 36 straight wins after that, capping it all with a 57-33 win over Baton Rouge Catholic High in the Class 5A state championship game. Mayo had 41 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in the 2007 Class AAA state championship game a 103-61 win over South Charleston. The team was led by Parade All-American Howard Porter and future MLB pitcher Hugh Yancy. Some of those teams were even better than that. Thornridge High never won another state title in boys basketball after Quinn Buckner led them to back-to-back titles in 1971 and 1972. Wawasee has had its share of bumps in the road in 2022-23. The Ravens rewarded him with a five-year, $98.7 million contract with $64 million guaranteed. Woe unto the unfortunate post players who had to try and guard a young Chris Bosh for Lincoln High during the 2001-02 season, because the future Basketball Hall of Famer was an absolute nightmare to try and contain. Montverde Academy (Florida) has won Geico Nationals in back-to-back years and remains No. John Thompson became much more well-known as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time. 1 or No. Use the "Find my Team" feature to quickly locate your team! . One year later, head coach Kevin Boyle left TPS to become the new coach at Montverde Academy. 5 overall by the MInnesota Timberwolves. Pray for a rainout? It also earned one of high school basketball's mythical national championships from the National Sports News Service. Duckworth was selected as an NBA All-Star twice and named NBA Most Improved Player in 1988. Led by 2021 NBA draft No. 13 in final MaxPreps Top 25 Breakdown: The school's all-time leading scorer Jalen Suggs is now at Gonzaga . Now known as Blazer High, it is still the only high school from Kentucky to win a national championship in boys basketball, where it capped off the year with a 15-10 win over Canton (Illinois) High at the National Interscholastic Tournament in Chicago. Key players: Quinn Buckner, Mike Bonczyk, Boyd Batts. Bosh went on to become an 11-time NBA All-Star and won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat, when he was teamed with Dwyane Wade and LeBron James to form arguably the greatest trio in NBA history. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft after spending one season at Gonzaga. Ames High hasn't won another state title in boys basketball since 2010, but its two stars have remained in the basketball spotlight on the next level. Key players: Glen Rice, Andre Rison, Jeff Grayer. IMG is led by six top 50 . Willie Weeks, Wolf Point - Weeks helped lead the Wolves to the 1968 Big 32 state championship . They likely would have won four straight state championships if the 2019-20 season hadn't gotten shut down. Oak Hill Academy didn't stop winning national titles after that first one in 1993. The 6-foot-8 forward began to pick up national attention as a senior when he had 48 points, 27 rebounds, 8 blocks and 9 dunks in a win over a much larger school a performance that earned him a spot in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section. Key players: Jerry Lucas, Larry Emrick, Tom Sizer. Fields' basketball career never reached the heights he'd once hoped. They lost one game all year, but it was just the second game of the season. Williams, Jamall Walker, Manny Dies, Mark Eck, Robert Lolar. Montverde Academy of Florida is the . Sandy Creek. Center Kentrell Gransberry became an All-Big East pick at the University of South Florida. The two Parade All-Americans coached by Lafayette Norwood saw little in the way of competition throughout the year. Robertson led the nation in scoring three times and was a three-time National Player of the Year at the University of Cincinnati before he became a 12-time NBA All-Star, nine-time All-NBA selection and was named to the NBA's 35th, 50th and 75th Anniversary Team. 3 NBA draft overall pick Billy Owens, who was on all four state title teams, scored 3,000 career points and earned comparisons to Magic Johnson coming out of high school. We rank the top 25 boys' high school basketball programs in the country. There were two future NBA players on McClymonds High's unbeaten 1959-60 team Paul Silas and Joe Ellis. Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett transferred to Chicago's Farragut Career Academy before his senior year in 1994-95 and created one of the greatest high school basketball duos of all time when he paired up with fellow phenom Ronnie Fields, who was one year behind him in school. Jayson Tatum wasn't the first player out of Chaminade Prep to go No. In fact, a Flint Hill grad turned in arguably the greatest performance in ACC Tournament history. He is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The Denver Nuggets saw enough in Porter to sign him to a five-year, $175 million contract before the 2021-22 season. Abdul-Rauf was one of the most highly recruited players in the country coming out of high school and played two seasons for LSU, where he was an All-American both years, then was the No. Quincy High's unbeaten 33-0 season in 1980-81 was part of a 64-game winning streak, with the 1981 team winning the mythical national title and the second state title in school history and first since 1934. Ellis teamed with future Wichita State guard Evan Wessel and future West Virginia running back Dreamius Smith to win four consecutive state championships from 2009 to 2012 under the leadership of head coach Joe Auer. Tragically, Sealy died in a car accident in 2000, at 30 years old. 7 Calvary Christian, No. Key players: Jamie Brandon, Damian Porter, Fred Sculfield, Anton Little, Rashard Griffith. Patrick Ewing swept National Player of the Year awards at Cambridge Ridge and Latin School in 1981 after leading his school to a third consecutive state championship. Key players: Kobe Bryant, Guy Stewart, Dave Rosenberg, Evan Monsky. Jo Jo White was one of the top players to ever play high school basketball in St. Louis. It's worth noting the school didn't open its doors until 1997. Ellis was a three-time All-Big 12 selection and two-time All-American at the University of Kansas. Without further ado, here are the top-ranked high school basketball programs in America as of January 21, 2021. Keatts, Howard and West were all inducted into the Hargrave Hall of Fame in 2011. Michigan has had a lot of great teams several made this list but a young Rice was truly the show here. By far the most difficult school to pick just one team from, we give the edge to Morgan Wooten's 1972-73 squad mainly because of the presence of Adrian Dantley and Kenny Carr, who would both become NBA lottery picks. Bobby Hurley went on to win two national championships at Duke in 1991 and 1992. The 2019-20 Minnehaha Academy team didn't need a state tournament to tell us what we already knew they just don't make high school basketball teams like this very often. Montana isn't known for being a hotbed of high school sports, but the team Missoula Sentinel High put together in 1963-64 was impossible to keep off the list. Wilt Chamberlain wasn't the only NBA player to come out of Overbrook High. Then, he went to play for the University of Missouri for his one college season. College basketball has been played since the 1890s, with some schools making a name for themselves throughout the following 130 years. The Willowridge High squad in 2000-01 was led by a pair of McDonald's All-Americans who went on to star in college and play in the NBA with Daniel Ewing and T.J. Ford. But not the title. 3 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. Key players: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Leonard Bennett, Dwayne Davis. You're not reading that wrong. "The thing I like the most is we have a strong locker room," says Wawasee head coach Jon Everingham. The player who can claim GOAT status out of Compton High is currently in the NBA with five-time NBA All-Star shooting guard/small forward DeMar DeRozan, who will have made $257.6 million in career earnings once his current contract with the Chicago Bulls ends after the 2023-24 season. You can make an argument for Cage being the greatest high school basketball player in Arkansas history. Peoria Manual High lost its only game of the season to Chicago Carver early in the season, then stormed back to set up a state semifinals showdown with another nationally ranked team in Thornton High. In 2013, Hancock was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player after he led Louisville to the national championship. He's the older brother of Ruth, Bonnie, Anita and Joan Pointer. Point guard Rumeal Robinson was a star for Rindge in 1986, leading his school to the state title before heading to the University of Michigan, where he teamed up with Glen Rice to win the 1989 NCAA championship. Following Niagara Falls High's magical season in 2004-05, he was arrested on drug and domestic violence charges and spent 13 days in jail. By 1946, enrollment at Parker grew to 3,761 students, making it the largest exclusively African-American high school in the world. 3 in the nation in 2009 and won its third state championship in four years before the NJSIAA banned TPS from the 2010 tournament for violating workout guidelines in the offseason. You can lose early, but you can't lose late. Quincy also has one of the more incredible pregame routines you will ever see unique enough that it's detailed in a book, "Stand Up and Cheer: A Century of Blue Devil Basketball," written by Quincy Herald-Whig sportswriter Matt Schuckman. Few have dominated on every level like the 7-foot-2 center did. Key players: Ellis Johnson, Gene Strother. Greatest College Basketball Teams Ever: Nos. The three-time Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and McDonald's All-American had six 40-point games as a senior. In 2007, a study at John Hopkins University looking at graduation rates around the U.S. classified Kashmere as a "dropout factory." And they went 4-20. Key players: Reggie Williams, Muggsy Bogues, Keith James, Mike Brown, Tim Dawson, Reggie Lewis. Quinn Buckner was a winner wherever he went, starting with his time at Dolton Thornridge High, where he was a Parade All-American and led the team to a 33-0 record in 1971-72, state title and mythical national title. Hunt was one of the standouts on Jerry Tarkanian's famous UNLV teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 1990 after he led the Runnin' Rebels to an NCAA championship. St. Augustine star Eugene Edgerson wasn't done winning national championships. He was picked No. He teamed with Conley to lead Ohio State to the 2007 NCAA championship game, and the two were picked No. Ashland Blazer High won three more state championships after the legendary 1928 title team in 1933, 1934 and 1961. After Magic Johnson, Everett didn't win another state championship until 2004, defeating Flint Carman-Ainsworth High in the state championship game. St. Nicholas went from the Bronx to the top of the nation in high school basketball thanks to 6-foot-7 star forward and future NBA player Malik Sealy, who averaged 21.4 points and 10.4 rebounds while shooting 65.4 percent from the field. Key players: Paul Silas, Joe Ellis, Aaron Pointer. They were led by a pair of future NBA first-round draft picks, Muggsy Bogues and National Player of the Year Reggie Williams, and brought another first-round pick off the bench with the late Reggie Lewis. The team featuring the greatest high school basketball player in Michigan history needed to be on the list. The 7-footer won two state basketball championships (1978 and 1979) while also earning Parade All-American honors. We recently released the preseason MaxPreps Top 25 high school girls basketball rankings, highlighted by . 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