MaxPreps National Basketball Editor. Former owner of HS Hoops Elite. 13 years of experience covering high school hoops. Mr. Basketball USA & Naismith POY voter.
#NBPATop100 Class of 2020 Standouts:
Moses Moody -Montverde
Brandon Boston -Norcross
Jalen Johnson -Nicolet
R.J. Davis -Archbishop Stepinac
Andre Jackson -Albany Acad.
Day'Ron Sharpe -South Central
DJ Stewart -Whitney Young
Jabri Abdur-Rahim -Blair Acad.
Cam'ron Fletcher -Vashon
2020 UNC pledge Day’Ron Sharpe and No. 22 South Central (NC) are dominating Wakefield (NC) leading 35-14 at the half. Here is a clip of Sharpe grabbing the board and crossing up a defender on a coast to coast finish to end the first quarter.
Memphis East (TN) downs No. 12 Shadow Mountain (AZ) 74-53 in the third place game of the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions. 2019 Memphis pledge James Wiseman sets a tournament record with 22 rebounds to go along w/ 24 points. (His 51 boards in 3 games at the event also record.)
MaxPreps National Player of the Year Watch List:
Gradey Dick, Rylan Griffen, Ron Holland, Ian Jackson, Chris Livingston, Mark Mitchell, Nick Smith, Jarace Walker, Kel’el Ware, Dariq Whitehead, Simeon Wilcher making strong cases for POY honors.
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Top 5 Public Schools over last 5 years:
1 Garfield (WA)
2 Apple Valley (MN)
3 Shadow Mountain (AZ)
4 Memphis East (TN)
5 Simeon (IL)
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Projecting GEICO Nationals field
1 Montverde Acad.
2 Wasatch Acad.
3 Oak Hill Acad.
4 Sunrise Christian Acad.
5 Grayson
6 Hamilton Heights Christian Acad.
7 IMG Acad.
8 Prolific Prep
Click link for full breakdown, teams on bubble:
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Photo Credit Dan Browning
6-foot-7 West Virginia commit Josiah Harris is playing stellar defense on Emoni Bates in this one.
Harris is bring energy on both sides of the ball and showing grittiness on defense. He’s face-guarded Bates off the ball for the entire game and limited him to very few open looks.
