The playoffs are when a team can quickly move up in the rankings, or fall out after an untimely loss. For the top teams in the FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by www.ebooksnet.com last week was relatively calm. No team in the top 20 suffered a loss and only two in the Top 25 tasted defeat. Neither team saw its season end, so it will have a chance to bounce back and perhaps move back up in the rankings.

Previous No. 24 Park Center (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) fell to Elk River (Minn.), 73-30, but still rate as the favorite to capture the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Class 4A state title. The Pirates actually have a split with Elk River and fall nine spots this week to No. 33. No. 25 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) actually didn't fall in the rankings, but its loss was much more gut-wrenching than Park Center's. Bosco fell at the buzzer to No. 8 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) in the CIFSS open division title game on a break away steal and dunk by LMU-bound forward Aaron McBride, who jumped a passing lane and tipped the ball to himself with 3.9 seconds remaining, took one dribble in the front court and two-hand dunked it right before the clock hit 0.00 to give his team a dramatic 58-56 victory.

Bosco's season is not over and it will have chance for redemption in the CIF Southern open regional tournament, where Centennial is the No. 1 seed and the Braves No. 2. Both teams drew byes in Tuesday's first round and so did No. 3 seed and FAB 50 No. 28 Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.). That means one of those team's will see its season end on Saturday March 4 when the Braves and Wolverines meet in a monster SoCal open regional semifinal contest at Bosco. The CIF open champion will be crowned on March 11 at the Golden One Center in Sacramento.

While there wasn't much movement in this week's rankings, that surely won't be the case next week.

On Monday night (February 27) two keys results played out in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) Tournament championship game and the Philadelphia Catholic League title contest. In the WCAC final, No. 13 St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) took down No. 7 Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.), 65-63, as St. John's junior point guard Daquan Davis (team-high 21 points) scored the game-winning basket on a driving lay-up with time winding down when the Cadets chose not to take a timeout. Paul VI, which was No. 1 in the FAB 50 two weeks ago, had a chance to win it in the final 3.8 seconds but DeShawn Harris-Smith's (game-high 24 points) long 3-point attempt rimmed out. St. John's now owns a split with the Panthers.

In the Philly Catholic League showdown, No. 36 Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) took down No. 21 Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.) 57-52, in overtime, to avenge a regular season loss to the Saints. Neumann-Goretti, which needed overtime to defeat West Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) in the semifinals, couldn't get away with free throw misses down the stretch against the Cahillites in the title game.

Leading by six points with 20 seconds remaining, Neumann-Goretti missed three free throws, which allowed Roman Catholic to sent the game into overtime on a 3-pointer by senior Xzayvier Brown. The Cahillites hit their free throws down the stretch in overtime to account for the final margin. Brown finished with a game-high 20 points.

For Roman, winning the Catholic League title is a big moment; some would even argue its bigger than capturing the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) state crown. The job, however, is not done until the final game is played.

For all the three newcomers to this week's rankings, the season is not over. The highest ranked newcomer, No. 44 Kimball (Texas), is the favorite to capture the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 5A state crown. It's only losses this season are to 4A contender and No. 39 Carter (Dallas, Texas) in overtime and to 6A contender and No. 16 Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas).

Some teams on ?the bubble are now finished for the season (which is noted by an asterisk ***), including NIAA Class 5A state champ Durango (Las Vegas, Nev.), which captured its first state crown since 1996 over the weekend. For the Trailblazers and other state champs, there is still opportunity to move into the rankings based on the results of various state playoffs around the country.

Remember, every result counts (as does every free throw) and the opportunity to move into the rankings is not over until all the results are played out for every ranked team.

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What happens off the court sometimes affects the FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by www.ebooksnet.com. Off-the-court news may not be as important as the actual results of games, but it can still affect what happens down the line and the strategy in setting up the final rankings.

That was the case last week when the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced the re-instatement of regional championships in Southern California only. The state is broken into 10 sections with their own individual playoffs. The teams then are selected for the regional playoffs. This year, with only two of the six Northern California sections offering playoffs, NorCal will not have regional championships.

For the second consecutive year, there won't be any CIF state championships. The section playoff around California will conclude on June 12 and the CIF regional championships will be complete by June 19.

Last season, Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), currently No. 10 in the FAB 50 and now up to 5-0 on its season, won the SoCal open division title, but the very next day the sports world shut down and the CIF state championships were never played. The NorCal open title game was never played because of a COVID-19-related delay in the regional bracket.

Sierra Canyon is the last team to win the CIF state title in 2018-19 and will go into 2021-22 as the defending CIF state champs.

The announcement that the CIF will not host NorCal regionals definitely affects the FAB 50 for teams from that region. Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.), which made last year's NorCal open title game and is the only program from the region to win the CIF open crown (in 2015), plays in a section (CIF North Coast) that won't have a post-season. That affects its chances to play quality post-season competition and potentially play a ranked SoCal power in the CIF open title game.

It doesn't just hurt O'Dowd, it hurts any elite Northern California team and that pool of teams in smaller than its Southern California counterparts. COVID-19 is also affecting the region and potentially the ranking of its teams.

Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), from the CIF Central Coast Section, had a game scheduled with Dublin (Calif.) last week that was cancelled because of COVID-19 protocols. So Mitty and O'Dowd quickly scheduled a game last week and it just happened to be a matchup of the two highest-ranked teams in Northern California at the time. With no regional playoffs, it was a big game (even though still relatively early in the season). Then No. 42 O'Dowd lost 58-54 and dropped out of the rankings.

Mitty, which was on the FAB bubble last week, got a big performance from Zach Granberry (a UC Santa Cruz commit) with 19 points to pull out a sloppily played game. The Monarchs would have moved into the FBA 50 this week had not lost later in the week, 51-49, to talented Capital Christian (Sacramento, Calif.), which came into the season as the No. 1 team from the massive CIF Sac Joaquin Section.

The next team in line for the rankings from NorCal, Riordan (San Francisco, Calif.), Mitty's West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) rival, also lost. Without regional playoffs (and in the case of O'Dowd no sectionals), it will be much harder for those teams to rebound later and have a chance to jump in the FAB 50. The potential teams that usually await in the post-season simply won't be there this season.

Mitty's stumble created an opportunity for Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Class 4A state champ Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.). The Trojans, which won their first state title since 1959, break into the rankings at No. 50. Wayzata split games with state power Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) with its only other loss coming against FAB 50 No. 7 Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis, Minn.) by seven points (70-63).

In the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Spring Tournament, previous No. 26 St. Raymond (Bronx, N.Y.) dropped its first game and dropped out of the FAB 50. The new team checking in at No. 45 is Monsignor Scanlan (Bronx, N.Y.). The Crusaders are trying to prove they are the best team in the CHSAA and are currently tied for first place in the Kevin Pigott Division of the tournament with FAB 50 bubble club and host Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.).

Scanlan and Stepinac are scheduled to lock horns on May 6.

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Updated FAB 50 National Team Rankings
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(20th poll of 2020-21 regular season; Through games played on Sunday, May 2; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included; ***Does not include results vs. out-of-season opponents; ****Indicates season not complete.)

No.	Prev.	High School (City)	Record
1	1	Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)	24-1
2	2	Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.)	20-4
3	3	IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)	22-3
4	4	DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)	9-0***
5	5	Camden (Camden, N.J.)	13-0
6	6	Milton (Milton, Ga.)	28-3
7	7	Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis, Minn.)	22-1
8	8	Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah)	18-7***
9	9	Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.)	3-0
10	10	Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)	5-0****
11	11	Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas)	29-1
12	12	Orlando Christian Prep (Orlando, Fla.)	28-0
13	13	Houston (Germantown, Tenn.)	21-3**
14	14	Combine Academy (Lincolnton, N.C.)	26-3
15	15	Westlake (Austin, Texas)	30-2
16	16	Millard North (Omaha, Neb.)	27-2
17	17	Millbrook (Raleigh, N.C.)	19-0
18	18	Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.)	7-4
19	19	St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)	25-2
20	20	Reading (Reading, Pa.)	26-2
21	21	Patrick School (Elizabeth, N.J.)	14-1
22	22	Carmel (Carmel, Ind.)	26-2
23	23	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)	21-9
24	24	Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.)	24-3
25	25	Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.)	19-1
26	27	Waukee Senior (Waukee, Iowa)	16-2
27	28	Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.)	9-1**
28	29	Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas)	31-0
29	30	Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Ind.)	28-3
30	31	Victory Rock Prep (Bradenton, Fla.)	27-6
31	32	Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.)	2-0
32	33	Clinton (Clinton, Miss.)	21-1
33	36	Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)	15-0****
34	34	Central Pointe Christian (Kissimmee, Fla.)	31-7
35	35	Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc, Mich.)	15-2
36	37	Berkmar (Lilburn, Ga.)	26-6
37	38	St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)	15-1***
38	39	Pace Academy (Atlanta, Ga.)	28-2
39	40	Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.)	22-1
40	41	Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.)	24-3
41	46	Manasquan (Manasquan, N.J.)	12-0
42	43	Kingfisher (Kingfisher, Okla.)	25-1
43	44	Huron (Ann Arbor, Mich.)	20-1**
44	45	Ribet Academy (Los Angeles, Calif.)	1-0****
45	NR	Monsignor Scanlan (Bronx, N.Y.)	2-0****
46	47	Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.)	21-1
47	48	North Little Rock (North Little Rock, Ark.)	21-2
48	49	Wauwatosa East (Wausatosa, Wis.)	23-3
49	50	Centerville (Centerville, Ohio)	26-3
50	NR	Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.)	19-2

Dropped Out: Previous No. 26 St. Raymond (Bronx, N.Y.), No. 42 Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland, Calif.).

Bubble Teams:? Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) 6-2****; Ardrey Kell (Charlotte, N.C.) 10-1; Atascocita (Humble, Texas) 24-3; Blue Ridge (St. George, Va.) 15-0; Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 17-7; Catalina Foothills (Tuscon, Ariz.) 19-1; Catholic Central (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 20-0; Central (Little Rock, Ark.) 23-5; Chaminade (St. Louis, Mo.) 22-2; Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Col.) 17-1; Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) 23-3; Davis (Kaysville, Utah) 22-4; Del City (Del City, Okla.) 22-4; DePaul College Prep (Chicago, Ill.) 14-2; Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.) 0-0; Edmond Memorial (Edmond, Okla.) 17-2; Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, Ky.) 22-3; Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) 0-0; Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) 0-2***; Green Run (Virginia Beach, Va.) 9-1; Highlands (Ft. Thomas, Ky.) 30-4; Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.) 14-0; Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 0-0; John Carroll (Bel Air, Md.) 11-5; Kickapoo (Springfield, Mo.) 28-2; La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.) 10-10; Las Cruces (Las Cruces, N.M.) 12-0****; Mentor (Mentor, Ohio) 25-1; Richardson (Richardson, Texas) 25-2; Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) 12-3; Seattle Prep (Seattle, Wash.) 0-0; South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas) 21-1; Starkville (Starkville, Miss.) 21-3; Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.) 16-1; St. Catherine’s (Racine, Wis.) 28-1; St. Mary Prep (Orchard Lake, Mich.) 15-1; St. Mary’s (Pheonix, Ariz.) 20-1; Thunderidge (Highlands Ranch, Col.) 13-2; Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) 15-1**; Waxahachie (Waxahachie, Texas) 20-3; Westlake (Saratoga Springs, Utah) 21-4; Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) 27-5; Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.) 15-1; Wilson (West Lawn, Pa.) 20-2.

Note:?The FAB 50 powered by www.ebooksnet.com is a continuation of the National Sports News Service ratings that began in 1952. These were the first national high school rankings and the late Art Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They were compiled for many years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 21 years ago.

Ronnie Flores is the national Grassroots editor of www.ebooksnet.com. He can be reached at?[email protected]. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter:?@RonMFlores

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In episode No. 15 of our  In The Paint Show," hosts Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland update the FAB 50 and the seeds for GEICO Nationals (April 4-6), give a quick take on the McEachern (Ga.) situation with regards to the end-of-season event and break down the just completed CIF State Championships.

Is FAB 50 No. 1 La Lumiere (Ind.) the favorite? What will happen to FAB 50 No. 2 McEachern (Ga.) if it doesn't play with a complete team? If there a dark horse in the eight-team tournament?

Ron and Dev also break down the CIF State Championships in Sacramento. How did FAB 50 No. 7 Sierra Canyon dominate the Open Division and how good will the team be next season? How did Chino Hills win the D1 state title after Onyeka Okongwu fouled out with 1:30 remaining in the third quarter? Did Chino Hills' Dennis Latimore do the state's best coaching job this season?

The fellas also break down the games in D2-D5, so make sure to give our Pod a listen and share it with friends!

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In episode No. 14 of our  In The Paint Show," hosts Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland break down what went down in the NorCal and SoCal regional playoffs and preview this week's CIF state championships at Golden One Center in Sacramento (March 8-9) with special guest Mark Tennis of Cal-Hi Sports.

The fellas talk about FAB 50 No. 7 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) returning to the CIF Open Division title game to once again face No. 50 Sheldon (Sacramento, Calif.). Can Sheldon redeem last year's loss? The fellas also talk about the return of The Big O to Sacramento for the third time in his career, as Onyeka Okongwu tries to lead Chino Hills (Calif.) to back-to-back D1 titles after winning the FAB 50 title as a freshman playing with the Ball brothers.

Tennis, who has been to each CIF state championship event in basketball since all of California's sections began participating in 1982 and whose state rankings are largely credited with helping the CIF create interest in CIF state football championships, dishes on the Sheldon-Sierra Canyon matchup, breaks down where the Big O stands among the top big men he's seen at state over the years, and gives his take on whether James Logan (Union City, Calif.) has a shot against Chino Hills in D1.

The fellas also ask Tennis what he likes and dislikes about the competitive equity format and spend time going over the games in Division 2 down through Division 5. Check out the predictions from CalHiSports.com for all six championship games and make sure to give our Pod a listen and share it with friends!

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As rankings compilers, the goal is to put equal weight on both wins and losses for teams good enough to be ranked in the FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by www.ebooksnet.com. We are at the point in the season, however, in which every single game cannot be accounted for in terms of ranking a team ahead of another quality team it beat, or below one it took a loss to. The timing is of utmost importance, as the goal of quality coaches around the country is to having a team peak at the right time.

This is the week timeliness is clearly reflected, as the FAB 50 rewards teams that have put early losses behind it and rewards teams still alive in the playoffs, as opposed to rewarding teams for great overall results that happened to take a loss during "survive and advance" time.

A clear example of rewarding a team playing well is Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas). The Panthers have won 21 consecutive games and 22 of their last 23 after a slow start. Coach David Peavy's club defeated No. 23 Guyer (Denton, Texas) in overtime, 66-62, to win the UIL Class 6A Region I final and its second OT game in three outings to advance to the UIL Class 6A state championships.

Texas Tech recruit and All-American candidate Jahmius Ramsey hit a 3-pointer with 2:38 remaining to give Duncanville a 61-58 lead. Trailing by two points (64-62) with 12 seconds remaining, Oklahoma-bound De'Vion Harmon missed both attempts, as Duncanville was denied its second consecutive trip to state in heart-breaking fashion. Ramsey finished with 26 points, while Harmon scored 22 for Duncanville, which lost early in the season to the Panthers 64-53. Duncanville fell in heart-breaking fashion, but was not penalized from a national perspective because it played a terrific schedule and defeated No. 24 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) by 18 points (80-62) and that team just won its eighth consecutive NIAA title.

Two teams that lost playoffs heart-breakers and fell in the rankings were previous No. 7 Salesian (Richmond, Calif.) and No. 24 Rancho Christian (Temecula, Calif.). Salesian entered the NorCal Open regional playoffs as California's No. 1 ranked team, but lost its regional opener for the fourth consecutive season, as it fell to unranked Modesto Christian (Modesto, Calif.) 56-55 to end its season with the one defeat. Rancho Christian, meanwhile, had to hit the road as the No. 5 seed in the SoCal Open regional playoffs and fell to previous No. 46 Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.), 74-57.

The margin of victory and other results in California's open regional caused Rancho Christian to fall all the way out of this week's rankings. It's a tough deal because the Eagles put together a terrific season, including a regular season victory over No. 7 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), but as we previously mentioned with regards to timing, the Eagles have to be ranked behind Westchester, which lost three times this season to rival Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.). That club fell out of the FAB 50 from No. 16 after losing to Centennial (Corona, Calif.) in its regional opener and for the second time this season, as no other team defeated Fairfax.

Either Rancho Christian was going to stay in front of the Centennial club it defeated twice or fall behind the quality team it lost to more recently. In this case, there was no way to put equal weight on Rancho Christian's and Centennial's wins and losses. In the end, we felt Centennial had to be rewarded for its more recent win over Fairfax than Rancho Christian's two earlier win over the Huskies. Those results opened up the door for Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) to move up to No. 28 this week as the highest-rated newcomer after it easily defeated Centennial in the regional semifinals, 67-54, its second win over the Huskies in the post-season. Mater Dei will face Sierra Canyon in Tuesday's SoCal Open final, with Modesto Christian taking on new No. 50 Sheldon (Sacramento, Calif.) in the NorCal Open final.

Salesian was a bit more fortunate than Rancho Christian, staying in the FAB 50 at No. 31 since it only lost one game all season long and for now is still the top-ranked team in its region. The Pride simply have too many quality wins and easily defeated Sheldon during the regular season 77-59. Salesian may not stay as the top-ranked team in the region for long (just as Rancho Christian could easily move back into the FAB 50) depending on the results of the regional finals and CIF Open championship game. The CIF Open champ will definitely be California's No. 1 ranked team, and it that's Sheldon it will deserve to be ranked ahead of the bubble Centennial club it lost to during the regular season. If Sheldon falters in the regional final, it will likely drop back behind Centennial in the state pecking order. Should Sheldon or Modesto Christian lose a real close game versus the SoCal Open champ on Saturday at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, either team may deserve a higher final ranking than Salesian.

This week's results point out the importance of playing the best ball at right time and waiting until all the games are played to place final judgement on a team's overall resume.

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Updated FAB 50 National Team Rankings
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(Thirteenth poll of 2018-19 regular season; Through games played on Sunday, March 3; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included; ***Indicates scrimmages and foundation games not included; ****Indicates season complete)

No.	Prev.	High School (City)	Record
1	1	La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.)	28-0
2	2	McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.)	31-0
3	3	Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)	21-2
4	4	IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)	28-1
5	5	Ranney School (Tinton Falls, N.J.)	26-3
6	6	Mountain Brook (Mountain Brook, Ala.)	31-3****
7	10	Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)	30-3
8	8	Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio)	24-0
9	11	Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.)	23-5
10	13	University School (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)	25-4
11	14	Shadow Mountain (Phoenix, Ariz.)	26-3
12	9	Curie (Chicago, Ill.)	31-1
13	25	Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah)	26-3
14	17	Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.)	26-3
15	15	DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)	29-5
16	18	South Central (Winterville, N.C.)	27-1
17	26	Abington (Abington, Pa.)	27-1
18	19	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)	32-4
19	34	Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas)	30-7
20	20	Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)	27-7
21	21	Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.)	25-8
22	22	Nicolet (Glendale, Wis.)	23-1
23	23	Guyer (Denton, Texas)	32-5****
24	27	Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)	28-4
25	28	Gonzaga Prep (Spokane, Wash.)	25-2****
26	31	Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.)	23-2
27	32	Carmel (Carmel, Ind.)	22-1
28	NR	Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)	29-4
29	37	Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, N.J.)	25-4
30	29	Federal Way (Federal Way, Wash.)	26-3****
31	7	Salesian (Richmond, Calif.)	31-1****
32	36	Millbrook (Raleigh, N.C.)	26-1
33	33	Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga, Tenn.)	34-4****
34	NR	Legacy Early College (Greenville, S.C.)	34-5****
35	40	Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.)	24-4
36	39	Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio)	23-1
37	12	Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.)	22-6
38	41	Belleville West (Belleville, Ill.)	29-4
39	35	Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.)	23-5
40	43	Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.)	28-0****
41	NR	John Hardin (Elizabethtown, Ky.)	35-0
42	44	Olive Branch (Olive Branch, Miss.)	25-7
43	NR	St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)	36-5
44	45	Bartlett (Bartlett, Tenn.)	31-2
45	NR	Meadowcreek (Norcross, Ga.)	26-5
46	49	Benton Harbor (Benton Harbor, Mich.)	21-1
47	47	Cox Mill (Concord, N.C.)	27-2
48	48	Edmond Memorial (Edmond, Okla.)	25-2
49	50	Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.)	28-3****
50	NR	Sheldon (Sacramento, Calif.)	27-6*

Dropped Out: Previous No. 16 Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.), No. 24 Rancho Christian (Temecula, Calif.), No. 30 Lancaster (Lancaster, Texas), No. 38 Warren Central (Indianapolis, Ind.), No. 42 Teays Valley Christian Prep (Scott Depot, W. Va.), No. 46 Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Bubble Teams:  American Fork (American Fork, Utah) 24-3****; Beecher (Flint, Mich.) 21-2; Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.) 25-1; Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) 24-3; Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 22-3; Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.) 24-7****; Bogan (Chicago, Ill.) 26-3; Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.) 23-2; Briarcrest Christian (Eads, Tenn.) 28-2****; Buford (Buford, Ga.) 28-2; Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, N.Y.) 22-5; Carmel Christian (Matthews, N.C.) 31-3****; Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 27-6****; Center Hill (Olive Branch, Miss.) 29-3; Central Plains (Claflin, Kan.) 25-0; Clark (Las Vegas, Nev.) 25-6****; Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) 22-4; Dublin Coffman (Dublin, Ohio) 22-1; East Coweta (East Coweta, Ga.) 24-4****; East St. Louis (East St. Louis, Ill.) 25-6; Elizabeth (Elizabeth, N.J.) 26-1; Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) 27-2****; Gilbert (Gilbert, Ariz.) 29-1****; Grandview (Grandview, Mo.) 24-2; Greensboro Day (Greensboro, N.C.) 30-5****; Hilliard Bradley (Hilliard, Ohio) 22-1; Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.) 24-4; Keenan (Columbia, S.C.) 30-1****; Kennedy Catholic (Hermitage, Pa.) 21-3; Las Cruces (Las Cruces, N.M.) 28-0; Lawrence Central (Indianapolis, Ind.) 22-3; Lewis-Palmer (Monument, Col.) 26-0; Mansfield Timberview (Arlington, Texas) 36-2; Memorial (Tulsa, Okla.) 22-3; Memphis East (Memphis, Tenn.) 22-8; Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis, Ky.) 22-2; Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.) 28-4; New Haven (New Haven, Mich.) 22-1; Norcross (Norcross, Ga.) 22-9****; North Scott (Eldridge, Iowa) 22-1; Northview (Sylvania, Ohio) 22-0; Park Center (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) 25-1; Patterson (Baltimore, Md.) 20-3; Pinnacle (Phoenix, Ariz.) 28-3****; Pleasant Grove (Pleasant Grove, Utah) 24-3****; Poly (Baltimore, Md.) 17-4; Rancho Christian (Temecula, Calif.) 25-6****; River Rouge (River Rouge, Mich.) 19-2; Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.) 33-2; Scott County (Georgetown, Ky.) 32-3; South Shore (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 24-4; Southwest Guilford (High Point, N.C.) 29-0; Springfield Southeast (Springfield, Ill.) 28-2; Starkville (Starkville, Miss.) 29-1; St. Raymond’s (Bronx, N.Y.) 19-5; Teays Valley Christian Prep (Scott Depot, W. Va.) 24-5****; Trinity Catholic (St. Louis, Mo.) 24-3*; University of Detroit Jesuit (Detroit, Mich.) 21-2; Wagner (San Antonio, Texas) 32-5; Warren Central (Indianapolis, Ind.) 23-3****; Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) 24-5****; Wright (New Orleans, La.) 32-4.

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In episode No. 13 of our ?In The Paint Show," hosts Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland break down and offer predictions for the NorCal and SoCal regional championships, talk about LeBron James calling out his teammates in the media and go in on the NBA's recent proposal to lower the age minimum for the NBA Draft from 19 to 18 years old.

The fellas talk about James' decision to call out teammates as the Los Angeles Lakers look to stay relevant in the Western Conference playoff race. Did management screw this up before it ever got started by placing an aging superstar with a young core that is simply not ready to compete for a NBA championship? Did LeBron throw off the time clock for the entire franchise by brining his closing championship window to La La land?

Ron and Dev also break down what it would mean if the NBA allowed high school players to enter the NBA Draft once again as it did before the "One-and-Done" rule was established for the 2006 NBA Draft. They go hard on the pros and cons of the?NBA's proposal to change the draft age from 19 to 18 years old. What does it mean that the league is much younger than it used to be? Will a bunch of unprepared players try to declare for the NBA Draft if a new age requirement is in place by 2022?

Also check out this week's pod to see how if Ron and Devin know their stuff as it relates to the CIF regional playoffs? Were their first round predictions spot on or bricks? Hint: Devin know his stuff!

The fellas covered plenty of topics this week, so make sure to give our Pod a listen and share it with friends!

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