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State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., was the site where "getting back to normal" with regards to a high school or grassroots basketball setting with colleges coaches in attendance evaluating tipped off. For college coaches on the D1 level, this past weekend at the Section 7 Team Camp was the first time they were allowed on the recruiting trail since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March of 2020. It was refreshing for many of them to be back out on the trail, as there were lively conversations, plenty of positive connections made and scholarships offered.

The wins and losses weren't paramount, but for the team that opted out of its state's regional tournament in order to give its players the opportunity to be seen, winning came with the territory and was icing on the cake for an otherwise productive weekend. That team was Corona (Centennial, Calif.), the CIF Southern Section open division champions who finished No. 22 in the 2020-21 Final FAB 50 National Team Rankings with an underclass-dominated lineup. Not only did the Huskies find out they would finish ranked No. 1 in California as a result of the games in the SoCal open regional (previous 30-0 Torrey Pines of San Diego lost in Saturday's regional championship), the Huskies advanced to Sunday's championship game in the All About People (main) division with an incredible 77-73, four-overtime semifinal victory over Durango (Las Vegas, Nev.). Rising junior (2023) Aaron McBride scored on an offensive rebound put back off a missed Centennial free throw to give his team a two-possession lead in the closing seconds.

Its opponent in the championship game was Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), the 2019 champions of the inaugural Section 7 Team Camp held at Brophy Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.). Of course, Section 7 or any other live period event wasn't held in summer of 2020 because of COVID-19. Similar to Centennial, Gorman is loaded with underclassmen, but the Gaels weren't at full strength on Sunday. After holding off a talented Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.) team in its semifinal, 52-50, after building a big first half lead, Gorman didn't have the services of talented 2024 guard Jase Richardson (6-1), the son of former Michigan St. and NBA player Jason Richardson, in the title game. The Gaels also played the tournament without 2022 forward Darrion Williams (6-6). Centennial's inside duo of McBride and 2023 forward Devin Williams (6-9) dominated the glass and interior scoring and helped the Huskies pull away in the second half to record a 84-64 victory.

Williams, a pogo stick with quick leaps who has grown at least 3 inches over the course of the past year who is quickly developing into one of the best shot blockers in the country, finished the championship game with 11 points and three blocked shots. McBride, a barrel chested forward with terrific stamina and great grades (4.0 student) finished with 15 points and eight rebonds. Both have seen their recruiting soar since the beginning of the event.

The players who arguably benefited the most out of the thousands of players who made up the 191 high school teams in 11 different divisions who played at State Farm Arena were the Centennial 2023 backcourt duo of Kylan Boswell (6-0) and Jared McCain (6-2). Boswell, our tournament Most Valuable Player, had 17 points in the title game while McCain added nine. The third member of Centennial's backcourt, 2022 Donovan Dent (6-1), added eight points.

Some national recruiting analysts have pegged Boswell the nation's fastest-rising guard, as he now boast offers from heavyweights such as Kansas, Louisville, USC, UCLA, among others. Make no mistake, however, since Boswell first moved to Southern California from Illinois and played his freshman season at Colony (Ontario, Calif.), we knew he was a big-time player who would easily crack the Top 75 and head towards the Top 50 of the national 2023 class. Most of the country simply hadn't seen him live. Other schools in the mix for Boswell's services that he's interested in include Kentucky, Gonzaga and Illinois.

McCain has also been offered by Kansas and Louisville, with additional offers coming from Texas Tech, USC, LMU and San Diego State, among others.

Gorman's backcourt of Richardson and 2024 sharpshooter John Mobley Jr. (5-11) also turned plenty of heads and will be high of the recruiting board of plenty of high major schools in due time. Richardson is a terrific left-handed scorer who is a good athlete with good instinct, while Mobley was particularly affective in Arizona. He was knocking down deep 3-pointers that had some college coaches shaking their heads as if to say "I've seen enough". Mobley had six 3-pointers in the title game, good for 18 points, while 2022 guard Ryan Abelman (6-2) added 14 points.

Richardson had 31 points in Gorman's 69-58 first round victory over Olympus (Holladay, Utah). Mobley had the main court buzzing when he hit 6 first half 3-pointers and finished with 31 points in the Gaels' 71-59 quarterfinal victory over Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.).

In the other division with the best allotment of teams, the Juneteenth Division, St. Augustine (San Diego, Calif.) showed it will be a force to be reckoned with in California for the 2021-22 season as it downed Mitty (San Diego, Calif.) in the championship game, 78-59. Saints 2024 guard Ian De La Rosa (6-3) had a monster game at an opportune time, hitting five 3-pointers and finishing with 40 points, seven rebounds and five steals versus Mitty. The defending CIF Central Coast Section open division champs were led all tourney by rising junior (2023) Derek Sangster (6-6), a talented wing who moves well and is excellent in catch-and-shoot situations. He had 11 points in the title game.

Section 7: What We Learned

1. There is a New Definition of D1
There will always be differences of opinion on what level high school prospect can play at, but there is no doubt the low-end threshold for a D1 prospect just went up a notch because of the affects of COVID-19 and the robust transfer portal. What a high school D1 prospect looks like in 2021 is not what he looked like in 2016. College coaches mentioned to us how fluid their current roster situation is and that their allotment for 2022 is not large. Simply put, they are prioritizing potential portal transfers, especially since transfers rules are lax across many conferences compared to what they were just a few years ago. The likelihood of them being willing to gamble or take a flyer on a borderline D1 prospect has decreased because those prospects are at the very bottom of the recruiting pecking order. The pressure to win is now and colleges would rather have older, stronger players with college experience and more than ever, a player who fits that bill is available. Moving forward, players (and their parents) are going to have to be realistic of what level is the right fit.

2. The New NCAA Recruiting Calendar is in Limbo
As a fallout from the 2017-18 NCAA corruption scandal, the summer recruiting calendar was changed in 2019. The NCAA wanted to inject the high school coaches back in the boys basketball recruiting process, so they created two scholastic live period weekends for that summer and did so once again in 2021. They also created NCAA operated camps, but in 2019 those events were only mildly successful, as a majority of the nation's elite did not participate. Those events did not take place in 2020 and will not take place in 2021, either. One problem the NCAA is running into, and it's the same problem with some state associations sanctioning a scholastic live period in their respective state, is gender equity issues. The NCAA, and some state associations such as the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), are very cognizant of gender equity when it comes to funding various initiatives. If there is not a female equivalent event, the likelihood of these organizations hosting a live recruiting event lowers. There is no guarantee the NCAA camps will return in 2022 and there is a loud, growing sentiment that the state associations that don't take the time and effort to sanction a June scholastic live period event are costing their student-athletes scholarships opportunities. Section 7 was again well organized and ran (in conjunction with the Arizona Basketball Coaches Association) and we heard positive things from other events such as the one sanctioned by the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), but there are simply too many states not sanctioning these events to make it anything close to equitable for players across the country. Section 7 was the only sanctioned event in the Western United States and some high school programs (just like in 2019) were unable to experience this event because of their lack of resources. If there are no NCAA camps in 2022 what will happen to the recruiting calendar as the pandemic continues to fade away?

3. The Stakes Have Been Raised For Recruits & Families
The announcement of a handful of elite players signing professional contracts with the G League Ignite team and with Overtime Elite, a fledging organization that offers young players an alternative pathway (other than college basketball) to professional basketball, has raised eyebrows and has the grassroots community talking. The main subject is how OTE will operate and what source its opponents will come from. It is clear Overtime Elite is not a league at this time, but rather an organization trying to build a team(s) to compete against established teams in its peer group. OTE's platform either does not currently exist or is unclear. It all likelihood, it will attempt to align with already established platforms, such as existing grassroots events and/or the Grind Session. How successful that is remains to be seen. While the G League Ignite team is for a selected group of elites and has built-in opponents (other G League teams) and a clear path to pro ball, OTE currently doesn't have this component in place and is reaching out to almost all the of the nation's elite prospects. This raises the stakes for college teams and potential scholarship players. During the prep-to-pro decade (1995 to 2005), recruiters had to be cognizant of not putting too much focus on a player who was in all likelihood going to turn pro (i.e. Sebastian Telfair and Louisville) and now some college programs are going to have to do the same with families who may find an OTE offer too hard to pass up. Because this is not just a few elites, high school coaches also have their antennas up when it comes to their top players. We noticed a few elite players not with their respective high school team at Section 7 and not only are some being recruited to independent academy programs, the allure of compensation to play is also in also present. The awareness of the value of a player's Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) has never been greater because of successful legislation in selected states and more in future years. What remains to be seen, however, is the market value of exactly what that means for a consensus top five recruit and likely NBA player, compared to one who is barely cracking a credible national Top 100. That unknown is causing some concern among high school coaches that a talented player in the program could have one foot in and one foot out in terms of his commitment to the program or making a short-sided or uninformed decision on his future.

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The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) finally wrapped up its season this past weekend with regional championships in Southern California. Of course the big one was the open division where Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.) was looking to make history as the first San Diego County team to play in the top division SoCal regional final back to 1982, when the modern CIF state finals were held for the first time.

Torrey Pines did reach the final with a 63-42 regional semifinal victory over Damien (La Verne, Calif.) that wasn't as close as the final score indicates to set up the final game on its home court. Torrey Pines was looking to close its season 31-0 and with a historic regional championship that would have put this Falcons team in conversation with the greatest CIF San Diego Section teams ever. At the top of that list in the 1969-70 Helix (La Mesa, Calif.) team led by All-American Bill Walton?(UCLA/NBA Hall of Fame) that finished 33-0.

In the other regional semifinal, unranked Etiwanda (Etiwanda, Calif.) exercised some demons by upsetting previous FAB 50 No. 32 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), 82-76, on the road to earn the program's first win over the Trailblazers after five crushing defeats. Ironically, it was by the same score Sierra Canyon defeated Etiwanda by earlier in the seasons in a CIF Southern Section pool play game that knocked Etiwanda out of the national rankings. This time with junior Shy Odom?missing the second half, even a terrific 37-point performance by junior Amari Bailey wasn't enough for a Sierra Canyon team that walked a tight rope this post-season.

The team that Sierra Canyon fell to in the CIFSS open title game, Centennial (Corona, Calif.), opted out of the regional in order to participate in front of college coaches at Section 7 in Phoenix, Ariz. The underclass-dominated Huskies had a vested interest in the Torrey Pines-Etiwanda regional final because it had a head-to-head loss to the Falcons. If Etiwanda could pull off the road game upset, Centennial would finish as California's No. 1 ranked team and the state's highest in the FAB 50, even though it didn't participate in the regional. Etiwanda, of course, didn't make the section open final that Centennial won over Sierra Canyon.

With Etiwanda getting over the hump vs. Sierra Canyon and coming into the regional final loose and alot riding on the game for Torrey Pines, Centennial got the two outcomes it was hoping for. On Saturday night, Etiwanda played one of its best games of the season to knock off Torrey Pines from the ranks of the unbeaten to win its first ever SoCal Regional title. On Sunday afternoon after Centennial already knew that result and that it had done enough to finish No. 1 in the state, the Huskies won their fourth game at Section 7 to claim the tournament title in front of a throng of college coaches.

"Even though I thought Torrey Pines was going to win, I kinda of knew we were the No. 1 team," said rising junior guard Jared McCain after scoring nine points to help his team defeat Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), 84-64, to win the All About People Division at Section 7. "Beating Serra Canyon was our goal and that was great. When we lost to Torrey Pines, we hadn't jelled as a team yet."

"We wanted to play Torrey Pines and it would have been great to beat them," said rising junior guard Kylan Boswell, who scored 17 points against Bishop Gorman and got our vote as Section 7 MVP. "We wanted to play, Harvard-Westlake, too (after losing to them in pool play)."

As it worked out, Centennial rose seven spots in the final rankings as the only California team to crack the Top 25 at No. 22. Etiwanda, which ironically also lost to Harvard-Westlake, jumped into the rankings at No. 30 after its big win over Sierra Canyon and its 68-65 regional final win over Torrey Pines.

After each scored 20 points in the avenging win over Sierra Canyon, Tennessee-bound Jahmai Mashack (who is already taking a full college course load online) and senior Marcus Green had big outings versus Torrey Pines to close out their high school careers. Green had 22 points and Mashack added 21 for a team that lost to Sierra Canyon in heart-breaking fashion the season before in the same exact game right before the pandemic broke out.

Nick Herrmann led Torrey Pines with 24 points while St. Mary's-bound Chris Howell added 18. Torrey Pines trailed 19-17 after a quarter and 44-27 at halftime, but started chipping away at its deficit before having an opportunity to potentially tie the game late. Torrey Pines trialed 67-62 with 30 seconds remaining, but some missed free throws gave the Falcons life. With .9 seconds remaining, Torrey Pines set up a shot for Herrmann curling towards the right corner, but he slipped and the Falcons never got a shot off.

"Our defense led to offense, and we got some easy baskets out of it," said Etiwanda coach Dave Kleckner, who won his first regional title after being 0-5 in regional finals prior. "I couldn't be happier for the kids. Losing this game last hear broke our hearts and it was really devastating. I think all of us got stronger for it after it sat with all of us for over a year."

There were three big ranking questions after the CIF concluded its season. Which team would be No. 3 from California in the FAB 50 between Torrey Pines and Sierra Canyon? Did all four California teams do enough to remain in the final rankings? Did any Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) team deserve to crack the FAB 50?

Torrey Pines get the nod as the third team from California in the rankings and drops to No. 32 in the final edition. Torrey Pines lost to Etiwanda while Sierra Canyon split with that same team. However, Torrey Pines defeated the Centennial team Sierra Canyon lost to in the CIFSS open title game. So Sierra Canyon didn't win its section open title nor did it advance to the regional final. We determined Sierra Canyon had done enough to remain in the FAB 50, as its drops eight spots to No. 40. It does own a win over Etiwanda and defeated some talented teams in the CIFSS playoffs.

Lastly, after analyzing the results and rosters of OSAA teams and comparing them to the teams in the bottom portion of the rankings, we felt no team from Oregon would be able to crack the nation's longest-running weekly national rankings. Oregon's top teams just aren't able to play other elite teams from outside the state or build a resume strong enough in its abbreviated spring season.

That season is actually not over, so the West Region Final Top 20 won't be released until it is. The final regional rankings for our other traditional regions have already been released.

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Updated FAB 50 National Team Rankings
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(27th and final poll of 2020-21 season; Through games played on Sunday, June 20; *Indicates forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Indicates forfeits and defaults not included; ***Does not include results vs. out-of-season opponents)

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	Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas)	29-1
11	11	Orlando Christian Prep (Orlando, Fla.)	28-0
12	12	Houston (Germantown, Tenn.)	21-3**
13	13	Combine Academy (Lincolnton, N.C.)	26-3
14	14	Westlake (Austin, Texas)	30-2
15	15	Millard North (Omaha, Neb.)	27-2
16	16	Millbrook (Raleigh, N.C.)	19-0
17	17	Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.)	7-4
18	18	St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)	25-2
19	19	Reading (Reading, Pa.)	26-2
20	20	Patrick School (Elizabeth, N.J.)	14-1
21	21	Carmel (Carmel, Ind.)	26-2
22	29	Centennial (Corona, Calif.)	21-2
23	22	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	26	Waukee Senior (Waukee, Iowa)	16-2
27	27	Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.)	9-1**
28	28	Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas)	31-0
29	30	Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Ind.)	28-3
30	NR	Etiwanda (Etiwanda, Calif.)	14-2
31	31	Victory Rock Prep (Bradenton, Fla.)	27-6
32	23	Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.)	30-1
33	33	Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.)	2-0
34	34	Clinton (Clinton, Miss.)	21-1
35	35	Central Pointe Christian (Kissimmee, Fla.)	31-7
36	36	Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc, Mich.)	15-2
37	37	Berkmar (Lilburn, Ga.)	26-6
38	38	St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)	15-1***
39	39	Pace Academy (Atlanta, Ga.)	28-2
40	32	Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)	16-2
41	40	Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.)	22-1
42	41	Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.)	24-3
43	42	Manasquan (Manasquan, N.J.)	12-0
44	43	Kingfisher (Kingfisher, Okla.)	25-1
45	44	Huron (Ann Arbor, Mich.)	20-1**
46	45	Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.)	21-1
47	46	North Little Rock (North Little Rock, Ark.)	21-2
48	47	Wauwatosa East (Wausatosa, Wis.)	23-3
49	48	Centerville (Centerville, Ohio)	26-3
50	49	Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.)	19-2

Dropped Out: Previous No. 50 St. Catherine’s (Racine, Wis.).

Editor's Note: No bubble clubs are included in the final FAB 50, as the final 2020-21 Top 20 Regional Rankings include all the teams considered for the bubble.

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.

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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) concluded its season last Friday when Seattle Prep (Seattle, Wash.) battled O’Dea (Seattle, Wash.) for the Metro League crown.

Braeden Smith of Seattle Prep won the game in unbelievable fashion by intercepting an O'Dea inbounds pass underneath his own basket with two seconds left and converting an acrobatic lay-up at the buzzer to give the Panthers a dramatic 62-61 victory. Smith, a junior, finished with a game-high 24 points.

Even though it was mid-June, it was still dramatic and emotional as any championship game would be. There was no statewide playoffs, so it's not easy to determine if any WIAA team deserves to crack the FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by www.ebooksnet.com. We still have at least another week to make a determination and a few more to decide if teams from the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) can crack the nation's longest running weekly rankings. According to The Oregonian, Portland Interscholastic League assistant athletic director Jeff Peeler is organizing an end-of-season tournament scheduled for June 21-25.

As wild as Smith's game-winner was, it was hard to top what happened down in San Diego, Calif. the following night, when FAB 50 No. 37 Torrey Pines put its unbeaten record on the line vs. Cathedral Catholic for the California Interscholastic Federation CIF San Diego Section open title. It was a dog-fight that came down to the wire. Torrey Pines was able to keep its magical season alive when senior Nick Herrmann scored on a deep range, catch-and-shoot 3-pointer at the buzzer off an out-of-bounds play to give the Falcons a 63-60 victory.

Hermann, who finished with 30 points, battled cancer two years ago just at around the same time his mother did. The social media visuals of him embracing his mother after the game will probably be one of the defining moments of the 2020-21 season.

With the win, Torrey Pines moves to 29-0 and is the No. 1 seed in the SoCal open regional playoffs, which conclude on June 19. NorCal is not having a regional tournament as all but one section in the northern region did not conduct playoffs at the section level. The Falcons were able to nab the top seed because previous No. 46 Centennial (Corona, Calif.) toppled previous No. 10 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) in the CIF Southern Section open division title game on Friday night. With Centennial's 80-72 victory, Sierra Canyon's 21-game post-season winning streak was snapped.

All throughout the CIFSS open division playoffs, Sierra Canyon has been living on the edge and relying on the unique talents of UCLA-bound Amari Bailey to pull out victories. That was the case in two pool play wins, but in the championship game Centennial was just too disciplined and hit too many big shots to let that happen despite 34 points from Bailey. Sophomore Kylan Boswell was the difference maker finishing with 24 points, including six big 3-pointers, which at least two stopped Sierra Canyon mini-runs. Junior Donovan Dent added 19 points (three 3-pointers) while sophomore forward Devin Williams had a crucial block and a big dunk down the stretch, finishing with eight points, eight rebounds and six blocks. As a team, Centennial blocked 12 shots.

Centennial obviously is now in front of Sierra Canyon in the rankings, with the Huskies jumping up 17 spots in this weeks' FAB 50 to No. 29, while Sierra Canyon is down to No. 32. We couldn't drop the Trailblazers any further because of their overall success and because they still have a chance to win their fourth consecutive CIF SoCal open regional crown despite losing at the section level.

They are the No. 2 seed in the SoCal open regional because Centennial opted out in order to participate in Section 7, a NCAA-sanctioned scholastic live period event held June 18-20 at State Farm Arena in Glendale, Ariz., as reported by Ballislife in the previous set of FAB 50 rankings. Coach Josh Giles and his staff felt it is more advantageous for his program to attend Section 7 than it would for his team to chase the SoCal open regional crown. After all, his team is all underclass and CIF players have not been seen live by college coaches for over 16 months.

The Centennial-Sierra Canyon result was a swoon for Torrey Pines and San Diego basketball because the Falcons own a head-to-head victory over Centennial. So if Torrey Pines and Sierra Canyon were to meet in the SoCal open final, it would be at Torrey Pines' home gym because the CIF is not using large facilities or neutral courts for this year's regional. Torrey Pines has a bye in the first round and will host a regional semifinal on June 17.

Torrey Pines moved up 14 spots in the FAB 50 to No. 23 and could become the first San Diego County team to finish ranked No. 1 in the state of California since World War II. According to Cal-Hi Sports, San Diego Hoover finished 16-1 and ranked No. 1 in the state for 1945. Since the advent of the CIF State tournament in 1982, no San Diego Section team has won the major division title or finished No. 1. From a FAB 50 perspective, the team Torrey Pines has in its sights is the 2002-03 Horizon (San Diego, Calif.) team led by future NBA forward Jared Dudley. Horizon won its second of back-to-back CIF Div. IV state titles, finished 32-1 and No. 15 in the FAB 50. Its only loss came against eventual D1 state champ and FAB 50 No. 4 Westchester (Los Angeles), which was led by Elite All-American Trevor Ariza

How high can Torrey Pines climb in the final FAB 50? What will happen if Torrey Pines loses in the regional semifinals or Sierra Canyon knocks them out in Saturday's regional final?

Centennial could still finish as California's No. 1 ranked team, despite not playing in the regional, if Torrey Pines loses on Thursday. It's highly unlikely Sierra Canyon will be able to hop Centennial in next weeks’ rankings unless it completely blows out Torrey Pines by a wide margin in Saturday’s regional final. We'll have to consider it but Centennial does own the important head-to-head victory, which is always a strong FAB 50 rankings criteria.

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Updated FAB 50 National Team Rankings
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(26th poll of 2020-21 regular season; Through games played on Sunday, June 13; *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	11	Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas)	29-1
11	12	Orlando Christian Prep (Orlando, Fla.)	28-0
12	13	Houston (Germantown, Tenn.)	21-3**
13	14	Combine Academy (Lincolnton, N.C.)	26-3
14	15	Westlake (Austin, Texas)	30-2
15	16	Millard North (Omaha, Neb.)	27-2
16	17	Millbrook (Raleigh, N.C.)	19-0
17	18	Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.)	7-4
18	19	St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)	25-2
19	20	Reading (Reading, Pa.)	26-2
20	21	Patrick School (Elizabeth, N.J.)	14-1
21	22	Carmel (Carmel, Ind.)	26-2
22	23	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)	21-9
23	37	Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.)	29-0****
24	24	Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.)	24-3
25	25	Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.)	19-1
26	26	Waukee Senior (Waukee, Iowa)	16-2
27	27	Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.)	9-1**
28	28	Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas)	31-0
29	46	Centennial (Corona, Calif.)	21-2
30	29	Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Ind.)	28-3
31	30	Victory Rock Prep (Bradenton, Fla.)	27-6
32	10	Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)	15-1****
33	31	Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.)	2-0
34	32	Clinton (Clinton, Miss.)	21-1
35	33	Central Pointe Christian (Kissimmee, Fla.)	31-7
36	34	Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc, Mich.)	15-2
37	35	Berkmar (Lilburn, Ga.)	26-6
38	36	St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)	15-1***
39	38	Pace Academy (Atlanta, Ga.)	28-2
40	39	Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.)	22-1
41	40	Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.)	24-3
42	41	Manasquan (Manasquan, N.J.)	12-0
43	42	Kingfisher (Kingfisher, Okla.)	25-1
44	43	Huron (Ann Arbor, Mich.)	20-1**
45	44	Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.)	21-1
46	45	North Little Rock (North Little Rock, Ark.)	21-2
47	47	Wauwatosa East (Wausatosa, Wis.)	23-3
48	48	Centerville (Centerville, Ohio)	26-3
49	49	Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.)	19-2
50	50	St. Catherine’s (Racine, Wis.)	28-1

Dropped Out: None.

Bubble Teams:  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; Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, N.Y.) 6-1; 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; Cleveland (Rio Rancho, N.M.) 14-1; 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; Edmond Memorial (Edmond, Okla.) 17-2; Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, Ky.) 22-3; Etiwanda (Etiwanda, Calif.) 11-2****; Highlands (Ft. Thomas, Ky.) 30-4; Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.) 14-0; 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.) 14-1; Mentor (Mentor, Ohio) 25-1; O’Dea (Seattle, Wash.) 11-2; Richardson (Richardson, Texas) 25-2; Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) 12-3; Seattle Prep (Seattle, Wash.) 11-2; South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas) 21-1; Starkville (Starkville, Miss.) 21-3; Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.) 16-1; 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.

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There was an abundance of wings between 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-6 who are excellent college prospects and how much more they grow and develop will determine what level. There was a dearth of true, pass-first point guards, but even among the scoring lead guards, those that played the game the right way stood out. When the dust settled, however, it was two skilled post players who took home camp Co-Most Outstanding Player honors. 

Sophomores (2022) Aidan Shaw (6-foot-7) of Blue Valley (Stilwell, KS) and Kijani Wright (6-foot-8) of Windward (Los Angeles) battled in a terrific camp game on Saturday afternoon and again in the Cream of the Crop Top 30 Game.

Wright is well known to basketball scouts and fans on the West Coast and did nothing to dispel his standing as the top post player in California’s 2022 class. He plays physical and under control and his back to the basket moves continue to improve.

Shaw gave him everything he could handle and pushed Wright to play to his vast potential. Shaw has a better perimeter game than Wright and displayed a sweet shooting stroke with terrific lift and follow through. He also is an aggressive playmaker around the basket, and when Wright and others challenged him at the rim, he more than held his own defensively.

Their matchup inside was the snapshot moment that will be remembered about this camp in the year’s to come as they develop as high major college prospects.

In the Cream of the Crop Top 30 All-Star Game, Wright’s high school and camp teammate Dylan Andrews, a 6-foot-3 2022 prospect, nailed a two-for-one free throw with 5.4 seconds to go to seal the White Club’s 118-115 victory over the Black Club.

If Shaw or Wright hadn’t had such a dominant impact, then Andrews would be next in line as the top prospect at the event. He is a physical guard who attacks even the slightest of openings under control. While some of his teammates tended to get carried away hunting offense at camp, Andrews kept a steady and effective approach to the game, finishing the Top 30 game with 17 points and four assists, including three pointers. Wright had eight points four rebounds while Shaw had 16 points and eight rebounds in a losing effort.

Game MVPs were 6-foot-4 2022 Christian Moore of Brentwood (Los Angeles) for the White Club with 15 points and seven rebounds and 6-foot-4 2022 Joseph “JoJo” Hunter of San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno, Calif.) for the Black Club with eight points, eight assists and six rebounds.

With such a deep camp, much of our focus was spent evaluating prospects who either didn’t come in with a big reputation or were unknowns in major West Coast scouting circles. Here are ten players who bumped up their recruiting stock by playing well over the course of the two-day camp.

Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph 10 Breakout Performers
(Listed Alphabetically)

Ronnie’s Five

Justin Daniels, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 6-4 2023 SG: He may not get much playing time for one of California’s finest teams, which should start fairly high in November1s preseason FAB 50 rankings release, but that doesn’t mean this young shooting guard is not a terrific prospect. Daniels has a calm, cool and collected demeanor on the court and a nice package of skills. Daniels has good court vision and is usually looking for the hit ahead offensive player and also does a good job of finding creases on the fast break. He also has solid form on his pull up jumper and is an under control athlete. He’s the younger brother of former Taft (Woodland Hills, Calif.) all-state performer, and 2014 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, DeAndre Daniels.

Benny Gealer, Rolling Hills Prep (San Pedro, Calif.) 6-0 2022 PG: We cheated a bit with Gealer because he actually had a terrific freshman season and is fairly well known to scouts. After his performance over the weekend, however, Gealer has to talked about as one of the best prospects in California’s 2022 class regardless of position. Gealer gets our vote as the best shooter in attendance, and in the showdown between Shaw and Wright, it was this shooting point guard who stole the show down the stretch with his onslaught from the outside. Gealer can create space to get his shot off, and when he gets his feet set, he easily gets defenders off balance because they understand if their closeout is too late, it’s near money in the bank.

Trey Knight, Moreau Catholic (Hayward, Calif.) 5-11 2022 PG: This low-gravity point guard was easily one of the most improved players in attendance. We’ve tracked Knight since he participated in middle school camps and he1s vastly improved in the last calendar year. Knight has shed some of the “baby fat” and is quicker and more confident. He’s always been a heady, team-first talent, but is now getting by defenders at a higher rate and it has opened up his offensive game. Knight has a nice ball in same hand, same direction burst into the key and also is now utilizing his cross over dribble in a half court setting to set up scoring plays for himself or others. He plays for his father Frank Knight, a former all-state player at Fremont of Oakland, at Moreau Catholic.

Kaylon Mason, Central (Fresno, Calif.) 6-6 2022 SF: A relative newcomer to the elite camp scene, Mason has a quiet and friendly demeanor off-the-court, but get him in between the lines and he transforms into a bull in a china shop. Mason attacks the rim with the vengeance and was one of the best slashers in attendance. Once he gets downhill on the wing, his percentages of making something positive happen are sky high because he’s rarely out of control. Mason has a developing perimeter game, challenges shots near the paint and also goes after rebounds outside his area. Mason will continue to develop as he adds strength and experience in settings such as this camp.

Jermaine Rodgers III, Ayala (Chino Hills, Calif.) 6-2 2022 CG: Rodgers has three of the main ingredients you look for in a scoring guard: He’s has a strong frame, good offensive skills and shoots the perimeter shot well. Rodgers moves to his offensive spots well and attacks the baseline with authority. If a defender is just a shade out of position, forget it, it’s a Rodgers blow by. Rodgers was one of the best players in the Final Cream of the Crop Game, netting 11 points.

Dev’s Five

Kylan Boswell, Colony (Ontario, Calif.) 6-0 2023 PG: Boswell made the move out west from the Chicago area and quickly put his name on the local radar with an impressive performance at the Hoops By Ugland Skills Summit in August. The freshman point guard made the most of his opportunity to play in front of a large contingent of scouts, local, regional and national alike. Boswell is one of the highest IQ players you’ll find anywhere and regardless of class. He plays with impressive pace, surveys the floor in transition, delivers passes with timing and pinpoint accuracy and plays out of high ball-screen action with a feel well beyond his years.

Osiris Grady, Silverado (Las Vegas, Nev.) 6-6 2023 F: Grady is an intriguing long-term forward prospect because of his versatile skill-set. The 6-6 forward has a strong frame, but is also mobile in the half-court when setting screens and operating on the perimeter. He changes ends of the floor well in transition and beat defenses down the floor multiple times for easy looks in the paint where he finished with either hand. What stood out most about Grady was his passing ability out of the low and mid-post spots. He found cutters with shovel passes and nicely-placed bounce passes. Grady scored 10 points in the “Next 20” Cream fo the Crop all-star game, helping his team to a 59-53 victory.

Garrison Phelps, St. Mary’s (Phoenix, Ariz.) 6-4 2022 WF: Phelps immediately jumped out as one of the more powerful athletes in the building, and as the camp went on, showed that he had a deep skill-set to go along with his speed and leaping abilities. Phelps is a big-time finisher in transition. He gets out wide on the break and uses his long strides to quickly cover ground and burst into the paint where he can finish through contact and above the rim. Dunking isn’t the only thing that Phelps does well, either, as he made it a point to rebound the defensive glass, push the break, and make the simple but smart pass to an open teammate.

Jaylen Thompson, St. Joseph’s Notre Dame (Alameda, Calif.) 6-6 2022 F: Thompson was one of the more active players on both ends of the floor and it paid off for him as he was selected for the Top 30 Cream of the Crop all-star game. In that game, Thompson’s activity around the basket and willingness to run the floor helped him score 12 points and pull down six rebounds in one of the more well-rounded performances among the Top 30 selections of the camp. Thompson has impressive size and length for his position, and just simply put, played harder than most of the others over the weekend. The 6-6 wing had a handful of highlight-reel dunks, big time rebounds in traffic and is a versatile perimeter defender.

Milos Uzan, Desert Pines (Las Vegas, Nev.) 6-3 2022 PG: Uzan had a strong freshman high school campaign, putting up 13.4 points, 4.8 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game, and he brought his all-around game with him over the weekend. Uzan has really nice size and feel for the point guard position and did a nice job of balancing scoring and distributing in a setting which normally calls for forced shots and selfishness on the offensive end. Uzan is a crafty ball handler and finisher around the basket and is an effective scorer and passer in both transition and half-court settings.

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