Final 2021-22 FAB 50: SCI Closes Season!

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The State Champions Invitational (SCI) closed out the 2021-22 season and it’s now time to publish our last FAB 50 Nationwide Crew Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. The SCI didn’t have any bearing on the highest of the rankings led by FAB 50 champion Duncanville (Texas), however we nonetheless needed to correctly consider and place the 4 groups that performed within the inaugural occasion. No. 7 Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) ran away with the SCI title, whereas Duncanville turns into the third public college to win the FAB 50 crown in seven seasons and the third Texas public college within the final 20 years to complete No. 1 within the nation.

By Ronnie Flores

Coming within the inaugural State Champions Invitational recreation, there was some query if any of three state champions might take down Florida Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation (FHSAA) Class 4A state champion Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). The Eagles, the No. 7 workforce within the FAB 50 Nationwide Crew Rankings powered by Ballislife.com, have been the prohibitive favourite within the four-team discipline and had no bother of their 58-37 semifinal victory over then No. 14 Sidwell Pals (Washington, D.C.). As a result of then No. 31 Auburn (Wash.) was so spectacular in its 58-41 semifinal victory over No. 48 Norcross (Ga.), it created some intrigue that the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Affiliation (WIAA) Class 3A champs might sustain with the high-powered state champs from Florida that misplaced one in all two video games to GEICO Nationals champion and perennial FAB 50 energy Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.).

As spectacular as Auburn regarded towards the Georgia Excessive Faculty Affiliation (GHSA) Class 7A champs, Calvary Christian Academy was even that significantly better versus Auburn, dominating the Trojans from the opening tip on each ends of the ground en path to a 71-44 championship recreation victory Saturday afternoon at Berkeley Prep in Tampa, Fla. Auburn assisted on its first 14 discipline targets and on 20 of its 25 discipline aim and had three turnovers vs. Sidwell Pals, but it surely was a totally totally different story vs. Calvary Christian Academy. The Eagles used their peak and size benefit to power Auburn into troublesome pictures and to create simple ones of their very own. CCA jumped out to leads of 18-4 and 24-5 and by no means regarded again, as the results of the first-year occasion was by no means unsure. In stark distinction to its semifinal victory, Auburn dedicated 13 turnover and had 12 assists.

All 5 starters hit double figures for CCA, as match MVP and UCF commit Taylor Hendricks completed with 13 factors, 5 rebounds and three blocks, whereas junior strongman Carl Cherenfant with 14 factors, seven rebounds and 4 assists. Florida Atlanta commit Brenen Lorient had a double-double (13 factors, 10 rebounds), Michigan signee Gregg Glenn had 12 factors, six rebounds and 5 assists, whereas highly-regarded junior guard Marvel Allen completed with 10 factors and 5 rebounds.

Hendricks had 24 factors and 12 rebounds within the dominant semifinal win over Sidwell Pals, the District of Columbia Colleges Athletic Affiliation (DCSAA) Class AA champion, whereas Allen chipped in 13 factors. CCA shot 55 p.c (22-of-40) from the sphere.

Auburn was led by 2022 uncommitted prospects Maleek Arington with 17 factors and 4 steals and Tre Blassingame with 13 factors and 11 rebounds. In Auburn’s semifinal win over Norcross, Kaden Hansen netted a team-high 17 factors, whereas Blassingame contributed 10 factors, 11 rebounds and 6 steals.

As spectacular as Calvary Christian Academy was in its two victories, it had nowhere to rise within the last FAB 50 rankings for the 2021-22 season. The Eagles misplaced one recreation to unranked Milton (Ga.) and one different recreation to GEICO Nationals champ and FAB 50 No. 2 Montverde Academy on the buzzer on a 3-pointer by Illinois pledge Skyy Clark. No. 6 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) beat Montverde Academy twice throughout the common season earlier than dropping to that membership within the semifinals of GEICO Nationals, so CCA stays No. 7 within the last FAB 50.

Whereas Auburn made it to the championship recreation, its margin of defeat to CCA wasn’t a lot totally different than Sidwell Pals’. Sidwell Pals had a group of extra spectacular victories throughout the season and Norcross was additionally lacking its greatest participant in its semifinal loss. Main scorer London Johnson opted to take part on the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Ore. Consequently, Sidwell Pals drops 9 spots within the last rating to No. 23, because it should stay in entrance of Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Md.) due to its head-to-head loss to the Quakers, which drop six spots to No. 26. Bishop McNamara does personal a win over No. 16 Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.), so Sidwell Pals does deserve to remain in entrance of Auburn.

As for Auburn, it drops 5 spots to No. 36, whereas Norcross stays at No. 48 as the best rated workforce from the Peach State and the ultimate Southeast Area workforce within the rankings.

SCI organizers are hoping to develop the sphere to eight groups and convey in additional sanctioned state champions for the 2022-23 season. Whereas veteran observers felt the expertise degree and recreation play was a lot greater at GEICO Nationals than the primary SCI, the highest of the FAB 50 rankings does serve hope that the State Champions Invitational might turn into an occasion that would rival GEICO Nationals someday ought to the timing of the occasion be proper and extra state associations sanction the occasion.

FAB 50 nationwide champion Duncanville (Texas) is a public college as a part of the College Interscholastic League (UIL) and it completed its season with two victories over High 5 golf equipment and 7 victories in throughout groups that have been ranked sooner or later throughout the season. Coach David Peavy’s membership defeated No. 2 Montverde Academy and No. 5 Centennial (Corona, Calif.), the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) open division champion. Centennial, which dropped its solely recreation to Duncanville, is a public college. If the SCI can add some energy states similar to Texas and California to the fold, the occasion will develop into way more engaging to highschool basketball followers, coaches, scouts and nationwide media.

Dropped Out: None.

Editor’s Word: No bubble golf equipment are included within the last FAB 50, as the ultimate 2021-22 High 20 Regional Rankings embrace all of the groups thought of for the bubble.

Word: The FAB 50 powered by Ballislife.com is a continuation of the Nationwide Sports activities Information Service rankings that started in 1952. These have been the primary nationwide highschool rankings and the late Artwork Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They have been compiled for a few years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 22 years in the past.

Ronnie Flores is the nationwide Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He could be reached at ronnie@ballislife.com. Don’t overlook to comply with him on Twitter: @RonMFlores