With most groups getting again into convention play after MLK weekend, there predictablely wasn’t a lot change to this week’s FAB 50 Nationwide Workforce Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. The 2 newcomers are No. 47 Bullis (Potomac, Md.) and No. 50 Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.).
By Ronnie Flores
There are over 20,000 groups throughout the nation and we do our greatest to know as a lot about them as doable. Clearly, we will’t lookup the scores of that many groups every week and admittedly, we don’t must. That’s why it’s vital that there are high quality state and native rankings to discuss with, having the enter of credible journalists in every area and doing the homework in the preseason.
We do comply with and lookup the outcomes of roughly 200 groups every week and as groups performed principally league/convention video games this previous week two issues needs to be clear: FAB 50 ranked groups don’t usually lose video games and it’s extremely troublesome to be nationally ranked. Even state ranked groups win the vast majority of its video games, however to be nationally ranked takes good scheduling and a terrific expertise stage. There was loads of motion this yr within the rankings and that speaks to the nationwide schedules groups that know they’re adequate to be nationally-ranked play. When the Nationwide Prep Ballot (FAB 50 precursor) began in 1987-88, most of the groups within the remaining Prime 10 completed unbeaten. That merely isn’t the case anymore.
This week is the calm earlier than the storm, because the playoffs will tip-off across the nation in lots of states in early February. Every of the Prime 15 groups within the FAB 50 Nationwide Workforce Rankings powered by Ballislife.com received all their video games final week, and so did most of the groups seeking to climb within the rankings. Solely two golf equipment fell out and that was after every misplaced three video games, together with earlier No. 27 Kenwood Academy (Chicago, Sick.). The Broncos reign as the highest group within the larger Chicago metro was brief lived as they fell to Hyde Park of Chicago, 54-51, to No. 10 Camden (N.J.), 68-54, and to bubble membership Benet Academy (Lisle, Sick.), 67-53. These outcomes additionally prompted Chicago No. 1 Simeon to drop two spots this week, as their solely loss thus far this season is to the Broncos.
Camden is likely one of the groups that can have a giant week developing. Not solely will main participant and Mr. Basketball USA candidate D.J. Wagner will probably be chosen for the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Recreation (to be introduced on Jan. 24 at 3 pm ET), he’ll make historical past. Wagner’s father, 2001 Mr. Basketball USA selection Dajuan Wagner, and his grandfather, 1981 Camden graduate Milt Wagner, had been additionally McDonald’s All-Individuals. As for the present version of the Panthers, they’ll face No. 14 Imhotep Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.) on Jan. 28 at Hagan Area of Saint Joseph’s College. Many really feel D.J. Wagner and Imhotep Constitution’s Justin Edwards are the highest two prospects within the nation. Each are headed to Kentucky.
Prime-ranked Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) additionally has an enormous week, internet hosting No. 12 St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) on Tuesday and hitting the street to face No. 19 Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) on Friday in Washington Catholic Athletic Convention play.
This week will probably be a celebration of particular person expertise in highschool basketball. Expertise is on the forefront of what it takes to make an ideal basketball group, however as we’ve seen in the course of the 2022-23 season, it takes greater than expertise to crack the trade’s longest working weekly nationwide rankings. It takes a particular group to stay and hold successful week after week.
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Up to date FAB 50 Nationwide Workforce Rankings
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(sixth ballot of 2022-23 common season; By way of video games performed on Sunday, Jan. 22; *Signifies forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Signifies forfeits and defaults not included)
| No. | Prev. | Excessive College (Metropolis) | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.) | 18-1 |
| 2 | 2 | Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) | 15-2 |
| 3 | 3 | Hyperlink Academy (Branson, Mo.) | 20-0 |
| 4 | 4 | John Marshall (Richmond, Va.) | 16-0 |
| 5 | 5 | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) | 21-1 |
| 6 | 6 | Columbus (Miami, Fla.) | 16-3 |
| 7 | 7 | Centennial (Corona, Calif.) | 20-3 |
| 8 | 8 | Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) | 20-0 |
| 9 | 9 | Lake Highlands (Dallas, Texas) | 21-3 |
| 10 | 10 | Camden (Camden, N.J.) | 13-2 |
| 11 | 11 | Dawn Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) | 12-5 |
| 12 | 12 | St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) | 17-1 |
| 13 | 13 | Lengthy Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.) | 12-2 |
| 14 | 14 | Imhotep Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 15-2 |
| 15 | 15 | Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.) | 23-1 |
| 16 | 16 | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) | 12-4 |
| 17 | 17 | AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) | 14-4 |
| 18 | 19 | Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas) | 23-1 |
| 19 | 20 | Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) | 18-1 |
| 20 | 21 | Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) | 16-1 |
| 21 | 24 | Central Cabarrus (Harmony, N.C.) | 18-0 |
| 22 | 22 | Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.) | 23-1 |
| 23 | 23 | Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) | 21-1 |
| 24 | 25 | West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.) | 23-1 |
| 25 | 26 | Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) | 8-4 |
| 26 | 31 | West Linn (West Linn, Ore.) | 14-1 |
| 27 | 30 | DME Academy (Daytona Seashore, Fla.) | 16-4** |
| 28 | 34 | Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) | 11-0 |
| 29 | 37 | Park Middle (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) | 11-0 |
| 30 | 28 | Simeon (Chicago, Sick.) | 19-1 |
| 31 | 29 | Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.) | 12-2 |
| 32 | 18 | Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 12-2 |
| 33 | 35 | Mt. St. Jospeh (Baltimore, Md.) | 22-3 |
| 34 | 38 | Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 15-1 |
| 35 | 42 | Carter (Dallas, Texas) | 21-2 |
| 36 | 47 | St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) | 11-0 |
| 37 | 32 | Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) | 18-5 |
| 38 | 43 | Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.) | 15-0 |
| 39 | 44 | Pinson Valley (Pinson, Ala.) | 21-0 |
| 40 | 36 | Christ the King (Center Village, N.Y.) | 12-4 |
| 41 | 39 | Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) | 13-5 |
| 42 | 48 | Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.) | 12-0 |
| 43 | 40 | Oak Cliff Religion Household (Dallas, Texas) | 18-3** |
| 44 | 41 | Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) | 11-6 |
| 45 | 45 | Lake Metropolis (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) | 13-0 |
| 46 | 46 | Carmel Christian (Matthews, N.C.) | 24-3 |
| 47 | NR | Bullis (Potomac, Md.) | 18-1 |
| 48 | 49 | Olympia (Orlando, Fla.) | 20-1 |
| 49 | 50 | Damaged Arrow (Damaged Arrow, Okla.) | 14-0 |
| 50 | NR | Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.) | 22-2 |
Dropped Out: Earlier No. 27 Kenwood Academy (Chicago, Sick.), No. 33 The Rock (Gainesville, Fla.).
Bubble Groups: Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) 10-6; Benet Academy (Lisle, Sick.) 22-1; Blue Valley North (Overland Park, Kan.) 11-0; Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 11-1; Centerville (Centerville, Ohio) 13-2; Central (Little Rock, Ark.) 19-3; Christ College (Arden, N.C.) 23-2; Coronado (Henderson, Nev.) 9-8; Nook Canyon (Draper, Utah) 14-2; De Pere (De Pere, Wis.) 14-0; Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.) 18-2; Durango (Las Vegas, Nev.) 11-3; Dwyer (Palm Seashore Gardens, Fla.) 18-0; Eagle’s Touchdown (McDonough, Ga.) 20-0; Edmond North (Edmond, Okla.) 13-2; Ellison (Killeen, Texas) 25-3; Federal Means (Federal Means, Wash.) 16-1; Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 13-4; George Washington (Charleston, W.Va.) 12-0; Hayfield (Alexandria, Va.) 14-1; Jackson-Reed (Washington, D.C.) 20-6; Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Ark.) 18-3; Kell (Marietta, Ga.) 16-2; Kennedy (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 12-0; Kenwood Academy (Chicago, Sick.) 16-5; Kimball (Kimball, Texas) 20-2; Liberty (Henderson, Nev.) 11-7; MacArthur (Decatur, Sick.) 19-1; Madison Prep (Baton Rouge, La.) 21-1; McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 13-6; Metamora (Metamora, Sick.) 19-2; Muskegon (Muskegon, Mich.) 10-0; Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.) 14-4; Norcross (Norcross, Ga.) 17-3; North Farmington (Farmington Hills, Mich.) 9-1; North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, N.C.) 17-1; Northern Nash (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 18-0; Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 16-11; Oak Park (Kansas Metropolis, Mo.) 17-1; O’Dea (Seattle, Wash.) 13-3; Olympic (Charlotte, N.C.) 18-1; Pebblebrook (Mableton, Ga.) 13-6; Penn (Wishawaka, Ind.) 13-1; Radnor (Radnor, Pa.) 16-0; Sacred Coronary heart Griffin (Springfield, Sick.) 19-2; Sidwell Mates (Washington, D.C.) 14-3; South Shore (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 9-2; Staley (Kansas Metropolis, Mo.) 15-1; St. Augustine (San Diego, Calif.) 18-3; The Rock (Gainesville, Fla.) 20-8; UOD Jesuit (Detroit, Mich.) 11-1; Volcano Vista (Albuquerque, N.M.) 18-1; Wasatch Academy (Mt. Nice, Utah) 9-9.
Word: The FAB 50 powered by Ballislife.com is a continuation of the Nationwide Sports activities Information Service scores that started in 1952. These had been the primary nationwide highschool rankings and the late Artwork Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They had been compiled for a few years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 23 years in the past.
Ronnie Flores is the nationwide Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He could be reached at [email protected]. Don’t neglect to comply with him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
