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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) — Power Memorial Panthers (New York) And then, there was one Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, who would become a prominent figure in basketball history as the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
- Jason Kidd — St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots (Alameda, Calif.) In a state that’s historically loaded with high school talent—the sheer size and number of schools in California is uncanny—Jason Kidd stands out as one of the best basketball players of all time.
- LeBron James — St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish (Akron, Ohio) LeBron James’ high school dominance arrived at a time when sports television was at a pinnacle.
- Wilt Chamberlain — Overbrook Panthers (Philadelphia) Before Chamberlain was terrorizing defenses in the NBA (and college), he was dominating the Philadelphia-area high school game as the key piece to a dynamic Overlook Panthers team that won two city titles while only losing three games during his tenure.
High School Rankings History. Newspaper distribution and the Internet created greater interest in national rankings, but in actuality, United States high school basketball rankings began in 1959. Multiple national polls have been compiled for decades and it’s surprising how many of them have been touched, started or influenced over the years ...
Apr 4, 2024 · It's easy to understand why most people look at the 1982-83 Dunbar High squad as the de facto greatest high school basketball team of all time. The Poets went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country in the USA Today poll and beat opponents by an average margin of victory of 36.5 points.
Jan 10, 2019 · Lew Alcindor, LeBron James, Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson can all make strong arguments as the greatest high school basketball player, but only one can take the top spot on our list of the Top 50.
The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Ohio High Schools Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players who finished high school in this state. What players did in high school or college does not factor into this list.
Feb 11, 2022 · MaxPreps aims to expand on the list of national champions by naming the nation's best all the way back to 1910. High school basketball rankings began in the 1960s when Minnesota resident Art Johlfs decided to begin ranking high school basketball teams.
Apr 3, 2019 · MaxPreps presents the list of the top 100 high school boys basketball scorers of all-time. The list includes players who began playing as early as fifth grade in one case (the National Federation of High Schools record book does not recognize scoring totals accumulated prior to ninth grade).