A lot of the nation is now completed for 2022-23, as many state champions have been topped among the many groups within the new FAB 50 Nationwide Group Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. New topped state champs embody No. 28 De Pere (Wis.) and No. 35 Richmond Heights (Richmond Heights, Ohio). There are two newcomers this week, together with newly-crowned Ohio D1 state champ Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio) and Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.), one in every of 18 groups nonetheless seeking to shut sturdy!
We now know who’s going to play in end-of-the season occasions and slightly below 20 p.c of the groups on this week’s FAB 50 Nationwide Group Rankings powered by Ballislife.com are nonetheless going and seeking to shut sturdy.
Among the many state champs who wrapped up their season this weekend embody Ohio Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation (OHSAA) Division 4 champ Richmond Heights (Ohio), which completed unbeaten and because the state’s high ranked crew with a 70-26 stomping of Convoy Crestview (Convoy, Ohio) on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans led 31-22 on the half, however fully blew open the sport with an enormous third quarter run, as this system received its second consecutive state crown to maneuver up six spots on this week’s rankings. Dorian Jones, one of many higher sophomores (2025) within the Midwest, went bonkers from 3-point vary and almost outscored Convoy Crestview by himself, making 7-of-10 3-pointers and ending with 25 factors.
One of many two newcomers is OHSAA D1 champ Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), which took down defending D1 champ Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio) on Sunday night, 53-47, on the College of Dayton. Senior Logan Vowles led the best way offensively for Hoban with 17 factors, whereas senior Will Scott Jr. (13 factors) and freshman Sam Greer (12 factors) additionally hit double figures. In a recreation the place factors have been at a premium, Vowles made 5 of the sport’s 10 3-pointers. Offensive rebounds have been additionally a key to the sport and Vowles and Greer got here up with a mixed 9, because the Knights grabbed 14 offensive rebounds to Choose Central’s 11, although the defending champions held the rebounding benefit by one (32-31).
Choose Central was seeking to end FAB 50 ranked for the second consecutive season, however had a tough go offensively, making solely 3-of-16 3-point makes an attempt and 4-of-7 free throws. Ohio Mr. Basketball Devin Royal scored a team-high 15 factors, however made solely 5-of-15 shot makes an attempt.
Up three spots this week is No. 37 Warren Central (Bowling Inexperienced, Ky.), which solely misplaced one recreation all season and captured the coveted UK HealthCare Candy 16 title with a 64-60 victory over defending Kentucky Excessive Faculty Athletics Affiliation (KHSAA) Candy 16 champ George Rogers Clark (Winchester, Ky.) at Rupp Area. Within the single elimination, winner-take-all format, Warren Central regarded to erase a number of the painful recollections of final 12 months’s remaining, when George Rogers Clark defeated the Dragons, 43-42, as a missed free throw late was a key issue within the end result.
This time round, junior Kade Unseld hit two clutch free throws with 8.1 seconds remaining to seal with win for coach Will Unseld, his father. Unseld, who had a 26-point effort on the Candy 16, was one in every of three Warren Central gamers to complete the championship recreation with 17 factors. The others have been Damarion Walkup and Omari Glover, each seniors. The Dragons’ solely different state crown got here in 2004, when it received their final 21 video games after seven common season losses to completed No. 35 within the FAB 50 that season.
The 2 highest ranked groups seeking to win state titles this week are unbeaten and No. 5 Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) and No. 11 Imhotep Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.). Ben Davis will play bubble membership Kokomo (Ind.) on March 25 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the Indiana Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation (IHSAA) Class 4A state crown. Kokomo knocked off earlier No. 22 Penn (Wishawaka, Ind.), 58-57, within the state semifinals. Imhotep Constitution, in the meantime, is gunning for its second consecutive Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Affiliation (PIAA) Class 5A state crown. It is going to play Archbishop Ryan (Philadelphia, Pa.), the membership that knocked off earlier No. 41 Radnor (Radnor, Pa.) within the state quarterfinals, within the semifinal on March 20. The state championship recreation is ready for March 24.
Groups marked with an asterisk by their won-loss file are nonetheless taking part in, together with the six state champions that can take part within the second annual State Champions Invitational set for April 6-8 at McDonough Area at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C.
No. 41 Curtis (College Place, Wash.) performs No. 20 Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.), with the winner of that recreation assembly No. 33 Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) in a single semifinal contest. No. 14 Sidwell Buddies (DC) is already slated within the different semifinal and can tackle the winner of No. 45 Nook Canyon (Draper, Utah) and bubble membership Yazoo Metropolis (Yazoo Metropolis, Miss.). The SCI championship recreation is ready for 12 pm ET on April 8.
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Up to date FAB 50 Nationwide Group Rankings
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(14th ballot of 2022-23 common season; Via video games performed on Sunday, March 19; *Signifies forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Signifies forfeits and defaults not included; ***Signifies season not full)
| No. | Prev. | Excessive Faculty (Metropolis) | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) | 23-2*** |
| 2 | 2 | Hyperlink Academy (Branson, Mo.) | 24-1*** |
| 3 | 3 | John Marshall (Richmond, Va.) | 28-0 |
| 4 | 4 | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) | 28-1 |
| 5 | 5 | Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) | 32-0*** |
| 6 | 6 | Columbus (Miami, Fla.) | 26-4 |
| 7 | 7 | Lake Highlands (Dallas, Texas) | 34-3 |
| 8 | 8 | Lengthy Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.) | 21-2*** |
| 9 | 9 | Central Cabarrus (Harmony, N.C.) | 32-0 |
| 10 | 10 | Camden (Camden, N.J.) | 23-2** |
| 11 | 11 | Imhotep Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 28-3*** |
| 12 | 12 | Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.) | 33-2 |
| 13 | 13 | Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas) | 36-2 |
| 14 | 14 | Sidwell Buddies (Washington, D.C.) | 27-4*** |
| 15 | 15 | St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) | 32-4 |
| 16 | 16 | Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) | 31-3*** |
| 17 | 17 | Dawn Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) | 21-7*** |
| 18 | 18 | Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) | 30-1 |
| 19 | 19 | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) | 16-7*** |
| 20 | 20 | Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) | 22-5*** |
| 21 | 21 | Centennial (Corona, Calif.) | 31-4 |
| 22 | 23 | AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) | 21-6*** |
| 23 | 24 | Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 26-3*** |
| 24 | 25 | Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 25-3*** |
| 25 | 26 | Mt. St. Joseph (Baltimore, Md.) | 38-4 |
| 26 | 27 | Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.) | 29-0 |
| 27 | 28 | De Pere (De Pere, Wis.) | 29-0 |
| 28 | 29 | Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.) | 25-1*** |
| 29 | 35 | Richmond Heights (Richmond Heights, Ohio) | 29-0 |
| 30 | 30 | Tualatin (Tualatin, Ore.) | 24-5 |
| 31 | 31 | West Linn (West Linn, Ore.) | 28-2 |
| 32 | 32 | St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) | 26-7 |
| 33 | 33 | Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) | 26-6*** |
| 34 | 34 | Oak Cliff Religion Household (Dallas, Texas) | 31-3** |
| 35 | 36 | Kimball (Kimball, Texas) | 33-2 |
| 36 | 37 | Edmond North (Edmond, Okla.) | 26-2 |
| 37 | 40 | Warren Central (Bowling Inexperienced, Ky.) | 36-1 |
| 38 | 38 | Christ Faculty (Arden, N.C.) | 31-4 |
| 39 | 39 | Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.) | 29-2 |
| 40 | 42 | Lake Metropolis (Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho) | 26-0 |
| 41 | 43 | Curtis (College Place, Wash.) | 28-3*** |
| 42 | 44 | Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Ark.) | 30-3 |
| 43 | 45 | Central Pointe Christian (Kissimmee, Fla.) | 30-11 |
| 44 | 46 | Durango (Las Vegas, Nev.) | 21-6 |
| 45 | 47 | Nook Canyon (Draper, Utah) | 24-2** |
| 46 | 48 | Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) | 27-10 |
| 47 | 49 | Moline (Moline, Unwell.) | 35-3 |
| 48 | 50 | Kell (Marietta, Ga.) | 28-2 |
| 49 | NR | Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) | 21-9*** |
| 50 | NR | Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio) | 26-3 |
Dropped Out: Earlier No. 22 Penn (Wishawaka, Ind.), No. 41 Radnor (Radnor, Pa.).
Bubble Groups: Andover (Andover, Kan.) 23-2; Benet Academy (Lisle, Unwell.) 35-2; Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park, Kan.) 21-4; Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant, Iowa) 24-0; Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.) 29-3; Briarcrest Christian (Eads, Tenn.) 32-3**; Damaged Arrow (Damaged Arrow, Okla.) 27-2; Carmel Christian (Matthews, N.C.) 28-4; Carter (Dallas, Texas) 31-4; Catholic B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.) 28-6; Centerville (Centerville, Ohio) 25-4; Cherokee (Canton, Ga.) 25-7; Christ the King (Center Village, N.Y.) 23-5; East (Denver, Col.) 26-2; DME Academy (Daytona Seaside, Fla.) 26-8**; Dwyer (Palm Seaside Gardens, Fla.) 29-1; Eagle’s Touchdown (McDonough, Ga.) 29-2; Ellison (Killeen, Texas) 38-4; Farmville Central (Farmville, N.C.) 30-1; Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) 25-2; Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc, Mich.) 24-2***; Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 24-6; Greensboro Day (Greensboro, N.C.) 30-5; Hayfield (Alexandria, Va.) 30-1; Highland (Warrenton, Va.) 30-3; Highland Park (Topeka Kan.) 21-0**; Hoover (Hoover, Ala.) 31-4; Isidore Newman (New Orleans, La.) 32-6; Kapun Mt. Carmel (Wichita, Kan.) 23-2; Kokomo (Kokomo, Ind.) 24-4***; Liberty (Henderson, Nev.) 21-10; McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 23-7; Metamora (Metamora, Unwell.) 34-2; Modesto Christian (Modesto, Calif.) 27-7; Muskegon (Muskegon, Mich.) 24-2***; Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.) 28-4; Norcross (Norcross, Ga.) 26-5; North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, N.C.) 29-3; Northside (Roanoke, Va.) 27-1; Park Heart (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) 26-2***; Penn (Wishawaka, Ind.) 28-2; Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio) 25-6; Reidsville (Reidesville, N.C.) 26-1; Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.) 33-4; Simeon (Chicago, Unwell.) 32-4; Staley (Kansas Metropolis, Mo.) 30-2; St. Augustine (San Diego, Calif.) 28-5; St. Maria Goretti (Hagerstown, Md.) 27-7; Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) 24-7; Valley (West Des Moines, Iowa) 21-5; Volcano Vista (Albuquerque, N.M.) 29-1; Wasatch Academy (Mt. Nice, Utah) 19-10; West Oaks (Orlando, Fla.) 21-9; West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.) 29-3; Yazoo Metropolis (Yazoo Metropolis, Miss.) 30-5***.
Be aware: 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 23 years in the past.
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