The playoffs are in full have an effect on and leads to the CIF Southern Part open playoffs precipitated some shift and considered one of its groups dropping out of the brand new FAB 50 Nationwide Staff Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. There are 4 whole newcomers this week, two that had been beforehand ranked plus a St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) membership that may look to win its first CIFSS open title on Saturday. There may be additionally a brand new No. 1 ranked workforce within the nation, as Paul VI of Virginia goes down on Sunday night. Can the Panthers climb again up within the rankings? March goes to be thrilling!
The NBA All-Star Sport was one other lackluster affair, however what younger gamers can take from it’s that it’s a must to be able to play and learn to win underneath attempting circumstances, particularly for these groups competing for a spot within the FAB 50 Nationwide Staff Rankings powered by Ballislife.com.
When a workforce is within the No. 1 spot, as Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) was for the previous month and a half, each workforce is gunning for them and each outing issues. On Sunday night, Paul VI took on a Sidwell Associates (Washington, D.C.) membership that has been taking part in significantly better in latest weeks because of the return of 6-foot-7 junior (2024) wing Caleb Williams. Paul VI got here into the sport with not alot on the road, when it comes to convention standings, and was taking part in with out 6-foot-7 senior (2023) wing Isaiah Abraham.
After one interval, Sidwell-Associates led 18-15 and went into halftime trialing the Panthers however two factors (32-30). Paul VI was outscored by eight factors within the pivotal third interval and to make issues worse, standout 2026 guard Jordan Smith broke his wrist. Paul VI simply couldn’t recover from the hump towards a hungry workforce that match each discipline objective the Panthers might make, because the Quakers went on to report a 75-68 victory. Six-foot-5 sophomore (2025) Jalen Rougier-Roane led the Quakers with 20 factors, fellow 2025 Acaden Lewis, a 6-foot-3 guard, added 17 and Williams completed with 15.
The win catapulted Sidwell-Associates again into the FAB 50 this week at No. 40 after the Quakers obtained as excessive as No. 35 earlier within the season. They’re in entrance of one other newcomer this week, No. 47 Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.), a workforce they to misplaced earlier within the 12 months as a result of the Quakers deserve credit score for taking down the nation’s No. 1 workforce. As for Roman Catholic, which obtained as excessive as No. 33 earlier within the season and takes on Archbishop Wooden (Philadelphia, Pa) within the Philadelphia Catholic League semifinals on Wednesday at The Palestra, it does need to be in entrance of the No. 48 Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.) membership it defeated earlier within the season.
As for Paul VI, it drops to No. 7 this week proper behind the Columbus (Miami, Fla.) membership it misplaced to within the Metropolis of Palms Traditional semifinals. It might be a troublesome break for the Panthers, each actually and figuratively, however it would have loads of alternative to remain in rivalry for the FAB 50 nationwide title. Paul VI, which was led in defeat by 5-foot-10 2024 guard Ben Hammond (18 factors) and Maryland-bound ahead DeShawn Harris-Smith (16 factors), nonetheless has the upcoming Washington Catholic Athletic Convention (WCAC) match and a possible journey to GEICO Nationals down the road.
What’s coming down the road influenced the highest of this week’s FAB 50, as preseason No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) resumes the highest spot after Paul VI’s second lack of the season. The Eagles, which went 11-1 in Nationwide Interscholastic Basketball Convention (NIBC) play, are the possible prime seed at GEICO Nationals (March 30-April 1) this 12 months. Hyperlink Academy (Branson, Mo.), which completed its common season with just one loss to Montverde Academy, is up three spots to No. 2. Hyperlink Academy will obtain a berth to GEICO Nationals after shedding to the Eagles in final 12 months’s title sport. How would Paul VI fare on the match ought to it obtain an invitation?
Abrupt Endings For Duncanville & Camden
For 2 highly-ranked groups with FAB 50 title aspirations, there’s an abrupt ending to its season, one anticipated and one unexpectedly. For Duncanville (Texas), the defending FAB 50 nationwide champion, it knew it will not take part and defend its College Intersholastic League (UIL) Class 6A state title since November, when it opted out of the 2022-23 UIL playoffs. The defending state and nationwide champion Panthers had a terrific season, and their outcomes will have an effect on the ultimate version of the FAB 50 even when will probably be tough for that membership to maneuver up with out the posh of playoffs video games towards the likes of UIL Class 6A front-runners No. 9 Lake Highlands (Dallas, Texas) and No. 16 Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas).
For No. 10 Camden (N.J.), the abrupt ending was sudden to say the least.
Within the first-ever Camden County Match closing between the Panthers (of us, faculty nicknames aren’t that unique or distinctive across the nation) and Eastside (Camden, N.J.), an on-court melee broke out with 4 minutes, 23 seconds remaining within the second quarter when Camden’s Cornelius Robinson, a Bryant recruit, hit Eastside’s Titus Bacon as he was attempting to set a display close to the correct elbow. Bacon then retaliated, which led a number of Panther gamers, together with Mr. Basketball USA candidate D.J. Wagner, to chase after Bacon and Tigers’ gamers. Virtually instantly, the melee introduced gamers from the benches, coaches and followers onto the courtroom.
At that time with Camden main the Tigers, 30-17, sport officers canceled the rest of the sport. Per NJSIAA bylaws, any varsity workforce accumulating three or extra participant or coach disqualifications previous to the beginning of the NJSIAA state match is not going to be permitted to take part in it. Earlier than the NJSIAA might rule on the incident, the Camden Metropolis College District determined to pulled each golf equipment from the state match. Each golf equipment had been defending state champions of their respective division and each seasons are actually over. Camden was the No. 2 seed in South Jersey Group 2 and was the favourite to win a bit and state title.
Just like Duncanville, Camden is now listed with an asterisk (***) subsequent to its won-loss report to point its 2022-23 season is full. The Panthers’ report doesn’t embrace the competition with Eastside, as that sport is mirrored as a default, neither is the forfeit loss to Lindenwold within the opening spherical of the state match. It’s an unlucky incident, and Camden will probably be judged by its on-court report as will the FAB 50 ranked groups it beat and misplaced to (No. 6 Columbus of Florida and No. 8 Centennial of California)
One other newcomer is No. 45 Richmond Heights (Ohio), which knocked off earlier No. 40 St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 83-80, to cap off an unbeaten common season. Richmond Heights takes over as Ohio’s prime ranked workforce general regardless of its Division IV standing within the OHSAA.
Whereas Sidwell-Associates and Roman Catholic return to the nation’s longest-running weekly nationwide rankings, the very best rated newcomer is No. 25 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.). The Braves superior to Saturday’s CIF Southern Part open division championship sport versus No. 8 Centennial (the workforce that handed Camden considered one of its two losses).
Whereas Centennial, the two-time defending CIFSS open champs, superior to the title sport on the Honda Middle by going 3-0 in its pool, St. John Bosco wanted some assist to crack the FAB 50 after shedding its opening pool play sport to No. 35 West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.). St. John Bosco defeated No. 32 Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.) in its second pool sport, so West Ranch managed its personal future because it additionally received its second pool play sport over St. Bernard (Playa del Rey, Calif.). Harvard-Westlake defeated West Ranch in its closing pool play sport and wanted St. Bernard to defeat St. John Bosco within the third and closing pool play sport. Had that occurred, it will have been Harvard-Westlake advancing to play Centennial due to the head-to-head over the Wildcats, the workforce Bosco misplaced to. Since St. John Bosco and Harvard-Westlake each ended up profitable its third sport, Bosco was the workforce to advance with a 2-1 mark.
Bosco’s rating is mirrored in its alternative to beat Centennial in its first journey to the CIFSS open closing, nevertheless it should stay behind No. 20 West Linn (West Linn, Ore.), a workforce the Braves misplaced to throughout a December match in Oregon. Ought to Bosco pull off the minor upset on Saturday, will probably be ranked accordingly. Ought to it lose, nonetheless, there isn’t any assure will probably be ranked greater than No. 35 West Ranch in subsequent week’s FAB 50 and when the CIF open regional match begins on March 1 no matter its seeding.
All groups will probably be judged by their outcomes, even Duncanville and Camden. St. John Bosco has a giant alternative this week, whereas Paul VI hopes its alternative comes down the road to maneuver again up within the FAB 50.
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Up to date FAB 50 Nationwide Staff RankingsPowered by Ballislife.com
(tenth ballot of 2022-23 common season; By means of video games performed on Sunday, Feb. 19; *Signifies forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Signifies forfeits and defaults not included; ***Signifies season full)
No.Prev.Excessive College (Metropolis)File
12Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)23-2
25Link Academy (Branson, Mo.)24-1
33John Marshall (Richmond, Va.)22-0
44Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas)28-1***
57Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.)24-0
69Columbus (Miami, Fla.)22-4
71Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.)26-2
86Centennial (Corona, Calif.)28-3
98Lake Highlands (Dallas, Texas)27-3
1010Camden (Camden, N.J.)23-2***
1112Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.)16-2
1213Imhotep Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.)22-3
1314St. John’s (Washington, D.C.)26-2
1415Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.)18-6
1516Central Cabarrus (Harmony, N.C.)26-0
1617Beaumont United (Beaumont, Texas)30-1
1718Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.)28-1
1820IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)16-7
1921AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.)19-5
2022West Linn (West Linn, Ore.)23-1
2123Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.)20-2
2224Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.)17-5
2325Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)25-2
2426Park Middle (Brooklyn Park, Minn.)21-0
25NRSt. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)26-5
2627Mt. St. Jospeh (Baltimore, Md.)33-3
2728Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.)20-0
2833Penn (Wishawaka, Ind.)21-1
2932Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)18-1
3030Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.)24-0
3131Pinson Valley (Pinson, Ala.)29-0
3211Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.)30-2
3329DME Academy (Daytona Seaside, Fla.)25-6
3438De Pere (De Pere, Wis.)23-0
3519West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.)29-2
3637Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.)21-6
3735Carmel Christian (Matthews, N.C.)27-3
3836Oak Cliff Religion Household (Dallas, Texas)24-3**
3939Carter (Dallas, Texas)27-3
40NRSidwell Associates (Washington, D.C.)22-4
4141Simeon (Chicago, Sick.)26-3
4246Broken Arrow (Damaged Arrow, Okla.)22-0
4342Christ the King (Center Village, N.Y.)20-4
4443Benet Academy (Lisle, Sick.)29-1
45NRRichmond Heights (Richmond Heights, Ohio)22-0
4645Lake Metropolis (Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho) 22-0
47NRRoman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.)20-3
4848Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.)26-2
4949Warren Central (Bowling Inexperienced, Ky.)27-1
5050Radnor (Radnor, Pa.)23-0
Dropped Out: Earlier No. 34 Garfield (Seattle, Wash.), No. 40 St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), No. 44 Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), No. 47 Bentonville West (Centerton, Ark.).
Bubble Groups: Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) 17-8; Bentonville West (Centerton, Ark.) 24-3; Briarcrest Christian (Eads, Tenn.) 30-2**; Bullis (Potomac, Md.) 25-2; Centerville (Centerville, Ohio) 20-3; Chambers (Charlotte, N.C.) 20-6; Nook Canyon (Draper, Utah) 21-2; Curtis (College Place, Wash.) 24-3; Durango (Las Vegas, Nev.) 19-6; Eagle’s Touchdown (McDonough, Ga.) 25-1; East Nashville (Nashville, Tenn.) 24-0; Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.) 18-8; Edmond North (Edmond, Okla.) 20-2; Ellison (Killeen, Texas) 32-3; Farmville Central (Farmville, N.C.) 24-1; Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) 21-2; Grand Blanc (Grand Blanc, Mich.) 17-2; Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 21-5; Hammond Central (Hammond, Ind.) 20-1; Hayfield (Alexandria, Va.) 24-1; Heights (Wichita, Kan.) 17-1; Highland Park (Topeka Kan.) 16-0**; Horn Lake (Horn Lake, Miss.) 29-1; Jackson-Reed (Washington, D.C.) 24-6**; Joliet West (Joliet, Sick.) 25-5; Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Ark.) 25-3; Kell (Marietta, Ga.) 23-2; Kennedy (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 20-0; Kenwood Academy (Chicago, Sick.) 24-6; Kimball (Kimball, Texas) 26-2; Liberty (Henderson, Nev.) 20-9; McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 21-6; Metamora (Metamora, Sick.) 27-2; Modesto Christian (Modesto, Calif.) 24-6; Muskegon (Muskegon, Mich.) 17-2; Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.) 22-4; Newton (Covington, Ga.) 17-10; Nixa (Nixa, Mo.) 24-0; Norcross (Norcross, Ga.) 23-4; North Farmington (Farmington Hills, Mich.) 17-1; North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, N.C.) 25-2; Northern Nash (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 25-2; Northside (Roanoke, Va.) 24-0; Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) 22-10; Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 20-13; Oak Park (Kansas Metropolis, Mo.) 23-1; Putnam Metropolis North (Oklahoma Metropolis, Okla.) 22-1; Studying (Studying, Pa.) 24-1; Sacred Coronary heart Griffin (Springfield, Sick.) 27-3; Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.) 30-3; Seven Lakes (Katy, Texas) 31-4; Staley (Kansas Metropolis, Mo.) 23-2; Starkville (Starkville, Miss.) 24-4; St. Augustine (San Diego, Calif.) 25-4; St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) 18-2; UOD Jesuit (Detroit, Mich.) 16-3; Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.) 17-7; Volcano Vista (Albuquerque, N.M.) 24-1; Wasatch Academy (Mt. Nice, Utah) 13-10.
Notice: 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.
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