28th Annual All-American Elite Team
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Dariq Whitehead Named Mr. Basketball USA!
Dariq Whitehead is 2021-22 National POY
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Salute to All-Time FAB 50 No. 1s
A detailed listing of the all-time No. 1 ranked high school basketball teams.
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NEW FAB 50: GEICO Nationals Yields New No. 1!
With Montverde Academy (Fla.) capturing GEICO Nationals, we have a new No. 1!
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UPDATED FAB 50: New Week, New No. 1!
We have a new No. 1 for the third straight rankings update!
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NEW FAB 50: Look Who’s Back!
There’s a new No. 1 in the first FAB 50 for 2022.
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UPDATED FAB 50: Look Who’s No. 1 Now!
After defeating previous No. 1 and five other teams ranked at the time, Duncanville (Texas) takes over the top spot!
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NEW FAB 50: Who’s No. 1 Now?
No. 1, 2 and 3 all went down last week, so who is No. 1 now?
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FAB 50: Best Wings in the Top 15
A look at the best wings among the Top 15-ranked teams in the FAB 50 rankings.
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FAB 50: Best Big Men in the Top 15!
A detailed look at the best big men who make up the top 15 of the FAB 50.
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Preseason 2021-22 SOUTHEAST Region Top 20 Rankings!
As a follow up to the preseason FAB 50, we go 20 teams deep from five separate regions…
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Montverde Academy FIRST GAME Of Season vs Hansel Enmanuel! The Most OP Team In The Nation!?
Montverde Academy faced off against Life Christian at the KT Classic today. Montverde featuring Dariq Whitehead, Dillon Mitchell,…
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Final, Expanded 2020-21 FAB 50 Rankings!
Expanded writeups!
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Magical Night For Montverde Academy!
2020-21 High School All-American Elite Team
27th Annual AA Team
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FINAL Southeast Region Top 20 Rankings!
Final Southeast Region Top 20
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Salute to All-Time FAB 50 No. 1s
A detailed listing of the all-time No. 1 ranked high school basketball national champions.
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FAB 50 Champs: Montverde Academy!
Program earns 6th FAB 50 crown
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UPDATED FAB 50: Ain’t Over Yet!
Season isn’t over yet……
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GEICO Nationals Field Set
10-team field announced
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NEW FAB 50: Dream Seasons…and Nightmares!
8 teams go stumbling as playoffs thicken!
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UPDATED FAB 50: State Champs Crowned!
Five newcomers to latest FAB 50 rankings!
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UPDATED FAB 50: Who’s No. 1 Now?
With MVA taking a L, that’s the big question.
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NEW FAB 50: MLK Edition!
Special edition shows many changes after big MLK games!
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In The Paint Show: NBA COVID Issues, NIBC St. James with ESPN’s Paul Biancardi and LaLu HC Pat Holmes
Ron, Dev and guests Paul Biancardi (ESPN) and Patrick Holmes (La Lumiere head coach) discuss the latest on high school basketball.
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NEW FAB 50: Teams Hopeful, Others Done!
Some ranked teams will not play per local COVID-19 guidelines.
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1st UPDATED Regular Season FAB 50 Rankings!
First 2020-21 regular season FAB 50 now out!
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Preseason 2020-21 SOUTHEAST Region Top 20 Rankings!
As a follow up to the preseason FAB 50, we go 20 teams deep from five separate regions…
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Final, Expanded 2019-20 FAB 50 Rankings!
All 50 ranked teams written up with explanations for why they were placed in these positions with comparisons to preseason ranking.
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Cade Cunningham TOPS Final POY Tracker!
The final, expanded 2019-20 Mr. Basketball USA ballots are in and the clear-cut top candidate is Oklahoma State-bound point guard Cade Cunningham of FAB 50 No. 1 Montverde Academy!
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Who’s The Greatest Team Ever?
FAB 50 No. 1 Montverde Academy just completed one of the most dominant seasons ever. Are they the greatest team of all-time?
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FINAL 2019-20 FAB 50: Montverde Academy Is No. 1!
With GEICO Nationals off the board and nearly every school district around the country closing its campuses, it’s time to release the final FAB 50 Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com.
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NEW FAB 50 Rankings: 6 Newcomers After MLK Weekend!
This is the week we traditionally release our FAB 50 24 hours later than normal to accommodate all the MLK showcases. When the dust settled, we have a new No. 2 team, plenty of movement and six newcomers led by No. 39 Evanston (Evanston, Ill.).
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FAB 50 Breakdown: Past, Present, Future
MLK weekend is a huge barometer for the top teams in the country, so we dig a bit deeper on what might transpire as team prepare for a post-season run. We also take a quick look at the rankings over the years and what could potentially happen to the longest-running weekly national rankings in the future.
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UPDATED FAB 50 Rankings: Gearing Up For MLK Weekend!
This is the time of the year that we reward teams in the FAB 50 for remaining unbeaten and playing tough schedules. Although there isn’t an abundance of new ranked teams, MLK Weekend, particularly the Spaulding Hoophall Classic, should bring plenty of movement to next week’s special FAB 50 MLK edition!
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NEW FAB 50 Rankings: MAJOR Shakeup For 2020!
It’s pretty obvious who the nation’s No. 1 team is, but the latest edition of the FAB 50 National Team Rankings was still the toughest set of results to compile, and make sense of, in many years. When the dust settled, we came up with a pecking order we’re comfortable with, including 11 newcomers!
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Holiday Tournaments: 3 Things We Learned!
We attended three post-Christmas tournaments around Southern California and followed the other major ones across the country and came away with three major take aways. Is FAB 50 No. 1 Montverde Academy (Fla.) unbeatable? Is Rancho Christian (Calif.) the team to beat for the CIF Open Division title?
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High School’s #1 Team Montverde vs #6 IMG Academy for the City of Palms Championship!
Montverde Academy & IMG Academy went at it for the 2019 City of Palms Classic Championship!
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NEW FAB 50 Rankings: NEW No. 1 & 11 Newcomers!
There’s a new No. 1 in the latest FAB 50 National Team Rankings, as Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) takes over the top spot after IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) falls to Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.). Knocking off the No. 1 team was not even the most incredible performance by the Panthers recently, as they needed SEVEN overtimes to remain unbeaten heading into the holiday tournament season!
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1st UPDATED Regular Season FAB 50 Rankings!
With Thanksgiving now a must-see weekend throughout the country, it’s necessary to update our preseason national rankings following the holiday. The first regular season edition of the 2019-20 FAB 50 shows six new teams and plenty of movement!
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