Sunday, September 23, 2012

High School Basketball: Fifty-Years of #1 Recruits!!! (1992-1983)

JASON KIDD: Class of 1992


Written by: Prospect-Central

When recruiting analysts decide who the best high school basketball players are in the country, it's usually just an opinion and done so subjectively.  Since there are a number of recruiting sites that have put out rankings over the years, opinions have varied as to who the best players were from each class.  With that being said, Prospect-Central has put together a video montage of the #1 high school basketball players in the country over the last fifty-years.

Of the fifty recruits, there were fourteen I felt still deserve their #1 status to this day.  The other thirty-six players had excellent careers in their own right, some of them even making the Basketball Hall of Fame, but there still could have been even better selections in my opinion.  Whenever that was the case, I added the player who's career I felt earned him the right to be called #1 in his high school graduating class.  So sit back, relax and take a ride through the last fifty-years of high school basketball's top recruits. * Below are the #1 high school basketball recruits from the Class of 1992-1983.  Of the ten players, there are three I feel still deserve their #1 status to this day.

Class of 1992
Jason Kidd pg / 6'4'' 210 / Saint Joseph Notre Dame / California

Class of 1991
Chris Webber pf / 6'10'' 245 / Detroit Country Day / Michigan

Class of 1990
Ed O'Bannon sf / 6'8'' 225 / Artesia High / UCLA

Grant Hill sf / 6'8'' 225 / South Lakes High / Duke / Profile



Class of 1989
Kenny Anderson pg / 6'0'' 170 / Archbishop Molly / Georgia Tech

Shaquille O'neal c / 7'1'' 320 / Cole High / LSU / Profile



Class of 1988
Alonzo Mourning c / 6'10'' 250 / Indian River / Georgetown

Class of 1987
Marcus Liberty sf / 6'8'' 220 / Martin Luther King / Illinois

Larry Johnson pf / 6'6'' 250 / Skyline High / UNLV / Profile



Class of 1986
J.R. Reid pf / 6'9'' 250 / Kempsville High / North Carolina

Gary Payton pg / 6'4'' 180 / Skyline High / Oregon State / Profile



Class of 1985
Danny Ferry pf / 6'10'' 230 / DeMatha Catholic / Duke

Tim Hardaway pg / 6'0'' 175 / Carver High / UTEP / Profile



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Ben Wilson sf / 6'8'' 220 / Simeon Career Academy / Profile



Class of 1984
Danny Manning pf/c / 6'10'' 230 / Lawrence High  / Kansas

Mitch Richmond sg / 6'5'' 220 / Boyd Anderson High / Kansas State / Profile



Class of 1983
Reggie Williams sg/sf / 6'7'' 190 / Paul Laurence Dunbar / Georgetown

David Robinson c / 7'1'' 240 / Osbourn Park / U.S. Naval Academy / Profile



Honorable Mentions
Scottie Pippen sf / 6'7'' 210 / Hamburg High / Central Arkansas / Profile
Reggie Miller sg/sf / 6'7'' 185 / Riverside Polytech / UCLA / Profile



#1 Recruits
Class of 2012-2003
Class of 2002-1993
Class of 1982-1973
Class of 1972-1963

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