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With the official start of the high school basketball season just over the horizon, we thought it was time to update HighSchoolHoop.com’s rankings of the Top 50 Players in the Country.

We took into consideration everything that has gone down since the last time we released these rankings – the closeout of the high school season, AAU, summer camps, and everything else – to produce the most comprehensive Top 50 you will find anywhere online. Our rankings are simple: These are the Top 50 players in high school basketball, regardless of class. MORE >

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Seven of the Top Nine Teams in ESPN’s Fab 50 Rankings to Compete In the Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2012 Spalding Hoophall Classic in January

Expanding to five days with 46 teams in its 11th year, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2012 Spalding Hoophall Classic, presented by Big Y World Class Markets, will once again be held at Springfield College’s Blake Arena from January 12-16 during Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. The nationally renowned event will showcase some of the top high school basketball teams from across the nation. MORE >

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The class of 2012 is severe. And the longer the NBA Lockout drags on, the more attention there will be put on the high school ranks. With no NBA, the league’s stars of tomorrow will be in the spotlight like never before.

With that in mind, here are five of our favorite high school super recruits, complete with visual evidence of their dominance: MORE >

Words. Kevin Smith

After months of deliberation, Kyle Anderson, a top-five player in the nation, has decided to attend UCLA. Passing on schools such as Florida, Georgetown, St. John’s, and Seton Hall, the New Jersey native from St. Anthony High School (Jersey City, N.J.) plans to turn around a school that hasn’t had much success since making three-straight Final Fours from 2006-08. MORE >

Words. Aron Phillips

Through the years, adidas Nations has become one of the must-see events of the summer. And with the fifth annual global experience slated for this weekend back in Los Angeles, adidas has revealed the rosters for the world’s premier international grassroots basketball program. MORE >

Words. Aron Phillips

Through the years, the Boost Mobile Elite 24 has become one of the must-see events of the summer. And with the sixth annual game slated for this August back at Venice Beach, ESPN RISE has selected the first 12 players for the game headlined by Dime/2K Sports All-Americans Shabazz Muhammad, Perry Ellis, Tony Parker and three-time participant DaJuan Coleman. MORE >