17U Grassroots rankings - First Pass 7/16/2020

It sounds bizarre to say it is too early in the season to be posting 17U Boys Grassroots rankings but here we are, four months into the Spring/Summer season and most of the planned tournaments have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.  If you don't want to hear my thoughts on playing with the pandemic, scroll to the bottom for all the tournament ratings.

It is disheartening to think of all those great players, hoping to strut their stuff, sitting at home, isolated, and unable to spread their wings on a hardwood court.  I have two grandsons (17U and 14U) that are getting tired of beating each other up in the driveway and so wish they could be competing.  For many players, the Grassroots program is a ticket out of a bad situation.  A college scholarship is a path to future success.  I don't blame them if they push the envelope of CDC and local health recommendations for avoiding the Covid-19 virus.

But we have already found out how this pandemic reacts to our impatience.  We grew tired of social isolation.  We really wanted to get out on the courts, golf course, restaurants, and bars and now it is backfiring for us.  I understand that Sam Page, St. Louis County commissioner, will be announcing that the county is going back to phase one.  No groups, no gatherings, no basketball practices, no tournaments.  It is really sad the way our federal government has let us down.  Politics and re-elections are more important than our welfare.  People are dying in record numbers because we blew off the deadly spread of this virus.  Nearly 140,000 to date.

Greg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs head coach, just slammed the Governor and Lt. Governor of Texas for playing politics with people's lives.  Rather than shut down the state and protect people, they want to get the economy going and infection rates have sky-rocketed.  Opening schools for the fall may create another huge jump in infections which may shut us down for several years until we get a vaccine.

Here's what I think.  Mask up and stay masked up for the next year.  Treat everyone you meet like they are infected.  You can be nice to people but act like they are infected.  IF we all masked up, and I am including coaches, players, and fans, we might have a high school basketball season next winter.

IF we continue to refuse to mask because no one is going to take away our "rights" then this pandemic will go on for years.  Kids will bring the infection home to parents and grandparents and a whole bunch of us in the higher risk category will be pushing up daisies.

I sure hope that the Grassroots tournaments are not a hot spot for more infections.  I pray that every coach and player stays safe.  We have to do more than hope that they don't get infected.  I think we need to mask players up now.  Get used to the new normal.  This will be our lives for the next few years.

Enough on the pandemic.  I am torn about posting ratings now because of my fears for players but since states have begun holding tournaments, I am going to look at team ratings.  Earl Austin, Jr. has a nice article at Prep Hoops Missouri about all the St. Louis teams playing this weekend.  I wish them all luck.

The ratings are currently calculated for Midwest and Central state tournaments.  I have not pulled together all the teams into one ranking yet because so many tournaments have been canceled.  If these 17U tournaments take place, I will post some more rankings later this month.

Here's what I have seen so far.  The top 17U midwest teams include Indiana Elite 2021, Team Teddy Buckets, Wisconsin Playground UAA, D1 Indiana, Team Illinois International, and Indiana Elite TI.  St. Louis Blazers have fared well but more St. Louis teams will hit the hardcourts this weekend so that will let me start to rank our local teams.

Good luck to all and stay safe.

17U Boys Grass Roots ratings for 2020
Rank Prep Hoops GrindzSzn Kickoff OKC July 4-5, 2020 Rating
1 Team Buddy Buckets 17U 134
2 TBB KS 17U - Gaddis 130
3 Kansas Pray N Play 17U 125
4 BTR 17U 124
5 THP ELITE WHITE 17U 123
6 Team F.O.E. Elite 17u 123
7 Triumph Gold 17U 119
8 TBB KS 17U - Hays 119
9 Oklahoma Power 17U 118
10 Saint Louis Blazers 17U 112
11 International Elite 17U 111
12 Tulsa Hawks Elite 17U 111
13 Victory Ministry 17U 111
14 Texas Tar Heels 17U 111
15 Oklahoma Chaos Elite 17U 110
16 Missouri Elite 110
17 H&H Elite 17U 110
18 Next Level 108
19 Xavier Alexander Swarm Elite 17U 106
20 Triumph Black 17U 106
21 365 Hoops Elite 17U 105
22 Missouri Flight 17U Blue 105
23 RSE Elite 17U 104
24 Oklahoma Wolfpack 17U 102
25 Rocky Mountain Select 101
26 Next Level Up 17U Teal 99
27 SA Legends 99
28 Servants 98
29 Missouri Mavericks 98
30 Tulsa Hawks Blue 17U 97
31 ABC Basketball White 17U 96
32 Tulsa Hawks White 17U 95
33 Oklahoma Hustle 17U Black 94
34 North Florida Hurricanes 17U 92
35 3T-Black 91
36 Oklahoma Hustle 17U White 90
37 THP ELITE BLUE 17U 87
38 34 Hoops 17U 86
39 3T-White 84
40 ABP Athletics 83
41 Ball 4 Life 17U 76
42 Filling in the Lane 17U 75
43 Colorado Anarchy 17U 72
44 Missouri Flight 17U White 70
Prep Hoops HardworkSzn Kickoff Appleton WI July 3-5, 2020
Rank Team Rating
1 Wisconsin Playground UAA 124
2 Wisconsin Independent 17U 121
3 ABC Young Lions Black 17U 121
4 MN Select 17U Ohnstad 119
5 Illinois HoopStars National 17U 119
6 Wisconsin Independent 16U 116
7 MN Crossfire - Stone 114
8 Wisconsin Crusaders AD 17U 113
9 Illinois HoopStars Elite - Willis 17U 113
10 Wisconsin Blizzard 17U Emery 112
11 Illinois HoopStars Elite - Nelson 17U 111
12 Wisconsin Sharks 110
13 Indiana Red Storm 17U 108
14 Evolution Basketball 17U 108
15 Illinois TWolves 17U 106
16 Waterloo Salvation 17U 102
17 Illinois Outwork 17U 102
18 MN Select 17U Robinson 102
19 H.I.T 17U Elite 101
20 Fox Valley Kings 17U 99
21 Team M.O.R.E. Athletics 17U 97
22 Sharks Basketball Academy 17U White 95
23 Illinois HoopStars White 17U 94
24 Team M.O.R.E Smothers 94
25 Wisconsin Blizzard Leland 17U 91
26 Sharks Basketball Academy 17U Blue 91
27 Team 1848 17U 90
28 Illinois Future 17U 87
29 Wisconsin Playmakers-Siler 17U 86
30 Chapman Basketball Academy 17U 83
31 ABC Young Lions White 17U 83
32 South Cook Jaguars 17U 82
33 Team Iowa 17U 77
34 H.I.T. 17U Select 74
35 MN Crossfire - Jorgenson 73
36 Illinois Hoopstars Central 73
iHoop Nation Denver Showcase, July 4-5
Colorado Mayhem Turner 99
5280 Cardinals Mamunes 94
Colorado Soldiers 91
Give Sports 89
Colorado Mayhem Bahlman 86
SC Raptors 77
Lights Out 76
L.O.B. Elite 74
Empire 74
5280 Athletics 72
Panthers 69
Southern Hoopfest, Jackson MS July 4-5
We All We Got 115
Snack Pack Elite 99
Real Deal Elite 98
Louisiana Titans Basketball 97
Mobile Warriors 94
MS Hawks Elite 91
SSA 78
Lousiana Dream Team 75
2020 Big Mountain Jam July 3-5
J.M Elite 113
Utah Impact 113
KaDu 109
Utah Premier National 17U Boys 108
A-Train Magic 17U 101
Rigby Trojans 95
Utah Kings 95
A-Train Oregon Magic 16U 95
Salt Lake Hustle Select 15U 95
Falcons 91
Utah Premier Select U17  85
DubTown 82
Carbon 81
Salt Lake Legends 79
Perfetco's (SLBC) 79
Splash 77
Salt Lake Legends Black 70
Salt Lake Bandits 58
West Jordan Legends 53
Reebok Cape Super 32 Showdownf July 10-12
Illinois Bears-Walker 111
Illinois Bears- Rtizel 102
Fredonia Elite 100
Bullets 100
Armoured Elite 100
Semo Select 99
Missouri Mavericks Premiere 99
Team Thunder 97
ENG Elite 95
SEMO Rockets 94
Team Clutch Elite 89
Southern Illinois Rush 89
Kingdom Come Athletics (KCA) Gold 77
Kingdom Come Athletics (KCA) Purple 77
Go Hard Basketball 76
Brick Layers 63
Reebok St. Louis Summer Jam, July 3-5
St. Louis Cobras A.N.M Elite 102
Illini Magic Springfield 98
St. Louis Cobras Elite Powell 83
Griffin Elite 76
Indiana Hardwood Classic, July 3-4, 2020
IE Side 2021 122
Indiana Elite Hoops Dreams 120
Truth 112
Dayton Metro 103
D1 Indiana Rising Stars 102
Southern Indiana Rouge 101
Indiana Soldiers 100
INB 2021 Elite 99
Next Level 24Elite 98
Indiana Elite Swish 95
Indiana Elite Pride 93
Legends 2021 92
Storm's Coming  79
BC Hoop Dreams 73
G3 George Hill Invitational July 3-5
D1 Indiana  126
G3 All Indy 115
EG/10 115
Ohio Buckets 111
Milwaukee MODE 102
Indy Eagles 100
Indiana Ice 99
Amayesing Sports 95
AWAIT 94
Baller TV Southeastern National Championships, Spartansburg, SC July 10-12
JT Elite ( NJ) 118
RC Kings Of Flight 114
Pointers 106
Team S.M.A.S.H. 98
Sumter Elite (SC) 96
Team Swish 93
SC KINGS 88
SumterBallerz11 88
Ridgewater Rockets 84
Team Chemistry Varsity 81
Mamba Squad Varsity 74
Chicago Summer Jam, July 10-12
125
122
115
113
110
109
108
107
107
104
104
104
103
103
102
100
98
97
95
93
93
87
87
78
Midwest Boys Invitational Westfield IN July 10-12
Indiana Elite 2021
 138
Indiana Elite TI
 126
G3 All Indy 2021
 117
Hopson Elite- Team Scarlett (OH)
 116
Grand Park Premier UA Rise 2021
 114
Indiana Elite Side
 110
Grand Park Premier 2021 White
 109
IABC (IN)
 108
TNBA Elite (OH)
 108
DistinXion 2021 Black (IN)
 106
NOVA Village- Alleyne (OH)
 105
Griffin Elite (KY)
 104
NOVA Village- Lemon (OH)
 104
Grand Park Premier 2021 Black
 100
Indiana Elite Hoop Dreams
 100
Southern Illinois (IL)
 99
TRUTH
 99
Indiana Red Storm 17U
 98
HoopZone Elite (IN)
 98
Mercury Elite 17U Robinson (IL)
 96
Indiana Dawgz- Gransberry
 96
Indiana Dawgz- Pryor
 95
DistinXion 2021 Red (IN)
 95
D1 Indiana A4H
 95
Indiana Hoopers 2021 (IN)
 94
HLB 17U (KY)
 93
Southern Indiana Shock (IN)
 93
Indiana Ice Gold (IN)
 93
Amayesing Sports
 92
Missouri Elite (MO)
 92
Indiana Red Storm- Curry
 92
D1 Indiana Rising Stars
 91
MBA Select (IN)
 90
Indy EBC Blue (IN)
 90
Mercury Elite 17U Rush (IL)
 90
Hopson Elite- Team Gray (OH)
 90
Southern Indiana Rogue (IN)
 89
D13 Elite
 88
Mercury Elite 17U Stephens (IL)
 87
Phenom (OH)
 87
Champions Elite 2021 (FL)
 85
Tipping Point 2021 (IN)
 85
Rock Summit Basketball
 85
Southern Indiana Blaze (IN)
 84
Indiana Elite Blackout (IN)
 82
Indiana Elite Legacy (IN)
 81
Indiana Elite South Bend (IN)
 79
North Oakland Wolfpack (MI)
 77
Rivals (KY)
 72

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