St. Louis Area 17U boys basketball ratings 9/18/2020

 I just posted the final 17U "national" rankings, alphabetical and by State ratings at: 

Ranking

https://grampsgrassroots2020.blogspot.com/2020/09/final-17u-grassroots-boys-basketball.html

Alphabetical

https://grampsgrassroots2020.blogspot.com/2020/09/2020-grassroots-17u-power-ratings-by.html

By State

https://grampsgrassroots2020.blogspot.com/2020/09/grassroots-17u-boys-basketball-ratings.html

 

Just for fun, I sorted the teams that are located in and around St. Louis into a ranking also.  By far, the SW Illinois Jets program is the best, topped by Jets Orange.  Hats off to Coach McMurray and his teams for leading the way.  

The Larry Hughes team, coached by Eric Bain is my second pick.  Coach Bain has had this group together for 5 or 6 years, first as the Force and then aligned with LHBA.  It is a special group of kids that might not come along at LHBA for a while. 

I may have missed a couple of local teams but you have to give the Jets bragging rights this year.








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