Thursday, December 13th, 2007 | 14 Comments
#6: St. Patrick’s HS; Elizabeth, NJ
After playing the background as Corey Fisher and Jeff Robinson led St. Pat’s to consecutive New Jersey Tournament of Champions crowns, junior guard Dexter Strickland will try to live up to his hype and build his own legacy under Celtics coach Kevin Boyle. He’ll have help, as rugged senior post Quintrell Thomas, scrappy senior guard Jermel Jenkins and two highly-touted freshmen, forward Mike Gilchrist and point guard Shaquille Stokes, ride with him.
With his brother Justin now a freshman at Washington, elite senior guard Jrue Holiday attempts to pu
First Team: Kobe Bryant, guard, Lower Merion HS, Ardmore, PA Tim Thomas, forward, Paterson Catholi
First Team: Felipe Lopez, guard, Rice HS, New York, NY Raef LaFrentz, senior, M-F-L HS, Monona, IA
First Team: Rashard Lewis, forward, Alief-Eisik HS, Houston, TX Al Harrington, forward, St. Patric
The highly-touted junior trio of forwards Terrell Vinson, Isaiah Armwood and Tristan Spurlock lead t
14 Responses to “#6: St. Patrick’s HS; Elizabeth, NJ”
Dec.13 at 1:56 am
Thomas says:
when is the game? and will it be on msg or something?
Dec.13 at 2:04 am
Thomas says:
my fault, didn’t read this right. looking forward to see strickland take the lead and i’d like to see thomas before he goes to ku.
Dec.18 at 10:18 pm
tack minor says:
How are you gonna have a top-50 countdown and name the #1 team in the middle of the year? You cant name the #1 team in the middle of the damn season, that changes all the time! Damn!
Dec.19 at 6:14 pm
YAY AREA'S FINEST says:
YEAH THIS IS LIGHTWEIGHT RETARDED
Dec.19 at 7:59 pm
tack minor says:
We should start our own list.. At #5 I guess I got St. Anthony (Jersey City)
with Mike Rosario and Travon Woodall.
Dec.19 at 11:40 pm
Ben Hogan says:
#4 Probably Oak Hill. They have lost a few games recently, and they don’t have the inside presence they have had before (usually a 6′11″ or 2), but they are still a very good team.
Dec.20 at 2:24 pm
matty p says:
i playerd gilchrist in 7th grade, and he was nasty then too.
Dec.21 at 3:30 pm
YAY AREA'S FINEST says:
good to see we’re up to an 8 day break in the rankings… so how can a preseason poll come out with oak hill already having played like 10 times
Dec.21 at 6:47 pm
YAY AREA'S FINEST TOO says:
Dumb
Dec.22 at 10:29 pm
lawrence moten says:
#3 should be St. Patricks. I know this list has them at #6, but pay no attention to this list. It is very obvious that whoever is in charge of updating this list can not preform their job well.
Dec.30 at 7:19 pm
three stripes says:
…this is the worst I have seen SLAM in a long time. Over 2 weeks and no update on a preseason high school list?? Horrible.
Dec.31 at 9:28 pm
YAY AREA'S FINEST says:
its nice that they still havent finished their list and were now into league play… what a joke
Jan.3 at 12:49 am
Ben Hogan says:
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Jan.19 at 10:09 pm
espn is better says:
^^they at least finished their high school list