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          Ranking the top 25 high school players regardless of class

          Emoni Bates' enormous potential makes him the top prospect in all of high school basketball. Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports
          • Paul Biancardi, Basketball RecruitingDec 5, 2019, 01:00 PM
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            • National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com
            • 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level
            • Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State
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          In June, ESPN took a crack at ranking the best players in the top three classes of high school basketball, regardless of class, with the sensational Emoni Bates topping our list back then. The list has undergone some revision since that time, but the top three have remained unchanged, with Bates, USC-bound Evan Mobley, and Oklahoma State-bound Cade Cunningham still occupying the initial spots.