2021 US Boys 14U and 8th grade Basketball Rankings - State by State Comparison

USA Boys 14U / 8th Grade Basketball Ranks - State by State Comparison

August 30, 2017

Here's a summary of the 4000 plus teams that I analyzed for the 2016-2017 season, with each state included.  For some states, I have only a few data points so the statistics are less valid, but I focused on states that had teams in the top 25 on IndiHoops and Coast 2 Coast rankings and cherry picked some tournaments in smaller states.  A couple of states (Montana and ?) are totally missing.

The summary includes the number of teams evaluated, the average rating for all teams in that state, the top ten average rating, the top team, their rating and their ranking in the country.

If you find your team in the wrong state, it is because some tournaments don't indicate their origin so I place them in the state that the tournament was held. 

IF YOUR TEAM WAS THE BEST TEAM IN A STATE AND YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE LISTED, SHOUT OUT!  But bring some tournament links so that I can check them out.

Shout out to California with the best top 10 state average and Las Vegas Elite as the best team:

 

2017 14U/8th Grade State by State Rankings
Rank	State	# Teams rated	Average Rank	Top Ten Rank	Top Team	Team Rating	USA Rank
1	California	322	76.7	118.3	Cali Rise Elite	128.5	3
2	Texas	354	73.1	116.6	San Antonio Hardwork	124.4	13
3	Maryland/DC	47	86.4	115.5	New World	124.8	11
4	Florida	107	84.9	111.1	Team Jayhawks Elite	123.2	16
5	Washington	37	89.0	110.2	Seattle Rotary	127.0	4
6	New York	181	80.1	109.6	New York Dragons	126.8	6
7	Georgia	148	81.7	109.2	XXI Premier	121.6	22
8	Virginia	79	77.4	109.0	757 Elite	126.9	5
9	Massachusetts	139	80.0	108.7	Brookwood Elite	113.1	56
10	Tennessee	115	77.4	107.7	We All Can Go All Stars	126.6	7
11	Indiana	116	67.8	107.0	Team Teague	114.2	54
12	Alabama	38	84.6	106.6	Birmingham Storm	126.4	8
13	Nevada	46	75.7	105.9	Vegas Elite	131.5	1
14	Arkansas	54	76.7	105.5	Arkansas Hawks	111.6	71
15	Illinois	198	66.5	105.0	Mac Irvin Fire	121.4	24
16	New Jersey	47	87.1	104.8	Hilltopper Heat Basketball Club	118.4	35
17	Pennsylvania	74	77.2	104.4	Philly Triple Threat	112.9	58
18	North Carolina	62	74.9	104.2	Carolina Legends	129.5	2
19	Ohio	205	70.4	104.0	Tru Game	109.8	109
20	Minnesota	207	67.5	103.5	Team 1 Tyus 2021	111.0	77
21	Oklahoma	120	73.0	103.1	AET Elite	115.8	46
22	Utah	73	78.8	103.0	Drive Nation 2021	112.4	61
23	Kansas	49	78.4	102.5	Kansas Pray and Play Players	124.7	12
24	Louisiana	56	79.6	101.8	Elfrid Payton Elite	111.8	67
25	Michigan	88	73.7	101.2	Oakland Elite	107.7	111
26	Missouri	256	56.1	101.1	Team Ramey	104.8	165
27	Wisconsin	117	70.6	100.9	Ray Allen Select	119.6	30
28	Nebraska	105	73.4	100.1	Nebraska Hoops Elite	116.2	45
29	Kentucky	90	72.7	99.8	Hoops Avenue Manimal	122.5	19
30	Oregon	93	69.8	98.3	Demo Prep Black	121.4	23
31	International	61	67.1	97.3	We Will Win - Nova Scotia	106.3	132
32	Colorado	54	78.2	96.1	Colorado Hawks	109.6	95
33	Connecticut	36	77.0	94.6	Greenwich Stars	102.0	234
34	Arizona	19	81.5	93.1	The Legions of Hoops	102.8	210
35	Idaho	7	89.7	89.7	Hoop Dreams	101.7	245
36	Iowa	80	55.7	88.4	All Iowa Attack Red Ames IA	106.4	129
37	Rhode Island	7	87.9	87.9	Rhode Island Magic	99.8	345
38	New Hampshire	4	87.8	87.8	Northeast Elite	101.6	250
39	South Carolina	17	80.6	87.6	Coastal Crew Rebels	103.2	197
40	Delaware	4	86.9	86.9	Delaware Spurs	92.4	730
41	Mississippi	17	73.2	86.1	JACKSON TIGERS ELITE	123.0	17
42	Hawaii	13	77.3	84.6	Honolulu Tar Heels	100.2	312
43	Wyoming	3	83.4	83.4	Wyoming Flight Blue	86.7	1137
44	North Dakota	4	77.0	77.0	Jr Bisons Kraus	110.6	81
45	Maine	8	72.4	72.4	Maine Renegade Black	100.4	303
46	West Virginia	10	68.7	68.7	TriState Assault White	102.2	226
47	New Mexico	4	64.4	64.4	Blackout	80.5	1614
48	Alaska	3	63.6	63.6	Alaska Rebels	99.4	355
49	Vermont	3	55.2	55.2	Green Mountain Raptors	75.9	1995
	Summary	3977	75.69	96.81	Average	112.07