St. Louis Area 16U AAU Boys Basketball rankings

So, who is the best St. Louis Area 16U AAU boys basketball team?  I guess it's Bradley Beal but we will never really know for sure because I don't think they ever showed their face in town.  All  of their tournaments, if I am not mistaken, were on the road.  SW Illinois Jets Orange, Larry Hughes, Gateway and Team Ramey, all threw in their support for local tournaments but I didn't see Beal in a tournament here.  If I am wrong, please correct me.  I was hoping that maybe they would show up for Three Stripes Alliance or Arch Challenge.  Didn't happen.

I think that the Jets Orange or a healthy LHBA (was there ever a fully healthy LHBA squad this year?) could have taken on Beal in a good game.  We need to have one tournament where we can settle bragging rights for the area, don't we?

So, I have to base the rankings on all of the out-of-state results around the nation and Beal, while taking a beating early in the year, has come on strong of late and looked really good.  Jets Orange had a nice run, winning the Recruit Look Finale down in Atlanta and LHBA looked strong against some talented Ramey teams at Three Stripes and could have won the Hardwood Classic II if the wheels hadn't fallen off the cart on the first night with big Sam Thompson spraining an ankle.  The Ramey teams are always strong and would be even stronger if they could even out their squads with the shooters on White and the power forwards on Red.  Gateway is a force every year and the Knights are coming on.  And the St. Louis Blazers seemed to come out of nowhere of late.  St. Louis area is becoming a national hotbed of basketball talent.

Here's the rankings.  Can't wait to see these guys play for their high schools this winter.

Enjoy.

ST LOUIS AREA FINEST TEAMS FINAL RANKINGS
RANK	TEAM	STATE	RATING
1	Brad Beal Elite	MO	127.9
2	SW IL JETS ORANGE	IL	122.3
3	LARRY HUGHES BASKETBALL	MO	119.8
4	ST. LOUIS BLAZERS	MO	119.0
5	TEAM RAMEY CCM RED	MO	118.1
6	GATEWAY	MO	117.3
7	Illinois Bears - Black	IL	114.1
8	SW IL JETS BLUE	IL	113.7
9	Capital City Team Work	IL	113.2
10	RAMEY-CCM White	MO	110.2
11	Arsenal Hoops Elite	MO	109.3
12	Illinois Bears - Hardiek	IL	107.5
13	Missouri Flight - Blue	MO	106.7
14	Knights Basketball Club	MO	106.5
15	Illinois Bears	IL	105.6
16	Semo Bulls	MO	105.2
17	Heart of Illinois	IL	105.2
18	CarrollGoL1ve	MO	104.2
19	Missouri Basketball Club	MO	104.2
20	The Work Foundation	IL	103.8
21	Mid-Mo Rebels	MO	103.6
22	Express Elite	IL	103.6
23	Stl Hustle	MO	103.6
24	Illinois TWolves	IL	103.6
25	Team Too Much (MO)	MO	102.7
26	Evolution Elite 16U	IL	102.3
27	Illinois Bears - Goforth	IL	101.1
28	St Louis Cobras Elite (MO)	MO	99.1
29	815 Future Premier Gio	IL	99.0
30	CCM/Falcons Red	MO	98.1
31	St. Louis Eagles	MO	97.6
32	Il Bears - NY2LA	IL	97.2
33	SEMO Select	MO	96.1
34	St. Louis Warriors	MO	95.9
35	Missouri Impact 16U	MO	95.1
36	Arsenal Hoops Select	MO	92.4
37	Team Isaiah Prophets 16U	MO	92.3
38	Team 573	MO	92.0
39	34Hoops (TheAssociation)	MO	91.8
40	Q.C. Ballers	IL	91.2
41	Illini Magic	IL	90.0
42	Machine Elite	MO	89.9
43	All Missouri Attack	MO	89.8
44	Magic	MO	89.7
45	Instinct Basketball	MO	88.8
46	Columbia Sting	MO	88.4
47	1 Team 1 Family (16U) (MO)	MO	88.3
48	Northside Academy (MO)	MO	87.6
49	Southern Illinois Rush	IL	86.4
50	Team OPA	MO	84.9
51	CIP Springfield	IL	84.0
52	Peoria Area Elite	IL	82.2
53	ET21 Buckeyes	IL	81.9
54	Illinois Bears - White	IL	79.4
55	Illinois Inferno (IL)	IL	73.4
56	JC THUNDER	MO	71.9
57	Belgium IAF Eagles	IL	69.6
58	Troops (MO)	MO	60.9