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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 1996560, member: 199"] Back on topic - the real problem with rankings and McD's selection is that the universe they are dealing with and the geography is so dispersed, and the money involved for those trying to rank or select so minimal that no one can pretend to evaluate everyone at the high school level - you are left evaluating on box scores (also incredibly sparse and hard to collate), AAU team selection process for the big travel teams which are the ones most frequently seen, and the team selection process for the traveling HS teams which also get seen. The change USA basketball made by allowing U16 (and U17?) prospects to pay their own way to trials is a recognition of that issue, and the results have been positive in broadening the exposure of a number of kids who have performed better than those 30+ invitees USA has selected in a process similar but a little broader than AA selections. It still limits based on cash in hand because the expenses are probably beyond a bunch of HS ballers, but it is better than what came before. [/QUOTE]