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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 3468569, member: 199"] There is definitely a difference between #1 ranked players coming out of HS and it is not always apparent even in this modern era of everyone tracking junior HS kids through HS. Some of the issue can be the result of college coaching, but mostly it is that maybe one year in 5 there is an exceptional HS player headed to college Maya, Parker, EDD, Griner, Stewart are the ones that stood out from early in HS and everyone knew they were going to be Great. DT didn't actually separate from her HS classmates, but with Geno and as a pro has become special. Ionescu was ranked 4th (Cox, Holmes, and Dangerfield were #1-3) in HS but is clearly the best player in her college class. The other #1 players are more like Lou and KML and Christyn and Walker and ... with good college coaching and good teammates and good health they can be very good, or they can have plateaued in HS and be passed by peers who continue to develop, but for whatever reason they don't separate themselves from their age mates. [/QUOTE]