Michigan's top 100 high school boys basketball players for 2019-20

Mick McCabe

Special to Detroit Free Press

Former Free Press sports writer Mick McCabe gives his list of the top 100 boys basketball players in Michigan for the 2019-20 season.

Top 50

1. Emoni Bates, 6-9, sophomore, Ypsilanti Lincoln

2. Isaiah Jackson, 6-9, senior, Waterford Mott

3. Jalen Terry, 6-1, senior, Flint Beecher

4. Carlos Johnson, 6-6, senior, Benton Harbor

5. Lorne Bowman, 6-2, senior, Orchard Lake St. May’s

6. Kobe Bufkin, 6-4, junior, Grand Rapids Christian

Guarded by Shamrock Davis Lukomski - Orchard Lake St. Mary player Lorne Bowman II dribbles around the top of the key.

7. Pierre Brooks II, 6-5, junior, Detroit Douglass

8. Matt Nicholson, 7-0, senior, Clarkston

9. Ty Rodgers, 6-7, sophomore, Grand Blanc

10. Jarvis Walker, 6-2, senior, Muskegon

11. Legend Geeter, 6-7, junior, River Rouge

12. Julian Roper, 6-3, junior, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

13. Tyson Acuff, 6-4, senior, Detroit Cass Tech

14. Jaden Akins, 6-3, junior, Farmington

15. Fletcher Loyer, 6-4, sophomore, Clarkston

16. Foster Wonders, 6-5, junior, Iron Mountain

17. Ryan Rollins, 6-3, senior, Macomb Dakota

River Rouge small forward Legend Geeter (4) plays against Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies during first half at the A. Alfred Taubman Center For Design Education in Detroit, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.

18. Maliq Carr, 6-5, senior, Oak Park

19. Sir’Real Smith, 6-1, senior, Saginaw

20. Julian Lewis, 6-6, junior, Ann Arbor Huron

21. Omar Zeigler Jr., 6-5, junior, Detroit King

22. Will Dunn, 6-9, senior, Quincy

23. Mykel Bingham, 6-7, senior, Grand Rapids Catholic Central

24. Joe Liedel, 5-10, senior, Erie Mason

25. Basheer Jihad, 6-7, junior, North Farmington

26. Griffin Yaklich, 6-6, senior, Saline

27. Luc Laketa, 6-5, senior, Hanover-Horton

28. Brendan Sullivan, 6-4, junior, Davison

Maple City Glen Lake guard Reece Hazelton scores against Monroe St. Mary CC forward Christopher Haut during first period action of the Class C MHSAA semifinals Thursday, March 22, 2018, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing MI.

29. DaJion Humphrey, 6-3, senior, Southfield Christian

30. Josef Gjonaj, 6-4, senior, Warren De La Salle

31. Jack Karasinski, 6-6, sophomore, Grand Rapids Catholic Central

32. Reece Hazelton, 6-7, senior, Maple City Glen Lake

33. Brody Parker, 5-11, junior, Troy

34. Colin Golson, 6-6, senior, Ferndale

35. Earnest Sanders, 6-2, senior, Flint Beecher

36. Jon Brantley, 6-1, senior, Birmingham Brother Rice

37. Justin DeGraaf, 6-7, senior, Hudsonville

38. Mason Docks, 5-11, sophomore, Williamston

39. Jayden Nunn, 6-3, junior, Flint Carman Ainsworth

40. Trevor Arico, 6-0, senior, Saline

41. Ethan Alderink, 6-6, senior, Holland Christian

Williamston's Mason Docks, left, drives against Haslett's Mitchell Mowid, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in Williamston, Mich.

42. Ty Fortney, 6-8, junior, Taylor Trillium

43. Bryce George, 6-6, senior, Detroit Edison

44. Max Perez, 5-10, senior, Hudsonville

45. Connor Bush, 6-4, senior, Belleville

46. Ja’Moni Jones, 6-0, senior, East Kentwood

47. Keegan Wasilk, 6-3, sophomore, Clarkston

48. Ty Wyman, 6-5, junior, Blissfield

49. Brendan Young, 6-4, junior, Fowlerville

50. Jimmy Scholler, 6-3, senior, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central

Ypsilanti Lincoln's Emoni Bates (21) makes a layup against U-D Jesuit during the first half of MHSAA Division 1 final at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Saturday, March 16, 2019.

The next 50

(in alphabetical order)

Hunter Adams, 6-7, senior, Bridgman

Maurice Anderson, 6-2, senior, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep

TJ Barnes, 5-10, junior, Grandville

Anthony Benard, 6-0, freshman, Grosse Pointe South

Malachi Black, 6-7, junior, Detroit Henry Ford

Damarion Bonds, 6-4, senior, Waterford Mott

Nick Branton, 6-8, senior, South Lyon East

Nathan Claerbaut, 6-10, junior, Zeeland East

Ryan Corner, 6-11, senior, Allendale

Parker Day, 6-6, junior, Saginaw Heritage

Richmond's Daveyon Henderson drives against Marysville during a boys basketball scrimmage on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, at Richmond High School.

Connor Dykema, 6-7, junior, Grand Rapids South Christian

Ethan Erickson, 6-0, junior, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern

Ethan Emerzian, 6-0, junior, Troy

Dante Foreman, 6-6, junior, Wayne

Trevon Gunter, 6-1, senior, Kalamazoo Central

Daveyon Henderson, 6-6, senior, Richmond

Tyler Huenemann, 6-3, senior, Mount Pleasant

Linden Holder, 6-1, junior, Warren De La Salle

Tony Honkala, 6-2, senior, Howell

Marcus Johnson, 5-10, senior, Iron Mountain

Tony Honkala of Howell shoots over Ypsilanti’s Trevon Davis in the semifinal game Friday, March 15, 2019.

Kobe Kambestad, 5-10, sophomore, Grand Rapids West Catholic

Kyle LeGreair, 6-0, senior, Detroit Cass Tech

Owen Lobsinger, 6-7, junior, Flint Powers

Jayshawn Moore, 6-4, senior, Ferndale

Freddie McIntosh, 5-10, senior, Saginaw

Keyon Menifield, 6-1, junior, Flint Beecher

JT Morgan, 6-7, senior, U-D Jesuit

Vern Nash, 5-10, senior, Muskegon

Evan Neff, 6-2, senior, Kingston

Joe Ostrowsky, 5-11, senior, Mount Pleasant

Okemos' Noah Pruitt moves the ball down the court during the second quarter on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Holt High School.

Steve Pearson, 6-3, senior, Detroit Northwestern

Noah Pruitt, 5-9, senior, Okemos

Javante Randle, 6-9, junior, Detroit Douglass

Kevin-David Rice, 6-4, senior, Grand Blanc

Tyler Riemersma, 6-3, junior, Zeeland East

Trae Ruggles, 6-4, senior, Grass Lake

Tae'Veon Ruffin, 6-5, senior, Belleville

DeCorion Temple, 6-6, sophomore, Ypsilanti Lincoln

Trey Townsend, 6-5, senior, Oxford

Martell Turner, 5-11, senior, Roseville

Williamston's Jacob Wallace, right, looks for room as East Lansing's Andrel Anthony defends during the first quarter on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at Williamston High School.

Latavius Vaughter, 6-5, senior, Clio

Zac Velthouse, 6-3, junior, Hudsonville Unity Christian

Jacob Wallace, 6-4, sophomore, Williamston

Colin Weber, 6-5, junior, Hopkins

Raynard Williams, 6-4, senior, Detroit Edison

Chansey Willis, 6-2, sophomore, Detroit King

Sonny Wilson, 6-0, senior, U-D Jesuit

Devin Womack, 6-2, junior, Ann Arbor Huron

Marcus Wourman, 5-10, junior, East Lansing

Charles Woodhams, 6-3, senior, Otsego

Mick McCabe is a former longtime columnist of the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at mickmccabe11@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter @mickmccabe1.