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Montverde Academy
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:36 pm
Montverde Academy has produced many NBA and college basketball players including Cooper Flag and Ben Simmons. What’s the story with this place? Who funds it? How does a guy like Cooper go from Maine to this prep school in Florida?
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:41 pm to danilo
I don't know but their 2019 roster had 5 starters go to the NBA. Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, and Day'Ron Sharpe.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:54 pm to danilo
It replaced Oak Hill as the premier basketball factory.
He doesn't want to keep playing a bunch of guys that will be mechanics a few months after the high school season ends.
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How does a guy like Cooper go from Maine to this prep school in Florida?
He doesn't want to keep playing a bunch of guys that will be mechanics a few months after the high school season ends.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:57 pm to saintsfan22
Posted on 3/24/25 at 7:21 pm to saintsfan22
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He doesn't want to keep playing a bunch of guys that will be mechanics a few months after the high school season ends
So if he was in Chicago he'd have stayed at his high school? What do they become a few months after the high school season ends?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 7:39 pm to Mr Clean
There was also flint Hill Prep in Oakton, VA back then. Dennis Scott is an alum.
Stu Vetter was the coach. Randolph Childress and George Lynch also played there.
Stu Vetter was the coach. Randolph Childress and George Lynch also played there.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 7:43 pm to saturday
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So if he was in Chicago he'd have stayed at his high school?
Not necessarily but he's way more likely to play against fellow high level players there.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 7:52 pm to saintsfan22
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He doesn't want to keep playing a bunch of guys that will be mechanics a few months after the high school season ends.
Question isn’t why but how. Recruiters from the youth scene recommend players? Shoe companies involved?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 7:57 pm to danilo
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Question isn’t why but how. Recruiters from the youth scene recommend players? Shoe companies involved?
Yeah. Monteverde has to beat out Oak Hill, Link Academy, La Lumiere, and all kind of other random basketball factories that pop up.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 7:58 pm to holdmuh keystonelite
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Moses Moody
Mooses Mosy*
Posted on 3/24/25 at 8:11 pm to saturday
King High in Chicago used to be a beast.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 8:28 pm to danilo
I remember going see Ben Simmons as a senior right after he committed to LSU. They were playing at the Alario Center and they were loaded
Posted on 3/24/25 at 10:37 pm to saintsfan22
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He doesn't want to keep playing a bunch of guys that will be mechanics a few months after the high school season ends.
I was so shocked we kept Mitchell Robinson for his senior year… I thought Oak Hill, etc. would be all over him as a 5 star prospect…
Posted on 3/25/25 at 12:28 pm to nolaTiger24
quote:They played a riverside team in the championship of Sugar Bowl Classic that also had 4 or 5 D1 players including two time All American Jared Butler. Final score was like 95-80 or something crazy for 8 minute quarters of a high school game
I remember going see Ben Simmons as a senior right after he committed to LSU. They were playing at the Alario Center and they were loaded
Posted on 3/25/25 at 12:30 pm to danilo
Montverde is an actual school at least unlike places like Prolific Prep
Posted on 3/25/25 at 2:08 pm to holdmuh keystonelite
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I don't know but their 2019 roster had 5 starters go to the NBA. Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, and Day'Ron Sharpe.
2023 had Cooper Flagg(Duke), Liam McNeely(Uconn), Derik Queen(Maryland(and yes he walked)), Asa Newell(uga) and Robert Wright(Baylor). All in the top 28 composite on 247.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 3:59 pm to CharlieTiger
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2023 had Cooper Flagg(Duke), Liam McNeely(Uconn), Derik Queen(Maryland(and yes he walked)), Asa Newell(uga) and Robert Wright(Baylor). All in the top 28 composite on 247.
My guess is this goes down as the best high school team in history up to this point. At least 4 of them will be NBA starters within 5 years
Posted on 3/25/25 at 4:54 pm to diddlydawg7
Calipari said just today that you will see these HS hoop factory schools become weaker because now HS kids can get NIL $.
Just imagine some big, rich Texas high school alum base shelling out big money for a Flagg/Queen type. It will happen.
Just imagine some big, rich Texas high school alum base shelling out big money for a Flagg/Queen type. It will happen.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 6:53 pm to Jack Ruby
But those schools are catered to basketball vs. being catered to academics.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 8:25 pm to danilo
I remember when Findlay Prep was a basketball powerhouse. Wouldn’t call it a school though like Oak Hill.
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