All-Met Watch | Boys' Basketball
We had a such a strong response to our All-Met Watch during football season that we're going to make it a regular feature for girls' and boys' basketball. Here is our first preseason All-Met team -- along with the players on the bubble -- based upon the observations of reporters and feedback from area coaches. All-Mets, though, are made on the court, so each week, we will update this list based upon game results and how each player is performing over the course of the season.
The list of all All-Met teams since 1990.
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First Team | Boys
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DeMatha junior guard Quinn Cook. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)
| F Jonathan Arledge | G Quinn Cook | F Jerian Grant | F Josh Hairston |
| KIMA 6-9 » Sr. | DeMatha 6-1 » Jr. | DeMatha 6-5 » Sr. | Montrose Christian 6-9 » Sr. |
| George Mason recruit has a good outside shot but excels around the basket with his 230-pound frame. Averaged 9.5 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks last season. | Dynamic point guard averaged 11.1 points last season, earning third-team All-Met. Spent the summer playing on USA Basketball's under-16 national team. | Son of former NBA forward Harvey Grant has committed to play for Notre Dame. Averaged 7 points last season but turned it up at right times and excels on defense. | Duke recruit was All-Met last season after averaging 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks while leading Courtland to its first Virginia AA championship. |
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Montrose Christian senior guard Terrence Ross. (Preston Keres/The Washington Post)
| G Cedrick Lindsay | C John Manning | G Kendall Marshall | G Terrence Ross |
| Gonzaga 6-1 » Sr. | Chantilly 7-0 » Jr. | O'Connell 6-3 » Sr. | Montrose Christian 6-4 » Sr. |
| Richmond recruit is one of the region's top shooters. Averaged 16.7 points and last season, earning first-team All-WCAC honors. | With college scholarship offers from almost every big name in the ACC and Big East, an extra 20 pounds and newfound grit could attract even more recruiters. | Highly-regarded hoops prodigy (profiled in The Post as a fifth-grader) averaged 13.4 points last season and excelled in camps and travel-team tournaments this past summer. | Transferred before last season and was All-Met after helping the Mustangs to the area's No. 1 ranking. Committed to Maryland but will wait until the spring to sign. |
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Gonzaga senior guard Tyler Thornton. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
| G Markel Starks | G Tyler Thornton | Georgetown Prep, 6-2 » Sr. | Gonzaga, 6-2 » Sr. |
| A sensational scoring point guard, the Georgetown recruit averaged 19.8 points and 2.7 three-pointers per game last season for the Little Hoyas. | Returning All-Met and Duke recruit is the consummate floor leader. Averaged 14.4 points last season, 6 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 3 steals. |
On the Bubble | Boys
Back court:
Brandon Belt, Arundel, Sr.; Justin Burrell, Potomac (Va.), Sr.; Justin Castleberry, Bowie, Sr.; Keith Crockett, DuVal, Sr.; Ben Hazel, Good Counsel, Sr.; Max Lenox, W.T. Woodson, Sr.; Chris Martin, St. John's, Jr.; Prince Okoroh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr.; Donte Thomas, Ballou, Sr.; Timmone Whatley, Douglass, Jr.; Da'Ron Wiseman, Potomac (Md.), Sr.;
Ryan Yates, T.C. Williams, Sr.; Brandon Young, Friendship Collegiate, Sr.
Ryan Yates, T.C. Williams, Sr.; Brandon Young, Friendship Collegiate, Sr.
Front court:
Justin Anderson, Montrose Christian, Soph.; Tion Barnes, Gwynn Park, Jr.; Stephen Battle, Thomas Stone, Sr.; Justin Drummond, Riverdale Baptist, Sr.; Mikael Hopkins, DeMatha, Jr.; Skylar Jones, Mount Vernon, Sr.; Justin Kuntz, Glen Burnie, Sr.; Isaiah Miles, Glenelg Country Day, Soph.; Victor Oladipo, DeMatha, Sr.; Larry Savage, O'Connell, Jr.
