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 Tuesday, October 5
Top 50 prospects of 1999-2000
 
By FastBreak Recruiting
Special to ESPN.com

 

Player Ht. Pos. Hometown (H.S.) Top 3 schools
1. Eddie Griffin 6-9 PF Philadelphia
(Roman Catholic)
Seton Hall (verbal)
2. Darius Miles 6-9 WF East St. Louis, Ill.
(Lincoln)
NBA, Illinois, DePaul
3. DeShawn Stevenson 6-5 WG Fresno, Calif.
(Washington Union)
NBA, UCLA, Arizona
4. Marcus Taylor 6-3 PG Lansing, Mich.
(Waverly)
Michigan State (verbal)
5. Jared Jeffries 6-9 PF Bloomington, Ind.
(North)
Indiana, Duke, Arizona
6. Gerald Wallace 6-7 WF Childersburg, Ala.
(Childersburg HS)
Alabama (verbal)
7. Omar Cook 6-1 PG Middle Village, N.Y.
(Christ the King)
North Carolina, Kentucky, Florida State
8. Jerome Harper 6-5 WG Washington, Tenn.
(Washington Prep)
Cincinnati (verbal)
9. Andre Barrett 5-8 PG Manhattan, N.Y.
(Rice)
Seton Hall (verbal)
10. Alton Ford 6-9 PF Houston
(Milby)
Houston (verbal)
11. Zach Randolph 6-8 PF Marion, Ind.
(Marion HS)
Michigan State (verbal)
12. Rolando Howell 6-9 PF Hopkins, S.C.
(Lower Richland)
Connecticut, Kentucky, South Carolina
13. Chris Duhon 6-1 PG Slidell, La.
(Salmen)
Duke (verbal)
14. Scooter Sherrill 6-3 WG Mt. Ulla, N.C.
(West Rowan)
North Carolina State, Kentucky, Wake Forest
15. Chris Wilcox 6-9 PF Raleigh, N.C.
(Enloe)
Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State
16. Modibo Diarra 6-9 C Fitchburgh, Mass.
(Notre Dame)
Kentucky, Louisville, Kansas
17. Andre Brown 6-9 C Chicago
(Leo)
DePaul, Michigan, Florida State
18. Justin Reed 6-7 WF Jackson, Miss.
(Provine)
Mississippi, Mississippi State, Miami (Fla.)
19. Taliek Brown 6-1 PG Queens, N.Y.
(St. John's)
St. John's, Syracuse, Seton Hall
20. Scooter McFadgon 6-5 WG Memphis, Tenn.
(Raleigh-Egypt)
Memphis, Georgetown, Tennessee
21. Scott Hazelton 6-7 WF Lawrence, Mass.
(Central Catholic)
Maryland, Villanova, Syracuse
22. Abdou Diame 6-8 PF Mouth of Wilson, Va.
(Oak Hill)
Tennessee, Auburn, Maryland
23. Imari Sawyer 6-1 PG Chicago
(King)
DePaul, Illinois
24. Garner Meads 6-9 PF Salt Lake City
(Brighton)
Stanford, Utah, BYU
25. T.J. Cummings 6-8 PF Homewood, Ill.
(Flossmoor)
Connecticut, DePaul, Duke
26. Travon Bryant 6-8 PF Long Beach, Calif.
(Jordan)
Kansas, Connecticut, California
27. Glenn Worley 6-7 WF Iowa City, Iowa
(West)
Iowa (verbal)
28. Bernard Robinson 6-5 WF Washington, D.C.
(Dunbar)
New Mexico, Michigan, Georgetown
29. Luke Whitehead 6-5 WF Mouth of Wilson, Va.
(Oak Hill)
Louisville, Stanford, California
30. Marcus Toney-El 6-5 WF West Orange, N.J.
(Seton Hall Prep)
Seton Hall (verbal)
31. Reo Logan 6-10 C Country Club Hills, Ill.
(Hillcrest)
Tennessee, Illinois, DePaul
32. Jared Reiner 6-11 C Tripp, S.D.
(Tripp-Delmont)
Florida, Duke, Kentucky
33. Darius Rice 6-9 WF Jackson, Miss.
(Lanier)
Duke, Mississippi State, Mississippi
34. A.J. Moye 6-4 WG Atlanta
(Westlake)
Connecticut, Kansas, Georgia Tech
35. Ricky Paulding 6-5 WG Detroit
(Renaissance)
Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State
36. Desmon Farmer 6-4 WG Flint, Mich.
(Northwestern)
Michigan, Ohio State, USC
37. Eddie Starks 6-3 WG Miami
(NW Christian)
Florida State, Miami (Fla.), Pittsburgh
38. Michael Joiner 6-6 WF Fayetteville, N.C.
(71st)
North Carolina State, Clemson, North Carolina
39. Andrew Zahn 6-9 C Redondo Beach, Calif.
(Redondo Union)
Arizona, Stanford, California
40. Neil Fingleton 7-6 C Worcester, Mass.
(Holy Name)
Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Ohio State
41. Scott Merritt 6-10 C Wauwatosa, Wis.
(East)
Marquette, Northwestern, Illinois
42. Mohamed Diakete 6-11 C Rockville, Md.
(Montrose Christian)
St. John's (verbal)
43. Peter Ritzema 7-1 C Clarkston, Mich.
(Clarkston HS)
Xavier, Purdue, Penn State
44. Mario Austin 6-9 C York, Ala.
(Sumpter)
Alabama (verbal)
45. Avery Queen 5-8 PG Winchendon (Mass.) Academy Michigan, UCLA, Miami (Fla.)
46. Cliff Hawkins 6-2 PG Mouth of Wilson, Va.
(Oak Hill)
New Mexico (verbal)
47. Adam Boone 6-2 PG Minnetonka, Minn.
(Minnetonka H.S.)
Duke, Minnesota, Wisconsin
48. David Hawkins 6-5 WG Ft. Washington, Md.
(Archbishop Carroll)
Miami (Fla.), Georgetown, Florida State
49. Jemel Davila 6-4 WG Miami
(South)
Miami (Fla.), Cincinnati
50. Andre Owens 6-3 PG Indianapolis, Ind.
(Perry Meridian)
Indiana (verbal)