Although it has been a slow time for grassroots basketball -- college coaches are still not allowed to evaluate in-person during the NCAA's extended dead period -- there have been some regional events and a few national ones to monitor. Scouting has been conducted mostly through a virtual lens, but the top players in the game have continued to develop. That brings us to our latest installment of the regardless-of-class top 25 player list. Superstar Emoni Bates continues to occupy the top spot -- no surprise there -- but a lot of shuffling has happened on a list that is now without our Class of 2020 college-freshmen-to-be:
1. Emoni Bates (2022 class, SF, 6-foot-8, 200 pounds, Ypsi Prep Academy/Ypsilanti, Michigan)