HS Scouting from 2005-06

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I just opened up an old "High School Hoops" from 2005-06, I thought their rankings at the time were pretty interesting...I'll list the top however many of each grade and then some other noteworthy names and their ranks for their class. For the most part, the seniors and juniors aren't too bad for as difficult as HS talent is to predict but WOW has that sophomore class (current college freshman) changed.

Seniors (top 100 ranked):
1. Greg Oden
2. Kevin Durant
3. Wayne Ellington
4. Brandan Wright
5. Thaddeus Young
6. Spencer Hawes
7. Paul Harris
8. Sherron Collins
9. Derrick Caracter
10. Tywon Lawson
11. Brook Lopez
12. Chase Budinger
13. Darrell Arthur
14. Vernon Macklin
15. Mike Conley
16. Javaris Crittenton
17. Damion James
18. Daequan Cook
19. Gerald Henderson
26. DJ Augustin
28. Robin Lopez
29. Tyler Smith
57. Taj Gibson
64. Jordan Hill
74. Marreese Speights
100. WILLIAM GRAVES

Juniors (top 50 ranked):
1. OJ Mayo
2. Michael Beasley
3. Kevin Love
4. Bill Walker
5. Jerryd Bayless
6. Kyle Singler
7. Derrick Rose
8. Taylor King
9. Nolan Smith
10. Gary Johnson
11. Cole Aldrich
12. Herb Pope
13. Eric Gordon
14. Alex Legion
15. Gani Lawal
20. Kosta Koufos
22. Donte Greene
26. Daniel Hackett
31. Nick Calathes
32. DeAndre Jordan
33. James Hickson

Sophomores (top 25 rated) these are a bit of a mind trip:
1. Tyreke Evans
2. Samardo Samuels
3. Brandon Jennings
4. Korie Lucious
5. Olu Ashaoulu
6. Yancy Gates
7. Greg Monroe
8. BJ Mullens
9. Cordell Passley
10. Xavier Gibson
11. Walter Offutt
12. Travis Releford
13. Martez Walker
14. Christian Morris
15. Jeff Withey
16. Drew Gordon
17. Demar DeRozan
18. Willie Warren
19. Erving Walker
20. Malik Story
21. Chris Braswell
22. Darius Gabriel
23. Howard Thommpkins
24. Ralph Sampson
25. J'Covan Brown

Freshman (top 5) currently HS seniors:
1. Xavier Henry
2. Aaron Moore
3. Renardo Sidney
4. Lance Stephenson
5. Demetrius Walker

Class of 2005 (top 100):
1. Gerald Green
2. Josh McRoberts
3. Martell Webster
4. Louis Williams
5. Monta Ellis
6. Tyler Hansbrough
7. Julian Wright
8. Richard Hendrix
9. Andray Blatche
10. Andrew Bynum
11. Brandon Rush
12. Tasmin Mitchell
13. CJ Miles
14. Greg Paulus
15. Amir Johnson
16. Shawne Williams
17. Eric Devendorf
18. Micah Downs
19. Mario Chalmers
20. Mike Mercer
26. Marcus Williams (6'7" Marcus Williams)
27. CDR
30. Danny Green
31. Davon Jefferson
32. Jamont Gordon
40. Marcus Ginyard
42. Joe Krabbenhoft
49. Dominic James
74. AJ Abrams
95. Darren Collison