Grassroots 17U league and team ratings - May 25, 2021

 Seems like I am spending three or four hours a day pulling data from The Circuit website to add to my Grassroots 17U boys ratings.  I have a pretty good handle on the top three leagues but cannot seem to find time to dig down into the Prep Hoops, HoopsGroup, HoopSeen and Zero Gravity leagues.  It might take all summer to catch up but with the June High School period, I may clear up some game scores to add more teams to the list.

So, you might wonder which leagues are the toughest?  You may hear that EYBL or UAA or Adidas are the best leagues.  I have taken the average score for the teams in each league and averaged them out.  Looks like Nike EYBL is the best by far.  You could throw the top ten teams in a hat and any one of them could beat the rest, and it appears that they are doing just that.  I think Phenom U is the only undefeated team but that won't last long with the strength of competition in that league.  The bottom leagues on the list do not have all their teams ranked so the jury is still out on them.

The jury is still out on some top teams in each league.  I have the most data on Nike EYBL.  Some teams, like Compton Magic, only have posted a few games so their ratings might be suspect until I see at least five or ten head-to-head scores.

It is all fun and games and fodder for bragging rights.  Enjoy and I will fine tune it by July.