<p>For basketball, there are a few prep schools that have special basketball programs, where they recruit top inner city kids and kids from Africa. New Hampton has this, they call it Varsity A, and then regular kids can play Varsity B. Winchendon too, also Worcester Academy. They have sent at least a couple of kids to the NBA, and several to top basketball college programs.</p>
<p>In the better quality school category, Blair, Lawrenceville, and NMH are toward the top. Blair has at least 2 NBA guys----Charlie Villanueva and Luol Deng, and they actively recruit kids from AAU programs. The coach told me they consider over 100 top ranked basketball players per year and accept only a few. The team is set at most of these schools 6 months before “try outs” so it is hard for regular guys who weren’t part of the recruiting process.</p>