Basketball Boys Basketball Maryland — 29 November 2011
Aquille Carr in a class by himself

According to the ESPNU 60, there are 58 players from the Class of 2013 better than Aquille Carr.

That may be true. After all, he’s a 5-foot-7 guard who struggles from the outside. So when you look at it like that, Carr’s ranking seems generous.

There’s another way to look at it, though. A way that puts less emphasis on measurables and projection and more on results. And if you look at it like that, Carr is in a class by himself.

Let’s start with a quick glance at his high school play for Patterson (Baltimore, Md.). After regularly dropping 30-plus points as a freshman, he led the Clippers to their first city title since 1976 last season and their first-ever state title game appearance while averaging 31.3 points per game.

Along the way he has become a city legend. Fans flock to watch his games, earning him the nickname The Crime Stopper because typically dangerous streets are empty every time he suits up.

And there’s more.

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