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Texas Tech signee Jahmius Ramsey snubbed by McDonalds’ game

By Matthew Conner

WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Basketballs are seen prior to the round three NBL match between the Illawarra Hawks and the Brisbane Bullets at Wollongong Entertainment Centre on October 27, 2018 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Jeremy Ng/Getty Images)
WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Basketballs are seen prior to the round three NBL match between the Illawarra Hawks and the Brisbane Bullets at Wollongong Entertainment Centre on October 27, 2018 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Jeremy Ng/Getty Images) /
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This week, the Texas Tech basketball team’s top 2019 signee, Jahmius Ramsey was snubbed by the McDonalds’ All-American game.

Texas Tech basketball fans hoping to finally see a Red Raider signee in the McDonalds High School All-American game will have to keep waiting.  That’s because 2019 signee Jahmius Ramsey, the No. 33 player in the nation, was snubbed this week by the nation’s premier all-star game.

Thus far, he is averaging 19.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game for the No. 15 team in Texas class 6-A, Duncanville.  The 4-star recruit has been at his best against the top competition this year helping his profile rise around the state.

Early in the season, he averaged 24 points per game in the prestigious Whataburger Tournament as Duncanville upset the No. 1 team in the state, Denton Guyer in the finals.  In that game, he was spectacular scoring 34 points.

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Earlier this month, he scored 23 points in his team’s win over Richardson Pearce which features 4-star center and Gonzaga signee Drew Timme, who has played on the same AAU team as Ramsey.  You can see some excellent highlights of Ramsey’s performance from that game here.

And all season, the explosive guard has been lighting up social media thanks to his unbelievable dunks.  Because of his standout season, many believe that Ramsey could eventually be rated as a 5-star prospect, which would make him the first such recruit to play for Texas Tech.

He is already the highest-rated player to ever sign with the Red Raiders.  He picked Tech over offers from schools such as Indiana, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas A&M and Virginia Tech among others.

But when it comes to being named a McDonalds’ All-American, numerous factors come in to play outside of just basketball.  As is the case in most aspects of high school athletics, especially basketball, (which is dominated by the often corrupt and shady AAU circuit) politics play a huge role in the selection of the McDonalds rosters.

One factor that may have hurt his candidacy is the fact that he has played at three different schools in three years.  Two years ago, he was at IMG Academy in Florida before transferring to Oak Hill in Virginia.  It is fair to wonder if he would have been selected for the McDonalds’ game had he stayed at either one of those prestigious basketball factories rather than transferring to a public school in a part of the Dallas area that is far from affluent.

When it was announced that Ramsey was not an All-American, Corey Evans of Rivals.com listed him as one of the seven biggest snubs.  Evans says that despite the sub, Ramsey is a “can’t miss” prospect who will be a name to know next year in the Big 12.

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Fortunately, he appears to be thriving in Duncanville where he is playing with 2020 top 64 national prospect Micah Peavy, who is the No. 4 player in Texas and a top priority for the Red Raiders in next year’s class.  Still, it would have been fun for Texas Tech fans to get to see one of our future stars have an opportunity to shine on the game’s biggest stage.  But it looks like we will have to wait until Ramey is on campus to see him with our own eyes.

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