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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP:

Lots of noise on this thread... Any hoops parent should know the WCAC is recognized as one of the best, if not the best, high school basketball conferences in the country.

Academically, the WCAC is nowhere on par when it comes to academic rigors of what you would experience in both MAC and IAC schools.

I do question if OP is a troll as your son would be getting recruited hard by WCAC schools if he was elite.

If you do truly want to focus on a school that has high academics and a strong basketball program, I'd strongly consider the following schools. I think you need to decide, do you want co-ed or single sex... where are you commuting from, etc.

1. Sidwell - elite academics and school has been putting a big emphasis on their basketball program in the past few years (head coach is very well connected with AAU ranks and college programs). If your son can academically get into Sidwell and is a strong hoops player, I think's its a no-brainer (don't know where you reside/commute from)
2. Georgetown Prep - very good academics and a very solid basketball program, all boys and is Catholic, if that is your thing.
3. Gonzaga - solid academics and elite basketball program, again all boys and Catholic, if your son was good enough, they would already be recruiting you by now. You need to be elite to be able to play at Gonzaga as the school is massive. 
4. Bullis - good academics and having one of its best basketball seasons in school history. Beware of the head coach, he recruits pretty ruthlessly, very common for him to bring in senior transfers and mid-year transfers so playing time can be tough down the line. 
5. Landon - this might surprise some people but the new basketball coach (former coach at GW) is turning the program around. Very good academics and up & coming basketball program. He is very well-connected in the area.
6. Maret - excellent academics, but the basketball program seems to have been fading in the past years. With that being said, a recent graduate is playing in the NBA right now. 
7. Potomac School - again another school with excellent academics with a solid basketball program. Their head coach came from PVI program and is very well connected in the AAU ranks. 
8. St Andrews School - solid academics, and the school has been putting an emphasis on its basketball program. Smaller co-ed school so your son could get a chance to play sooner rather than later.
9. St Albans School - elite academics but their basketball program has been struggling for a decade now. They have been at the bottom of the IAC for a decade now.

If you simply just want to have your son play for an elite basketball program and not take into account academics, sure, look at PVI, DeMatha or St Johns. All 3 of these programs are elite basketball programs but academics are "average" at best.

PS: Congrats on the Sidwell Quakers for knocking off PVI last night too!
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