Miller Grove High School of Georgia is ranked second in the country.

Last season, they were a preseason unranked before finishing No. 6.

“I don’t remember it because it didn’t happen,” said Sharman White, Miller Grove's head coach. “No one really even knew that the rankings came out. I guess that’s because we weren’t in them. Things are different this year.” 

“This year people will definitely see us coming,” said Tony Parker, a senior forward and last year’s ESPNHS National Junior of the Year. “The response has been a lot different this year when the rankings came out.”

The Wolverines will get their chance to climb on Jan. 7 when they face No. 1 Simeon (Chicago) in the Cancer Research Classic.

“Every year is different,” said Parker, who is ranked No. 31 by ESPN. “We haven’t played one game yet and we haven’t been through any adversity yet. It’s just a number to us, and it isn’t even the number we want. We want the one before that. How can we be excited about that?”