MaxPreps 2014-15 Preseason All-American Girls Basketball Teams

Every year, there are calls and emails. "My daughter should have been first team." "My player is so much better than that other -- she dominated her this summer."

And perhaps the complainers could be right. Picking out the best players in a big country is no simple task, and there are always surprises, both positive and negative.

But the bottom-line answer is simply this: First, everyone on this list is a very good player, and there are a bunch of very good players who, for one reason or another, didn't make it. And second, it's all going to play out on the floor. By the time they graduate from college, we won't need rankings or lists -- we'll know for sure.

And with that caveat, here are our 2014-15 preseason picks, in alphabetical order.


First team

Kristine Anigwe, 6-3 senior post, Desert Vista (Phoenix) - California
Anigwe just keeps getting better and better, first leading Desert Vista to a 30-2 record (she contributed 16 and 7) and then impressing everyone at USA Basketball. She and her teammates will get a chance to prove themselves again at the Nike TOC.

Erin Boley, 6-2 junior wing, Elizabethtown (Ky.) - Notre Dame
A versatile all-around player for one of the best young teams in the country, she averaged 20.2 points and 9.3 rebounds for a 32-5 team that lost in the state championship game. And by the way, Boley is also an excellent 3-point shooter.

Napheesa Collier, 6-1 senior wing, Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis) - Connecticut
All Incarnate Word does is win, and all Collier does is play a big role in making that happen. Some are concerned about her handling the jump to the NCAA level, but Geno Auriemma isn't one of them.

Te'a Cooper, 5-8 senior guard, McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) - Tennessee
Cooper has the whole package, except height. She can shoot, penetrate, dish and defend, and she knows how to win as well. Both McEachern and USA Basketball have taken full advantage of her skills.

Crystal Dangerfield, 5-6 junior point guard, Blackman (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) - Connecticut
The best player on the best team in the nation, Dangerfield is an ultra quick guard who had a 2.3 assist to turnover ratio last year against a tough schedule to go along with a team-high 14.5 ppg.

Asia Durr, 5-10 senior guard, St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta) - Louisville
A strong, skilled, intelligent lefthander, Durr is a prototypical WNBA guard. She not only can score, she rebounds, sees the floor and defends. She's one more brick in the Louisville wall of excellence.

Calveion Landrum, 5-10 junior guard, La Vega (Waco, Texas) - Baylor
They get started early in Texas, and Landrum has already put up some impressive numbers in 2014-15: 15.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 6.6 apg. Landrum has great athleticism, so she can penetrate at will, but she's also a 3-point threat.

Tori McCoy, 6-4 junior post, St. Thomas More (Champaign, Ill.) - Undecided
McCoy is a multitalented post player who led St. Thomas More to a 40-2 record last season and the Illinois 2A title. She's tall, strong, skilled and almost impossible to guard at the high school level.

Arike Ogunbowale, 5-9 senior guard, Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee) - Notre Dame
The powerful Ogunbowale plays for a small school in Wisconsin, but her reputation still extends nationwide. She'll fit right in at the collegiate level with her both-ends-of-the-floor game and raw strength.

Katie Lou Samuelson, 6-3 senior wing, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) - Connecticut
Think Elena Delle Donne but 2 inches shorter -- that is, tremendous shooter from long distance who can score inside if defenders take away her jumper. She's also a very smart player from a top-shelf program.