Ranking the best high school boys' basketball teams in the nation

January 31, 2023 ndowd

Montverde Academy (Florida) has won Geico Nationals in back-to-back years.

With five players ranked in the 2023 ESPN 100 and four more ranked in the 2024 ESPN 60, can the Eagles make it a three-peat?

We rank the best teams in the country for the 2022-23 season. Below is the ESPN High School Boys’ Basketball Top 25 for the week of Jan. 30, 2023

1. Montverde Academy (Fla.) 19-2
2. St. Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) 20-1
3. Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) 22-0
4. Duncanville (Texas) 23-1
5. Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) 22-1
6. IMG (Bradenton, Fla.) 16-4
7. Columbus (Miami) 19-3
8. Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 23-3
9. Camden (N.J.) 17-2
10. AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) 17-3
11. Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) 12-2
12. Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) 16-3
13. Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) 26-1
14. Simeon (Chicago) 21-2
15. Sunrise Christian (Bel Aire, Kan.) 13-5
16. John Marshall (Richmond, Va.) 19-0
17. West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.) 25-1
18. Combine Academy (Lincolnton, N.C.) 27-3
19. Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) 22-1
20. West Linn (Oregon) 16-1
21. Ben Davis (Indianapolis) 22-0
22. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) 19-6
23. St. John’s College HS (Washington, D.C.) 18-2
24. Carmel Christian (Matthews, N.C.) 24-3
25. Mount St. Joseph’s (Baltimore, MD.) 24-3