SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best boys' teams

March 14, 2023 ndowd

Montverde Academy (Florida) has won Geico Nationals in back-to-back years and remains No. 1 in our boys’ rankings.

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 at Geico, which is scheduled for March 30-April 1?

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 March 13, 2023.

1. Montverde Academy (Fla.) 23-2
2. Duncanville (Texas) 29-1
3. Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) 20-2
4. Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) 33-1
5. Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) 24-1
6. St. Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) 31-3
7. John Marshall (Richmond, Va.) 28-0
8. Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) 33-2
9. Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 30-4
10. Columbus (Miami) 26-4
11. Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) 26-3
12. IMG (Bradenton, Fla.) 17-7
13. Camden (N.J.) 23-2
14. St. John’s College HS (Washington, D.C.) 32-4
15. AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) 22-5
16. Sunrise Christian (Bel Aire, Kan.) 21-7
17. Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) 30-1
18. Lake Highlands (Dallas) 34-3
19. Ben Davis (Indianapolis) 30-0
20. Mount St. Joseph’s (Baltimore) 38-4
21. Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) 26-6
22. Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) 27-10
23. West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.) 29-3
24. Simeon (Chicago) 32-4
25. Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) 27-4