SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school boys’ basketball teams

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

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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. 23, 2023

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

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