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Montverde Academy (Florida), our No. 1 team in the SCNext Top 25 boys basketball rankings, has won Geico Nationals in back-to-back years and will try to make it three in a row when the tournament begins Thursday (noon, ESPNU). The Eagles have five players ranked in the 2023 ESPN 100 and four more ranked in the 2024 ESPN 60. Long Island Lutheran, which jumped to No. 2 in this week's rankings, No. 4 Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.), No. 5 Link Academy (Brandson, Mo.), No. 6 St. Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.), No. 12 IMG (Bradenton, Fla.), No. 16 AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) and No. 17 Sunrise Christian (Bel Aire, Kan.) also are in the Gieco field. 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 27, 2023. 1. Montverde Academy (Fla.) 23-2
2. Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) 22-2
3. Duncanville (Texas) 29-1
4. Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) 35-1
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. Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) 30-3
11. Columbus (Miami) 26-4
12. IMG (Bradenton, Fla.) 17-7
13. Camden (N.J.) 23-2
14. St. John's College HS (Washington, D.C.) 32-4
15. Ben Davis (Indianapolis) 33-0
16. AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) 22-5
17. Sunrise Christian (Bel Aire, Kan.) 21-7
18. Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) 30-1
19. Lake Highlands (Dallas, Texas) 34-3
20. Mount St. Joseph's (Baltimore, Md.) 38-4
21. Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) 26-6
22. Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) 27-10
23. West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.) 29-3
24. Combine Academy (Lincolnton, N.C.) 35-5
25. Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) 27-4
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