High school basketball rankings: Reading makes MaxPreps Top 25 debut after capturing Pennsylvania state title

No. 3 Long Island Lutheran, No. 6 Paul VI set to compete in GEICO Nationals later this week.

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Mar 28, 2023, 9:00am
The 2022-23 high school basketball season is nearly complete as all 50 states and the District of Columbia have crowned champions over the past two months.

No. 10 Ben Davis (Indianapolis) became the 14th team in Indiana history to finish the season as unbeaten state champions, taking down Kokomo 53-41 in the Class 4A state title game.

No. 3 Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) claimed its ninth New York Federation state championship over the weekend, defeating Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains) 81-57 in the title game on Sunday.

A pair of nationally-ranked teams from Pennsylvania completed their state title runs last week as No. 5 Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) won its second consecutive Class 5A state title with a 38-point thrashing and No. 21 Reading makes its season debut in the MaxPreps Top 25 after knocking off previous No. 17 Roman Catholic (Philadelphia) in overtime.

GEICO Nationals and the State Champions Invitational are the only remaining postseason events. Long Island Lutheran and No. 6 Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) compete in GEICO Nationals beginning Thursday and No. 13 Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.), No. 17 Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) and No. 19 Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) participate in the State Champions Invitational next week.
Zane Doughty scored a game-high 20 points to guide No. 10 Ben Davis to the Indiana Class 4A state title. (Photo: Tyler Hart)
Zane Doughty scored a game-high 20 points to guide No. 10 Ben Davis to the Indiana Class 4A state title. (Photo: Tyler Hart)
MaxPreps Top 25 basketball rankings

Record: 28-0 | Last week: 1
Season complete. Class 2 state champions.

Record: 29-1 | Last week: 2
Season complete.

Record: 22-2 | Last week: 3
Under-the-radar senior Jayden Reid tallied 20 points, 14 assists, six steals and five rebounds to guide the Crusaders to an 81-57 victory over Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains) in the Federation Class AA state title game. Long Island Lutheran faces National Top 10 No. 6 AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) in the first round of GEICO Nationals on Thursday.

Record: 23-2 | Last week: 4
Season complete.

Record: 30-3 | Last week: 5
Captured their second consecutive Class 5A state title with a 78-40 blowout victory over Exeter Township (Reading) paced by 16 points from five-star Kentucky signee Justin Edwards and 15 points from Florida Gulf Coast signee Rahmir Barno.

Record: 31-3 | Last week: 6
Make their GEICO Nationals debut against National Top 10 No. 2 Link Academy (Branson, Mo.) in the first round Thursday.

Record: 33-2 | Last week: 7
Season complete. Open Division state champions.

Record: 34-3 | Last week: 8
Season complete. Class 6A state champions.

Record: 26-4 | Last week: 9
Season complete. Class 7A state champions.

Record: 33-0 | Last week: 10
Knocked off Kokomo 53-41 to capture the Class 4A state title and become the 14th team in state history to finish the season as unbeaten champions. The Giants were led by a game-high 20 points from Valparaiso signee Zane Doughty while sophomore Mark Zackery tallied 16 points.

Record: 30-4 | Last week: 11
Season complete. Open Division state semifinalists.

Record: 30-1 | Last week: 12
Season Complete. Open Division state champions.

Record: 22-5 | Last week: 13
Take on Curtis (University Place, Wash.) in the first round of the State Champions Invitational on April 6.

Record: 29-0 | Last week: 14
Season complete. Class A state champions.

Record: 32-0 | Last week: 15
Season complete. Class 3A state champions.

Record: 36-2 | Last week: 16
Season complete. Class 6A state finalists.

Record: 27-4 | Last week: 18
Have a first-round bye before taking on the winner of Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah) vs. Yazoo City (Miss.) in the State Champions Invitational semifinals.

Record: 32-4 | Last week: 19
Season complete. Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament champions.

Record: 26-6 | Last week: 21
After a first-round bye, the Wildcats battle the winner of No. 13 Roselle Catholic vs. Curtis in the State Champions Invitational semifinals.

Record: 38-4 | Last week: 22
Season complete. Baltimore Catholic League champions.

Record: 28-4 | Last week: 23
Season complete. Class 4A state champions.

Record: 32-1 | Last week: NR
Claimed their second state title in the past three seasons with a 63-56 overtime victory over No. 17 Roman Catholic (Philadelphia) in the Class 6A state championship game. Senior Aris Rodriguez pumped in a team-high 16 points while senior Myles Grey chipped in 14 points.

Record: 29-2 | Last week: 24
Season complete. Class AAAAA state champions.

Record: 26-0 | Last week: 25
Season complete. Class 5A state champions.

Record: 29-0 | Last week: NR
Season complete. Division IV state champions.

On the bubble: De Pere (Wis.), Kimball (Dallas, Texas), Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (Dallas, Texas), Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.) Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)

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