Holiday tournaments helped shape the MaxPreps Top 25 high school basketball rankings in a major way for the second consecutive week as
Roosevelt (Eastvale, Calif.) jumps to No. 1 after winning titles at the Tarkanian Classic and the Classic at Damien.
Other major tournament winners include No. 2
Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) at the Les Schwab Invitational, No. 6
John Marshall (Richmond, Va.), No. 10
Christ School (Arden, N.C.) and No. 19
Reidsville (N.C.) in separate John Wall Holiday Invitational brackets, No. 11
Brennan (San Antonio, Texas) and No. 13
Allen (Texas) in major Texas tournaments, No. 20
Bishop O'Connell (Arlington, Va.) at the Beach Ball Classic, No. 23
DePaul College Prep (Chicago, Ill.) at the Pontiac Holiday Invitational and No. 25
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) at the Kingdom of the Sun.
This week, Hoophall West takes center stage as No. 2 Gonzaga, No. 4
Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.), No. 16
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) and No. 22
Duncanville (Texas) will compete for the tournament title in Arizona.
Regarded as one of the top 10 senior prospects in the country, Brayden Burries helped Roosevelt move to No. 1 in the rankings after producing a game-high 24 points in the Classic at Damien title game. (FILE PHOTO: Jay Hinton)
MaxPreps Top 25 basketball rankings
Record: 15-1
| Last week: 4
Captured back-to-back major tournaments to move into the top spot. The Mustangs followed up their Tarkanian Classic Platinum Division title by winning the Classic at Damien with victories over Layton Christian Academy (Layton, Utah) 86-65 in the semifinals and No. 5 St. John Bosco 56-55 in an overtime thriller in the title game. Five-star senior
Brayden Burries earned MVP honors after putting up a game-high 24 points in the championship game.
Record: 10-1 | Last week: 2
Secured the Les Schwab Invitational championship by picking up victories over Lakeridge (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Owyhee (Meridian, Idaho), Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.) and La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.) 64-44 in the title game. The Eagles have another major challenge this week as they face Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.) in the first round at Hoophall West.
Record: 13-3 | Last week: 1
After winning the City of Palms Classic title before Christmas, the Explorers beat Bullis (Potomac, Md.) before losing back-to-back games to Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) and Link Academy (Branson, Mo.).
Record: 11-0 | Last week: 5
Return to the court for the first time since Dec. 20 this week against No. 16 Harvard-Westlake in the first round of Hoophall West.
Record: 14-1
| Last week: 3
Despite falling to No. 1 Roosevelt in the Classic at Damien championship game, the Braves drop just two spots as they are still without their best player in top-ranked junior prospect
Brandon McCoy Jr.
Record: 10-0 | Last week: 8
Four-star junior
Latrell Allmond earned MVP honors at the John Wall Holiday Invitational after averaging 16.0 points and 12.3
rebounds per game.
Record: 11-1 | Last week: 6
After going 3-1 at the City of Palms Classic prior to Christmas, the Rams return to the floor for matchups against Archer (Lawrenceville, Ga.) on Friday and McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) on Saturday.
Record: 19-0 | Last week: 7
Won the Big Orange Classic championship with victories against Shelbyville Central (Shelbyville, Tenn.), Williamson (Mobile, Ala.) and Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.) 80-42 in the title game.
Record: 10-0
| Last week: 19
Made a major statement at the Classic at Tennessee High School this week to advance to the tournament's championship game tonight against Central (Phenix City, Ala.). The Eagles knocked off Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.), St. Michael's (Austin, Texas) and then-No. 9 St. Joseph (Santa Maria, Calif.) 83-55 in the semifinals.
Record: 12-0 | Last week: 11
Four-star North Carolina State signee
Zymicah Wilkins earned MVP honors at John Wall Holiday Invitational after averaging 20 points and 14 rebounds per contest.
Record: 17-2 | Last week: 12
Took
home the Championship Basketball Tournament Red Division title with wins over Chisholm Trail (Fort Worth, Texas), Frenship (Wolfforth, Texas),
South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas) and Ellison
(Killeen, Texas) 79-53 in the title game. Senior guard
Camden Cowgill earned tournament MVP honors after tallying 18 points, 3.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game.
Record: 13-1 | Last week: 13
Notre Dame is headed to Hoophall West this week, facing Layton Christian Academy (Layton, Utah) on Thursday, Coronado (Henderson, Nev.) on Friday and O'Connor (Phoenix, Ariz.) on Saturday.
Record: 18-1
| Last week: 15
Notched four wins in three days to win the In-N-Out Invitational. North Texas signee
Deandre Thomas earned MVP honors after averaging 13.7 points and four rebounds per game.
Record: 10-3 | Last week: 14
After an extended break, the Wildcats return to action Saturday against Greenforest (Decatur, Ga.).
Record: 9-0 | Last week: 17
Collected a pair of quality wins against in-state opponents, taking down Warsaw 54-51 behind 17 points and five assists from top 50 sophomore
Jason Gardner and Greenfield-Central (Greenfield) 85-80 led by 20 points and nine assists from Gardner.
Record: 15-1 | Last week: 18
Picked up three wins against out-of-state opponents in three days, knocking off Bellevue (Wash.) 78-47, American Fork (Utah) 79-50 and Puyallup (Wash.) 79-45. The Wolverines have a showdown Thursday in the first round of Hoophall West against No. 4 Perry.
Record: 11-1 | Last week: 21
Took home two out-of-state victories over the weekend against St. Rose (Belmar, N.J.) and Archbishop Carroll (Radnor, Pa.). The Panthers take on Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Md.) on Saturday before getting into the depths of Baltimore Catholic League action.
Record: 11-1
| Last week: 9
Suffered their first setback of the season in the Classic at Tennessee High School, losing to No. 9 Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 83-55 in the semifinals. Despite the loss,
Tounde Yessoufou topped 3,000 career points at the event.
Record: 8-0 | Last week: 24
Captured the John Wall Holiday Invitational Day'Ron Sharpe Bracket championship behind junior guard
Dionte Neal, who won tournament MVP with averages of 27.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per outing.
Record: 10-3 | Last week: NR
Followed up an impressive win over No. 21 DeMatha by winning the Beach Ball Classic Traditional Bracket with victories over Ridge View (Columbia, S.C.) and St. John's (Washington, D.C.). Junior guard
Darius Bivins took home MVP honors after putting up 18 points, six rebounds and three assists in the championship game.
Record: 10-2 | Last week: NR
Notched a pair of out-of-state victories at the Governors Challenge, defeating Westtown (West Chester, Pa.) and SoCal Academy (Castaic, Calif.) 52-42.
Record: 9-4 | Last week: NR
The Panthers made a massive jump in the rankings after going into the Sunshine State and knocking off a pair of powerhouse programs over the weekend. Duncanville took down previously-unbeaten Blake (Tampa) 79-65 paced by 30 points from four-star TCU pledge
Kayden Edwards and then-No. 10 Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.) 95-90 in double-overtime behind 45 points from Edwards.
Record: 14-1 | Last week: NR
Won
the Pontiac Holiday Tournament championship with wins over Joliet West
(Joliet), Curie (Chicago) and Benet Academy (Lisle) 59-56 in the title
game.
Record: 8-0 | Last week: NR
The addition of four-star Notre Dame signee
Tommy Ahneman has put this group over the top with double-double averages on the year.
Record: 12-1 | Last week: NR
Not just a football school, Aquinas has proven to be a tough out on the hardwood as well this season after winning the Kingdom of the Sun championship with an impressive victory over Gibbs (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 80-64 in the title game. The lone loss came against No. 17 St. Frances Academy in the second game of the season.
