MaxPreps Top 25 high school boys basketball rankings

National championship picture gets complicated after Simeon knocks off rival Whitney Young in Chicago showdown over the weekend.

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Jan 28, 2013, 12:00am
Thanks to balanced scoring and stifling defense, No. 23 South Grand Prairie is 63-5 over the past two seasons.
Thanks to balanced scoring and stifling defense, No. 23 South Grand Prairie is 63-5 over the past two seasons.
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21. (23) Wenonah (Birmingham, Ala.), 24-1
The Dragons have a big game Monday night with 21-4 Mountain Brook (Birmingham), who may come in a bit surly after a weekend loss to rival Vestavia Hills.

22. (NR) Theodore Roosevelt (Washington, D.C.), 16-0
The first nationally ranked DCIAA team in recent memory, Roosevelt has wins over Lake Clifton (Baltimore), Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.) and West Charlotte (N.C.).

23. (NR) South Grand Prairie (Texas), 28-2
Friday night's win over No. 9 DeSoto didn't come out of nowhere. The Warriors are 63-5 over the past two seasons with three of those setbacks coming against the aforementioned Eagles.

24. (25) Chester (Pa.), 14-3
Delaware Valley League rival Penn Wood (Lansdowne) actually led the Clippers by five points heading into the fourth quarter last Thursday, but ended up losing by 19 after a 35-11 fourth quarter explosion for the Clippers.

25. (NR) Irmo (Columbia, S.C.), 20-0
Led by South Carolina-bound senior guard Justin McKie, the Yellow Jackets are winning by an average margin of more than 20 points per game this season.

Dropped out: No. 16 last week Columbia (Decatur, Ga.), No. 18 Omaha Central (Neb.), No. 24 West Charlotte (N.C.).

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