February 10, Charles Yates (Wolfforth, TX), Estacado -- MN, A two-way menace for Oklahoma State, a program that last season served a postseason ban, Anderson steps back into the spotlight as the second-leading Big 12 player in assists and a candidate to be an All-Big 12 First Teamer with the way the Cowboys are expected to use him both on and off the ball. The Huskies' next game is Wednesday against Villanova. The Buckeyes' next game is Thursday against Alabama A&M. Texas: 38. The highest-ranked player on my individual ballot who didn't crack through for our aggregate 1-97 was Beekman, so here he goes. -- KB, Cryer played just 19 games last season while battling injury, but he shot 46.8% from 3-point range on 5.8 attempts per game and averaged 13.5 points. He pulled it off in consensus fashion after becoming the first player in more than four decades to grab more than 15.0 rebounds per game. 2023 Top Basketball Recruits in Texas (26) 2023 High School Pos Rankings State Rankings Top247 247Sports Composite Rank Player Pos Ht / Wt Rating Team 1 1 Ron Holland Duncanville. He jumped from 16 minutes per game to nearly 27. (Richmond, TX). 14 is its best ever, and Miles is a big reason for it. February 14, Charles Yates The Crimson Tide's next game is Wednesday at Mississippi State. His value will be even greater this season for a Xavier team that was picked to finish second in the Big East, thanks in no small part to the hiring of Sean Miller. He was a little off the radar. IndiHoops has been the official rankings leader for 4+ years . Now, the 6-6 guard will try his shooting stroke against Big East competition as one of the Big East's top transfers for a Creighton team with high hopes. -- DC, Davis is the best player who entered the transfer portal after last season. (Frisco, TX), Fort Bend Travis -- MN, Smith had a stellar freshman year that flew under the radar, had an excellent pre-draft process that flew under the radar, and now enters his sophomore season still flying under some people's radars. National Rankings; 2023 - Team Rankings; Player Rankings; Tournaments; Clubs; Memberships. Weekly rankings are released every Monday at 12 p.m. on this page. He's equal parts power source and safety net for Kentucky's national title hopes this season, and is looking to put up the best back-to-back seasons by a Kentucky big since the days of two-time All-American Dan Issel. -- MN, Vescovi is the leading returning scorer for Tennessee and the leading returning 3-point maker (in terms of 3s made per game) in the SEC. His skillset intrigues pro scouts as well, as he's visibly one of the more talented guards returning this season. WG. According to an affidavit, Trew initially told police that Beard "choked me, threw me off the bed, bit me, bruises all over my leg, throwing me around, going nuts." -- GP, It's possible Dickinson's value is slightly underrated, even two years into a matched-the-hype college career. Jalen Montonati. The best basketball players in 2025 are as follows: Click the players name to watch some footage. Jalen Wilson finished with 21 points and six rebounds in Thursday's 68-54 win over Harvard. (McKinney, TX), Coppell The 6-5 combo guard has a chance to be one of the best backcourt playmakers of the past several years at Indiana and could be a one-and-done NBA prospect. Through two seasons he's averaging 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds with an impressive 9.4 win shares, according to Basketball Reference. -- DC, Filipowski is the fourth-best prospect in the Class of 2022, according to 247Sports. What does that mean? -- KB, McCullar brings three seasons of experience, including 43 Big 12 games, to the defending national champions. His veteran leadership is going to pair delightfully with Jaquez, giving UCLA an inside edge on being the Pac-12's best team. -- DC, Ingram was a five-star prospect in the Class of 2021 who averaged 10.5 points and 6.7 rebounds in 32 games as a freshman. He should only build on those numbers in his third season with the program. Teams; CBS Sports; CBS SPORTS HQ . -- GP, One of the biggest stories of the offseason was Wong's near departure from the Hurricanes after the Nijel Pack NIL deal was proudly publicly disclosed. Player stats for both teams, including performance splits over recent time periods, only against good teams, and other ways to slice and dice. The Wildcats should have more playmakers this season after adding five-star Cason Wallace and transfer Antonio Reeves, but Wheeler's role as the lead guard on a top-five preseason UK team is safe. -- MN, As a five-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, Hood-Schifino enters college basketball ranked as the Big Ten's top freshman. The Bulldogs' next game is Wednesday against Alabama. -- GP, Campbell's going to be in the mix for All-America consideration in the postseason. Texas A&M by 2, -- KB, Mutts is the leading returning scorer for the reigning ACC Tournament champions after averaging 10.1 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Hokies last season. (Allen, TX), St. Michael's Catholic -- KB, Baldwin made tremendous strides during his sophomore season, dishing out 5.5 assists per game and averaging 11.4 points on 41.3% 3-point shooting. His shot accuracy has to improve, and we think it will. (Missouri City, TX), Strake Jesuit College Prep Nonetheless, his talent as a playmaker and defender should make him a key player for the Razorbacks. Noah Franco 10. (Spring, TX), Mansfield Legacy (Jan. 23) 6A San Antonio Clark (22-3, 11-0) Austin (25-3, 12-0) South Grand Prairie (19-6, 7-0) Pearland (25-3, 7-0) Lewisville Hebron (24-4, 9-0) Humble Summer Creek (26-3, 8-1) Coppell (29-2, 8-1) De Soto (17-5, 7-2) San Antonio Brennan (25-4, 12-0) Fort Bend Austin (26-2, 11-1) Katy (26-1, 12-0) Grand Oaks (22-6, 12-0) Klein Collins (21-4, 9-0) His role is likely to expand playing next to a true star at point guard this season with the addition of SMU transfer Kendric Davis. Lively can also shoot from the midrange and the perimeter. -- MN, Injuries to Creighton's backcourt forced Alexander into major action down the stretch last season, and Alexander responded by flashing NBA potential as a two-way guard who can create and score. (Dallas, TX), Martin Player Rankings for the 2021. (Lewisville, TX), Paetow -- KB, Starling is flying under the radar but should be one of the nation's most-productive freshmen after ranking No. But the 6-0 guard still averaged 22.8 points and 3.7 assists per game while finishing in the top five nationally in scoring for the second consecutive year. In a year expected to be dominated by upperclassmen -- all five First Team All-Americans, for instance, are seniors -- it should come as no surprise that our Top 100 And 1 was littered with upperclassmen. (Pearland, TX), Midway 2022 National HS Girls Basketball Player Rankings | Prep Girls Hoops 2022 Rankings WL indicates Watch List Access all of Prep Girls Hoops Subscribe for access to all premium articles and rankings. He's a proven commodity. His presence is the biggest reason the Zags are in the top two of the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll for the third consecutive year. (Dallas, TX), Crosby Xavier's Colby Jones (left) and Jack Nunge both make our list ahead of a redemption season for the program. All Rights Reserved. At 6-9 with a wicked wingspan, his impact will be overlooked no more. February 8, Charles Yates But the young guns in the freshmen and sophomore classes got their jabs in too, and while they weren't represented near the top as much as year's past -- the first non-junior or -senior on our list comes at No. -- MN, Williams very well might be the oldest player in college basketball he turned 26 years old in October but that experience is on his side in this top-50 ranking. The 6-foot point guard averaged 19.4 points and 4.4 assists at SMU and earned AAC Player of the Year honors. If that happens, the Rams, coming off a program-best No. Use the filters below to view detailed stat splits for both teams. He had 28 against Duke in the Final Four, 30 vs. UCLA in the Sweet 16 a week before that. The physical 6-4 guard is a career 40.2% 3-point shooter and one of the reasons the Aztecs are expected to compete for the Mountain West title. These rankings are not based on NBA potential. -- MN, Richardson had a career year last season as a senior averaging a team-high 14.1 points and 3.6 assists per game for Oregon before opting to take advantage of his COVID year as a super senior. (Us included.) But it should mean Tubelis, a 6-11 Lithuanian, will be yet another example of a college hoops team relying on its best big to be its best player. His points went from 7.1 to 13.4. (Addison, TX), Amarillo Teams; CBS Sports; CBS SPORTS HQ; SportsLine; MaxPreps; Shop; StubHub; Follow 247Sports. In his first season as a head coach, Jon Scheyer must be thrilled he gets a player as dynamic as Lively to work with. (Lewisville, TX), Legacy the School of Sport Sciences A ranking of the 2019 Best NFL Basketball Players in Texas. He enters 2022-23 as the leading returning scorer in the sport after Peter Kiss' departure from Bryant. (San Marcos, TX), iSchool Entrepreneurial Academy Campbell averaged 11.9 points and 4.3 assists while shooting 41% from beyond the arc -- a 16-point increase on 3-point accuracy vs. his performance the year before. GP, They call him "Jelly," and that's why we love college hoops, folks. He'll be a candidate to lead the SEC in rebounds and should be in the mix to put up a double-double on a nightly basis for the Gamecocks. But, last Friday,she released a statementthat described herself as the initiator of a "struggle" and Beard as somebody acting in self-defense. Walker will be an immediate factor and is the addition to this season's roster that solidified the Cougars as a preseason top-five. -- GP, Quinerly inclusion on the Top 100 And 1 is a show of respect for his past production and a vote of confidence for what he can do with Alabama in the second half of the season. February 13, Laython Washington -- GP, With Justin Moore still months away from seeing the floor for Nova, who's going to be the leader? -- DC, Omoruyi is the leading returning scorer for a Rutgers team that played in its second straight NCAA Tournament last season. The first 10 prospects are five stars with a rating of 98 or higher. Between the lines: There's no national championship for high school boys basketball, but ESPN's rankings bring great publicity. -- KB, Williams led the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring last season while wrapping up a four-year run at Murray State. (San Antonio, TX), Greenhill School That said, this elite trash-talking, headband-donning Estonian and his fearless play at the point is what will give Arizona the boldness it will need in order to try and fend off UCLA and Oregon to win another Pac-12 title. The model enters Week 17 of the season 76-46 on all top-rated college basketball picks this season, returning more than $1,600 for $100 players. 3 leading scorers from last year's 27-win team. Rankings - Texas Boys Basketball Check out the top talent as determined by the scouts and coaches associated with Texas Boys Basketball. 3 seed in the process. The Blue Devils' next game is Dec. 31 against Florida State. Cayden Loescher: Indiana: 39. George very well could wind up worthy of that distinction by season's end, though. -- GP, Maybe we're a little bullish on UNC's 6-3 combo guard, but if Love puts his shot together and can capitalize off playing around arguably the best starting five in the country, he's in store for a humongous junior season. Statewide Boys Basketball Games & Scores (Live & Final) MaxPreps State Rankings: Class This week's Texas MaxPreps computer rankings based on class. If Davis is going to make history in his bonus season (which all players can get because of COVID), he'll need to average a career-best 27.5 points and play 34 games in order to surpass Pete Maravich's record of 3,667. Maravich did it in three seasons and without a 3-point line. New coach Jon Scheyer will lean heavily on Jeremy Roach in a new era for Duke basketball. Humble Summer Creek, 11-1; 4. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial (22-8, 5-0), Fort Worth Lake Country Christian (22-6, 4-1), Willow Park Trinity Christian (21-3, 3-2), McKinney Cornerstone Christian (10-1, 5-0), Terrell Poetry Community Christian (19-4, 2-0). As good as he should be, keep an eye on another freshman, guard Terrance Arceneaux, who I think could be just as important for the Coogs come March. A 6-6 guard, Jones averaged 11.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals last season. (Plano, TX), Stratford The Green Wave are set not just to break .500 for the first time since 2012-13 but could be a darkhorse to break through into the NCAA Tournament in a wide-open AAC behind Houston. Tournament Operator; Club Operator; IndiLocker Membership; INDI-U. They've got guys fourth or fifth on the depth chart capable of stepping up and making the backbreaking play. -- KB, Scheierman won Summit League Player of the Year for averaging 16.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists while making 46.9% of his 3-point attempts for a South Dakota State team that finished 30-5 after reaching the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a true freshman and has the length and fabric to potentially make the turn into sophomore stardom. What's more, Sharp's 73.2 effective field goal percentage was also the best in the sport. Either way, Rodney Terry is now in charge of Texas' program on an interim basis. -- GP, After a year away because of an ACL injury, Perkins should be the lodestar for a Billikens team competing against Dayton and VCU for top billing in the Atlantic 10. Deon Johnson Ohio. -- DC, . The Cavaliers' next game is Wednesday against Albany. The 6-11 center will likely start beside Lively and give Duke what amounts to a twin-towers situation in its frontcourt. He is an ideal 2022 stretch-center prospect. Here's how the Big 12 teams ranked in this week's release: No. The new Big O said his goal last season was to average 20 rebounds; he fell well short of that. The Wildcats' next game is Dec. 31 at Arizona State. Rank Player Ht Year College Summer; 1: Highlight Reel: Wesley Yates III Beaumont United: 6-4: 2023: WASHINGTON: Liv On - EYBL: 2: Highlight Reel: Jaland Lowe Marshall: 6-2 (Richardson, TX), Kimball Texas' 131-36 victory over New Orleans five days earlier should have been an indication that Texas could make some noise this season. Betting analysis for the 2022-2023 NCAA Basketball season matchup between NJIT and Vermont. We're the leader in player rankings, recruiting information and analysis. 1 and No. Arterio Morris finished with 25 points and one assist in Wednesday's 100-72 win over Louisiana. Each recruiting cycle could vary with the number of five stars. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (Houston, TX), Fort Bend Marshall 9 Texas Longhorns No. The most likely No. All Rights Reserved. Few players are as willing to hoist and hoist and hoist without a conscience like Love does. Ja'Vier Francis finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds in Wednesday's 83-44 win over McNeese State. The 6-1 guard averaged 15.4 points and 3.8 assists as a sophomore and will be one of the league's faces. Wyatt falls in 2OTs at the 5A Region I tournament, Storm damage reports come in from across North Texas after tornado watch expires.