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Tyler Ennis and St. Benedict’s has pushed their way into the top of most rankings. Photo Source: Coast2CoastHoops.com

By Marcus Shockley

This national high school basketball ranking combines multiple available polls for a period of time into a single poll, and creates a ranking for each team based on their average ranking, number of times they are ranked in the various polls, the highest ranking that teams has in those polls and the position ranking out of all ranked teams for the period. Read more about today’s cumulative ranking below.

School Location High AVG Qty TrueRank™
1. Findlay Prep Henderson,NV 1 1 4 33.500
2. Montverde Academy Montverde,FL 2 2 4 32.000
3. Lone Peak HS West Highland,UT 3 3 4 30.500
4. Prime Prep Academy Dallas,TX 4 5 4 27.000
5. St. Benedict Prep Newark,NJ 4 5 4 27.000
6. Whitney Young Magnet HS Chicago,IL 4 7 4 24.750
7. Huntington Prep Huntington,WV 6 8 4 22.750
8. St. Anthony HS Jersey City,NJ 5 9 4 22.250
9. Simeon HS Chicago,IL 5 9 4 22.250
10. Poly HS Long Beach,CA 5 9 4 22.000
11. Mater Dei HS Santa Ana,CA 6 11 4 19.500
12. Bishop Montgomery Torrance,CA 8 11 4 19.000
13. Desoto HS Dallas,TX 9 12 4 17.750
14. Lake Oswego HS Lake Oswego,OR 10 13 4 15.750
15. La Lumiere School La Porte,IN 10 14 4 14.750
16. Iowa City West HS Iowa City,IA 13 15 4 12.750
17. Pershing HS Detroit,MI 13 18 4 9.000
18. Germantown HS Germantown,WI 15 18 4 8.000
19. Blanche Ely HS Pompano Beach,FL 18 19 4 6.500
20. Gonzaga HS Washington,DC 12 20 3 3.667
21. Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas,NV 18 22 4 3.000
22. Chester HS Chester,PA 22 22 4 1.250
23. Olympic HS Charlotte,NC 17 18 2 -0.500
24. Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson,VA 22 24 3 -4.667
25. Blue Valley Northwest HS Overland Park,KS 19 21 2 -6.000
26. Irmo Columbia,SC 21 22 2 -9.000
27. Northland HS Columbus,OH 22 23 2 -11.000
28. Midwest City HS Midwest City,OK 17 17 1 -16.000
29. Morgan Park HS Chicago,IL 25 27 2 -18.500
30. Miller Grove HS Lithonia,GA 21 21 1 -28.000

Notes:
While some teams like La Lumiere have seen a drop across the polls, St. Benedict’s and Bishop Montgomery have continued to climb, winning key games and outlasting the attrition of higher ranked teams earlier in the season, such as Oak Hill and Huntington Prep.

This week’s poll includes four sources: Hoopniks, ESPN, USA Today and PrepNation. MaxPreps also released polls during this period but I haven’t included them, due to the fact that they segment private academies from public high schools. I am not sure how, or if, I will incorporate their rankings back into the cumulative rankings.

Finally: In the poll listing, the ‘high’ value represents the highest ranking in any poll that team received during the ranking period.
‘Qty’ represents how many polls they were ranked in. ‘AVG’ represents their average ranking in all polls where they were ranked.

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TrueRank is ™ and © 2013 Neptune Media Group, LLC.

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St. Anthony’s has risen across all of the rankings. Photo Source: NJ.com

By Marcus Shockley

This national high school basketball ranking combines multiple available polls for a period of time into a single poll, and creates a ranking for each team based on their average ranking, number of times they are ranked in the various polls, the highest ranking that teams has in those polls and the position ranking out of all ranked teams for the period. Read more about today’s cumulative ranking below.

School Location High AVG Qty TrueRank™
1. Findlay Prep Henderson,NV 1 1 4 32.500
2. Montverde Academy Montverde,FL 2 2 4 31.000
3. Lone Peak HS West Highland,UT 3 3 4 29.250
4. Simeon HS Chicago,IL 3 4 4 27.500
5. Prime Prep Academy Dallas,TX 4 6 4 25.250
6. St. Benedict Prep Newark,NJ 5 6 4 25.000
7. La Lumiere School La Porte,IN 6 8 4 22.500
8. Whitney Young Magnet HS Chicago,IL 7 8 4 21.500
9. Huntington Prep Huntington,WV 6 9 4 20.750
10. St. Anthony HS Jersey City,NJ 7 10 4 19.250
11. Poly HS Long Beach,CA 7 10 4 19.000
12. Mater Dei HS Santa Ana,CA 5 11 4 18.250
13. Desoto HS Dallas,TX 9 12 4 16.000
14. Bishop Montgomery Torrance,CA 11 13 4 15.000
15. Lake Oswego HS Lake Oswego,OR 12 15 4 11.500
16. Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson,VA 14 15 4 11.250
17. Iowa City West HS Iowa City,IA 14 16 4 10.250
18. Midwest City HS Midwest City,OK 13 20 4 5.000
19. Pershing HS Detroit,MI 16 20 4 4.750
20. Germantown HS Germantown,WI 17 20 4 4.250
21. Blanche Ely HS Pompano Beach,FL 19 20 4 4.000
22. Gonzaga HS Washington,DC 14 23 3 -1.333
23. Olympic HS Charlotte,NC 19 19 2 -4.500
24. Arlington Country Day Jacksonville,FL 21 24 3 -5.333
25. Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas,NV 19 20 2 -6.000
26. Blue Valley Northwest HS Overland Park,KS 20 22 2 -9.500
27. Chester HS Chester,PA 23 24 2 -14.000
28. Irmo Columbia,SC 23 25 2 -15.000
29. Northland HS Columbus,OH 24 26 2 -17.500
30. Carmel HS Carmel,IN 22 22 1 -32.000

Notes:
No change in this week’s top two, with Findlay and Montverde locking those positions down. But Prime Prep has finally started getting some recognition, ranking as high as 4th and averaging at 5th in this week’s cumulative poll. Simeon has exploded back up into the rankings with a healthy Jabari Parker, Huntington Prep and Oak Hill continue to languish, and Arlington Country Day works it’s way back up a few more spots.

This week’s poll includes four sources: Hoopniks, ESPN, USA Today and PrepNation. MaxPreps also released polls during this period but I haven’t included them, due to the fact that they segment private academies from public high schools. I am not sure how, or if, I will incorporate their rankings back into the cumulative rankings.

Finally: In the poll listing, the ‘high’ value represents the highest ranking in any poll that team received during the ranking period.
‘Qty’ represents how many polls they were ranked in. ‘AVG’ represents their average ranking in all polls where they were ranked.

Want to know more? You can follow Marcus Shockley on Twitter, right this second.

TrueRank is ™ and © 2013 Neptune Media Group, LLC.

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Stanley Johnson and Mater Dei continue to rise in the rankings. Photo Source: ESPN

By Marcus Shockley

This national high school basketball ranking combines multiple available polls for a period of time into a single poll, and creates a ranking for each team based on their average ranking, number of times they are ranked in the various polls, the highest ranking that teams has in those polls and the average ranking. Read more about today’s cumulative ranking below.

School Location High AVG Qty TrueRank™
1. Montverde Academy Montverde, FL 1 1 3 39.667
2. Findlay Prep Henderson, NV 2 2 3 38.667
3. Huntington Prep Huntington, WV 1 2 3 38.333
4. Lone Peak HS West Highland, UT 2 4 4 36.250
5. Mater Dei HS Santa Ana, CA 1 6 4 34.250
6. Poly HS Long Beach, CA 3 5 4 34.250
7. St. Benedict Prep Newark, NJ 4 6 3 32.000
8. Whitney Young Magnet HS Chicago, IL 4 7 4 31.500
9. Desoto HS Dallas, TX 6 8 4 29.750
10. St. Anthony HS Jersey City, NJ 5 9 4 29.000
11. Simeon HS Chicago, IL 7 11 4 26.500
12. La Lumiere School La Porte, IN 6 10 3 26.000
13. Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson, VA 9 10 3 25.333
14. Southwind HS Memphis, TN 8 12 4 24.750
15. Chester HS Chester, PA 9 13 4 23.250
16. Neumann Goretti HS Philadelphia, PA 5 16 3 18.333
17. St. John Bosco Los Angeles, CA 14 17 4 16.750
18. Iowa City West HS Iowa City, IA 16 17 4 16.500
19. Montrose Christian Rockville, MD 12 13 2 16.000
20. Omaha Central HS Omaha, NE 14 19 4 14.250
21. White Station HS Memphis, TN 10 15 2 14.000
22. Lake Oswego HS Lake Oswego, OR 12 20 3 11.333
23. Paul VI HS Fairfax, VA 19 20 3 8.333
24. Blanche Ely HS Pompano Beach, FL 17 21 3 7.667
25. Pershing HS Detroit, MI 18 21 3 7.667

Notes: This week’s poll includes four sources: Hoopniks, ESPN, MaxPreps and PrepNation. There was no available poll from USA Today during this period.

Not much change at the top of the poll, but one item of note is that MaxPreps is not including many, if any, prep schools in it’s Xcellent 25 rankings, which are put together by writers and coaches. I’m not currently using their Freeman 25 rankings, which are computer generated.

Finally: In the poll listing, the ‘high’ value represents the highest ranking in any poll that team received during the ranking period.
‘Qty’ represents how many polls they were ranked in. ‘AVG’ represents their average ranking in all polls where they were ranked.

Want to know more? You can follow Marcus Shockley on Twitter.

TrueRank is ™ and © 2013 Neptune Media Group, LLC.

By Marcus Shockley

This national high school basketball ranking combines multiple available polls for a period of time into a single poll, and creates a ranking for each team based on their average ranking, number of times they are ranked in the various polls, the highest ranking that teams has in those polls and the average ranking. Read more about today’s cumulative ranking below.

School Location High AVG Qty TrueRank™
1. Montverde Academy Montverde, FL 1 1 3 26.667
2. Findlay Prep Henderson, NV 2 2 2 25.000
3. Huntington Prep Huntington,WV 1 4 3 23.000
4. Mater Dei HS Santa Ana, CA 4 6 3 19.667
5. St. Benedict Prep Newark,NJ 4 7 3 18.000
6. Desoto HS Dallas, TX 3 8 3 17.333
7. Poly HS Long Beach, CA 7 8 3 15.333
8. Loyola High School Los Angeles, CA 5 5 1 14.000
9. Whitney Young Chicago IL 8 9 3 13.667
10. La Lumiere School La Porte, IN 6 9 2 12.500
11. Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson, VA 9 10 3 12.000
12. North Little Rock HS Little Rock, AR 6 6 1 11.000
13. St. Anthony HS Jersey City, NJ 7 15 3 6.333
14. Simeon HS Chicago, IL 9 12 2 6.000
15. Chester HS Chester, PA 11 17 3 2.333
16. Neumann Goretti HS Philadelphia, PA 14 18 3 -0.333
17. Montrose Christian Rockville, MD 12 12 1 -7.000
18. St. John Bosco Los Angeles, CA 18 19 2 -8.500
19. West Charlotte HS Charlotte, NC 21 25 2 -19.000
20. Christ Presbyterian Academy Nashville, TN 21 21 1 -34.000
21. Salesian HS Richmond, CA 21 21 1 -34.000
22. Gonzaga HS Washington, DC 23 23 1 -40.000
23. White Station HS Memphis, TN 24 24 1 -43.000
24. Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas NV 24 24 1 -43.000
25. Travis HS Austin, TX 27 27 1 -53.000

This week we introduce the inaugural TrueRank™ National Combined Prep Basketball Rankings. The polls used in determining this TrueRank score were released during the period of 12/24/2012 to 12/30/2012. Polls published and used in this period’s calculation were from PrepNation, Hoopniks and MaxPreps. There was no national poll during this period from USA Today.

Notes: There is very little difference between #1 Monteverde Academy and #2 Findlay Prep on the national polling scene, but Findlay is not ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 poll, which gives the edge to Monteverde. Is this an oversight on the part of MaxPreps or a statement? Hard to say – but at this point, they are having a strong enough ranking and season to still put them into the conversation.

West Charlotte continues to have a strong season and have found their way into more than one of the top 25 rankings. Chester HS also lands on several rankings, although the specific ranking for them varies pretty widely.

Wesleyan has dropped off of the national scene again after dropping two key games, one of which was to St. John Bosco who comes in at #18.

Why I made this poll: This poll is an attempt to consolidate all of the various rankings into a realistic snapshot of the top teams. I’ve noticed that with several different polls available, and with several thousand high school teams in the nation, many polls will vary greatly in which teams are ranked. This isn’t a statement about accuracy of a particular poll, just looking for an accurate consensus. Without a national playoff and tournament, the reality is that there isn’t a solid way to ultimately determine where teams fall.

My plan is calculate these rankings each week, as long as there is more than one poll available. I will likely adjust the formula/frequency of calculation depending on available data. At this point, there is no input from me or Basketball Elite into the rankings beyond the calculation. That means, we don’t adjust the data in any way or input our own poll. This is strictly calculated based on existing, published data.

Right now I am not including won-loss record in our calculation; this is because the individual polls should be already reflecting that. If in the future I may add in a SOS calculation, and if so, won-loss would possibly be included then.

This is a bit of an experiment; the national polls are not released at the same time so I won’t be able to release the cumulative results until I have more than one poll; however, I may add in a rolling average and soon I should also have historic polls available, as well as trends, etc.

The other thing about this initial poll is that there will likely be greater fluctuation in the 20-25 range due to the fact that several polls differ here. However, the TrueRank™ calculation is based on all teams which were ranked at all during a period.

Finally: In the poll listing, the ‘high’ value represents the highest ranking in any poll that team received during the ranking period.
‘Qty’ represents how many polls they were ranked in. ‘AVG’ represents their average ranking in all polls where they were ranked.

Want to know more? You can follow Marcus Shockley on Twitter.

TrueRank is ™ and © 2012 Neptune Media Group, LLC.

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The national prep rankings for the week of December 3, as published by PrepNation.

#1. Chicago, Simeon (1-0), all-star F Jabari Parker hampered by broken foot
#2. Montverde, Fla., Montverde Academy (3-0), G Michael Frazier signed with Florida
#3. Henderson, Nev., Findlay (11-0), G Stanford Robinson headed to Indiana
#4. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill (10-0), beat No. 16 Southwind, 89-73
#5. Newark, N.J., St. Benedict’s (2-0), features talented 6-10 fr. Rodney Miller Jr.
#6. Richmond, Texas, Travis, (4-0), edged regionally ranked Ballard, 78-76
#7. Huntington, W.Va., Huntington Prep, (7-0), blue chip F Andrew Wiggins MVP of Marshall County Hoopfest in Benton, Ky.
#8. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (1-0), beat Chicago-area power St. Joseph, 65-55
#9. Long Beach, Calif., Poly, (4-0), F Jordan Bell MVP of Pacific Shores Tournament in Redondo Beach, Calif.
#10. Highland, Utah, Lone Peak (2-0), thumped last year’s Illinois 4A runner-up Proviso East, 84-46
#11. Chester, Pa. (0-0), lineup strengthened by transfer jr. G Conrad Chambers
#12. Mount Washington, Ky., Bullitt East (3-0), edged state-ranked Clay, 58-55, at Mr. Basketball Classic in Lexington, Ky.
#13. San Jose, Calif., Mitty, (0-0), seeks third Division II title in a row
#14. Washington, Gonzaga, (1-0), PG Bryant Crawford one of nation’s top sophs
#15. Seattle, Rainier Beach, (0-0), defending 3A state champ
#16. Memphis, Tenn., Southwind, (4-1), 1-1 versus ranked opponents
#17. Omaha, Neb., Central (0-0), F Nick Billingsley signed with Nebraska-Omaha
#18. Warr Acres, Okla., Putnam City (1-0), 40th season as head coach for A.D. Burtschi
#19. Brooklyn, Jefferson (2-0), PG Jaquan Lynch will play at FIU
#20. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian (2-0), NBA superstar Kevin Durant an alum
#21. Richmond, Calif., Salesian (1-0), 6-9 transfer Jonathan Galloway adds size
#22. Iowa City, Iowa, West, (2-0), coach Steve Bergman has three state titles
#23. Orlando, Fla., Lake Highland Prep, (5-0), captured Rotary Park Tipoff Classic in Winter Park, Fla.
#24. Duncanville, Texas (11-1), upset by host Timberview in championship of Mansfield ISD Spring Creek Classic
#25. DeSoto, Texas (11-1), won title in Arlington ISD Classic

Northeast
#1. Newark, N.J., St. Benedict’s, 2-0
#2. Chester, Pa., 0-0
#3. Brooklyn, Jefferson, 2-0
#4. Gladstone, N.J., Gill St. Bernard’s, 0-0
#5. Philadelphia, Neumann-Goretti, 0-0
#6. Metuchen, N.J., St. Joseph, 0-0
#7. Jersey City, N.J., St. Anthony, 0-0
#8. Middle Village, N.Y., Christ the King, 0-0
#9. Jersey City, N.J., Hudson Catholic, 0-0
#10. Charlestown, Mass., 0-0

East Coast
#1. Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill, 10-0
#2. Huntington, W.Va., Huntington Prep, 7-0
#3. Washington, Gonzaga, 1-0
#4. Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian, 2-0
#5. Fairfax, Va., Paul VI, 0-0
#6. Charlotte, N.C., West Charlotte, 1-0
#7. Arden, N.C., Christ School, 7-0
#8. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha, 0-1
#9. Rockville, Md., Magruder, 0-0
#10. Columbia, S.C., Irmo, 5-0

Southeast
#1. Montverde, Fla., Montverde Academy, 3-0
#2. Memphis, Tenn., Southwind, 4-1
#3. Orlando, Fla., Lake Highland Prep, 5-0
#4. Tifton, Ga., Tift County, 1-0
#5. Birmingham, Ala., Wenowah, 5-0
#6. Jackson, Miss., Provine, 8-0
#7. Oviedo, Fla., Hagerty, 3-0
#8. Marietta, Ga., Wheeler, 2-0
#9. Memphis, Tenn., White Station, 4-1
#10. Montgomery, Ala., Carver, 0-0

Midwest
#1. Chicago, Simeon, 1-0
#2. Mount Washington, Ky., Bullitt East, 3-0
#3. Lansing, Mich., Sexton, 0-0
#4. Chicago, Young, 1-0
#5. Detroit, Pershing, 0-0
#6. Toledo, Ohio, Whitmer, 1-0
#7. Louisville, Ky., Ballard, 1-1
#8. Germantown, Wis., 3-0
#9. Indianapolis, Cathedral, 1-1
#10. Indianapolis, Pike, 3-0

Midlands
#1. Highland, Utah, Lone Peak, 2-0
#2. Omaha, Neb., Central, 0-0
#3. Iowa City, Iowa, West, 2-0
#4. Osseo, Minn., 0-0
#5. Denver, East, 1-0
#6. Overland Park, Kan., Blue Valley Northwest, 0-0
#7. Nixa, Mo., 2-0
#8. Minneapolis, De La Salle, 0-0
#9. Wichita, Kan., North, 0-0
#10. Aurora, Colo., Grandview, 1-0

Southwest
#1. Henderson, Nev., Findlay, 11-0
#2. Richmond, Texas, Travis, 4-0
#3. Warr Acres, Okla., Putnam City, 1-0
#4. Duncanville, Texas, 11-1
#5. DeSoto, Texas, 11-1
#6. Phoenix, Pinnacle, 3-0
#7. Houston, Yates, 8-1
#8. Dallas, Wilson, 6-0
#9. Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman, 0-0
#10. Little Rock, Ark., Hall, 3-2

West Coast
#1. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei, 1-0
#2. Long Beach, Calif., Poly, 4-0
#3. San Jose, Calif., Mitty, 0-0
#4. Seattle, Rainier Beach, 0-0
#5. Richmond, Calif., Salesian, 1-0
#6. Lake Oswego, Ore., 0-0
#7. Bellflower, Calif., St. John’s Bosco, 0-0
#8. Sacramento, Calif., Sheldon, 1-0
#9. Bothell, Wash., 0-0
#10. Mission Hills, Calif., Alemany, 0-0