SCNext Leading 25: The very best high school young boys’ basketball groups

• Paul BiancardiApr 7, 2025, 02:45 PM ET

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  • National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com
  • 18 years of training experience at Division I level
  • Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State

The 2024-2025 young boys’ high school basketball season has actually ended. Columbus (FL) topped off a dominant season as champion, defeating Dynamic Preparation (TX) 67-49 to declare the Chipotle Nationals title and the No. 1 spot in the last ESPN top 25 ranking of the season. The Explorers have actually held the top spot going back to late January and put together a dominant season from start to end up. Duke signeee Cayden Boozer (ESPN 100 No. 16) was exceptional in the title game, gathering 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting– after hitting a game-winning buzzer beater to beat Brewster Academy in the semifinals.Dynamic Preparation got in

Chipotle Nationals as the lowest seeded group in the event but duped 3 successive wins by 15 or more points versus a few of the best groups in the country before falling to Columbus. Jermaine O’Neal Jr.’s team showed it belonged on the national phase and finished as the No. 2 team.Brewster Academy (NH )complete the leading 3 after giving Columbus all it might

deal with in a semifinal fight that came down to the buzzer.Darryn Peterson(ESPN 100 No. 2) likewise put on a program one last time in the opening round match between No. 4 Prolific Prep(CA)and Long Island Lutheran. The first-class Kansas signee notched 28 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists to help lead the Team to an 81-80 overtime success, before falling to Dynamic Prep in the next round.See the whole list of top 25 groups below.Columbus(FL) Dynamic Prep(TX )Brewster Academy (NH )Prolific Preparation( CA)Long Island Luthern(NY )Link Academy(MO )Wasatch Academy(UT

)CIA/Bella Vista(AZ )Gonzaga College HS(D.C.)Paul VI

( VA)

Montverde Academy(

FL)IMG Academy (FL)

Roosevelt (CA)

AZ Compass (AZ)

Wheeler (GA)

Sunrise Christian(KS

)Hoover (AL)

Harvard-Westlake (CA)

Calvary Christian(FL)

Duncanville (TX)

San Antonio Brennan(

TX)

Highland School(

VA)

Allen (TX)

Mt. Zion Preparation

(MD)Utah Preparation (UT)