. The initial 2024 boys basketball rankings show significant shifts in the top 10 teams.
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. The initial 2024 boys basketball rankings show significant shifts in the top 10 teams.

Posted on by Matthew Reynolds

Following several holiday tournaments that included dominant victories and challenging defeats, HighSchoolOT’s ranking of the top 25 teams in the state has experienced significant alterations.

Two new teams, Hickory and Weddington, have entered the top 10 rankings. Meanwhile, Lake Norman and Richmond have dropped out. Reidsville has made a significant leap from No. 7 to No. 3 in the state. Despite losing to No. 1 ranked Myers Park in overtime at The John Wall Holiday Invitational championship game, Christ School has risen from No. 10 to No. 6.

The Top 25 now includes seven new teams: Northside Christian, South Mecklenburg, Ben L. Smith, South Stokes, The Burlington School, Davidson Day, and Chapel Hill.

The latest standings for the 910 area code reveal a different top-ranked team this year. Undefeated New Hanover, with a record of 9-0, has moved into first place after Richmond suffered its fourth defeat of the season.

These are some key points to understand how our boys’ basketball rankings function:

  • The rankings are refreshed every week and published on Mondays.

  • All high schools in the state of North Carolina, excluding athletic training academies, are eligible for the statewide top 25

  • The state’s six area codes have their own top 15 list, which is updated weekly.

  • During the playoffs for the N.C. High School Athletic Association, rankings will be put on hold.

  • The final standings will be published one week following the state championships.

To view how this week’s rankings compare to last week’s rankings, please refer to the link provided below.

Rankings Updated: Jan. 1

Top 25 Boys Basketball Teams in HSOT Statewide Ranking

  1. Myers Park, 9-2
  2. Central Cabarrus, 11-0
  3. Reidsville, 7-0
  4. North Mecklenburg, 10-2
  5. Northwood, 8-2
  6. Christ School, 13-4
  7. Farmville Central, 9-1
  8. New Hanover, 9-0
  9. Hickory, 9-0
  10. Weddington, 11-1
  11. Lake Norman, 11-1
  12. Cannon School, 14-6
  13. Green Level, 11-0
  14. Richmond, 7-4
  15. Northside Christian , 15-6
  16. Chambers, 8-4
  17. High Point Christian , 15-2
  18. South Mecklenburg, 13-0
  19. Ben L. Smith, 11-1
  20. Salisbury, 11-3
  21. South Stokes, 11-0
  22. Forsyth Country Day , 11-3
  23. The Burlington School, 15-7
  24. Davidson Day , 9-5
  25. Chapel Hill, 11-1

The top 15 rankings for boys’ basketball in area codes.

In our most recent ranking of area codes, Farmville Central holds the top spot in the 252 area code, Reidsville in the 336, Myers Park in the 704, Christ School in the 828, New Hanover in the 910, and Northwood in the 919.

252 area code

  1. Farmville Central, 9-1
  2. Croatan, 12-0
  3. South Central, 7-0
  4. Bertie, 7-0
  5. Hertford County, 4-2
  6. Wilson Prep, 7-3
  7. Greenfield School, 12-5
  8. Washington, 7-3
  9. Washington County, 6-0
  10. Crossroads Christian, 11-3
  11. Northern Nash, 5-3
  12. Kinston, 7-2
  13. Northeastern , 3-3
  14. Beddingfield, 8-1
  15. Hunt, 7-3

336 area code

  1. Reidsville, 7-0
  2. High Point Christian , 15-2
  3. Ben L. Smith, 11-1
  4. South Stokes, 11-0
  5. Forsyth Country Day , 11-3
  6. The Burlington School, 15-7
  7. Caldwell Academy, 13-5
  8. Burlington Christian, 7-1
  9. Davie County, 11-0
  10. Mount Tabor, 7-3
  11. Wesleyan Christian , 10-5
  12. Southern Guilford, 10-1
  13. Dudley, 4-5
  14. Southwest Guilford, 9-2
  15. Page, 6-6

704 area code

  1. Myers Park, 9-2
  2. Central Cabarrus, 11-0
  3. North Mecklenburg, 10-2
  4. Weddington, 11-1
  5. Lake Norman, 11-1
  6. Cannon School, 14-6
  7. Northside Christian , 15-6
  8. Chambers, 8-4
  9. South Mecklenburg, 13-0
  10. Salisbury, 11-3
  11. Davidson Day , 9-5
  12. Hopewell, 11-1
  13. Independence, 10-4
  14. North Lincoln, 9-2
  15. Ashbrook, 10-1

828 area code

  1. Christ School, 13-4
  2. Hickory, 9-0
  3. Pisgah, 45537
  4. McDowell County, 9-1
  5. Hendersonville, 7-3
  6. Patton, 11-2
  7. North Henderson, 10-2
  8. West Henderson, 7-5
  9. East Henderson, 10-3
  10. Bandys, 9-2
  11. Newton-Conover, 6-5
  12. South Caldwell, 8-5
  13. West Caldwell, 9-2
  14. Maiden, 7-4
  15. Asheville Christian, 10-5

910 area code

  1. New Hanover, 9-0
  2. Richmond, 7-4
  3. Seventy-First, 7-1
  4. Westover, 6-1
  5. Fayetteville Academy, 13-3
  6. Swansboro, 10-1
  7. Laney, 10-1
  8. Fairmont, 9-1
  9. Trinity Christian, 12-4
  10. Hoggard, 8-4
  11. West Bladen, 9-1
  12. North Brunswick, 10-2
  13. White Oak, 9-3
  14. Cape Fear Academy, 9-3
  15. Jacksonville, 7-5

919 area code

  1. Northwood, 8-2
  2. Green Level, 11-0
  3. Chapel Hill, 11-1
  4. Wakefield, 11-1
  5. Millbrook, 7-6
  6. Holly Springs, 10-2
  7. Garner, 5-4
  8. Southern Durham, 6-3
  9. Clayton, 7-3
  10. South Granville, 8-3
  11. South Garner, 9-2
  12. Goldsboro, 9-2
  13. GRACE Christ. (Ral), 13-5
  14. Wayne Country Day, 12-7
  15. Jordan, 6-6

Source: highschoolot.com