PrepsNow top 25 area rankings: boys basketball
The Heritage boys are atop the final PrepsNow 20-county basketball rankings for the first time after a 4A runner-up finish.
The Huskies spent the entire season in the top 10, but didn’t take the top spot until last week, when Heritage topped previously-undefeated South Central (which had just upended then-No. 1 Garner days earlier) for the 4A East final.
South Central takes second, followed by Garner.
In last year’s rankings, Heritage was third, South Central fourth and Garner fifth.
Mount Zion was fifth, Leesville Road sixth, 1A runner-up Greenfield seventh, Green Hope eight, Ravenscroft and Word of God 10th to round out the top 10.
Greene Central, the 2A runner-up, was 11th.
Final PrepsNow Boys Basketball Top 25
Rank, Team | Rec. | LW |
1. Heritage | 25-5 | 1 |
2. South Central | 27-1 | 2 |
3. Garner | 26-2 | 3 |
4. Broughton | 26-3 | 4 |
5. Mount Zion | 26-5 | 5 |
6. Leesville Road | 21-7 | 6 |
7. Greenfield | 25-10 | 7 |
8. Green Hope | 22-6 | 8 |
9. Ravenscroft | 20-8 | 9 |
10. Word of God | 19-9 | 10 |
11. Greene Central | 26-7 | 11 |
12. Northern Durham | 24-4 | 12 |
13. Knightdale | 19-8 | 13 |
14. Southern Durham | 21-7 | 14 |
15. Southern Lee | 25-4 | 15 |
16. Kinston | 22-5 | 16 |
17. Person | 22-5 | 17 |
18. Panther Creek | 15-13 | 18 |
19. Millbrook | 16-13 | 19 |
20. Rocky Mount Prep | 25-1 | 20 |
21. Northern Nash | 24-2 | 21 |
22. Durham Academy | 20-6 | 22 |
23. Athens Drive | 18-9 | 23 |
24. Farmville Central | 22-4 | 24 |
25. Voyager Academy | 22-7 | 25 |
Falling out: none.
Eligible counties: Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Greene, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Lenoir, Moore, Nash, Orange, Person, Pitt, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne and Wilson.
This story was originally published March 12, 2018 at 12:58 PM with the headline "PrepsNow top 25 area rankings: boys basketball."