The Sweet 16: Here are the latest high school basketball rankings for Raleigh-Durham
Another week, another shuffle in the Raleigh-Durham area Sweet 16 as teams start to settle into conference play. The usual suspects continued to be those usual suspects.
The biggest shock this week is a rather steep drop in the Top 10, while four previously unranked teams made their way into the Top 16. The biggest mover from off the charts was No. 11 Wake Forest, which was unranked a week ago. Hillside also made a big lead, vaulting from No. 15 to No. 8.
Here is this week’s chart:
The Triangle boys basketball Sweet 16
| Rank | Team | League | Class | Rec. | Pvs. |
| 1 | Trinity Academy | NICSAA | 2A | 11-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Wakefield | NCHSAA | 4A | 12-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Cleveland | NCHSAA | 4A | 11-1 | 4 |
| 4 | Jordan | NCHSAA | 4A | 11-2 | 5 |
| 5 | Panther Creek | NCHSAA | 4A | 11-3 | 6 |
| 6 | Apex Friendship | NCHSAA | 4A | 8-2 | 7 |
| 7 | Holly Springs | NCHSAA | 4A | 11-3 | 8 |
| 8 | Hillside | NCHSAA | 4A | 6-1 | 15 |
| 9 | East Wake | NCHSAA | 3A | 8-3 | 10 |
| 10 | Broughton | NCHSAA | 4A | 8-5 | 3 |
| 11 | Wake Forest | NCHSAA | 4A | 8-3 | NR |
| 12 | Enloe | NCHSAA | 4A | 7-4 | 9 |
| 13 | Southern Durham | NCHSAA | 3A | 8-4 | NR |
| 14 | Athens Drive | NCHSAA | 4A | 9-4 | 12 |
| 15 | Millbrook | NCHSAA | 4A | 6-7 | NR |
| 16 | Cary Academy | NCISAA | 4A | 8-4 | NR |
Also in consideration: Green Level, Ravenscroft, Cardinal Gibbons, Fuquay Varina