RivalsHigh 100 Basketball Rankings | Rivals High | last sorted on 2/2/2010

Compiled by Dallas Jackson (email)
Senior Analyst for RivalsHigh.com.

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Records as of February 1.

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Memphis (Tenn.) White Station head coach Jesus Patino was sorry his team fell short in a thriller against Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick last Saturday in Newark – but he left happy.

Happy to see how his team matched up against one of the best in the country. Happy to see how his city matched up against New Jersey.

“Everyone knows how good basketball in New Jersey is,” he said. “For us to come in here, essentially play a game on their home court, and do what we did – be in a position to win – is great.

“We had our chances.”

If it weren’t for a few missed free throws, White Station, No. 34 in the latest RivalsHigh Top 100 boys basketball rankings, would have been even higher. Even so, it is up 21 spots in the poll and is one of four from the Memphis area in the poll.

Ridgeway is ranked No. 9, Melrose is No. 20 and Memphis Central is at 84. Southwind also got a strong look and may eventually find its way in.

Such rankings don’t surprise Patino.

“I’ll put the top seven in our area up against anyone,” he said.

So while the chance for his team to test itself against one of Jersey’s best was nice – Patino says the quality wasn’t that different from what he faces on a regular basis. His team is now 17-4, with all four losses coming against teams currently ranked in the top 15 (twice to No. 9 Ridgeway and once to No. 11 Bellaire (Texas) High and once to No. 14 St. Patrick).

Next up for White Station, a meeting with 21-1 Melrose.

With that, a look at our latest Top 100:
 

	Team	City	State	Record	Pvs.
1	Yates	Houston	TX	22-0	1
	Yates has scored over 100 points in 9 of its last 10 games. The Lions have wins over Butler (AL), Kentwood (WA), Nuemann-Goretti (PA), and Columbia (GA) among others.
2	Northland	Columbus	OH	15-0	2
	Northland has big wins over Findlay Prep (NV) and Oak Hill (VA). The Vikings have one more showdown with Detroit Country Day (MI) before playoffs start in Ohio.
3	Paterson Catholic	Paterson	NJ	14-0	7
	This is the most unstable ground of a team in the Top 10. Paterson has big wins over Montverde (Fla.), Penn Wood (Pa.), and Winter Park (Fla.) but whether the Cougars can beat St. Patrick's or St. Benedict's is yet to be seen.
4	Neumann-Goretti	Philadelphia	PA	16-1	8
	Neumann-Goretti has wins over Kinston (NC), Montrose Christian (MD), and Christ the King (NY). The Saints biggest game was a one-point loss to No. 1 Yates.
5	St. Benedict's Prep	Newark	NJ	17-1	17
	St. Benedict is knocking on the door of Paterson Catholic for No. 1 in New Jersey. The Gray Bees have wins over Sagemont (FL), St. Frances (MD), Montverde (FL), St. Patrick (NJ), Plymouth-Whitemarsh (PA), and De La Salle (IL). Only a loss to Winter Park (FL) is keeping them from No. 2 nationally.
6	Bloomington South	Bloomington	IN	15-0	5
	A No. 5 finish may be as high as Bloomington South can get. An impressive state tournament run could push it higher but a complete lack of out of state competition give a built in arguement against.
7	Ames Senior	Ames	IA	15-0	6
	The same song is being played for Ames. A very good team is being held back by a very poor schedule.
8	Mater Dei	Santa Ana	CA	19-1	16
	This could prove to be too high of a ranking but we are buying into the five-guards the Monarchs run. Wins over DeMatha (MD), Bishop McNamara (MD) and a close loss to Gonzaga (DC) prove Mater Dei could travel. Winning out in California will solidify this spot.
9	Ridgeway	Memphis	TN	17-0	12
	Two wins over Memphis White Station pair very nicely with out of state wins over Westlake (GA) and Lee (AL).
10	Oak Hill Academy	Mouth Of Wilson	VA	21-2	10
	Wins over Callaway (MS), Princeton (OH), Westview (OR), and Dudley (NC) offset losses to Northland (OH) and Westchester (CA).
11	Bellaire	Bellaire	TX	26-1	11
12	Montverde Academy	Montverde	FL	20-4	34
13	Findlay Prep	Henderson	NV	25-2	3
14	St. Patrick	Elizabeth	NJ	15-2	4
15	Christ School	Arden	NC	26-1	14
16	Providence School	Jacksonville	FL	23-1	24
17	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas	NV	20-1	23
18	Jesuit	Portland	OR	15-1	30
19	Winter Park	Winter Park	FL	19-4	15
20	Melrose	Memphis	TN	21-1	21
21	Westchester	Los Angeles	CA	19-3	9
22	Wagner	San Antonio	TX	29-1	35
23	Rice	New York	NY	14-3	25
24	Country Day	Beverly Hills	MI	12-1	13
25	Mt. Lebanon	Pittsburgh	PA	16-1	31
26	Federal Way	Federal Way	WA	16-1	27
27	St. Anthony	Jersey City	NJ	17-2	38
28	Wingfield	Jackson	MS	25-0	51
29	Salesian	Richmond	CA	18-1	41
30	Jefferson	Portland	OR	13-2	32
31	Westview	Portland	OR	14-2	33
32	Peabody	Alexandria	LA	30-0	42
33	Milton	Alpharetta	GA	17-3	22
34	White Station	Memphis	TN	18-4	55
35	DeMatha	Hyattsville	MD	19-3	20
36	Gonzaga	Washington	DC	18-4	26
37	Montrose Christian	Rockville	MD	12-3	18
38	Kinston	Kinston	NC	15-3	52
39	St. Francis Borgia	Washington	MO	17-0	47
40	Plymouth Whitemarsh Sr	Plymouth Meeting	PA	17-1	45
41	Poly	Long Beach	CA	18-3	44
42	Greer	Greer	SC	19-0	43
43	Columbia	Decatur	GA	17-5	36
44	Lancaster	Lancaster	TX	25-2	72
45	Ely	Pompano Beach	FL	20-0	68
46	Taft	Woodland Hills	CA	17-3	69
47	Regis Jesuit	Aurora	CO	16-1	50
48	Whitney Young	Chicago	IL	17-3	56
49	Valparaiso	Valparaiso	IN	14-1	92
50	Bishop Miege	Shawnee Mission	KS	11-0	39
51	Trinity	Louisville	KY	19-2	88
52	Romulus	Romulus	MI	12-1	67
53	Pershing	Detroit	MI	12-2	53
54	Marcus	Flower Mound	TX	27-2	84
55	Arlington Country Day	Jacksonville	FL	17-5	37
56	Foreman	Chicago	IL	19-2	NR
57	DeSoto	Desoto	TX	25-3	60
58	Petersburg	Petersburg	VA	17-0	61
59	Greater Atlanta Christian	Norcross	GA	19-1	63
60	Pine Crest	Ft Lauderdale	FL	19-2	70
61	Mount St. Joseph	Baltimore	Md	25-2	74
62	North Central	Indianapolis	IN	14-2	65
63	Penn Wood	Lansdowne	PA	15-3	71
64	Webster Groves	Webster Groves	MO	18-1	40
65	Orlando Christian	Orlando	FL	19-2	NR
66	Newark Memorial	Newark	CA	19-3	82
67	Junipero Serra	Gardena	CA	22-2	46
68	Lincoln	Dallas	TX	22-2	79
69	Centennial	Champaign	IL	19-1	28
70	Waukegan	Waukegan	IL	16-4	48
71	Bishop Loughlin	Brooklyn	NY	15-4	NR
72	Cedar Hill	Cedar Hill	TX	23-3	73
73	Price	Los Angeles	CA	21-2	83
74	Hopewell	Huntersville	NC	19-0	97
75	Westlake	Atlanta	GA	18-2	19
76	Butler	Huntsville	AL	19-5	75
77	Conway	Conway	AR	16-2	76
78	Wheeler	Marietta	GA	16-4	77
79	Starkville	Starkville	MS	18-2	78
80	Hayfield	Alexandria	VA	18-0	87
81	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	OK	13-1	80
82	Harvard Westlake	N Hollywood	CA	17-4	NR
83	Christ The King	Middle Village	NY	13-4	62
84	Central	Memphis	TN	16-3	58
85	Mt Vernon	Fortville	IN	14-2	NR
86	Muskegon Heights	Muskegon	MI	11-0	NR
87	Dunbar	Dayton	OH	14-1	29
88	Loyola	Los Angeles	CA	19-2	59
89	Saint Paul Johnson	Saint Paul	MN	15-0	NR
90	De La Salle	Concord	CA	18-2	93
91	Muskogee	Muskogee	OK	13-2	90
92	Ballard	Louisville	KY	18-3	99
93	Bearden	Knoxville	TN	19-0	NR
94	Half Hollow Hills West	Dix Hills	NY	13-0	NR
95	Lake Travis	Austin	TX	24-3	NR
96	Hillcrest	Tuscaloosa	AL	24-3	NR
97	Gadsden City	Gadsden	AL	22-3	95
98	Bellevue	Bellevue	WA	16-1	NR
99	Bingham	South Jordan	UT	15-1	NR
100	Mountain View	Mesa	AZ	18-3	NR

Dropped out: Former No. 49 Newburgh (N.Y.) Free Academy, No. 54 Atlanta (Ga.) South Atlanta, No. 57 Chicago (Ill.) Simeon, No. 64 Corona (Calif.) Centennial, No. 66 Florissant (Mo.) Mccluer North, No. 81 Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances, No. 85 Gary (Ind.) Bowman Academy, No. 86 Olney (Md.) Good Counsel, No. 89 Chandler (Ariz.) Basha, No. 91 Cincinnati (Ohio) Princeton, No. 94 Talladega (Alabama) High, No. 96 Merrillville (Indiana) High, No. 98 Greensboro (N.C.) Dudley, No. 100 New Hope (Minn.) Robbinsdale Cooper.

The RivalsHigh 100 is compiled by Dallas Jackson with the help of the Rivals.com network of high school site publishers, recruiting analysts and AMP team. To view the site in your area click here.