ICYMI: 2023 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Hoops New York updated our 2023 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 149 college prospects with a top five of Jayden Reid Jayden Reid 5'10" | PG LuHi | 2023 State #119 Nation NY , Brandon Williams Brandon Williams 6'8" | SF Christ The King | 2023 State #121 Nation NY , Damani Barley Damani Barley 6'5" | PG Rochester East | 2023 State #158 Nation NY , Will Patterson Will Patterson 6'10" | C South Shore | 2023 State #173 Nation NY , and James Johns James Johns 6'5" | SF Long Island Lutheran | 2023 #250 Nation NY !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the New York 2023 Rankings!
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Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Hoops New York prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of New York basketball. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, grassroots ball matters greatly. We are obviously not ignoring the high school season. It is a reality, however, that players who do not play in grassroots events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.