ICYMI: 2025 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Hoops Oklahoma updated our 2025 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 52 college prospects with a top five of Jaden Nickens Jaden Nickens 6'3" | CG Douglass | 2025 State OK , Carlsheon Young Carlsheon Young 6'5" | CG Midwest City | 2025 State #83 Nation OK , CJ Nickson CJ Nickson 6'6" | SF Weatherford | 2025 State #309 Nation OK , Kaidon Rayfield Kaidon Rayfield 6'8" | PF Putnam City West | 2025 State #122 Nation OK , and Brady Hancuff Brady Hancuff 6'6" | SF Edmond Memorial | 2025 State OK !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Oklahoma 2025 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 Oklahoma prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of Oklahoma 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.