ICYMI: 2025 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Hoops Pennsylvania updated our 2025 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 328 college prospects with a top five of Shareef Jackson Shareef Jackson 6'9" | C Roman Catholic | 2025 State #249 Nation PA , Meleek Thomas Meleek Thomas 6'4" | CG Lincoln Park | 2025 State #5 Nation PA , Jaron McKie Jaron McKie 6'2" | SG St. Joseph's Prep | 2025 State #74 Nation PA , Keon Mtume-Long Keon Mtume-Long 6'3" | SG Neumann-Goretti | 2025 State #393 Nation PA , and Olin Chamberlain Olin Chamberlain 6'0" | PG St Joseph's Prep | 2025 State PA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Pennsylvania 2025 Rankings!
We have begun analyzing the rankings updates in the following articles, too:
- Western PA Fall Rankings: 2025 Stock Risers "Sensational 7"
- Updated 2025 Rankings: SEPA New Comers
- Updated 2025 Rankings: SEPA Under the Radar Prospects
- Transfer Watch 2022: Part XIV
- Updated 2025 Rankings: New Impact 25s for 2022-23
- Open Gym Series: Malvern Prep & MCS
- Western PA Fall Rankings: 2025 Newcomers "Elite 8"
- Western PA Fall Rankings: 2025 "Terrific 10"
Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Hoops Pennsylvania prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of Pennsylvania 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.