ICYMI: 2023 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Hoops Virginia updated our 2023 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 156 college prospects with a top five of DeShawn Harris-Smith DeShawn Harris-Smith 6'5" | SF Paul VI | 2023 State #53 Nation VA , Dennis Parker Dennis Parker 6'6" | SF John Marshall | 2023 State #89 Nation VA , Carter Lang Carter Lang 6'9" | C St. Anne's Belfield | 2023 State #199 Nation VA , Austin Ball Austin Ball 6'7" | SF Miller School | 2023 State #203 Nation VA , and Adrian Myers Adrian Myers 6'5" | SF Massanutten | 2023 State VA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Virginia 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 Virginia prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of Virginia 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.