Dakotas Basketball 2026 Player Rankings

What scouts are saying about South Dakota's 2026 class

August Rankings Update: Who moved up the rankings in South Dakota's 2026 class?

Aug 25, 2025

Updated 2026 South Dakota Rankings

Aug 25, 2025

Ranked Players

128 players

Rank	Player	Height	Position	High School	Club Team	Commitment
1	Blake Ellwein	6’9″	SG/SF	Huron	TEAM Warwick
2	Marvin Richard III	6’1″	CG	Pine Ridge	Hoop City South Dakota
3	Sam DeGroot	6’7″	SF	Sioux Falls Lincoln	Sanford Sports Academy SF
4	Sam Ericsson	6’3″	CG	Sioux Falls Lincoln	Sanford Sports Academy SF
5	Will Kuhl	6’9″	PF	West Central	Sanford Sports Academy SF

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Watch List Players

75 players

Rank	Player	Height	Position	High School	Club Team	Commitment
	Aiden Abraham	6’2″	SF	Hamlin
	Younger Amiotte	6’0″	SG	Wall
	Luke Anema	6’1″	SG	Dakota Valley
	Tyler Bain	6’4″	SF	Aberdeen Central
	Jack Bartscher	6’3″	SF/PF	Ethan

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• – Huron
• – Pine Ridge
• – Sioux Falls Lincoln
• – Sioux Falls Lincoln
• – West Central
• – Sioux Falls Christian
• – Bridgewater-Emery
• – St. Thomas More
• – Hamlin
• – Deubrook Area
• – Vermillion
• – Lennox
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – O’Gorman
• – Sioux Falls Christian
• – Baltic
• – Groton Area
• – Mitchell
• – De Smet
• – O'Gorman
• – Lennox
• – Harrisburg
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Flandreau
• – Sioux Falls Washington
• – Watertown
• – Sioux Falls Lincoln
• – Groton Area
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Groton Area
• – Wolsey-Wessington
• – St Thomas More
• – Spearfish
• – Sioux Falls Washington
• – Sully Buttes
• – Wessington Springs
• – Viborg-Hurley
• – Douglas
• – Harrisburg
• – O'Gorman
• – Mahpiya Luta(Red Cloud)
• – Dell Rapids St. Mary
• – Sioux Valley
• – Miller
• – Rapid City Central
• – West Central
• – Gregory
• – Spearfish
• – Castlewood
• – Brandon Valley
• – Clark-Willow Lake
• – Groton Area
• – Freeman
• – Beresford
• – Wall
• – Custer
• – Hill City
• – Baltic
• – Madison
• – Sturgis Brown
• – Wessington Springs
• – Sioux Falls Lincoln
• – Little Wound
• – O’Gorman
• – Langford Area
• – Dell Rapids
• – Cheyenne-Eagle Butte
• – Britton-Hecla
• – Bridgewater-Emery
• – Sioux Falls Washington
• – Sioux Valley
• – Baltic
• – Douglas
• – Canton
• – Harrisburg
• – Madison
• – Watertown
• – Estelline-Hendricks
• – O'Gorman
• – Beresford
• – Pierre
• – Yankton
• – Madison
• – Rapid City Stevens
• – Sioux Falls Jefferson
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Baltic
• – Vermillion
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Sioux Valley
• – Aberdeen Central
• – Tri-Valley
• – Wall
• – Viborg-Hurley
• – Sioux Falls Jefferson
• – Dell Rapids St Mary
• – Watertown
• – Cheyenne-Eagle Butte
• – Aberdeen Central
• – Douglas
• – Arlington
• – Brookings
• – West Central
• – Sioux Valley
• – Spearfish
• – Milbank
• – Harrisburg
• – Sioux Falls Washington
• – Sioux Falls Jefferson
• – Beresford
• – Stanley County
• – Colman-Egan
• – Brookings
• – Brookings
• – Faulkton Area
• – Madison
• – Mitchell
• – Sturgis Brown
• – Baltic
• – Hill City
• – Pierre
• – Dell Rapids St. Mary
• – Freeman
• – Viborg-Hurley
• – Gregory
• – Milbank
• – Aberdeen Christian
• – Flandreau
• – Hamlin
• – Wall
• – Dakota Valley
• – Aberdeen Central
• – Ethan
• – Warner
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Aberdeen Central
• – Pine Ridge
• – Yankton
• – Iroquois/Lake Preston
• – Sioux Falls Jefferson
• – Miller
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Sturgis
• – Mitchell
• – Sioux Falls Washington
• – Leola-Frederick Area
• – Harrisburg
• – Cheyenne-Eagle Butte
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Douglas
• – Aberdeen Roncalli
• – Pine Ridge
• – Avon
• – Wall
• – O’Gorman
• – Mitchell
• – Kadoka Area
• – Sioux Falls Washington
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Sioux Falls Christian
• – Deuel
• – Aberdeen Christian
• – Gayville-Volin
• – Rapid City Christian
• – Waverly-South Shore
• – Brandon Valley
• – Hot Springs
• – West Central
• – Tea Area
• – O’Gorman
• – Pine Ridge
• – Pierre
• – Huron
• – O'Gorman
• – McCook Central/Montrose
• – O’Gorman
• – Faith
• – Deubrook Area
• – Webster Area
• – Sioux Falls Jefferson
• – Sioux Falls Jefferson
• – Yankton
• – Aberdeen Roncalli
• – Winner
• – Leola-Frederick
• – Rapid City Christian
• – Sioux Falls Christian
• – Sioux Falls Washington
• – St. Francis
• – St. Thomas More
• – Sioux Falls Roosevelt
• – Groton Area
• – Webster Area
• – Brookings
• – Leola-Frederick
• – Brookings
• – Sioux Falls Lincoln
• – Leola/Frederick Area
• – Castlewood
• – Tea Area
• – Warner
• – Rapid City Central