Duncanville and Richardson have highlighted the strength of the DFW’s boys high school basketball scene with marquee early-season victories against premier out-of-state opponents and powerhouse programs across Texas.
The Panthers and Eagles, who each also hold top-10 spots in the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national rankings, top the inaugural edition of SBLive’s Texas Boys Basketball Top 25 statewide rankings.
SBLive’s statewide high school boys basketball rankings are compiled by reporter Andrew McCulloch and will be released every week throughout the regular season.
Here’s a look at the top teams throughout the state in early December:
SBLive’s Texas Boys Basketball Top 25 rankings (Dec. 9, 2021):
25. Round Rock (10-1)
Last Week: Abilene Raising Cane’s Key City Classic [3-1 record against Abilene Cooper (W), Fort Worth Wyatt (W), Midland Christian (W) and North Crowley (L)]; 60-42 W at Austin Bowie
Up Next: Pflugerville Classic [vs. Denton Guyer and Manor (Dec. 9), vs. San Antonio Warren and Temple (Dec. 10), vs. TBD (Dec. 11)]
24. Mansfield Legacy (11-2)
Last Week: Mansfield ISD’s Spring Creek Classic [2-2 record against Humble Atascocita (L), Frisco Memorial (L), Keller Central (W) and The Woodlands College Park (W)]; 82-72 W at DeSoto
Up Next: at Midlothian (Dec. 14)
23. Fort Bend Marshall (8-0)
Last Week: Lamar Consolidated ISD Tournament champions (5-0 record against Cypress Ranch, Cypress Ridge, Fort Bend Ridge Point, Rosenberg Lamar Consolidated and South Houston)
Up Next: vs. Fort Bend Ridge Point (Dec. 9); at Fort Bend Kempner (Dec. 13)
22. North Crowley (10-3)
Last Week: Abilene Raising Cane’s Key City Classic champions (4-0 record against McKinney Boyd, Northwest Eaton, Peaster and Round Rock)
Up Next: at Fort Worth YMLA (Dec. 10); vs. Waco Midway (Dec. 14)
21. Amarillo (12-4)
Last Week: Mansfield ISD Spring Creek Tournament [3-2 record against College Station A&M Consolidated (W), Frisco Memorial (W), Keller Central (W), Killeen Harker Heights (L) and Pearland Dawson (L)]; 64-28 W vs. Lubbock Cooper
Up Next: vs. Lubbock Estacado (Dec. 20)
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20. Pearland Dawson (9-5)
Last Week: Mansfield ISD Spring Creek Tournament [4-1 record against Amarillo (W), Frisco Liberty (W), Keller (W), Killeen Ellison (W) and Mansfield Timberview (L)]; 58-36 W vs. Cy-Fair
Up Next: at Katy Seven Lakes (Dec. 13)
19. El Paso Americas (14-0)
Last Week: El Paso Cathedral Tournament champions (4-0 record against El Paso Austin, El Paso Bowie, El Paso Cathedral and El Paso Da Vinci); 66-13 W vs. El Paso Cathedral
Up Next: Midland Legacy Tournament [vs. Amarillo Caprock and Lubbock Cooper (Dec. 9), vs. Midland Legacy and Midland (Dec. 10), vs. Odessa Permian (Dec. 11)]
18. Plano John Paul II (15-3)
Last Week: Red River Hoopfest in Texarkana [74-73 L (OT) vs. Parkview (Arkansas); 71-49 W vs. Mount Pleasant]
Up Next: vs. San Antonio Wagner and Our Saviour Lutheran (Brooklyn, New York) [Dec. 10-11 at Stars and Stripes Houston Tournament]
17. Katy Paetow (9-4)
Last Week: Clear Creek ISD’s Carlisle-Krueger Classic [3-1 record against Cypress Woods (W), Houston Stratford (W), Katy Mayde Creek (W) and Katy Seven Lakes (L)]; 66-43 W vs. Katy Jordan
Up Next: at Bryan Rudder (Dec. 13)
16. San Antonio Antonian (16-0)
Last Week: South San Tournament champions (4-0 record against Round Rock Stony Point, San Antonio O’Connor, San Antonio Warren and Weslaco); 70-50 W at San Antonio Edison
Up Next: San Antonio ISD Tournament (Dec. 9-11)
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15. Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (10-2)
Last Week: 68-58 W vs. Tulsa Union (Oklahoma); 92-51 W at Dallas Lincoln
Up Next: vs. American Fork (Utah) and Westlake (Utah) [Dec. 10-11 at Holiday Hoopfest in Salt Lake City]
14. Dallas Kimball (4-3)
Last Week: Bye
Up Next: vs. Corner Canyon (Utah) and Farmington (Utah) [Dec. 10-11 at Holiday Hoopfest in Salt Lake City]
13. Austin Westlake (12-1)
Last Week: Austin Anderson Tournament champions (4-0 record against Baytown Goose Creek Memorial, Cypress Falls, Rockwall and San Antonio Holmes); 54-45 W at Austin Anderson
Up Next: vs. Laredo Nixon (Dec. 11)
12. Coppell (11-4)
Last Week: Clear Creek ISD’s Carlisle-Krueger Classic champions (5-0 record against Friendswood, Friendswood Clear Brook, Houston Strake Jesuit, Montgomery Lake Creek and League City Clear Springs); 56-52 L at Richardson
Up Next: at Highland Park (Dec. 13)
11. Katy Seven Lakes (16-1)
Last Week: Katy Classic [4-1 record against Houston Westside (W), DeKaney (W), Jersey Village (W), Katy Paetow (W) and Spring Westfield (L)]; 80-42 W at Alief Elsik
Up Next: vs. Pearland Dawson (Dec. 13)
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10. Spring Westfield (9-1)
Last Week: Katy Classic champions (4-0 record against Alief Elsik, Katy Mayde Creek, Katy Seven Lakes and Katy Taylor); 47-43 L at Humble Atascocita
Up Next: at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Dec. 10)
9. Richardson Lake Highlands (9-1)
Last Week: Fort Worth Chisholm Trail Tournament champions (4-0 record against Flower Mound, Fort Worth Brewer, Grapevine and Odessa); 75-61 W vs. Prosper
Up Next: Forney Tournament [vs. Kaufman and North Forney (Dec. 9); vs. DeSoto and The Colony (Dec. 10)]
8. Humble Atascocita (12-2)
Last Week: Mansfield ISD’s Spring Creek Classic [4-1 record against Killeen Harker Heights (L), Mansfield Lake Ridge (W), Mansfield Legacy (W), Mansfield Summit (W) and Sulphur Springs (W)]; 47-43 W vs. Spring Westfield
Up Next: at Houston Strake Jesuit (Dec. 11)
7. Friendswood Clear Brook (14-2)
Last Week: Clear Creek ISD’s Carlisle-Krueger Classic [4-1 record against Coppell (L), Flower Mound Marcus (W), Galveston Ball (W), Houston Northside (W) and League City Clear Creek (W)]; 65-57 W vs. Kingwood
Up Next: vs. Katy Tompkins (Dec. 10); at Cypress Ranch (Dec. 13)
6. Mansfield Timberview (13-2)
Last Week: Mansfield ISD Spring Creek Tournament [4-1 record against Fort Worth Dunbar (W), Killeen Harker Heights (L), Killeen Shoemaker (W), Pearland Dawson (W) and Waxahachie (W)]; 76-58 W at Richardson Pearce
Up Next: vs. Mesquite Horn (Dec. 14)
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5. Killeen Harker Heights (9-0)
Last Week: Mansfield ISD Spring Creek Tournament champions (4-0 record against Amarillo, Arlington Seguin, Mansfield Timberview and South Grand Prairie); 59-45 W vs. Waco Midway
Up Next: Cypress Invitational Tournament (Dec. 9-11); vs. Round Rock HomeSchool (Dec. 14)
4. Beaumont United (10-1)
Last Week: Beaumont ISD/YMBL South Texas Shootout champions (5-0 against Aldine, Dallas Madison, Lake Charles LaGrange [Louisiana], Silsbee and South Oak Cliff); 84-54 vs. Silsbee
Up Next: vs. Houston C.E. King (Dec. 10);
3. McKinney (11-1)
Last Week: 88-57 W vs. Garland Lakeview Centennial
Up Next: Cypress Invitational Tournament (Dec. 9-11); at Grand Prairie (Dec. 14)
2. Richardson (10-0)
Last Week: 73-46 W vs. Southlake Carroll; 56-52 W vs. Coppell
Up Next: vs. Chicago Kenwood (Illinois); vs. North Little Rock (Arkansas) [Dec. 10-11 at Battle in the Bluff in Bartlett, Tennessee]
1. Duncanville (8-0)
Last Week: Red River Hoopfest in Texarkana [2-0 record against New Orleans Carver and Zachary (Louisiana)]
Up Next: vs. Montverde Academy (Florida) [Dec. 9 at Holiday Hoopfest in Phoenix]; vs. American Fork (Utah) [Dec. 11 at Holiday Hoopfest in Salt Lake City]
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