The high school boys basketball season is in full swing as the calendar turns to 2023, and we’ve had a healthy amount of chances to take in some of the nation’s top teams and players.
Last week we featured some of the emerging stars in the sport, and now it’s time to highlight some of the top performers from across the country in the first half of the 2022-23 season.
We’ll start off with the youngest on the court, the class of 2026. They aren’t yet dominating headlines and recruiting rankings like upperclassmen, but that doesn’t mean they can’t make a name for themselves this year.
These are 20 freshmen from across the country who have shown the ability to play like seasoned veterans.
Latrell Allmond, C, John Marshall (Virginia)
Allmond played varsity as an eighth grader for O’Neal (North Carolina) ahead of his move to Virginia’s John Marshall, home of the No. 19 team in the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national rankings. The 6-foot-8 big man is being recruited by the likes of Georgia, North Carolina State, Rutgers and Tennessee, among others.
