PALM BEACH COUNTY – We are quite late to the Top 10 team rankings party.

But it is better late than never, as we have seen enough from our very best boys basketball teams to this point in Palm Beach County.

Just to make this crystal clear, our first set of rankings come exclusively from MaxPreps. And moving forward, all weekly rankings from next week until early March will be based on MaxPreps.

Let us get to the Top 10 and Close to 10 boys basketball team rankings.

1. Dwyer (18-0); No. 10 in Florida; No. 22 in the nation
2. Lake Worth (15-1); No. 15 in Florida
3. Suncoast (17-4); No. 21 in Florida
4. Wellington (16-3); No. 27 in Florida
5. Jupiter Christian (12-3); No. 91 in Florida
6. Benjamin (11-5); No. 112 in Florida
7. Atlantic Christian (12-2); No. 128 in Florida
8. King’s Academy (16-1); No. 129 in Florida
9. Jupiter (14-6); No. 136 in Florida
10. St. Andrew’s (11-8); No. 144 in Florida

Close to 10: Somerset Academy Canyons (12-4);  No. 163 in FL, Palm Beach Lakes (9-8); No. 169 in FL, Park Vista (11-9); No. 175 in FL; St. John Paul II (11-6); No. 190 in FL; Lake Worth Christian (16-4); No. 193 in FL

Waiting in the wings: Inlet Grove (14-0); No. 200 in FL

NEXT UPDATE: Anywhere between Monday, Jan. 23 and Thursday, Jan. 26

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