The Times’ high school boys’ basketball rankings

A look at the top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland:

Rk. SCHOOL (W-L); Comment (last week)

1. SIERRA CANYON (10-1); Bronny James leads opening win in Hawaii (1)

2. CORONA CENTENNIAL (8-1); Getting ready for Classic at Damien (2)

3. DAMIEN (12-0); Coach Mike LeDuc goes for win No. 1,000 (3)

4. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (12-1); Brady Dunlap is greatly improved (4)

5. ROLLING HILLS PREP (10-0); Still need to face top teams (6)

6. MATER DEI (7-2); Loss in Florida tournament (5)

7. ETIWANDA (8-2); Practicing for Classic at Damien (8)

8. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (9-1); Malik Moore is finding his range (9)

9. ST. BERNARD (7-1); First loss in Las Vegas tournament (10)

10. COLONY (7-0); vs. West Torrance on Monday (11)

11. SHERMAN OAKS NOTRE DAME (11-2); vs. Valencia on Thursday (12)

12. SANTA MARGARITA (9-0); Rockwell Reynolds helping lead the way (13)

13. ST. JOHN BOSCO (10-2); On TV vs. LB Wilson on Wednesday (14)

14. CAPISTRANO VALLEY CHRISTIAN (11-0); Playing in Las Vegas (15)

15. TAFT (9-1); Waiting for West Valley League to begin (16)

16. RIVERSIDE POLY (10-1); Playing in Covina tournament (19)

17. CREAN LUTHERAN (5-0); Opening win in Las Vegas

18. CROSSROADS (8-3); Bounced back with win over Desert Pines (7)

19. BISHOP MONTGOMERY (8-1); Won Mission Prep opener (21)

20 GARDENA SERRA (7-3); Hosting own tournament this week (17)

21. ST. ANTHONY (7-3); Gave Harvard-Westlake strong battle (20)

22. ANAHEIM CANYON (10-2); vs. Buena Park on Thursday (22)

23. MIRA COSTA (11-1); At Claremont on Wednesday (23)

24. WEST RANCH (7-4); Facing top opponents (18)

25. LOYOLA (11-1); Tournament action next week (25)