Flatbush is the near unanimous pick as the #1 team in the first National JHA Top 25 poll of the 2023-24 season.
The Falcons have started out 16-1 and are on a 12-game win streak. Their only setback this year was to the hosts in the Magen David preseason tournament - and Flatbush returned the favor when they beat the Warriors in the championship game of the Cooper Invitational last month.
That was #3 MDY’s only setback until Sunday when they lost at home to a Frisch squad that started the year with lots of questions but has answered nearly all of them, helping themselves to a #10 ranking.
#4 Milken got the only top pick that Flatbush missed out on
The Top 10 is heavy on Yeshiva League and California teams - probably because they’ve done most of the playing so far this year. But teams from across the country started their seasons this month and hope to have a say on how the ranking shake out from now through March.
Jewish Hoops America
National Top 25
Week of Dec. 4, 2023
1.Flatbush/Brooklyn,NY(10)……………………………….16-1……….274….……….-
2.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA………………… ……….10-4………249……………-
3.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY …..………..…………….14-2….…..248.……...….-
4,Milken/Los Angeles,CA(1)……………………………….11-4……….247……………-
TieRamaz/New York,NY…………………………………….12-4……….247………..…-
6.HAFTR/Cedarhurst,NY……………………………….…..8-5………..205…………-
7.YULA/Los Angeles,CA…………………………………….7-4…….……185…..……..-
TieValley Torah/Valley Village,CA……………………10-2…………185………….-
9.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL……………….……………...5-3….………178……..…..-
10.Frisch/Paramus,NJ …………………….…….……………8-3.………….162…………-
11.Ida Crown/Chicago,IL…………………….….…….……..2-0…….……160……..….-
12.Posnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL……………………..8-2…………140…………-
13.DRS/Woodmere,NY ……………….………………………5-4…………..137…………-
14.Hebrew Academy/Miami Beach,FL………………6-5………….117…………..-
15.TABC/Teaneck,NJ … ….………..…….…………..,,,,……6-4….………115…...…….-
16.Maimonides/Brookline,MA…………….……………….3-1…………..113……….....-
17.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL……….………………………..5-4………….108….………-
18.deToledo/West Hills,CA…………………………………..6-2……….…90……………-
19.SAR/Bronx,NY…………………………………………………..5-6…………..85……………-
20.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD…………………………….5-3………….64…………….-
21.Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD…………………..2-2…………62…….………-
22.Beth Tfiloh/Baltimore,MD……………………………….6-3…………50…………….-
23.Emery/Weiner/Houston,TX……………………………..7-1………….47…………….-
24.Yavneh Academy/Dallas,TX…………….……………..6-2…….…..37……….……-
25.Fuchs Mizrachi/Beachwood,OH…….……………….1-1….………26…….……..-
Others receiving votes: Denver Jewish Day, 16; Heschel, 12; Fasman Yeshiva, 8; Jewish Culture HS, 7; YDE, 6; Gann, 5; Tarbut vTorah, 5; Northwest Yeshiva HS, 4; Waterbury Yeshiva, 3; North Shore H.A., 2; Herzliah, 2; Or Yisroel, 1; H.A. Montreal, 1; Weber Atlanta, 1.