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New Hampshire boys basketball: Final Top 10 rankings for 2024-25 season

Check out our final power rankings for the recently completed New Hampshire high school boys basketball season

Roger Brown

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Final New Hampshire Top 10 boys basketball rankings for the 2024-25 season:

1. Bedford (18-3)

The top-seeded Bulldogs edged Keene 51-50 to win their second Division I championship in the past three seasons.

Previous ranking: 1

2. Keene (16-6)

The Blackbirds were a basket from winning the program’s first Division I championship.

Previous ranking: 6

3. Exeter (16-5)

Exeter’s season ended in controversy when a missed Bedford shot was ruled a made basket late in a tie game in the semifinals. The result was a three-point play that gave the Bulldogs a three-point lead with a little more than a minute remaining, and they went on to win 58-55.

Previous ranking: 5

4. Portsmouth (17-4)

After finishing in a tie with Bedford for first place during the regular season, Portsmouth’s run ended with a 61-60 loss to Keene in the semifinals.

Previous ranking: 2

5. Trinity (15-5)

The Pioneers were one of at least a handful of teams that had a realistic chance of winning this year’s Division I championship, but those title aspirations ended with a home loss to Keene in the quarterfinals.

Previous ranking: 3

6. Nashua South (15-5)

The Panthers didn’t have many poor offensive showings this season, but one of them came in a 60-44 loss to Exeter in the Division I quarterfinals.

Previous ranking: 4

7. Memorial (11-9)

No team had more talent than the Crusaders, who were healthy for the postseason and knocked off Alvirne in the first round before throwing a scare into Portsmouth during the quarterfinals.

Previous ranking: Unranked

8. Pembroke (19-2)

The top-seeded Spartans derailed Pelham’s hopes of winning a third consecutive Division II championship by beating the Pythons in the semifinals, and then won the title with a 63-54 victory over Sanborn.

Previous ranking: 9

9. Alvirne (13-6)

Alvirne’s season ended sooner than many expected as they fell to 10th-seeded Manchester Memorial in the Division I tournament’s first round.

Previous ranking: 7

10. Belmont (20-1)

Belmont is the only Division III team ranked in the Top 10. The Red Raiders capped their season with a victory over Kearsarge in the Division III championship game, and they had the size and talent to compete with anyone in the state.

Previous ranking: Unranked

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ROGER BROWN

Roger Brown is a University of Maine graduate who has been a professional sportswriter since 1993. He has worked for several New Hampshire newspapers and has also covered high school sports for ESPN and MaxPreps. He publishes the New Hampshire Football Report and New Hampshire Hardball.

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