Boys’ basketball: Preseason top 25 by The Times

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The basketball season begins Monday, and here’s a sneak preview of The Times’ preseason top 25 in boys’ basketball. Remember, it’s how you finish at the end of the season that matters.

1. Long Beach Poly

2. Taft

3. Mater Dei

4. Etiwanda

5. Corona Centennial

6. Westchester

7. La Verne Lutheran

8. Price

9. Compton

10. Harvard-Westlake

11. Orange Lutheran

12. Upland

13. Murrieta Valley

14. Crenshaw

15. Santa Monica

16. Sierra Canyon

17. Washington

18. Damien

19. Corona del Mar

20. Loyola

21. Fairfax

22. Pasadena

23. Alemany

24. Crespi

25. Atascadero

-- Eric Sondheimer