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The Minnesota Top 25, the Star Tribune’s statewide, class-crossing ranking of high school boys basketball teams: Week 7

By Ron Haggstrom, the Minnesota Star Tribune, 01/30/25, 11:45AM CST

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Reporter Ron Haggstrom didn’t rearrange the order of the top 12 teams, despite a top-ranked program taking its first loss.

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Alexandria forward Chase Thompson (3) drives past Cretin-Derham Hall forward Monteff Dixon (22) in the second half of a Breakdown Tip Off Classic game at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka earlier this season. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Benilde-St. Margaret lost 82-80 to Alexandria on Saturday, its first defeat of the season. It wasn’t enough to affect its ranking in the Minnesota Top 25.

The Red Knights, the top-ranked team in Class 3A, remain the second-ranked team in the Star Tribune’s statewide boys basketball ranking. The win didn’t move Alexandria up in our ranking either, but the team has proven they could be the best team in the state when healthy.

Alexandria’s three setbacks have come to No. 1 Cretin-Derham Hall, No. 6 Mankato East and No. 23 Sauk Rapids-Rice. The Cardinals haven’t lost at home.

CDH and No. 9 Tartan are the only remaining unbeaten teams in the state’s two largest classifications.

Meanwhile, No. 11 Albany and No. 12 Waseca have proven they are the frontrunners in Class 2A.

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Records through Wednesday

1. Cretin-Derham Hall (17-0): Previous week: No. 1

For the complete list of teams in the season's initial high school boys basketball Minnesota Top 25, click here to read this story on startribune.com.

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