A.J. Dybansta, the nation’s top prospect who is still undecided on his college destination, leads the race in the 2024-25 Mr. Basketball USA Tracker powered by Ballislife.com. The 6-foot-8 small forward at Utah Prep (Hurricane, Utah) edged Cam Boozer of Columbus (Fla.), the 2022-23 Mr. Basketball USA choice, in a tight race among 22 candidates. The Mr. Basketball USA Tracker is now in its eighteenth season.
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As a sophomore in 2022-23, Duke-bound Cameron Boozer of preseason FAB 50 No. 1 Columbus (Miami, Fla.) made history by becoming the first sophomore ever to be bestowed with the most prestigious individual honor in high school basketball.
Boozer was a surprise winner, not because of his talent-level, but because no sophomore in the history of the game had ever been touted so highly, not even all-timers such as Lew Alcindor or LeBron James. As a junior in 2023-24, Boozer went from the hunter to the hunted, as players like Dylan Harper (Rutgers) and Cooper Flagg (Duke) emerged as the top Mr. Basketball USA candidates alongside the returning national player of the year. After Flagg re-classified to the 2024 class and led his team to a wire-to-wire finish in the FAB 50 National Team rankings, he emerged as the 2024 Mr. Basketball USA honoree.
In October of 2023, A.J. Dybansta, an incredibly talented wing who transferred from St. Sebastian’s School (Needham, Mass.) to Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.), was another elite player who re-classified, in his case from the 2026 to the 2025 class. Dybansta emerged as a serious national player of the year candidate as well and wound up No. 4 in the final 2023-24 Mr. Basketball USA balloting behind Flagg, Harper (No. 2), and Boozer (No. 3).
