SD Team Rankings: Week 5
2019 is here which means we start to enter the middle third and second half of the basketball season. There was a lot of non-conference holiday classics where teams played opponents from all over the midwest. South Dakota teams faired pretty well in these games. Overall, not a lot of changes but new #1 in Class AA.
Class AA:
New year, new #1 Team. SF Lincoln went down to Yankton and took down the previously unbeaten defending champions. Huron and Brandon valley continue to assert themselves in the conversation as top teams. Sturgis enters the poll this week at #9 with a 6-0 record.
Rank | Team | Record | W's of Note | L's of Note | Last Week |
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1 | SF Roosevelt | 17-5 | OG (x3), BV (x3), Harrisburg, RCS, AC, Mitchell, Yankton | SFW (x2), Huron, RCC, Yankton | 3 |
2 | Yankton | 20-4 | OG, AC, SFR, Mitchell, RCC | BV, SFW, Harrisburg | 2 |
3 | SF O'Gorman | 17-7 | SFC, SFL, RCC, RCS, AC, STM, SFW, Mitchell, SFW (x2), Harrisbug | SFR (x3), Yankton, Tea, BV, Harrisburg | 4 |
4 | SF Washington | 17-4 | SFR (x2), Yankton, Harrisburg, BV, Tea, Mitchell, AC (x2) | SFOG (x3), Yankton | 1 |
5 | Harrisburg | 17-7 | RCC, Yankton, SFOG, AC, Mitchell | SFW, SFR, Mitchell, BV, SFC, AC, SFOG | 6 |
6 | Brandon Valley | 16-8 | Yankton, SFOG, AC, Harrisburg, RCC, Mitchell | SFL, SFR (x3), Mitchell, SFW, AC | 7 |
7 | Mitchell | 15-9 | RCC, SFL, BV, Harrisburg, AC | SFC, Pierre, SFR, SFOG, Yankton, SFW, Yank, BV, Harrisburg | 5 |
8 | Aberdeen Central | 13-11 | RCC (x2), SFL, BV, Harrisburg | RCS, Yankton, Tea, BV, SFOG, SFR (x2), Watertown, Harrisburg, Mitchell, SFW | 8 |
9 | Watertown | 8-13 | RCC, RCS, AC | SFW, Yankton, SFR, SFOG, BV (x2), Mitchell (x2), Harrisburg, BV | 9 |
10 | Rapid City Central | 11-9 | Huron, SFR | Mitchell, AC (x2), SFOG, Harrisburg, Watertown, RCS, Yankton, BV | 10 |
New to Poll (this weeks ranking): Sturgis (9)
Leaving Poll (last weeks ranking): Watertown (8)
Class A:
Red Cloud beat Pine Ridge in the rematch from earlier in the season; therefore these two swap spots. The top four remain solid and then there was some shuffling in the bottom four. Parker joins the poll for the first time at #9.
Rank | Team | Record | W's of Note | L's of Note | Last Week |
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1 | Sioux Falls Christian | 20-5 | Lennox, WC, STM, DR (x2), Mitchell, Madison, Tea,Harrisburg, Vermillion, SV | SFOG, Vermillion, SV, Flandreau | 4 |
2 | St. Thomas More | 21-3 | Douglas, Tea, DR, Madison, Chamberlain, Vermillion | SFC (x2), SFOG | 5 |
3 | Vermillion | 23-2 | TV, Tea, VH, SFC, WC, DR, DV, Madison, Flandreau, Winner | DR, STM | 1 |
4 | Sioux Valley | 23-2 | CWL, Sisseton, Tea, DeSmet, Parker, Flandreau, SFC, Chamberlain, DV | DV, SFC | 3 |
5 | Dakota Valley | 22-3 | Tea (x2), WC, SV, MP, DR (x2), Winner | SFC, Vermillion, SV | 2 |
6 | Dell Rapids | 16-6 | Tea, DRSM, WC (x2), Madison, RCC, Vermillion | SFC (x2), Vermillion, Flandreau, DV (x2), STM | 7 |
7 | Chamberlain | 18-6 | Flandreau, TZ, VH, PC. MP, Madison, PG, Winner | Winner, Hanson, Lyman, WC, STM, SV | 9 |
8 | Winner | 20-5 | LX, Chamberlain, PG, MP (x2) | WC, White River, Vermillion, Chamberlain, DV | 6 |
9 | Tea Area | 14-8 | Madison, SFOG, AC, WC | DV (x2), DR, SV, Vermillion, STM, SFC, SFW | 8 |
10 | Mobridge-Pollock | 15-6 | PC, GA, Ellendale | DV, TZ. Chamberlain, Winner (x2), LB | 10 |
New to Poll (this weeks ranking): Parker (9)
Leaving Poll (last weeks ranking): Sioux Valley (10)
Class B:
The top 8 does not change! Class B has so many solid teams, however the top teams continue to win in favorable fashion. New to the poll is DeSmet who knocked off last week’s newcomer Dell Rapids St. Mary.
Rank | Team | Record | W's of Note | L's of Note | Last Week |
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1 | DeSmet | 25-1 | CWL, DR-SM, VH (x2), Arlington, Howard, Canistota, PG, ELB, Flan, WW, WR, AC | SV | 1 |
2 | Aberdeen Christian | 20-5 | Hanson, PC, WSS (x2), W/S, LA, DRSM, WR | Warner, Ipswich, Howard, VH, PG, DeSmet | 8 |
3 | Dell Rapids- St. Mary | 19-4 | WR (x2), Chester, ELB (x2), Howard, Hansonm VH | DeSmet, DR, ELB, Canisota, AC | 3 |
4 | White River | 19-6 | PG, Winner, Lyman, Canistota, LB | TZ, Howard, DR-SM (x2), Canistota, De Smet | 7 |
5 | Canistota | 22-4 | BE (x2), ELB, FA, Hanson, WR, Parker, DRSM, Howard, WS, LB | DeSmet, VH, AC, WR | 2 |
6 | Elkton-Lake Benton | 18-5 | LA, DR-SM, Howard | Canistota, DR-SM (x2), Howard, De Smet | 4 |
7 | Howard | 18-4 | Chester, WR, BE, AC, ELB, PG, VG | DeSmet, DRSM, Canistota, ELB | 5 |
8 | Viborg-Hurley | 18-7 | BE, Hanson, Canistota, AC, Lyman | DeSmet (x2), Vermillion, Chamberlain, Howard, Madison, DMSM | 6 |
9 | Platte-Geddes | 16-6 | Sisseton | DeSmet, WR, Chamberlain, Howard, Winner, AC | 9 |
10 | Lower Brule | 17-9 | FA, WS, MP, PC, Lyman | TZ, WR, Winner, WW, SC, DeSmet, WR | NR |
New to Poll (this weeks ranking): DeSmet (10)
Leaving Poll (last weeks ranking): Dell Rapids St. Mary (9)