Prep Hoops Indiana Final Regular Season Class-by-Class Poll

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We have reached tournament time here in the state of Indiana. On Tuesday evening the 115th annual Indiana High Schools Basketball Tournament will get underway. As always, Prep Hoops Indiana will have boots on the ground coverage every step of the way up until we crown four new state champions at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Let's go through our final regular season class-by-class Top 10 polls.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 1A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Record</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td>#1 Clay City</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td>#2 Orleans</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">18-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td>#3 Clinton Prairie</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td>#4 Hauser</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td>#5 Bloomfield</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">16-7</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td>#6 Christian Academy</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">15-8</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td>#7 Carroll (Flora)</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">18-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td>#8 Kouts</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">19-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td>#9 Indianapolis Metropolitan</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">18-7</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9</td></tr><tr><td>#10 Barr-Reeve</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">16-6</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This final regular season ranking is a perfect example of what makes our Prep Hoops Indiana Top 10 polls unique and, by far, the most accurate. Orleans lost this past week and will move down in every other poll in the state. However, that loss came by three points to Brownstown Central who is one of the top 3A teams in the state. Similarly, Barr-Reeve lost by one point to Bloomfield. Both of those results HELP those two schools more than they HURT them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 2A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Ranking</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td>#1 Parke Heritage</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td>#2 Bishop Luers</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">18-6</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td>#3 Gary 21st Century</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">16-6</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td>#4 South Ripley</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td>#5 Wapahani</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">22-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td>#6 Manchester</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td>#7 Lapel</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">18-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td>#8 Paoli</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td>#9 Providence</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">15-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr><tr><td>#10 Northeastern</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">22-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NR</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We have a new number one to end the regular season here in Class 2A. Parke Heritage takes over the top spot due to a Bishop Luers loss to Columbia City along with wins of their own over Linton and Terre Haute South. Luers remains in the second spot though. Class 2A has turned into a very tough, deep class this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class<span style="text-decoration: underline"> 3A</span></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Record</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td>#1 Cathedral</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">19-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td>#2 South Bend St. Joseph</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td>#3 New Palestine</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td>#4 Crispus Attucks</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">17-6</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td>#5 Guerin Catholic</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td>#6 Blackhawk Christian</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td>#7 Brownstown Central</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td>#8 NorthWood</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">19-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9</td></tr><tr><td>#9 Silver Creek</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td>#10 Princeton</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cathedral ended the regular season with 10 straight victories and sits at 19-4 heading into Sectional 26 action. They are the clear top team in a loaded Class 3A. South Bend St. Joseph and New Palestine had excellent seasons as well. Crispus Attucks is playing their best basketball heading into the tournament and will likely get another shot at Cathedral in the semifinals. They leap-frogged over Guerin Catholic thanks to wins over Carmel and Ben Davis.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 4A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Team</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Record</strong></td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong>Previous Ranking</strong></td></tr><tr><td>#1 Fishers</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">24-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td>#2 Jeffersonville</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">17-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td>#3 Greenfield-Central</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td>#4 Avon</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">20-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td>#5 Westfield</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">18-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td>#6 Crown Point</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">19-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td>#7 Lawrence North</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">17-6</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td>#8 Noblesville</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">17-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td>#9 Anderson</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">21-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9</td></tr><tr><td>#10 Mt. Vernon (Fortville)</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">17-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>An argument certainly could be made to slide Warsaw or Northridge into that #10 spot after Mt. Vernon's loss, but a four-point overtime loss to #5 Westfield just isn't enough to shake it up. Jeffersonville is on a roll and it feels right having them at #2. As we discussed last week, Avon's dominant performance against Westfield keeps them ahead of the Shamrocks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->