Prep Hoops Indiana Week 9 Class by Class Rankings

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another week of Indiana High School Basketball is upon us which means it is time to update our rankings. It is crazy that we are already into mid-January and around the midpoint of most team's schedules. Let's get right to it and take a look at our official Prep Hoops Indiana Week 9 Class by Class Rankings.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- 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 class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><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 class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Kouts</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">10-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Liberty Christian</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">8-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 Barr-Reeve</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 Hauser</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 West Central</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Bloomfield</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">9-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Orleans</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 Triton</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">9-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Southwood</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 Washington Township</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">6-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kouts continues to prove themselves at the top of our Class 1A rankings and still holds onto their undefeated record. However, despite having four losses, the resume that Liberty Christian is putting together is hard to ignore. Bloomfield fell a few spots after a pair of losses this past week. West Central remains undefeated as well and cracked into the Top 5. Southwood is on quite the run as well, but doesn't have the strength of schedule to move much higher right now. Washington Township's loss came to #1 Kouts in a pretty competitive game so they just fell one spot from #9 to #10.</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 class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><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 class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Oak Hill</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Parke Heritage</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">12-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 Gary 21st Century</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">7-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 Centerville</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">12-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 Westview</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">12-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Triton Central</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Park Tudor</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">8-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 University</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">9-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Blackford</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">13-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 Scecina Memorial</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">8-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It finally happened. We said that Parke Heritage and Gary 21st Century would remain #1 and #2 until one of them lost to a Class 2A school. Admittedly, that didn't happen but we do have a common opponent to look at now. Oak Hill beat Zionsville a couple of weeks ago, but then Parke Heritage lost to Zionsville this past week. We decided that was enough to move undefeated Oak Hill up into the top spot for now. Westview had a very good week winning the NECC Tournament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class 3A</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><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 class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Silver Creek</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">16-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Cathedral</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">10-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 Northview</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 Columbia City</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 Shelbyville</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Evansville Bosse</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">7-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Princeton Commuity</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">11-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 Crispus Attucks</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">7-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Blackhawk Christian</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">10-5</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 Gibson Southern</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">8-4</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Once again, the easiest decision we make each week is putting Silver Creek at #1 in Class 3A. The second easiest decision is putting Cathedral at #2. However, after that, 3A gave us some problems this week. Northview, Columbia City, Shelbyville, and Evansville Bosse all lost competitive games to good Class 4A programs so we ultimately just gave them all a pass. Instead of really trying to decide which loss was better or worse than the others it made the most sense to just keep it all as is for now. Gibson Southern hung on at #10 with a three piont loss to Princeton.</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 class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><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 class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1 Crown Point</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">12-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#1</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2 Fishers</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">14-0</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#2</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3 Lawrence North</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">14-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4 Pike</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">12-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#4</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#5 Plainfield</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">14-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6 Carmel</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">10-1</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#3</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#7 Mt. Vernon (Fortville)</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">12-2</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#6</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8 New Albany</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">9-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#9 Ben Davis</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">10-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#8</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">#10 South Bend St. Joseph</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">9-3</td><td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">NR</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We wrestle every week with our decision to rank Crown Point over Fishers in the preseason. The Tigers are on a historic three-year run and have an incredibly impressive resume this season. However, Crown Point also hasn't done anything to make us think we were wrong to have them in the top spot. Lawrence North won the Marion County tournament on Saturday and has moved up to #3. Plainfield had a good week as well knocking off Carmel and Class 3A #3 Northview. The Quakers are now back in the Top 5. Filling out the last couple of spots was very difficult. New Albany feels a little high at #8, but their only losses are to Fishers, Lawrence North, and Plainfield. Ben Davis lost to Lawrence Central, but LC is much more talented than their record shows.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->