Every Monday of the high school basketball season we will release our Prep Hoops Indiana Class-by-Class Rankings as well statewide “unclassed” rankings. With three weeks in the books, let’s dive on in to how things shake out to begin week…
Every Monday of the high school basketball season we will release our Prep Hoops Indiana Class-by-Class Rankings as well statewide “unclassed” rankings. With three weeks in the books, let’s dive on in to how things shake out to begin week four.
Class 1A
Team
Record
Previous Ranking
1. Evansville Christian
4-2
#1
2. Loogootee
4-2
#2
3. Orleans
4-0
#3
4. Bloomfield
5-1
#6
5. Christian Academy
4-0
NR
6. Tindley
2-3
#8
7. Borden
4-2
#9
8. Rock Creek Academy
1-2
#5
9. Edinburgh
4-1
#4
10. Greenwood Christian
2-3
#10
Top 4 remains intact as all teams won their games this past week. Evansville Christian has beaten Loogootee and took North Daviess to double overtime. They should be the CLEAR #1 team in all polls.
Christian Academy debuts in the poll at #5 after an impressive victory against Rock Creek.
Greenwood Christian holds on to the #10 spot after knocking off Indianapolis Lutheran to end the week. All three of their losses have been to good Class 2A teams.
Class 2A
Team
Record
Previous Ranking
1. Brownstown Central
5-1
#1
2. Gary 21st Century
3-1
#3
3. Linton-Stockton
4-1
#2
4. Blackhawk Christian
3-0
#4
5. Caroll (Flora)
4-0
#5
6. University
4-0
#6
7. Eastern Hancock
4-1
#7
8. Wapahani
4-1
#9
9. Providence
2-2
#8
10. Park Tudor
3-1
#10
Brownstown Central really solidified themselves at the top of Class 2A with their blowout victory at Scottsburg on Friday night. This team is for real.
Normally we don’t punish teams for losing to other really good teams, but 2A is so competitive it is hard to keep your spot. Linton-Stockton fell to #3 after their loss to a good Cooper (KY) team and Gary 21st Century jumped to #2.
Not much movement this week. This is such a deep class, but it continues to look like these are the 10 best teams.
Class 3A
Team
Record
Previous Ranking
1. Mishawaka Marian
6-0
#1
2. North Daviess
5-0
#2
3. South Bend Washington
6-0
#3
4. NorthWood
5-1
#6
5. Norwell
4-1
#7
6. Beech Grove
3-2
#5
7. Culver Academy
4-2
#9
8. Scottsburg
5-1
#4
9. Concordia Lutheran
3-1
#10
10. West Noble
5-0
NR
Mishawaka Marian went 3-0 on the week to maintain their #1 spot including an impressive win over Warren Central.
North Daviess knocked off defending state champion Beech Grove at the Forum Tip-Off Classic on Saturday while South Bend Washington continued to roll to 6-0 on the season.
Scottsburg suffered an ugly 71-48 loss to Class 2A #1 Brownstown Central, but then bounced back defeating the defending 2A state champion Providence on Saturday. The Warriors are a very talented team.
Class 4A
Team
Record
Previous Ranking
1. Ben Davis
7-0
#2
2. Cathedral
4-1
#1
3. Penn
5-0
#3
4. Brownsburg
6-0
#6
5. Noblesville
4-0
#7
6. Carmel
4-2
#4
7. Kokomo
3-2
NR
8. Zionsville
3-3
#5
9. Westfield
3-1
NR
10. Center Grove
5-0
NR
Let’s be really blunt here. Any poll that doesn’t still have Cathedral #2 in the state should lose any and all credibility. They simply flip places after Saturday’s 62-50 win for the Giants.
Penn solidified themselves at #3 with their impressive comeback win against Zionsville and Brownsburg continues to climb as they remain undefeated.
Three new faces in the polls this week, but two of them made appearances earlier this season. Westfield beat Kokomo, but I put less stock in the first game of the season. They have sense played Ben Davis tough and blown out both opponents over the weekend.