Edwardsville closer, but can’t crack No. 1 spot in state rankings
Despite picking up four first-place votes, the Edwardsville Tigers remained second in the latest Associated Press boys basketball state rankings behind No. 1 Bolingbrook (23-0).
Edwardsville (22-1) is ranked 24th nationally in USA Today’s Super 25 poll and 25th in the country by MaxPreps. The Tigers are also first in the Belleville News-Democrat Large-School Rankings.
The Okawville Rockets (24-3 before Tuesday) moved up from third to second in the new Class 1A boys basketball state rankings.
The area’s two third-ranked teams in the state are the Edwardsville Tigers girls team (26-0) in Class 4A and the Civic Memorial Eagles girls (27-2) in Class 3A. Despite not playing each other since January, Civic Memorial and Mississippi Valley Conference rival Highland (24-3) switched spots with each other this week in the 3A state poll, with Highland moving from third to fourth despite taking an 18-game winning streak into its playoff game Tuesday against Freeburg.
The Central Cougars (23-3), which had a 21-game win streak before Tuesday, remained seventh in the Class 3A boys basketball state rankings while Cahokia (17-8) was 15th.
Marquette (24-3) remains fifth in the 2A boys rankings while Gibault (20-6) was 14th. Gibault coach Dennis Rueter recently picked up his 700th career win.
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Illinois Boys Basketball State Rankings
Here are the boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total points.
Class 4A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Bolingbrook (7) | 23-0 | 106 | 1 |
2. Edwardsville (4) | 22-1 | 90 | 2 |
3. Curie | 22-2 | 84 | 3 |
4. Simeon | 21-2 | 70 | 4 |
5. Fremd | 24-0 | 57 | 5 |
6. Whitney Young | 18-5 | 52 | 6 |
7. Wheaton Warrenville South | 25-1 | 38 | 7 |
8. Geneva | 26-0 | 26 | 10 |
(tie)Evanston | 21-3 | 26 | 8 |
10. Joliet West | 20-3 | 16 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: East Moline United 12. Algonquin (Jacobs) 7. Rockford Boylan 7. East St. Louis 5. Willowbrook 3. Prairie Ridge 2.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Morgan Park (10) | 17-3 | 104 | 2 |
2. Fenwick | 20-4 | 92 | 3 |
3. Springfield Lanphier | 19-3 | 89 | 1 |
4. Bloomington | 19-4 | 74 | 4 |
5. North Lawndale | 20-5 | 61 | 5 |
6. Benton (1) | 26-1 | 57 | 6 |
7. Central | 23-3 | 47 | 7 |
8. Effingham | 22-3 | 31 | 9 |
9. Washington | 19-5 | 18 | T10 |
10.Bogan | 16-6 | 15 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: Farragut 7. Springfield Southeast 5. Plano 2. Aurora Central Catholic 1. Cahokia 1. Burlington Central 1.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Quincy Notre Dame (4) | 22-2 | 110 | T2 |
2. Chicago Uplift (4) | 21-5 | 105 | 1 |
3. Orr (3) | 15-4 | 101 | T2 |
4. Teutopolis (1) | 24-3 | 86 | 4 |
5. Marquette | 24-3 | 67 | 5 |
6. Tremont | 23-2 | 46 | 6 |
7. Mt. Carmel | 22-3 | 33 | 7 |
8. Pinckneyville | 24-2 | 30 | 8 |
9. Eldorado | 25-2 | 25 | T10 |
10. Rockridge | 17-5 | 17 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: DePaul College Prep 13. Illini Bluffs 11. Pittsfield 9. Gibault 4. Petersburg PORTA 1. Hoopeston 1. Chicago Christian 1.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Colfax Ridgeview (8) | 25-1 | 104 | 1 |
2. Okawville (1) | 24-3 | 94 | 3 |
3. Quest Academy (2) | 25-3 | 82 | 2 |
4. Chicago Hope Academy | 22-4 | 66 | 10 |
5. Newark | 21-3 | 61 | 6 |
6. East Dubuque | 25-2 | 55 | 4 |
7. Annawan | 24-3 | 40 | 5 |
8, Effingham St. Anthony | 24-4 | 33 | 7 |
9. DePue | 23-3 | 28 | 10 |
10.Harvest Christian Academy | 21-4 | 16 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Mendon Unity 8. Nokomis 7. Goreville 5. Freeport (Aquin) 2.
Illinois Girls Basketball State Rankings
Here are the girls prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total points.
Class 4A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Montini (5) | 27-1 | 94 | 1 |
2. Rock Island (3) | 28-1 | 92 | 2 |
3. Edwardsville (2) | 26-0 | 84 | 3 |
4. Homewood-Flossmoor | 19-2 | 61 | 4 |
5. Rockford Boylan | 26-1 | 58 | 5 |
6. Oswego East | 24-4 | 46 | 7 |
7. Marist | 25-4 | 40 | 6 |
8. Bradley-Bourbonnais | 26-2 | 23 | 9 |
9. Benet | 24-4 | 13 | 8 |
(tie)Hersey | 24-3 | 13 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Geneva 11. Springfield 10. Evanston 3. Fremd 2.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Chicago Marshall (7) | 26-0 | 87 | 1 |
2. Morton (1) | 27-2 | 81 | 2 |
3. Civic Memorial | 27-2 | 61 | 4 |
4. Highland | 24-3 | 60 | 3 |
5. Mattoon | 27-1 | 55 | 5 |
(tie) Rochester (1) | 25-3 | 55 | 7 |
7. Normal University | 25-4 | 30 | 6 |
8. Richwoods | 25-4 | 29 | 8 |
9. North Lawndale | 20-4 | 24 | 9 |
10. Litchfield | 25-3 | 10 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Galesburg 2. Effingham 1.
This story was originally published February 14, 2017 at 4:03 PM with the headline "Edwardsville closer, but can’t crack No. 1 spot in state rankings."