No No. 1’s, but metro-east boasts three No. 2’s in new boys basketball state rankings
Metro-east boys basketball teams Althoff, Central and Okawville all held down the No. 2 spots in their respective classes when the new Associated Press state rankings came out on Wednesday.
Althoff (14-2 through Tuesday) was second in Class 3A, Central (16-2) was second in 2A and Okawville (15-3) was second in 1A.
Edwardsville (13-3), which has won its last six games, moved up from eighth to seventh in the new Class 4A state rankings while Belleville East (12-4) broke in at No. 14.
Nashville (13-6), which has won seven straight, was 13th in Class 2A. Gibault (13-6) was 12th in Class 1A.
The top-ranked teams in the state are Chicago Curie (14-3) in 4A, Morgan Park (14-2) in 3A, Winnebago (15-1) in 2A and Colfax Ridgeview (16-2) in 1A.
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Boys State Basketball 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. Curie (7) 14-3 100 3
2. Kenwood (4) 13-1 97 2
3. Simeon 14-2 92 1
4. Harvey Thornton 13-1 80 4
5. Evanston Township 14-2 66 5
6. Glenbard West 15-0 54 7
7. Edwardsville 13-3 38 8
8. Rock Island 12-3 23 6
9. Marian Catholic 14-4 20 9
10. Riverside-Brookfield 13-2 19 10
Others receiving votes: Whitney Young 6. Lisle (Benet Academy) 4. Belleville East 2. Homewood-Flossmoor 2. Champaign Centennial 1. East Moline United 1.
Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Morgan Park (9) 13-1 162 1
2. Althoff (8) 14-2 160 2
3. Springfield Lanphier 13-2 115 4
4. Fenwick 15-2 101 6
5. Bogan 15-4 100 5
6. Peoria Manual 14-3 79 3
7. Galesburg 20-1 71 7
8. Washington 18-1 34 9
9. Rockford Boylan 18-2 32 NR
10. Westchester St. Joseph 12-4 29 8
Others receiving votes: Centralia 20. LaSalle-Peru 10. Bloomington 7. Dixon 7. Normal University 5. North Lawndale 1. Springfield Southeast 1. Metamora 1.
Class 2A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Winnebago (9) 15-1 142 1
2. Central (1) 16-2 117 2
3. Orr (2) 12-2 112 3
4. Warrensburg-Latham (1) 14-0 108 4
5. Seton Academy (2) 14-4 94 6
6. Lawrenceville 16-1 69 7
7. Rockridge 13-4 51 8
8. Teutopolis 15-4 49 5
9. Pleasant Plains 14-2 22 9
10. Hales Franciscan 9-6 16 T10
Others receiving votes: Sterling Newman 14. Quincy Notre Dame 12. Nashville 9. Bloomington Central Catholic 4. Athens 2. Bismarck-Henning 2. Illiana Christian 1. Kewanee 1.
Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Colfax Ridgeview (7) 16-2 123 2
2. Okawville (1) 15-3 115 3
3. Brimfield 18-1 103 1
4. Leo (5) 14-3 92 5
5. Woodlawn 14-1 84 4
6. Liberty (1) 18-1 65 6
7. Flanagan 15-3 56 7
8. Metro-East Lutheran 17-3 46 8
9. Newark 18-2 42 NR
10. Payson Seymour 15-2 13 10
Others receiving votes: Quest Academy 12.Gibault 8. Altamont 4. Arcola 4. Kewanee (Wethersfield) 2. St. Francis de Sales 1
This story was originally published January 20, 2016 at 3:51 PM with the headline "No No. 1’s, but metro-east boasts three No. 2’s in new boys basketball state rankings."