BB RANKINGS: Tipton takes over at 2A No. 1

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Associated Press has released its 14th set of polls for the 2008-09 boys basketball season, and Tipton is back on top in Class 2A. The Blue Devils swap spots with last week’s top 2A team, defending state champion Fort Wayne Luers.

The other previous leaders – 4A Bloomington South, 3A Princeton, and 1A Bowman Academy – stay the same entering the final week of regular-season play. But there’s still plenty of movement going on.

Zionsville (12th) and Merrillville (15th) are new this week in 4A, where the top seven schools do not budge. In 3A, Danville goes from eighth to fifth, Roncalli bumps up four spots from 13th to ninth, and Peru rises into the Top 10 from 12th to No. 10. Wapahani moves from eighth to fifth in 2A, Oak Hill goes from 10th to seventh, and Austin ascends from 13th to 10th. And in 1A, Cowan goes from 13th to 10th.

Teams are listed by current ranking followed by school, record, vote total, and first-place votes if applicable. Your 67 ranked schools from Feb. 23:

CLASS 4A
1. Bloomington South 19-0 278 (13)
2. New Albany 18-0 246 (1)
3. Lawrence North 19-2 216
4. North Central (Indianapolis) 19-1 208
5. Northridge 19-0 150
6. Fort Wayne Snider 19-1 143
7. Marion 17-2 110
8. Terre Haute South 18-3 101
9. Warsaw 17-1 101
10. Indianapolis Cathedral 18-2 63
11. Munster 17-1 31
12. Zionsville 16-2 13
13. Anderson 16-3 7
13. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 15-3 7
15. Merrillville 14-5 6

CLASS 3A
1. Princeton 21-0 280 (14)
2. Washington 17-2 242
3. Batesville 16-2 216
4. Fort Wayne Dwenger 15-4 171
5. Danville 15-4 144
6. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 15-3 138
7. Southridge 15-4 114
8. Rochester 15-3 103
9. Roncalli 14-4 61
10. Peru 14-4 55
11. North Montgomery 14-4 50
12. Evansville Memorial 14-5 31
13. West Vigo 15-5 23
14. Gary Wallace 14-5 19
15. Delta 15-4 15
16. Frankfort 14-6 6
16. Lakeland 15-5 6
16. Muncie South 13-6

CLASS 2A
1. Tipton 18-2 262 (8)
2. Fort Wayne Luers 16-4 242 (5)
3. Bluffton 19-2 255
4. Winchester 15-3 196 (1)
5. Wapahani 15-2 157
6. Lawrenceburg 14-3 143
7. Oak Hill 15-3 118
8. Lapel 15-4 112
9. Forest Park 14-5 45
10. Austin 17-3 39
11. Heritage Christian 12-6 34
12. North Miami 14-4 28
13. South Knox 15-4 24
14. Switzerland County 16-4 18
15. Guerin Catholic 13-7 n/a
16. Carroll (Flora) 15-3 n/a
17. Wheeler 16-3 n/a

CLASS A
1. Bowman Academy 14-2 272 (10)
2. Jac-Cen-Del 17-2 239 (3)
3. Triton 17-2 199
4. Rockville 17-3 190
5. Barr-Reeve 16-3 182 (1)
6. Lafayette Central Catholic 14-6 149
7. Vincennes Rivet 15-4 130
8. North Daviess 14-5 117
9. Monroe Central 14-5 67
10. Cowan 12-5 36
11. North Central (Farmersburg) 14-6 35
12. Borden 13-5 20
13. Lanesville 14-5 19
14. Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian 9-9 7
15. Clay City 13-6 6
15. South Central (Union Mills) 14-4 6
15. South Decatur 13-5 13 6