BB RANKINGS: Bloomington South, Princeton, Tipton, Jac-Cen-Del No. 1s

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Associated Press has released its 15th and final set of polls for the 2008-09 boys basketball season, and your class leaders as we move into the postseason are 4A Bloomington South, 3A Princeton, 2A Tipton, and 1A Jac-Cen-Del, which takes over the small-school poll lead after Bowman Academy lost its next-to-last regular-season game at 4A South Bend Adams.

The final rankings find an influx of teams at the bottom of the 4A and 3A polls, meaning lots more schools will enter sectionals with a target on ‘em. The final week’s two biggest movers, meanwhile, are both 4A schools: Indianapolis Cathedral (10th to seventh) and Munster (11th to eighth).

Teams are listed by current ranking followed by school and record. Your 69 ranked schools from March 2:

CLASS 4A
1. Bloomington South (20-0)
2. New Albany (20-0)
3. Lawrence North (21-2)
4. North Central (Indianapolis) (21-1)
5. Northridge (20-0)
6. Fort Wayne Snider (20-1)
7. Indianapolis Cathedral (20-2)
8. Munster (19-1)
9. Marion (17-3)
10. Warsaw (18-2)
11. Terre Haute South (18-4)
12. Zionsville (18-2)
12. Carroll (Fort Wayne) (17-3)
14. Merrillville (15-5)
15. Lafayette Jefferson (16-7)
16. Evansville Harrison (15-5)
17. Carmel (15-5)
17. Anderson (17-4)

CLASS 3A
1. Princeton (22-0)
2. Washington (18-2)
3. Batesville (18-2)
4. Fort Wayne Dwenger (16-4)
5. Danville (16-4)
6. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (17-3)
7. Rochester (17-3)
8. Peru (16-4)
9. Roncalli (15-5)
10. Southridge (15-5)
11. West Vigo (17-5)
12. Muncie South (14-6)
13. Delta (17-4)
14. Gary Wallace (14-6)
15. Frankfort (15-6)
15. Evansville Memorial (15-6)
17. North Montgomery (15-5)
18. Salem (16-4)
18. Lakeland (16-5)
18. West Lafayette (15-6)

CLASS 2A
1. Tipton (20-2)
2. Fort Wayne Luers (17-4)
3. Bluffton (21-2)
4. Winchester (17-3)
5. Lawrenceburg (17-3)
6. Lapel (16-4)
7. Oak Hill (17-3)
8. Wapahani (16-3)
9. Forest Park (15-5)
10. South Knox (17-4)
11. Austin (18-4)
12. Guerin Catholic (14-7)
12. Wheeler (18-3)
14. North Miami (15-5)
15. Carroll (Flora) (16-4)

CLASS A
1. Jac-Cen-Del (18-2)
2. Bowman Academy (16-3)
3. Triton (18-2)
4. Rockville (18-3)
5. Barr-Reeve (18-3)
6. Lafayette Central Catholic (15-6)
7. North Daviess (16-5)
8. Vincennes Rivet (16-5)
9. Monroe Central (15-6)
10. Cowan (14-5)
11. Borden (15-5)
12. Lanesville (15-5)
13. South Central (Union Mills) (16-4)
14. Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian (9-11)
15. Clay City (14-7)
15. North Central (Farmersburg) (14-7)