Mater Dei, Simeon make moves after big wins; Olympic, Morgan Park capture state titles.
Mater Dei rejoins the top five after beating then-No. 3 Etiwanda in the CIF Open Division regional final.
Photo by David Hood
Season complete. Class 5A state champions.
2. (2) Germantown (Wis.), 28-0Season complete. Division 1 state champions.
3. (6) Simeon (Chicago), 30-3Season complete. Class 4A state champions.
4. (10) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 33-2The Monarchs will play for their third state title in a row Saturday in Sacramento, meeting Aaron Gordon and Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) for the Open Division crown.
5. (4) Olympic (Charlotte, N.C.), 30-0Season complete. Class 4A state champions{PAGEBREAK}
6. (5) Pershing (Detroit), 25-0The Doughboys will be involved in perhaps the rematch of the year nationally in high school basketball Tuesday. Pershing meets No. 18 Romulus in the Class A state quarterfinals, a replay of an early-December victory for the Detroit powerhouse.
7. (7) Iowa City West (Iowa), 26-0Season complete. Class 4A state champions.
8. (8) Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach, Fla.), 27-1Class 7A state champions. Will participate in National High School Invitational April 4-6.
9. (9) North Little Rock (Ark.), 30-1Season complete. Class 7A state champions.
10. (11) Whitney Young (Chicago), 27-4Season complete.{PAGEBREAK}
Chester has won 13 games in a row in Pennsylvania's Class AAAA state tournament dating back to 2011.
Photo by Lonnie Webb
Season complete. Division I state champions.
12. (14) Chester (Pa.), 28-3The Clippers will meet St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia) on Tuesday in the Class AAAA semifinals, looking to extend a streak of 13 consecutive state tournament victories.
13. (15) Irmo (Columbia, S.C.), 29-0Season complete. Class AAAA state champions.
14. (3) Etiwanda (Calif.), 28-3Season complete. Southern Section Division 1-AA champions.
15. (16) Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park, Kan.), 25-0Season complete. Class 6A state champions.{PAGEBREAK}
16. (18) Walnut Hills (Cincinnati), 27-1The Eagles will meet Rogers (Toledo) on Friday in Ohio's Division I semifinals. Hills outlasted perennial Cincy power La Salle in the regional finals over the weekend.
17. (19) Morgan Park (Chicago), 33-3Season complete. Class 3A state champions.
18. (20) Romulus (Mich.), 24-1Romulus hasn't lost since meeting up with No. 6 Pershing in early December and has won every game in the postseason by 20 points or more. Better get there early for Tuesday's rematch with the Doughboys.
19. (21) Wenonah (Birmingham, Ala.), 34-2Season complete. Class 6A state champions.
20. (22) Northland (Columbus, Ohio), 28-0The Vikings will have their hands full Friday in Ohio's Division I semifinals against Mentor, which is averaging 90 points per game in the state tournament and put up totals of 114 and 118 in the first two rounds.{PAGEBREAK}
Shawn Anderson and New Castle roll into Pennsylvania's Class AAAA semis this week undefeated and virtually untested.
Photo by Ken Reabe Jr.
Season complete. Class 5A state champions.
22. (24) Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.), 30-3Season complete. Class AAAAA state champions.
23. (25) Carmel (Ind.), 25-2For the second year in a row the Greyhounds cruised through the regular season with minimal national attention. And for the second year in a row Carmel will play for a state title, this time against a red-hot Indianapolis Cathedral squad Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
24. (13) Long Beach Poly (Calif.), 28-4How does a team that didn't win a section or state title remain in the rankings? The Jackrabbits played 10 games against teams that were ranked by MaxPreps at some point in the season, winning six of those outings. They recorded notable victories over Tennessee AAA champ Southwind, Nebraska Class A champ Omaha Central, Loyola (Los Angeles), MaxPreps Holiday Classic champ Westchester (Los Angeles), Chick-fil-A Classic champ St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) twice and won the Whataburger Tournament in Texas.
25. (NR) New Castle (Pa.), 29-0Given its lack of out-of-area competition, New Castle is admittedly a bit of a mystery. But the Hurricanes are winning by an average margin of 26 points per game and just one team has kept the final margin under 10 points. New Castle meets 2012 Class AAAA runner-up Lower Merion (Ardmore) in the semifinals with a shot to face No. 12 Chester in the championship should the Clippers prevail on the opposite side of the bracket.
Last eight out (in honor of Selection Sunday): Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.),
Bishop O'Connell (Arlington, Va.),
Christ Presbyterian Academy (Nashville, Tenn.),
DeLaSalle (Minneapolis),
Lake Highland Prep (Orlando),
Norcross (Ga.),
Omaha Central (Neb.),
Southwind (Memphis, Tenn.).
Dropped out: No. 17 last week
Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.)
