MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio boys basketball Terrific 20 big school rankings

Ohio MaxPreps Minute
Ohio high school highlights from around the Buckeye State.

The MaxPreps/JJHuddle Terrific 20 boys basketball rankings debut this season. The poll, created by JJHuddle senior basketball writer Kurt Stubbs, is an all-encompassing, all-divisional ranking. Every team in Ohio is eligible.

Here is who made the latest cut.

MaxPreps JJHuddle Ohio Big School Terrific 20 Poll

1.) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (13-0)
*Defeated Cincinnati LaSalle and Kettering Alter
Previous: 1
Next: Friday at St. Xavier and Saturday versus Springfield



2.) Pickerington Central (12-1)
*Defeated Defeated Grove City and Chillicothe and lost to nationally-ranked Wheeler (GA)
Previous: 2
Next: Friday at Gahanna Lincoln

3.) Jackson (Massillon) (10-1)
*Defeated Uniontown Lake and Our Savior New American (NY)
Previous: 3
Next: Friday at Canton Glen Oak and Saturday versus Mentor

4.) Newark (13-0)
*Defeated Groveport-Madison
Previous: 4
Next: Friday at Canal Winchester

5.) Trotwood-Madison (10-1)
*Defeated Vandalia Butler and Akron SVSM and lost to nationally-ranked Prolific Prep (CA)
Previous: 5
Next: Friday at Troy/Saturday versus Northmont

6.) Westerville South (10-3)
*Defeated Erie Cathedral Prep (PA) and lost to Paul VI (58-47)
Previous: 7
Next: Friday versus Westerville Central

7.) St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (9-2)
*Defeated Findlay
Previous: 8
Next: Friday versus Toledo CC and Saturday at Lakewood St. Edward



8.) St. Edward (Lakewood) (9-3)
*Defeated Lorain
Previous: 9
Next: Saturday versus Lakewood St. Edward

9.) Upper Arlington (Columbus) (12-1)
*Defeated Marysville and Garfield Heights
Previous: 10
Next: Friday versus Dublin Coffman

10.) Oak Hills (Cincinnati) (11-2)
*Defeated Lakota West and Cincinnati Elder
Previous: 13
Next: Friday at Hamilton

11.) Hoover (North Canton) (11-1)
*Defeated Bowling Green, Cleveland St. Ignatius, and Canton Glen Oak
Previous: N/A
Next: Friday at Uniontown Lake

12.) St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (8-4)
*Defeated Lakewood St. Edward’s and lost to North Canton Hoover (77-58)
Previous: 15
Next: Saturday at Cleveland CC

13.) Hilliard Bradley (13-1)
*Defeated Hilliard Darby and Beavercreek
Previous: 16
Next: Friday at Thomas Worthington



14.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (7-4)
*Defeated Pickerington North and lost to Trotwood-Madison (100-62)
Previous: 12
Next: Thursday at Akron Ellet and Saturday at Shaker Heights

15.) La Salle (Cincinnati) (10-2)
*Defeated Colerain and lost to No. 1 Cincinnati Moeller
Previous: 19
Next: Friday versus St. Michaels (Canada) and Saturday versus Windsor Kennedy (Canada)

16.) Mason (10-1)
*Defeated Colerain and Kings
Previous: 20
Next: Friday versus Fairfield

17.) Lorain (8-2)
*Defeated Warrensville Heights and lost to Lakewood St. Edward (76-63)
Previous: 17
Next: Friday versus Bedford and Saturday versus Clearview

18.) Springfield (10-1)
*Defeated Huber Heights Wayne and Columbus Eastmoor Academy
Previous: N/A
Next: Friday versus Kettering Fairmont and Saturday at No. 1 Cincinnati Moeller

19.) Cleveland Heights (7-4)
*Lost to Maple Heights and lost to Centerville
Previous: 14
Next: Wednesday at Lutheran East and Friday versus Warrensville Heights



20.) Garfield Heights (9-3)
*Defeated Lost to Upper Arlington (62-34)
Previous: 11
Next: Wednesday at Akron Garfield and Friday versus New Day Academy

Dropped Out:
No. 6 Wayne (Huber Heights) (9-5) - lost to Springfield, Huntington Prep (WV), and Springboro
No. 18 McKinley (Canton) (10-4) - lost to Solon and Massillon Perry

Challengers (No Particular Order):
Northland (Columbus) (11-1), Reynoldsburg (11-3), Mentor (9-1), Dunbar (Dayton) (10-2), St. Francis de Sales (Toledo) (11-1), Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (11-1), Northmont (Clayton) (11-2), Elyria (10-2), Benedictine (Cleveland) (9-2), Wooster (12-0), Medina (11-2), South (Columbus) (13-0), Taft (Cincinnati) (11-1), Holy Name (Parma Heights) (12-1) and Pickerington North (10-5).