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) (11-0)
*Defeated Centerville and Winton Woods
Previous: 2
Next: Friday versus No. 19 Cincinnati La Salle and Saturday versus Kettering Alter



2.) Pickerington Central (10-0)
*Defeated Defeated Reynoldsburg and Westerville Central
Previous: 3
Next: Friday at Grove City and Saturday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against Wheeler (GA)

3.) Jackson (Massillon) (8-1)
*Defeated Akron Green and lost to unranked North Canton Hoover
Previous: 1
Next: This Friday at Uniontown Lake and Saturday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against Our Savior New American (NY)

4.) Newark (12-0)
*Defeated Big Walnut, Mount Vernon, and Lancaster
Previous: 5
Next: Friday versus Groveport-Madison

5.) Trotwood-Madison (8-0)
*Defeated Piqua and Greenville
Previous: 7
Next: Friday versus Vandalia-Butler, Saturday versus No. 12 Akron SVSM, and Monday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against Prolific Prep (CA).

6.) Wayne (Huber Heights) (9-2)
*Defeated Lima Senior and Dayton Meadowdale and lost to unranked Northmont (81-80, OT)
Previous: 4
Next: Friday at Springfield and Saturday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against Huntington Prep (WV)

7.) Westerville South (9-2)
*Defeated Defeated Olentangy Orange and lost to unranked Reynoldsburg
Previous: 6
Next: Friday and Saturday at the Burger King Classic



8.) St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (8-2)
*Defeated previously unbeaten Toledo St. Francis DeSales
Previous: 9
Next: Friday versus Findlay

9.) St. Edward (Lakewood) (9-2)
*Defeated Cleveland Benedictine and Brunswick and lost to No. 12 Akron SVSM (69-67)
Previous: 8
Next: Friday at No. 15 Cleveland St. Ignatius

10.) Upper Arlington (Columbus) (10-1)
*Defeated Westland and Westerville North and lost to unranked Northland (47-44)
Previous: 12
Next: Friday at Marysville and Sunday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against NO. 11 Garfield Heights

11.) Garfield Heights (10-2)
*Defeated Revere and Akron Garfield
Previous: 11
Next: Sunday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against NO. 10 Upper Arlington

12.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (6-3)
*Defeated No. 9 Lakewood St. Edward (69-67) and Euclid
Previous: 12
Next: Saturday at No. 5 Trotwood-Madison and Sunday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against Pickerington North

13.) Oak Hills (Cincinnati) (9-2)
*Defeated Middletown and Fairfield
Previous: 13
Next: Friday versus Lakota West



14.) Cleveland Heights (7-2)
*Defeated East Cleveland Shaw and Warren Harding
Previous: 14
Next: Friday at Maple Heights and Sunday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against Centerville

15.) St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (7-3)
*Defeated Canton Glen Oak and University School
Previous: 16
Next: Friday versus No. 9 Lakewood St. Edward and Saturday versus North Canton Hoover

16.) Hilliard Bradley (11-1)
*Defeated Delaware Hayes, Proctorville Fairland, and Dublin Scioto
Previous: 18
Next: Friday at Hilliard Darby and Saturday at the Flyin’ to the Hoop against Beavercreek

17.) Lorain (7-1)
*Defeated Maple Heights
Previous: 19
Next: Friday at Warrensville Heights

18.) McKinley (Canton) (9-2)
*Defeated Luthernan East and Uniontown Lake and lost to unranked North Canton Hoover
Previous: 15
Next: Friday versus Canton Glen Oak and Sunday versus Solon

19.) La Salle (Cincinnati) (9-1)
*Defeated Cincinnati Elder, Roger Bacon, and Purcell Marian
Previous: 19
Next: Friday at No. 1 Cincinnati Moeller 



20.) Mason (8-1)
*Defeated Hamilton and Sycamore
Previous: 20
Next: Friday at Colerain

Dropped Out:
No. 17 Pickerington North - lost to unranked Groveport-Madison (69-67)

Challengers (No Particular Order):
Northland (Columbus) (9-1), Reynoldsburg (11-2), Mentor (6-1), Springfield (8-1), Dunbar (Dayton) (9-1), St. Francis de Sales (Toledo) (9-1), Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (9-1), Northmont (Clayton) (10-2), Elyria (8-2), Sidney (9-1), Benedictine (Cleveland) (7-2), Wooster (10-0), Medina (10-1), Hoover (North Canton) (8-1), South (Columbus) (11-0), Groveport-Madison (11-2) and Holy Name (Parma Heights) (10-1).