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.

1.) Jackson (Massillon) (7-0)
*Defeated No. 15 Canton McKinley
Previous: 1
Next: This Friday versus Uniontown Green

2.) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (9-0)
*Defeated Archbishop Stepinac (NY), New Mission (MA), and Tampa Bay Sickles (FL) to win the Battle at the Villages
Previous: 2
Next: Friday at Winton Woods and Saturday versus Centerville



3.) Pickerington Central (8-0)
*Defeated Walnut Ridge and No. 6 Westerville South
Previous: 3
Next: Friday against Reynoldsburg

4.) Wayne (Huber Heights) (7-1)
*Defeated Oak Ridge (TN) and The Christ School (NC) and lost to Buford (GA)
Previous: 4
Next: Friday at Northmont and Saturday versus Lima Senior

5.) Newark (9-0)
*Defeated Logan, Olentangy, and Grove City
Previous: 6
Next: Friday at Big Walnut and Saturday at Mount Vernon

6.) Westerville South (8-1)
*Defeated Chillicothe and lost to No. 3 Pickerington Central
Previous: 5
Next: Friday versus Olentangy Orange

7.) Trotwood-Madison (6-0)
*Defeated Thurgood Marshall
Previous: 7
Next: Friday at Piqua

8.) St. Edward (Lakewood) (7-1)
*Defeated St. Torrey Pines (CA) and Redemption Christian Academy and lost to Foothills Christian (CA)
Previous: 11
Next: Friday at No. 12 Akron SVSM, Saturday at Cleveland Benedictine, and Sunday against Brunswick at Baldwin Wallace



9.) St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (7-2)
*Defeated Oregon Clay
Previous: 9
Next: Friday at unbeaten Toledo St. Francis

10.) Upper Arlington (Columbus) (8-0)
*Defeated Steel Valley, Bethel Park, and Olentangy
Previous: 12
Next: Friday against Westland and Saturday against Columbus Northland

11.) Garfield Heights (8-2)
*Defeated Brecksville and Euclid and lost to No. 19 Lorain
Previous: 8
Next: Sunday against Richfield Revere at Baldwin Wallace

12.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (4-3)
*Lost to UD Jesuit (MI) and No. 16 Cleveland St. Ignatius
Previous: 10
Next: Friday against No. 8 Lakewood St. Edward and Sunday against Euclid at Baldwin Wallace

13.) Oak Hills (Cincinnati) (7-2)
*Defeated Mater Academy, Palmetto, and Cincinnati Colerain and lost to South Miami in overtime
Previous: 13
Next: Friday against Middletown

14.) Cleveland Heights (5-2)
*Idle
Previous: 14
Next: Friday at East Cleveland Shaw and Sunday against Warren Harding at Baldwin Wallace



15.) McKinley (Canton) (7-1)
*Lost to No. 1 Massillon Jackson
Previous: 15
Next: Friday at North Canton Hoover and Sunday against Mentor at Baldwin Wallace

16.) St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (5-3)
*Defeated No. 12 Akron SVSM
Previous: 16
Next: Friday against Canton Glen Oak

17.) Pickerington North (7-3)
*Defeated Granville and Dublin Coffman
Previous: 17
Next: Friday at Lancaster and Saturday against Columbus Africentric

18.) Hilliard Bradley (8-1)
*Defeated Hilliard Davidson and Dublin Jerome
Previous: 18
Next: Friday against Delaware Hayes and Saturday against Proctorville Fairland

19.) Lorain (6-1)
*Defeated Oberlin and No. 11 Garfield Heights
Previous: N/A
Next: Friday against Maple Heights

20.) La Salle (Cincinnati) (6-1)
*Defeated Westminster Academy (FL) and Vanguard (FL) and lost to Madison (WI)
Previous: 19
Next: Friday against Cincinnati Elder and Saturday at Roger Bacon



T20.) Mason (6-1)
*Defeated Wilmington and Lakota East
Previous: 20
Next: Friday at Hamilton

Dropped Out:
None

Challengers (No Particular Order):
Northland (Columbus) (6-1), Reynoldsburg (9-1), Mentor (6-0), Springfield (6-1), Dunbar (Dayton) (7-1), Centerville (4-2), St. Francis de Sales (Toledo) (9-0), Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (7-1), Sidney (7-1), Benedictine (Cleveland) (6-1), Lima Senior (5-2), Wooster (9-0) and Medina (10-0).