The NEW Terrific 20 poll...who is where in our all-division state rankings
Ohio forward slams one homeLorain is one of the top teams in the state, and it is partly
because they have amazing athletes like Taevon Pierre Louis.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) (21-0)*Defeated Cincinnati St. Xavier and Lakota West
Previous: 1
Next: Friday vs. Cincinnati Elder
2.) Jackson (Massillon) (18-1)*Defeated Lake and Wooster
Previous: 2
Next: Friday vs. Akron SVSM and Monday vs. Canton CC
3.) Pickerington Central (19-2)*Defeated Grove City
Previous: 3
Next: Friday vs. Gahanna Lincoln
4.) Newark (20-1)*Defeated Groveport-Madison
Previous: 4
Next: Friday vs. Canal Winchester
5.) St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (18-2)*Defeated Oregon Clay, Toledo Rogers, and Toledo St. Francis
Previous: 5
Next: Friday at Findlay
6.) Trotwood-Madison (19-2)*Defeated Xenia, Centerville, and Stebbins
Previous: 6
Next: Friday at Springfield
7.) Upper Arlington (Columbus) (19-2)*Defeated Marysville and Wellington
Previous: 7
Next: Friday at Dublin Coffman
8.) Westerville South (15-5)*Defeated Westerville North
Previous: 8
Next: Friday at Westerville Central and Saturday at Cleveland St. Ignatius
9.) St. Edward (Lakewood) (13-5)*Lost in overtime to Cleveland St. Ignatius
Previous: 9
Next: Friday vs. Cleveland JFK and Saturday at Cleveland CC
10.) St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (14-4)*Defeated Lakewood St. Edward in OT and Solon
Previous: 11
Next: Friday vs. Massillon and Saturday vs. Westerville South
Trotwood-Madison is the highest ranked D-II team in the MaxPreps JJHuddle Terrific 20 big school rankings.
Photo by Nick Falzerano
*Defeated Princeton and Sycamore
Previous: 12
Next: Friday vs. Fairfield
12.) Hilliard Bradley (20-1)*Defeated Dublin Scioto and Logan
Previous: 13
Next: Monday vs. Bishop Watterson
13.) La Salle (Cincinnati) (18-3)*Defeated Elder and Dayton CJ
Previous: 15
Next: Friday vs. Cincinnati St. Xavier
14.) Springfield (18-2)*Defeated Wayne, Northland, and Fairmont
Previous: 18
Next: Friday vs. Trotwood-Madison and Saturday vs. Miamisburg
15.) Hoover (North Canton) (15-4)*Defeated Bowling Green and lost to Louisville (60-45)
Previous: 10
Next: Friday vs. Bowling Green
16.) Lorain (16-2)*Defeated Warrensville Heights and East Shaw
Previous: 17
Next: Friday at Bedford and Saturday at North Ridgeville
17.) Dunbar (Dayton) (19-3)*Defeated Dayton Stivers and Springboro
Previous: 19
Next: Friday the 24th vs. Bellbrook in the Sectional Tournament
18.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (14-5)*Defeated Walsh Jesuit and lost to Cleveland VASJ
Previous: 14
Next: Friday at Massillon Jackson
19.) Mason (17-2)*Defeated Lakota West and Cincinnati Princeton
Previous: 16
Next: Friday at Sycamore
20.) Garfield Heights (16-4)*Defeated Lutheran East
Previous: 20
Next: Tuesday vs. Akron North
Dropped Out:None
Challengers (Alphabetical Order):Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (17-2);
Hughes (Cincinnati) (17-3);
Northland (Columbus) (18-3);
South (Columbus) (20-1);
Copley (19-0);
Wayne (Huber Heights) (14-7);
Pickerington North (15-6);
Upper Sandusky (20-0);
Wauseon (18-1) and
Wooster (19-1).
