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) (6-0)
*Idle
Previous: 1
Next: This Friday at Canton McKinley

2.) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (6-0)
*Defeated No. 13 Oak Hills
Previous: 2
Next: Today at the Battle of the Villages against Archbishop Stepinac (NY).



3.) Pickerington Central (6-0)
*Idle
Previous: 3
Next: Friday at Walnut Ridge

4.) Wayne (Huber Heights) (5-0)
*Defeated Tennessee High at Arby’s Classic in Bristol (TN).
Previous: 4
Next: Thursday at Arby’s Classic in a quarterfinal against Buford (GA)

5.) Westerville South (7-0)
*Idle
Previous: 5
Next: Wednesday at Otterbein against Chillicothe

6.) Newark (6-0)
Idle
Previous: 6
Next: Wednesday at Newark Holiday Tournament against Logan

7.) Trotwood-Madison (5-0)
*Defeated Kettering Fairmont
Previous: 7
Next: Tonight at home versus Thurgood Marshall

8.) Garfield Heights (7-1)
*Defeated John Adams and Brecksville Broadview Heights
Previous: 8
Next: Tomorrow against Euclid



9.) St. John's Jesuit (Toledo) (6-2)
*Defeated Toledo Scott and Novi (MI)
Previous: 9
Next: Tuesday at Oregon Clay

10.) St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (4-1)
*Defeated Mansfield Senior
Previous: 10
Next: Tomorrow at UD Jesuit (MI)

11.) St. Edward (Lakewood) (5-0)
*Defeated St. Frances (GA)
Previous: 11
Next: Tonight versus Torrey Pines (CA) in the Under Armour Holiday Classic

12.) Upper Arlington (Columbus) (5-0)
*Defeated Blackhawk (PA)
Previous: 12
Next: Today against Steel Valley (PA) at the Penn-Ohio Holiday Classic

13.) Oak Hills (Cincinnati) (4-1)
*Lost to No. 2 Cincinnati Moeller
Previous: 13
Next: Today at the Jr Orange Bowl Classic

14.) Cleveland Heights (5-2)
*Defeated New Day Academy
Previous: 14
Next: January 6th at East Cleveland Shaw



15.) McKinley (Canton) (7-0)
*Defeated No. 15 Cleveland St. Ignatius
Previous: 19
Next: Friday against No. 1 Massillon Jackson

16.) St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (4-3)
*Defeated Lost to No. 19 Canton McKinley and defeated Warren Harding
Previous: 15
Next: Saturday versus No. 10 Akron SVSM

17.) Pickerington North (6-3)
*Defeated Westland, Marion Franklin, and Toledo Bowsher
Previous: 16
Next: Friday versus Granville

18.) Hilliard Bradley (6-1)
*Defeated Hilliard Darby
Previous: 17
Next: Tomorrow versus Hilliard Davidson

19.) La Salle (Cincinnati) (4-0)
*Defeated Royal Palm (FL)
Previous: 18
Next: Today at the Kingdom of Sun Tournament

20.) Mason (4-1)
*Idle
Previous: 20
Next: Today at Wilmington

Dropped Out:
None



Challengers (No Particular Order):
Lorain, Northland (Columbus), Dublin Jerome, Mentor, Lima Senior, Springfield, Dunbar (Dayton), Centerville, St. Francis de Sales (Toledo), Lincoln (Gahanna), Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Harding (Warren), Hoover (North Canton), Sidney, Benedictine (Cleveland) and Medina.