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See the amazing things that happened on the hardwood last week.
It's automatic every Monday and Tuesday during the boys prep basketball season. High school basketball fans from all corners of the state login to their computers hoping the school they are loyal to moved up in the rankings, took over the top spot, or made the climb into the rankings.
But what about the national rankings? Oh what a coup that would be, to find your alma mater alongside traditional powers Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) or Centennial (Corona, Calif.). Heck, landing a Top 100 ranking would be pretty cool, too.
Well, this week we did that work for you. Scouring through the MaxPreps National Rankings, we unearthed the current national ranking for each member of Nebraska's Top 10 boys basketball teams.
While the Cornhusker State is not represented in the Top 25, top-ranked Omaha Skutt Catholic did climb 73 spots to No. 176. Hastings, Nebraska's No. 2 club, is now a member of the Top 250 at No. 214 and Wahoo sits in at 419th.
Grand Island Central Catholic and Auburn round out this week's Top 5 at 507th and 544th respectively out of the 19,605 schools that now reside in MaxPreps' boys basketball national rankings database.
Classes B, C1 and C2 are all represented in this week's Top 10. But that does not mean that Class A and some of Nebraska's small school basketball programs do not hold high national rankings.
Bellevue West, the top squad in Class A, ranks 11th in Nebraska and 845th nationally, while Class D1's No. 1 club North Platte St. Patrick's is ranked 26th in the Cornhusker State and 1,705th in the national rankings. Class D2 leader Humphrey St. Francis sits 27th in Nebraska and 1,706th nationally.
Besides the Top 10 teams, and Bellevue West, Class C2 No. 4 Sutton, Nebraska's No. 12 squad, also ranks in the nation's Top 1,000 at 897th.
We used Tuesday's rankings for this week's Top 10. As you browse through the Top 10, listed on the top line is the name of the school, its won-loss record through last weekend's competition in parentheses, the school's scoring differential for those games and its MaxPreps power ranking.
The third line and beyond is reserved for last weekend's result(s) for the school. If the school did not play over the weekend, we included the result of its last contested basketball game going into the weekend. This week's competition is not recorded since it did not impact Tuesday's rankings.
Where Nebraska's Top 10 boys basketball teams rank nationally
1. Skutt Catholic (Omaha) (14-0) 62.7-40.7 25.6Nebraska Class B Ranking (1st) | Nebraska Ranking (1st) | National Ranking (176th)
Rose 73 spots to 176th nationally after knocking off Omaha Roncalli Catholic 45-44.
2. Hastings (14-0) 63.8-46.7 25.0Nebraska Class B Ranking (2nd) | Nebraska Ranking (2nd) | National Ranking (214th)
Climbed 25 spots to 214th nationally following a 54-48 triumph over Grand Island Northwest.
3. Wahoo (12-1) 66.9-51.5 22.6Nebraska Class B Ranking (3rd) | Nebraska Ranking (3rd) | National Ranking (419th)
Improved 26 spots to 419th nationally after upending Raymond Central 72-31.
4. Grand Island Central Catholic (Grand Island) (13-1) 63.2-39.5 21.9Nebraska Class C2 Ranking (1st) | Nebraska Ranking (4th) | National Ranking (507th)
Rose 130 spots to 507th nationally after defeating Hastings Adams Central 54-40.
5. Auburn (14-0) 59.4-37.1 21.5Nebraska Class C1 Ranking (1st) | Nebraska Ranking (5th) | National Ranking (544th)
Dropped 14 spots to 544th nationally following a 45-31 win over Falls City Sacred Heart.
6. Scottsbluff (15-2) 66.2-51.9 21.4Nebraska Class B Ranking (4th) | Nebraska Ranking (6th) | National Ranking (552nd)
Climbed 14 spots to 552nd nationally after knocking off Colorado's Abraham Lincoln High School and Gering 54-50 and 84-65 respectively.
7. North Bend Central (North Bend) (15-0) 61.1-40.1 21.3Nebraska Class C1 Ranking (2nd) | Nebraska Ranking (7th) | National Ranking (558th)
Improved 29 spots to 558th nationally after defeating Oakland-Craig 58-52.
8. Yutan (13-1) 62.3-37.0 20.5Nebraska Class C2 Ranking (2nd) | Nebraska Ranking (8th) | National Ranking (685th)
Rose 125 spots to 685th nationally after upending Palmyra 61-50.
9. Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur Northeast (Bancroft) (15-0) 67.7-37.6 20.4Nebraska Class C2 Ranking (3rd) | Nebraska Ranking (9th) | National Ranking (701st)
Dropped 9 spots to 701st nationally after defeating Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family and Stanton 74-52 and 65-30 respectively.
10. Adams Central (Hastings) (14-1) 59.7-38.7 20.0Nebraska Class C1 Ranking (3rd) | Nebraska Ranking (10th) | National Ranking (755th)
Fell 126 spots to 755th nationally after falling to Grand Island Central Catholic 54-40.
