RRR Top 12
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Week of February 10, 2003
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Top 12 Region Picks

Rank
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Team Class Current Record Comments This Week

1 (1)

East Chicago Central 4A 20-0 Beat Lake Central twice. Last game of the regular season 50-39, then squeaked by in the opening round of the Sectional 45-41. 2/14 vs. Munster  ( Sectional)


 

2 (3)

Gary West Side

4A 17-3 Beat McCutcheon 55-52 in the regular season final. 2/14 vs. Lowell (Sectional)


3 (8)

Merrillville 4A 14-7 Beat Valparaiso 53-46 and Hammond Morton 54-23 to finish the season with three straight wins. 2/14 vs. Portage (Sectional)



4 (2)

Lake Central 4A 13-8 Lost to East Chicago Central 50-39 and 45-41 to end their season.

Season over

5 (5)

Valparaiso 4A 14-7 Beat Duneland Co-Champions Crown Point 47-40 to advance in Sectional. 2/14 vs. Chesterton (Sectional)
6 (4) Highland 3A 20-2 Beat Hammond Gavit 73-30 in the first round of Sectional.

2/14 vs. Hammond Noll (Sectional)

7 (7)

North Newton 2A 18-3 Beat North White 49-35 in regular season final. 2/14 vs. Lake Station (Sectional)

8 (6)

Crown Point 4A 12-9 Lost to Valpo in the first round of Sectional 47-40. Season over

9 (9)

Chesterton

4A 13-9 Beat Hobart 52-31 in the first round of Sectional. 2/14 vs. Valparaiso (Sectional)


 

10 (10)

Portage 4A 10-11 Lost twice at the Penn Invitational. First to SB St. Joe 61-50. Then to host Penn 47-43. 2/14 vs. Merrillville (Sectional)

11 (12)

North Judson 2A 13-7 Beat Boone Grove 69-46. 2/14 vs. LaVille (Sectional)

 

11 (12) Boone Grove 2A 18-4 Lost to North Judson 69-46. Beat Rensselaer in opening round of Sectional 55-31. 2/14 vs. Wheeler (Sectional)

12 (12)

Andrean 3A 15-8 Beat Gary Mann in the opening round of Sectional 62-43. 2/14 vs. Calumet (Sectional)

Pushing the NWI Top 12:
4A:
  Hobart, Lowell
3A:
  Calumet, Gary Mann, Griffith
2A:
  Wheeler
1A:
  Oregon Davis, Washington Twp., Whiting


Top 12 State Picks

Rank
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Team Class Current Record Comments This Week

1 (1)

Kokomo

4A 20-0 Beat North Central (Indpls.) 54-41. 2/14 vs. Marion (Sectional)

2 (2)

East Chicago Central 4A 20-0 Beat Lake Central in regular season final 50-39. Then again in opening round of Sectional 45-41. 2/14 vs. Munster

3 (3)

Bloomington North 4A 19-2 Beat Columbus North in regular season final 54-45. Then again in opening round of Sectional 58-39. 2/14 vs. Columbus East (Sectional)


 

4 (4)

Pike 4A 20-3 Lost to North Central (Indpls.) 69-54. Season over

5 (5)

Beech Grove 3A 22-1 Beat Greenfield Central in opening round of Sectional 68-38. 2/14 vs. Brebeuf (Sectional)


 

6 (6) Mooresville 4A 19-2 Beat Southport in regular season final 75-59. 2/14 vs. Northview (Sectional)

7 (7)

  Warsaw 4A 21-1 Beat DeKalb 64-40 in the opening round of Sectional. 2/14 vs. Carroll (Allen) (Sectional)


 

8 (8)

Ben Davis 4A 19-3 Beat Indpls. Northwest 59-37 in the opening round of Sectional. 2/14 vs. Avon (Sectional)

 

9 (9)

Perry Meridian

4A 19-4 Beat Indpls. Manual 79-29 in the opening round of Sectional. 2/14 vs. Franklin Central

10 (10)

South Bend Riley 4A 19-3 Beat Michigan City 70-55 in the opening round of Sectional. 2/14 vs. SB Washington (Sectional)

11 (11)

Alexandria 3A 21-0 Beat Pendleton Hts. in regular season final 66-54. 2/14 vs. Delta (Sectional)
12 (12) Jeffersonville 4A 19-2 Beat Floyd Central in opening round of Sectional 74-53. 2/14 vs. Jennings County (Sectional)

12 (NR)

North Central 4A 16-6 Beat Pike in the opening round of Sectional 69-54. 2/14 vs. Carmel (Sectional)

Pushing the State Top 12:
4A:
  Carmel, Carroll (Allen), Center Grove, Fort Wayne Northrop, Floyd Central, Gary West Side, Huntington North, South Bend Washington, Valparaiso

3A:  Angola, Brebeuf Jesuit, Corydon Central, Delta, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Luers, Gibson Southern, Highland, Mount Vernon (Fortville), Northwestern, North Harrison, Shelbyville, South Bend St. Joe, Tippecanoe Valley, Washington

2A:  Batesville, Boone Grove, Central Noble, Clarksville, Evansville Mater Dei, Heritage Christian, Indian Creek, Mississinewa, North Judson, North Knox, North Newton, North Putnam, Rochester, Shenandoah, Southridge, Southwestern (Hanover), Triton, Winamac

1A:  Borden, Clinton Prairie, Culver Community, Lapel, Loogootee, New Harmony, North Vermillion, Oregon-Davis, Randolph Southern, Southwestern (Shelby), Tri-Central, Union City,  Washington Catholic, White River Valley


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All rankings on this page are basically the humble opinion of the Region Roundball Review pseudo-staff.