News Journal Boys Basketball Rankings (1/26/15)

[EducatedEye]

BOYS BASKETBALL

1. Sanford (10-3) 1



2. Polytech (10-1) 2



3. Concord (9-3) 4



4. Mount Pleasant (10-1) 3



5. Appoquinimink (9-2) 5



6. Salesianum (7-6) 7



7. Howard (8-2) 10



8. St. Mark's (9-4) 6



9. St. Elizabeth (9-4) 8



10. Smyrna (8-3) NR

In other news, rumor has it that Concord and St. George's acquire IMPACT players off waivers starting next week: Daquan Smallwood (Concord) / Lamar Hamrick (St. George's)

 

[8yaz]

Still no William Penn love.

 

[Realtalk035]

In my opinion Penn isn't a top 10 team. Either is appo they will show there true colors

 

[8yaz]

Haven't seen Penn play yet just asking based on their record and win over St Marks.

 

[Realtalk035]

I liked penn in a loss to sallies honestly but with the loss of Wilson and after I saw them get routed by Howard I'd say no

 

[onejeron]

EducatedEye those are 2 huge additions to those 2 teams for sure

 

[J12]

I haven't seen William Penn but they just beat a good A.I. DuPont team handily last night & now sit at 9-3. I'm wondering what 10 teams you can place ahead of them based solely off in-state wins & losses. I think there's a lot of parity w/ the middle of the pack teams that makes it hard to rank them. I am convinced that the top 3 teams are definitely Sanford, Polytech & Concord w/ #4-#10 being debateable.

I agree w/ most of the Top 10 as of Monday w/ the exception of Smyrna being ranked #10 right behind #9 St. E's who they just beat last week. I don't see how you can rank a team 1 spot behind another if they have beat them head-to-head. It would be different of Smyrna had say 5 or 6 losses and moved up from like #15 to #12 & St. E's only had like 2 losses & dropped a couple spots to say #8...but I just don't get how you rank a team directly in front of a team that they just loss to.
This post was edited on 1/28 8:34 AM by J12

 

[EducatedEye]

It will all come out in the wash, plus the rankings have nothing to do with playoff seeding, just an opinion.... Playoffs will be interesting with this amount of parity though....

 

[8yaz]

Thanks for posting the rankings. Always generates some good discussion.

 

[Dropping 3's]

EE. Word on the street is Hamrick is not playing this year. Can you confirm this?

 

[oldtimer22]

Originally posted by Dropping 3's:
EE. Word on the street is Hamrick is not playing this year. Can you confirm this?

His name is listed on the roster http://www.hawkssports.com/page9463

Was not there last week.

 

[Dropping 3's]

I heard he wasn't there oldtimer22. I wonder if he was on the roster at the beginning of the season?

 

[Realtalk035]

Has to practice for 7 days after report card. Shouldn't play untill next week

 

[EducatedEye]

He's returning....