The latest boys basketball rankings, updated on Jan. 16:
Division I
1. Corona del Sol 16-1
2. Basha 16-2
3. Pinnacle 17-3
4. Cesar Chavez 17-2
5. Mountain View 12-6
6. Brophy 15-4
7. Desert Vista 14-7
8. Dobson 15-7
9. Gilbert 11-4
10. Red Mountain 17-6
Corona del Sol and Basha stay as the top two, while Pinnacle and Cesar Chavez move back up following losses last week by Brophy and Desert Mountain. The Broncos drop three spots, while the Wolves fall to unranked after a loss to Saguaro. Mountain View makes a big move to No. 5 on the heels of a 3-0 week, punctuated by a road win at Brophy on Friday. Desert Vista split last week, but hanging with Corona and beating Mountain Pointe moved it up to No. 7. Dobson is playing well and has jumped back into the rankings at No. 8, as has Gilbert, which moves in at No. 9. Red Mountain slides a few spots after getting routed by the Mustangs last week but still clings to the No. 10 spot. Hamilton and Boulder Creek dropped out.
Division II
1. Peoria 14-1
2, Amphitheater 18-3
3. Kellis 14-1
4. Fairfax 16-3
5. Nogales 15-3
6. Paradise Valley 18-2
7. Saguaro 15-4
8. Catalina Foothills 14-3
9. Arcadia 14-5
10. Poston Butte 14-5
Each of the top-6 teams won to stand pat. Saguaro had a great week, defeating Arcadia and Desert Mountain to jump up to No. 7. Catalina Foothills defeated Salpointe last week and has won five in a row to jump into the rankings at No. 8, while Arcadia falls to No. 9. Poston Butte joins the rankings at No. 10 after a solid win over Queen Creek. The Bulldogs drop out by dropping a pair in a row following a 12-0 start.
Division III
1. Gilbert Christian 13-4
2. Window Rock 12-1
3. Holbrook 19-2
4. Thatcher 18-1
5. Fountain Hills 12-3
Gilbert Christian stays at No. 1 and has won four straight. Holbrook and Window Rock flip-flop after the teams met and Window Rock survived with a one-point victory last week. Thatcher went 3-0 last week and remains at No. 4, while Fountain Hills lost a game to Notre Dame a week ago, but did finish 2-1 and stays at No. 5 for playing tough competition.
Division IV
1. Orme 8-0
2. Desert Christian 17-3
3. El Capitan 7-1
4. Arizona Lutheran 14-4
5. Phoenix Country Day 18-4
Orme remains at the top with a 2-0 record last week to stay undefeated. Desert Christian knocked off Phoenix Country Day on Jan. 14 and has moved up to No. 2. Phoenix Country Day has lost four of six since a 16-0 start to drop to No. 5. El Capitan and Arizona Lutheran each moved up a spot from last week.
Reach Kyle Odegard at (480) 898-6834 or kodegard@evtrib.com. Follow his blog at http://blogs.evtrib.com/varsityxtra, or find him on Twitter @Kyle_Odegard.
jonpcar posted at 4:35 pm on Mon, Jan 16, 2012.
To see what record your team needs to make the playoffs, see these posts:
End-of-Year Powerpoint Projections for Boys' Basketball
D1/D2: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=222&f=1450&t=8578761
D3/D4: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=222&f=1450&t=8578763
Girls' proctions are also at that site
azsportsnetwork posted at 12:48 pm on Tue, Jan 17, 2012.
In D-3 I think you discount how tough the North rez teams are when you drop them for playing themselves and losing. You mention how Ft. Hills has played tough competition but not Holbrook and wRock.
Now in D-4 who has Orme played in a mere 8 games to be #1? Have you seen them? The teams below them have played very tough competition. yes, PCDs did lose but the circumstances were the following: L vs Bc was because hess got to T;s and was ejected and they lost without him. Then he was held out of the ALA game based on AIA rules and lost in a fairly close game without him. They did lose the DC game but have you seen DC? I was at the game. DC is the toughest smallball gym to play in. Yes they deserve to drop but 3 away games, 1 without hess does not make them a worse team.
ElCap lost to kenab Utah but have you seen them play? I wish you guys would do at least a top 10 rankings so we can add you to our rankings list. At www.azsportsnetwork.com we do top 15. Keep up the great work. I would love to have you guys on our rankings shows!