First AP poll of the new year

[12thmanGCA]

Well Nice to see Some East Tennessee teams getting respect. I will say leaving WEB DuBois out of A tells me not all voters even know what monster lurks on the west end

 

They would be in my Top 3 A teams at least

 

CLASS AAA

 

School Record Pts

1. Memphis East (11) 13-2 126

2. Oak Ridge (4) 13-2 116

3. Blackman 12-2 93

4. Cordova 13-3 91

5. Ridgeway 16-3 86

6. Summit 13-1 69

7. Cleveland 14-2 49

8. Station Camp 14-2 49

9. Southwind 15-4 45

10. Karns 12-2 31

Others receiving 12 or more points: Brentwood 17.

 

CLASS AA

 

School Record Pts

1. Knoxville Catholic (9) 11-1 137

2. Whites Creek 10-3 88

3. Fulton (2) 9-2 70

4. Maplewood 11-3 62

5. Crockett County (1) 10-5 45

6. Dyersburg 13-1 55

7. Haywood 10-5 45

8. Tyner 10-1 41

8. Brainerd 11-3 41

10. Cascade (1) 13-1 31

Others receiving 12 or more points: Sullivan (1) 30, Douglass 29, Upperman 29, White House Heritage 26, Elizabethton 24, Alcoa 20, Grainger 13.

 

CLASS A

 

School Record Pts

1. Humboldt (12) 16-1 138

2. Goodpasture (1) 11-1 113

3. Clay County 13-3 86

4. Mitchell (1) 9-5 64

4. Middleton 11-2 64

6. Watertown 13-3 55

7. Harriman 15-2 51

8. Richland 12-0 38

9. Knoxville-Grace 10-5 30

10. MTCS 10-3 28

Others receiving 12 or more points: W.E.B. DuBois 26, Van Buren County 16.

 

DIVISION II

 

School Record Pts

1. McCallie (3) 16-2 105

2. Brentwood Academy (8) 11-2 93

3. Christian Brothers 14-3 85

4. Ensworth 9-3 73

5. MUS 15-5 60

6. Briarcrest 14-4 54

7. MBA 10-2 52

8. Baylor 6-2 36

9. FACS 8-2 25

9. Knoxville Webb 7-7 25

Edited January 10, 2017 by 12thmanGCA

[chill]

Sad that no one from Knoxville voted.

[TonyG]

If I am not mistaken that the (#) besides the team means first place votes, how the heck does Oak Ridge get 4 votes. I understand homers exist but geez all 15 of those votes should've belonged to East. 

[RealisticFan45]

Im almost certain Crockett Co in AA is undefeated?

[mboro]

I'm a Humboldt alum, but not sure how W.E.B. Dubois is not ranked!  The number of points they're putting up in 32 minutes is crazy!  Hadn't seen them play, but apparently they can score!

[osunut2]

Im almost certain Crockett Co in AA is undefeated?

Yup, must've switched the 5 and 0. Should be 15-0, not 10-5.

[osunut2]

If I am not mistaken that the (#) besides the team means first place votes, how the heck does Oak Ridge get 4 votes. I understand homers exist but geez all 15 of those votes should've belonged to East. 

It's the AP poll. What do you expect?

[WillieTheWildcat]

If I am not mistaken that the (#) besides the team means first place votes, how the heck does Oak Ridge get 4 votes. I understand homers exist but geez all 15 of those votes should've belonged to East. 

 

Tony you are probably correct but  I see things a tad differently. Oak Ridge has performed very well even with injuries and absences. Several players are much improved from last season and the team is tight with one another. Of course, East is the beast but even they could experience injuries, cold shooting, lack of intensity on a certain night.

 

It won't be long and the tournaments will start and all the guessing will be done away with. Best of luck to East and I hope they don't suffer any injuries. A team wide mild cause of running noses will be just fine  however.    

[TonyG]

Tony you are probably correct but  I see things a tad differently. Oak Ridge has performed very well even with injuries and absences. Several players are much improved from last season and the team is tight with one another. Of course, East is the beast but even they could experience injuries, cold shooting, lack of intensity on a certain night.

 

It won't be long and the tournaments will start and all the guessing will be done away with. Best of luck to East and I hope they don't suffer any injuries. A team wide mild cause of running noses will be just fine  however.  

 

A few injuries and a cold shooting night is the only way OR beats East.

Edited January 10, 2017 by TonyG

[SweetScience]

A few injuries and a cold shooting night is the only way OR beats East.

Crazier things have happened. Anything is possible in HS sports, especially basketball. With EJ Bush out for the rest of the year our chances at even getting lucky went way down, but I would give us 1 in a million shot of upsetting a team like East. But, as Jim Carey said in Dumb and Dumber....1 in a million? "So, you're saying there's a chance??!!"

[CoachD33]

I'm a Humboldt alum, but not sure how W.E.B. Dubois is not ranked!  The number of points they're putting up in 32 minutes is crazy!  Hadn't seen them play, but apparently they can score!

 

For some reason the "drop down menu" for voting in Class A did not include DuBois until after I voted and notified AP. Likely others were unable to vote them as well. I'm sure they'll break the Top 10 next week.

[Galilee]

What rankings. We have won the last 3 titles and never been ranked number 1. To be honest that is how we like it.