Prep Xtra Top Ten -- 2/11/05

[chill]

1) Maryville(23-3) The Rebels have won 11 in a row to wrap up the 4AAA title. Only Morristown West and Jefferson County remain before the tournament.

 

2) Austin East(23-6) The Roadrunners slipped up against Chattanooga Howard, but got nice wins at Bearden and Brainerd. Seveir County remains.

 

3) Fulton(22-2) The Falcons are finally healthy and finished their 3AA schedule. Won a close won last night to Campbell County and have Central remaining.

 

4) McMinn Central(22-3) The Chargers have won 14 out of 15 to win 5AA. They beat Meigs County with ease last night.

 

5) Catholic(19-5) The Irish have 7 in a row and had a big win against McCallie last night.

 

6) Greeneville(20-6) The Greene Devils topped Cocke County, Elizabethton, and Cherokee tp pad their lead in 2AAA.

 

7) Powell(15-9) The Panthers snapped Clinton's seven game winning streak Tuesday, but could drop after losing big to Bearden on Thursday.

 

8) Oak Ridge(18-11) The Wildcats lost last week to Clinton, but still lead 3AAA. They got a win against Central Friday and have Bradley Central left.

 

9) Alcoa(15-9) The Tornadoes have won three in a row and Gibbs is the only team left to play in 3AA. Face William Blount tonight.

 

10) Anderson County(15-7) The Mavericks have won 4 out of 5 including being undefeated in 4AA. They enter a brutal stretch where they play 5 games in 7 days starting with Lenoir City tonight.

 

others to watch: Halls, South Doyle, Bearden, Farragut, Clinton, Rutledge, William Blount, Wartburg, Rockwood, Sequoyah, Morristown East, Cosby, Cumberland Gap

[jamesd]

1) Maryville(23-3) The Rebels have won 11 in a row to wrap up the 4AAA title. Only Morristown West and Jefferson County remain before the tournament.

 

2) Austin East(23-6) The Roadrunners slipped up against Chattanooga Howard, but got nice wins at Bearden and Brainerd. Seveir County remains.

 

3) Fulton(22-2) The Falcons are finally healthy and finished their 3AA schedule. Won a close won last night to Campbell County and have Central remaining.

 

4) McMinn Central(22-3) The Chargers have won 14 out of 15 to win 5AA. They beat Meigs County with ease last night.

 

5) Catholic(19-5) The Irish have 7 in a row and had a big win against McCallie last night.

 

6) Greeneville(20-6) The Greene Devils topped Cocke County, Elizabethton, and Cherokee tp pad their lead in 2AAA.

 

7) Powell(15-9) The Panthers snapped Clinton's seven game winning streak Tuesday, but could drop after losing big to Bearden on Thursday.

 

8) Oak Ridge(18-11) The Wildcats lost last week to Clinton, but still lead 3AAA. They got a win against Central Friday and have Bradley Central left.

 

9) Alcoa(15-9) The Tornadoes have won three in a row and Gibbs is the only team left to play in 3AA. Face William Blount tonight.

 

10) Anderson County(15-7) The Mavericks have won 4 out of 5 including being undefeated in 4AA. They enter a brutal stretch where they play 5 games in 7 days starting with Lenoir City tonight.

 

others to watch: Halls, South Doyle, Bearden, Farragut, Clinton, Rutledge, William Blount, Wartburg, Rockwood, Sequoyah, Morristown East, Cosby, Cumberland Gap

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These things crack me up because oak ridge has beaten powell twice and is in the district lead and halls has beaten anderson county twice. Yet, both are 1 spot right behind the other teams. Do they really look at who they put here or if you win one and the team ahead loses one, it's an automatic switch?

[shnikens]

This poll is never accurate. They should really just stop putting it in the paper because no one thinks it's right anyway. If they want to do it correctly, they should just have rankings by class or let the coaches vote on it (which I don't think coaches care about this ranking) or any other method than they have now.

[chill]

According to Coacht's strength & Schedule rankings(PrepXtra teams):

 

1) Fulton 1.38

 

2) Maryville, McMinn Central 1.34

 

3) Austin East, CAK 1.31

 

4) Catholic 1.30

 

5) Greeneville 1.28

 

6) Alcoa 1.22

 

7) Halls, Wartburg 1.19

 

8) Anderson County, Morristown East, Cosby 1.17

 

9) Clinton, Oak Ridge, Powell 1.15

 

10) Rockwood, Bearden 1.14

 

just curious if you guys think these rankings are better or are these biased and inaccurate too.....they actually look pretty similar with the exception of the single A teams added and Halls.......the single A additions can be accounted for due to their schedule being against smaller competition which boosts their winning percentage, while all 5 double AA schools played multiple AAA opponents........

Edited February 13, 2005 by chill

[jamesd]

Only with respect to DIII-AAA, OR is the clear winner of the district, while Halls could do as well as #2, but will likely only be #5, yet the rankings do not reflect that.  Further, I believe Clinton will end up #2 in that district followed by Powell #3, Karns #4, and then Halls #5.  So, how in the heck does Halls place so high.  We may know more about Halls after next Tuesday night.

 

Then if you believe that refs are not biased, then Campbell County, who placed last in DIII-AAA, lost to Fulton last night at CC by a single point.  Also AE beat Fulton this year.

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I sure wish I could be at that Halls/Clinton game. 2nd place is on the line for that one. Halls was very impressive tonight and played some incredibly inspired basketball. Seems as if they've worked on playing defense the past couple weeks. How about playing a 1-3-1 matchup zone all night. Has anyone ever seen that from Halls the past few years? It's always been man on man. Major props to coach Webster of the Devils

[shnikens]

One of the single A "additions" to coacht's rankings is CAK. They do have an easy schedule but it's not simply because of the fact that they play "smaller competition." They have a 17-3 record with some quality wins and are a good team. They've also beaten all three of the 1A teams that are on both of the lists. To account for single A team's "boosted winning percentage," how about splitting these rankings up in to classes like I suggested earlier.

[HowiePinkly]

The refs had nothing to do with the Fulton and Campbell County game. Fulton's head coach said that CC was the most competitive team they've played all year besides AE.