| 2016-17 Stlprepsports.com Basketball Rankings V | ||||||||
| Date: 01/23/2017 | ||||||||
| Large Schools | ||||||||
| 1. Chaminade 16-1 They won the very tough Chick-fil-a Classic. Jericole Hellems is playing the best basketball in the area right now. They win the close ones. | ||||||||
| 2. Edwardsville 16-1 They only have only one loss to the tough Belleville West team. They’re on a 12 game winning streak. They have a great core of five including the very tough Mark Smith. | ||||||||
| 3. Webster Groves 11-2 They get Carte Gordon on January 25th. Their coach is going to be out of action for awhile but assistants are good. They have a tough schedule ahead. | ||||||||
| 4. East St Louis 12-6 The only losses they have locally are against Althoff and Edwardsville all the rest were against out of town teams. Terrence Hargrove is improving. Tillmon an Illinois recruit. | ||||||||
| 5. Belleville East 11-7 They had Chaminade on the ropes and let them off with bad free throw shooting . They beat Belleville West the next day. I don’t know about their killer instinct. Javon Pickett is one of the best in area and they have more. | ||||||||
| 6. Belleville West 10-6 They are on a two game losing streak without Tyler Dancy. They have the best sophomore in the area in EJ Liddell and he is the real deal. They have Belleville East and Edwardsville on their schedule in the next week. | ||||||||
| 7. SLUH 15-4 They have four losses and only one of them was bad and it was to Vianney. The other losses are to St. Mary’s, Chaminade and an Arkansas team. They are a lot better with Brent Smith. They have a tough schedule ahead including Chaminade, Vashon, and Webster Groves. | ||||||||
| 8. Hillsboro 15-1 They haven’t played a very tough schedule and their one loss was against a good Farmington team. We will find out how good they are in the Ameritime Tourney. They have a good one in Gaven Pickney | ||||||||
| 9. Ritenour 13-4 They have losses against Chaminade, CBC, Duchesne and Ladue, They won the Warrior Classic. They have a nice player in Robyion Hughes. They play everyone tough. | ||||||||
| 10. O’Fallon IL 12-6 They have losses against East St. Louis, Althoff, Edwardsville, Belleville West , Marist and Alton. They played a very tough schedule and in the best conference in the area. | ||||||||
| Small Schools | ||||||||
| 1. Althoff 12-5 They played a very tough schedule. Jordan Goodwin is a monster and that’s not all they have. | ||||||||
| 2. Vashon 13-2 Their two losses were against out of staters. They have a few Division 1 players, I cant wait to see them against Webster Groves on 2/16 | ||||||||
| 3. Jennings 15-3 All three losses to big schools. The loss to Poplar Bluff was with Leech playing . They have some good wins. They should win out the rest of season. | ||||||||
| 4. Breese Central 16-3 They have a 14 game winning streak. They’re playing the best basketball of the year right now. | ||||||||
| 5. St. Mary’s 15-3 They had two losses this week to a Belleville East and Alton. They are not playing their best basketball right now. | ||||||||
| 6. Okawville 17-3 They took third place in the Mater Dei Christmas Tourney. They lost to Breese Central and and a bad loss to Highland. They lost to a 14-6 Gibault team in last. | ||||||||
| 7. Miller Career 10-5 They have played some good large schools. They beat a very good Rock Bridge team. | ||||||||
| 8. Cardinal Ritter 12-5 Their on a two game losing streak and their first two losses to local teams. They have a good core of three. | ||||||||
| 9. Alton Marquette 19-2 They keep on winning. Their only loss is to Breese Central. There in a weak conference but have the most wins in the Metro area. | ||||||||
| 10. Mater Dei 10-7 They have lost three out of four and five of the last eight but most of the losses were to good teams. They have a solid core and are usually good in all sports | ||||||||