Looking at the first HS Boys Basketball RPI Rankings
Volume 3 Issue 2
The first RPI (Ratings Performance Index) was released this week for high school basketball in Ohio. The RPI will be used to rank teams for the postseason tournament, eliminating the coaches vote.
Findlay is by far the highest ranked team in Northwest Ohio. They are undefeated and have had one of the hardest schedules in the area. Following right behind them is Whitmer, who is in the same conference. Findlay one the first matchup going away by over twenty points. They meet up again on February 9th.
Sandusky is one of the smallest schools in Division 1 this season but they are currently ranked fourth in Northwest Ohio. They have one loss on the season, coming to Whitmer.
Willard and Napoleon are the top teams in Division two. Both schools will have to go through Lexington to make it out of Northwest Ohio.
The fifth highest ranked team in Northwest Ohio is Ottawa-Glandorf down in division three. They only have one loss on the year and have been state runners-up the past two seasons. The sixth highest ranked team is also in division three, Margaretta has only one loss on the year which came in the season opener to Bellevue.
Division four has the third highest ranked team in Maumee Valley Country Day. The Hawks have only one loss on the season and have played most of their schedule against teams from outside of Northwest Ohio and even the state. Lima Central Catholic is seventh ranked in the NWO, their biggest win coming over Ottawa-Glandorf.
Findlay (D1) - .771046
Whitmer (D1) - .738915
Maumee Valley Country Day (D4) - .731158
Sandusky (D1) - .724776
Ottawa-Glandorf (D3) - .722543
Margaretta (D3) - .709116
Lima Central Catholic (D4) - .708848
Toledo Christian (D4) - .707197
Haviland Wayne Trace (D3) - .686845
Napoleon (D2) - .674494
Leading Updates
Bryant Koback (Holland/Springfield) signs reserve/future deal with Seahawks.
Vince Williams Jr. (Toledo/St. John’s) signs 3 year, $7.9 Million deal with Grizzlies.
Charlie Clark (Sandusky/Perkins) named Big Ten swimmer of the week.
Nigel Hayes-Davis (Toledo/Whitmer) out for one month with injury.
Notable Game Updates
On January 7th Vince Williams Jr. (Toledo/St. John’s) had 19 points and 9 rebounds in a Grizzlies win over the Suns.
On January 7th Kacee Baumhower (Sylvania/Northview) had 19 points in a Wright State loss to Green Bay.
On January 10th Sammi Mikonowicz (Rossford) had 13 points and 10 rebounds in a Toledo win over Western Michigan.
On January 11th Zavier Simpson (Lima/Lima Senior) had 32 points in a Motor City loss to Osceola.
On January 11th Jamiya Neal (Toledo/Rogers) had 11 points in an Arizona State loss to Washington.
On January 12th Ivy Wolf (Minster) had 16 points in a Dayton loss to St. Louis.
On January 12th Grace VanSlooten (Toledo/Notre Dame) had 19 points and 11 rebounds in an Oregon win over Arizona State.
On January 12th Da’Sean Nelson (Toledo/Rogers) had 20 points in a DePaul loss to Villanova.
On January 13th Amanda Cahill (Clyde) had 19 points in a Grengewald over Soleuvre.
On January 13th Vince Williams Jr. (Toledo/St. John’s) had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in a Grizzlies loss to the Knicks.
Interesting Reads
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Rutherford lands Otsego football coaching post that was too good to resist
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