Region Boys Top 10 at Christmas Break

[apollo]

1. Munster- beat Penn on the road and destroyed EC Central, Niners, Vikes, and Pirates are looming after the holiday. Play CP next year too,in 2013-14.
2. Andrean- beat Northwest, Merrillville, and Bowman, can they beat the stangs? Favorite in 3A with Marian struggling? Niners play CP next year too in 13-14, picked up Bowman this year.
3. Merrillville- 12 Seniors and Jenkins is the best shooter and all around guard in the area. Pruitt is almost a guaranteed Double- Double, Raspo is my pick for region athlete of the year.
4. Valpo- Moser is All Area and maybe the most improved in the area, Boetel not on roster, Vikes will miss him they have a strong Frosh class also.
5. Bowman- they play everybody, can they hold leads?King and Dillard are All- State in 2A, Noll or Tipton can't beat them in 2A, unless Bowman beats themselves with poor foul shooting, shot selection, and to's? Park Tudor only lost to North Central by 5 without Yogi, they are the team to beat again, with Trevon Bluitt.
6. Noll- Larry Chrisler is an All Stater in 2A also, blew out some GSSC teams, can they beat Bowman?. Will play twice after the Holiday more than likely.
7. Chesterton - Holba is one of the best Soph. in the Midwest, key is the shooting of Cole Teel and pt. guard play.
8. Michigan City- Boyd's bunch can beat anyone on a given night and the opposite is true too.
9. West Side - Lots of talent with Arnold Wilson and Glover, beat MCity 36-30?
10. Crown Point - will the Talented Killer B's- Braxton Rice, Bardeson, Barclay, Burkholder and Berquist- also Jeffirs. The question is can they get healthy- led by Tommy Bardeson and Zach Plesac- now that he has his BB legs back, Portage - one of the area's best Soph players, Wallace - can make a run again in 3A with Cooper, Hammond High, EC Central- when you have Hyron- one of the best pt. guards in the Midwest, you can turn it around, Marquette - Ryan Fazekas is a real talent, a possible 1A Future All Stater, and Gavit- best Hammond City record vs Hammond teams, all have talent on given nights- Portage beat MC for instance, hard to rank them and where?

After the Holiday 1 and 2 play, on Dec 28th 3 and 4 play.

[jtjrmoney8]

Can't argue with most of this list..I think for now CP shouldn't be on the list..I know they have some talent but they haven't done anything..lost to all of the "good" teams they have faced..

Bowman has lost some games but they play arguably the toughest schedule in the state, so they deserve to be on the list

I think Marquette deserves to crack the top 10..their schedule leaves alot to be desired, but hard to argue against their talent..possibly the most talented 1A roster in the state..and love Ryan Fazekas..he's just awesome

Going to be interesting how Valpo does without Boetel..pretty surprised they beat Chesterton without him..can they still be a threat in the DAC? Maybe..

[apollo]

Correction Add Lake Central tied for no. 6 with Noll

[richsapper]

Crown Point is pretty darn good...much better than their 3-5 record. Of course, Pleasac was not really in basketball shape until recently and played EXTREMELY well against Merrillville. In fact, Crown Point could have (and some say should have) beaten Merrillville and MC. Bardeson is tremendous and if they all get healthy at once (and that is a BIGF IF) they are probably better than 10th in the area...not much better, but 8th or 9th maybe.

[apollo]

Marquette has beaten some GSSC teams not rather handily and have a reg season loss to. A year away in my view, if all the same pieces are in place, sort of like Portage, they have to keep all the players they have. But they are in 1A and Bowman and Noll are in 2A.

[apollo]

A lot of media need a reality check on there top 10's in the area. It is not your record, it's who you have played with competitively. For example Whiting loses to a 1-10 knox team in girls bb, and many DAC Boys teams would school KV and Kouts please get real, these are not top 10 area teams.

[richsapper]

Yeah, that's true. Record is not a great indicator of talent. Just look at Bowman.