BB RANKINGS: Pike new No. 1 in third IBCA poll

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has released its third all-classes-combined poll for the 2012-13 boys basketball campaign, and we have a new No. 1 as Class 4A defending state runner-up Pike has taken control from now-No. 15 Indianapolis Cathedral.

Others on the rise among the first five are Warren Central (up from fifth to fourth) and Columbus North (eight to fifth).

Teams are listed by rank followed by school, vote total, record, and first-place votes (if applicable). The third IBCA poll from Dec. 9:

1. Pike 400 5-0 (11)
2. Carmel 386 4-0 (7)
3. Fort Wayne Northrop 363 4-0
4. Warren Central 354 4-0
5. Columbus North 236 4-0 (1)
6. Evansville Harrison 232 4-0
7. Indianapolis Tech 185 3-1
8. Andrean 182 4-0
9. Park Tudor 178 4-0
9. Kokomo 178 4-0
11. Munster 172 4-0
12. Hamilton Southeastern 171 6-1
13. North Central (Indianapolis) 162 3-2
14. Greensburg 147 5-0
15. Indianapolis Cathedral 125 1-2 (1)
16. Ben Davis 116 3-1
17. Jeffersonville 91 3-0
18. Columbia City 82 5-0
19. Merrillville 62 4-1
20. Lawrence North 59 4-0

Also receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Barr-Reeve, Bloomington South, Brownstown, Castle, Columbus East, Concord, Danville, Decatur Central, Elkhart Memorial, Evansville Bosse, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne Luers, Fort Wayne Snider, Frankfort, Guerin Catholic, Hammond Noll, Homestead, Indianapolis Chatard, Jay County, Lake Central, Lebanon, Linton, Loogootee, McCutcheon, Mount Vernon (Posey), Mt. Vernon (Fortville), New Castle, New Haven, North Central (Farmersburg), Norwell, Pike Central, Plymouth, Providence, Richmond, Rockville, South Bend Adams, South Bend Washington, Tipton, Valparaiso, Wapahani, Zionsville