BB RANKINGS: Ev. Harrison, Andrean, Kokomo on the rise

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has released its fourth all-classes-combined poll for the 2012-13 boys basketball campaign, and we find a trio of schools on the rise inside the first five as Evansville Harrison leaps from sixth to second, Andrean ascends all the way from eighth from to third, and Kokomo kicks it up from ninth to fourth.

Holdover No. 1 Pike continues to pace the 20-team field, with Munster (11th to sixth) and Hamilton Southeastern (12th to 10th) also creeping upward inside the Top 10.

Teams are listed by rank followed by school, vote total, record, and first-place votes (if applicable). The fourth IBCA poll (from Dec. 16):

1. Pike 380 6-0 (19)
2. Evansville Harrison 300 5-0
3. Andrean 261 6-0
4. Kokomo 243 6-0
5. Carmel 239 4-1
6. Munster 237 5-0
7. Columbus North 221 4-1
8. Indianapolis Tech 219 5-1
9. Park Tudor 213 5-0
10. Hamilton Southeastern 209 8-1
11. Ben Davis 204 5-1
12. Fort Wayne Northrop 199 5-1
13. Greensburg 186 7-0
14. Warren Central 144 4-2
15. Indianapolis Cathedral 91 2-2
16. Jeffersonville 82 4-1
17. Columbia City 78 6-0
18. Merrillville 76 6-1
19. North Central (Indianapolis) 59 3-3
20. Jay County 57 5-0

Also receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Brownstown, Castle, Columbus East, Danville, Evansville Bosse, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Guerin Catholic, Hammond Noll, Homestead, Lawrence North, Linton, Loogootee, McCutcheon, Mount Vernon (Posey), Mt. Vernon (Fortville), New Haven, Rockville, South Bend Adams, South Bend Washington, Tipton, Valparaiso