We’re officially in the home stretch of the high school basketball regular season, as some teams close out their regular season slates this week. The Western Mass. tournaments are set to begin late next week, and sectional finals will tentatively be played on Feb. 18.
With that in mind, here’s our latest Top 20 ranking. Just a reminder that these are released every Wednesday morning (current record, previous ranking in parentheses).
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Previous rankings: Jan. 28, Jan. 21, Jan. 14, Jan. 7, Dec. 20, Preseason
- Pope Francis (14-2, No. 1)
- Springfield Central (11-4, No. 2)
- Chicopee Comp (13-3, No. 3)
- Longmeadow (12-3, No. 5)
- Sci-Tech (13-4, No. 4)
- Amherst (11-6, No. 8)
- Agawam (7-9, No. 6)
- Drury (14-2, No. 10)
- Wahconah (12-4, No. 7)
- Minnechaug (7-9, No. 9)
- Pittsfield (9-5, No. 13)
- East Longmeadow (12-3, No. 14)
- Frontier (14-1, No. 15)
- Putnam (3-12, No. 11)
- Holyoke (3-10, No. 12)
- Monument Mountain (9-7, No. 16)
- Hoosac Valley (9-6, No. 18)
- Northampton (7-8, No. 17)
- Mount Everett (14-2, No. 19)
- South Hadley (7-8, NR)
NEXT TEAMS UP: Belchertown, Commerce, Chicopee, Easthampton, Libertas Academy, Ludlow, Baystate Academy
IN: South Hadley
OUT: Belchertown
No changes at the top, though Longmeadow’s wins over Sci-Tech, Minnechaug and Amherst have the Lancers up to a season-best No. 4 ranking.
Drury also moves up after an impressive stretch, and the Blue Devils are closing in on the No. 1 seed in the MIAA Division V tournament.
East Longmeadow went 3-0 over the past week and are closing in on a top 10 ranking, while Hoosac Valley continues to rack up wins. A five-game winning streak has the Hurricanes in prime positioning with the postseason looming.
South Hadley is the only team new to the rankings this week, as the Tigers beat Belchertown on Tuesday to bump the Orioles out of the No. 20 spot.
