Missouri Boys High School Basketball Rankings by Class 1/3/2020

I am not entirely through the holiday tournament results but I kept up enough with the top teams to post another Missouri boys basketball rankings by class for the top 40-60 teams.

In class 1, some people would think I am crazy (Paul Simon song?) to put Dora second behind South Iron but the comparative scores tell me that Wakefield and company at South Iron can beat Haney, the Lunas and Dora.  It's too bad this won't be the championship game for class 1.

In class 2, Animu Mohammed made me a believer in Greenwood (what took you so long, Gramps?) when he scored 49 points (all of Greenwood's 2nd half points) in a 10 point win over Kickapoo.  Hartville is good but I don't think anyone will figure out how to stop Mohammed.

In class 3, Trinity had a great MICDS tournament but I still rate Charleston a 5 point favorite over Trinity.  Cardinal Ritter and Father Tolton are still in the mix with Christian O'Fallon not too far behind.

In class 4, Vashon is still hands down the best team with McCluer, Grandview KC, MICDS, Raytown South and two teams in the bootheel, Sikeston and Cape Central with a chance.  Ruskin was moved up from #26 to #8 due to spreadsheet error.

In class 5, Chaminade is barely hanging on to the top spot with Mehlville taking apart the Coaches vs. Cancer field.  De Smet, CBC and Francis Howell await in the wings.

Enjoy and let me know what you think.
Updated 1/03/2020 for spreadsheet error in class 4

Missouri Boys Basketball Class 1 Top 40 - 01/03/2020
Rank Team name Class District Rating
1 South Iron 1 3 125.4
2 Dora 1 4 120.8
3 Delta   1 2 106.1
4 St. Elizabeth 1 9 101.3
5 Lesterville 1 3 99.1
6 Princeton 1 14 98.2
7 Northeast (Cairo) 1 10 97.1
8 Sturgeon 1 10 97.1
9 Macks Creek 1 7 93.2
10 Walnut Grove 1 7 91.3
11 Jefferson (Conception Junction) w/ So. Nodaway 1 16 90.2
12 Lockwood  1 5 90.1
13 Norwood 1 4 90.0
14 Mound City 1 15 89.7
15 Fair Play 1 7 89.7
16 Climax Springs 1 7 89.0
17 Liberal 1 5 88.8
18 Humansville 1 7 87.4
19 Glasgow 1 10 86.0
20 Wellsville-Middleton 1 10 85.1
21 Meadville 1 12 83.9
22 Leeton 1 8 83.6
23 Risco 1 2 83.0
24 Concordia 1 8 82.9
25 Sacred Heart (Sedalia) 1 8 82.7
26 Golden City 1 5 82.5
27 Stanberry 1 16 81.5
28 Pilot Grove 1 9 81.4
29 North Shelby 1 11 81.2
30 Green City 1 12 81.1
31 Rock Port 1 16 81.1
32 Novinger 1 11 80.6
33 Linn County 1 12 80.5
34 Canton 1 11 79.5
35 Higbee 1 10 79.4
36 Worth County 1 16 79.2
37 Winston 1 14 79.0
38 Green Ridge 1 8 78.6
39 Eminence 1 3 75.6
40 Mercer 1 14 72.0
Missouri Boys Basketball Class 2 Top 40 - 01/03/2020
Rank Team name Class District Rating
1 Greenwood (Springfield) 2 11 119.7
2 Hartville  2 10 112.1
3 Skyline 2 13 104.8
4 Milan 2 6 103.6
5 Crane 2 11 102.0
6 New Franklin 2 7 100.0
7 Slater 2 7 100.0
8 Lakeland 2 13 98.9
9 North Andrew 2 16 98.7
10 Plattsburg 2 15 98.6
11 Hayti 2 1 98.5
12 Linn  2 8 98.2
13 New Haven 2 8 98.0
14 Oran 2 3 97.6
15 Mid-Buchanan 2 16 97.2
16 Gallatin 2 15 96.5
17 Van Far 2 5 95.1
18 East Buchanan 2 16 94.1
19 Bernie 2 1 94.0
20 Portageville 2 1 94.0
21 Billings 2 11 93.5
22 South Pemiscot 2 1 92.2
23 Cole Camp 2 7 92.1
24 Van Buren 2 2 91.5
25 Harrisburg MO 2 8 90.6
26 East Carter 2 2 90.5
27 St. Vincent 2 3 90.4
28 Blue Eye 2 11 89.7
29 Spokane 2 11 89.3
30 Clopton 2 5 88.5
31 Salisbury 2 6 88.4
32 Bishop LeBlond St. Joseph 2 16 87.3
33 Iberia 2 9 87.1
34 Tarkio with Fairfax 2 16 87.1
35 Alton MO 2 2 86.5
36 Crystal City 2 4 85.8
37 Miller MO 2 13 85.5
38 Valle Catholic 2 3 84.9
39 Ellington High (Southern Reynolds)  2 2 82.9
40 Advance 2 3 77.3
Missouri Boys Basketball Class 3 Top 50 - 01/03/2020
Rank Team name Class District Rating
1 Charleston MO 3 1 138.9
2 Trinity 3 7 133.8
3 Cardinal Ritter 3 6 129.9
4 Father Tolton Catholic 3 9 124.8
5 Christian (O'Fallon) 3 8 122.9
6 Blair Oaks 3 9 122.5
7 Lutheran North 3 7 117.2
8 Lift for Life 3 6 116.8
9 Soldan 3 7 113.4
10 Liberty Mountain View MO 3 4 112.2
11 Hancock 3 5 111.1
12 New Madrid County Central 3 1 110.7
13 KC Central Academy (Central Academy of Excellence High School KC) 3 16 109.9
14 St. James 3 4 109.4
15 Centralia MO 3 13 109.1
16 Hogan Prep Charter 3 15 109.0
17 Miller Career Academy 3 6 108.4
18 Southern Boone 3 9 108.0
19 Whitfield 3 5 107.8
20 Springfield Catholic  3 11 106.9
21 Christian High School Springfield 3 8 105.8
22 Ewing Marion Kauffman Charter High School  3 15 105.3
23 St. Pius X Festus 3 3 104.3
24 Duchesne 3 7 104.1
25 Monroe City 3 13 102.8
26 Fair Grove 3 11 102.8
27 DuBourg 3 5 102.1
28 Palmyra 3 13 101.6
29 Fatima 3 9 101.5
30 Dixon 3 4 101.0
31 Lutheran South 3 5 100.8
32 Versailles 3 9 100.6
33 Kennett 3 1 100.4
34 Steelville 3 3 100.1
35 Lutheran St. Charles 3 8 99.9
36 Jefferson (Festus)  3 3 98.8
37 Winfield 3 8 98.0
38 University Academy 3 15 97.7
39 Maryville 3 16 97.6
40 McKinley 3 6 96.9
41 Hermann 3 8 96.5
42 KC Southeast 3 15 95.8
43 Strafford 3 11 95.8
44 Montgomery County 3 8 95.1
45 Lamar 3 12 94.8
46 Richmond 3 14 94.6
47 East Newton 3 12 93.8
48 St. Pius X Kansas City 3 16 93.8
49 Lathrop 3 16 92.8
50 Hallsville 3 13 79.7
Missouri Boys Basketball Class 4 Top 50 - 01/03/2020
Rank Team name Class District Rating
1 Vashon 4 6 137.5
2 McCluer 4 7 127.5
3 Grandview (Kansas City MO) 4 13 126.5
4 MICDS 4 5 126.0
5 Raytown South 4 14 124.4
6 Sikeston 4 1 123.3
7 Cape Girardeau Central 4 1 122.8
8 Ruskin 4 13 122.2
9 Lincoln College Prep  4 15 121.1
10 Ladue 4 5 118.8
11 Westminster Christian Academy 4 4 118.2
12 Jennings 4 6 118.1
13 Confluence 4 6 117.9
14 Hazelwood East 4 6 117.3
15 Grain Valley 4 14 117.0
16 St. Dominic 4 7 116.9
17 University City 4 5 116.3
18 Cape Girardeau Notre Dame 4 1 116.0
19 St. Francis Borgia 4 4 115.7
20 Nevada 4 13 115.4
21 Normandy Collaborative  4 5 115.2
22 Webb City 4 12 114.4
23 Kearney 4 16 114.2
24 Park Hills Central 4 2 113.7
25 Washington 4 4 113.5
26 KC Center 4 14 112.8
27 Hillsboro MO 4 2 111.8
28 St. Joseph Lafayette 4 16 111.6
29 St. Mary's 4 3 110.7
30 Helias 4 10 110.1
31 St. Charles 4 7 109.9
32 Sullivan MO 4 9 108.6
33 Priory 4 4 108.5
34 Rockwood Summit 4 4 107.9
35 St. Charles West 4 7 107.6
36 Bolivar 4 11 107.3
37 Windsor Imperial 4 3 107.0
38 Clayton 4 5 106.4
39 Parkway North 4 7 105.5
40 Rolla 4 9 104.9
41 John Burroughs 4 5 104.2
42 Warrensburg 4 13 103.5
43 Van Horn 4 15 102.5
44 Pembroke Hill 4 14 101.8
45 Farmington 4 2 100.5
46 Dexter 4 1 100.2
47 Logan-Rogersville 4 11 99.5
48 Pacific 4 4 98.5
49 Oak Grove 4 14 97.7
50 Mexico 4 8 94.3
Missouri Boys Basketball Class 5 Top 60 - 01/03/2020
Rank Team name Class District Rating
1 Chaminade 5 4 140.7
2 Mehlville 5 2 140.5
3 De Smet 5 6 133.6
4 CBC 5 6 132.6
5 Francis Howell 5 8 132.0
6 Webster Groves 5 4 126.6
7 Hazelwood West 5 5 126.6
8 Liberty KC 5 15 126.6
9 William Chrisman 5 15 124.3
10 Rockhurst 5 14 124.7
11 Joplin 5 12 123.3
12 Raymore Peculiar 5 13 122.5
13 Truman 5 14 122.4
14 Nixa 5 11 120.3
15 Staley 5 16 119.8
16 Blue Springs 5 14 119.5
17 Rock Bridge 5 9 119.4
18 Kickapoo 5 11 119.0
19 Hazelwood Central 5 5 118.4
20 Fort Zumwalt North 5 7 118.2
21 Liberty North 5 15 117.9
22 Park Hill South 5 16 117.3
23 Ozark  5 10 117.2
24 Kirkwood 5 4 117.0
25 Battle (Columbia) 5 9 117.0
26 North Kansas City 5 15 116.9
27 Glendale 5 10 116.7
28 Eureka 5 3 116.6
29 Blue Springs South 5 14 116.5
30 Fort Zumwalt South 5 7 115.9
31 Troy Buchanon 5 8 115.1
32 Lafayette 5 3 115.0
33 SLUH 5 4 114.9
34 McCluer North 5 5 114.3
35 Francis Howell Central 5 7 113.0
36 Willard 5 12 112.5
37 Holt 5 8 112.1
38 Raytown 5 14 111.8
39 Republic 5 12 111.6
40 Parkway Central 5 6 111.2
41 Marquette 5 3 110.7
42 Jefferson City 5 9 110.1
43 Parkview 5 11 110.0
44 Park Hill 5 16 109.5
45 Lee's Summit West 5 13 109.4
46 Vianney 5 2 109.3
47 Poplar Bluff 5 1 109.2
48 Lee's Summit 5 13 108.2
49 Smith-Cotton 5 9 107.6
50 Pattonville 5 6 106.8
51 Jackson 5 1 106.2
52 Fort Zumwalt West 5 7 105.8
53 Parkway West 5 3 105.6
54 Lee's Summit North 5 13 105.5
55 Parkway South 5 3 105.2
56 Oakville 5 2 105.0
57 Oak Park 5 16 104.3
58 Timberland 5 8 104.0
59 Lindbergh 5 2 102.6
60 Fort Osage 5 15 102.7


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