IBCA girls basketball poll – Week of Nov. 3

Below are results of the IBCA girls’ basketball preseason poll for the 2024-25 season.

The IBCA poll is a “non-class” poll, where teams are voted to a Top 20 regardless of school classification.

There are 22 panelists who vote for the poll — one voter each from the 16 regionals and six at-large voters (two each from IHSAA Districts 1, 2 and 3), including committee chairman Doug Springer of Northridge as a District 1 at-large voter.

Other committee panelists include Kristi Ulrich of Penn, Kelsey Steele of Westfield, Curt Benge of Plainfield and Tyler Choate of Evansville North in Class 4A; Chris Tomcsi of Griffith, Eric Thornton of Norwell, Kaley May of Danville and Adam Dennis of Madison in Class 3A; Tony Scheub of Andrean, Jaidlin Bradshaw of Sheridan, Mark Harper of Parke Heritage and Jared Petersen of Austin in Class 2A; and Katie Collignon of Marquette Catholic, Ryan Chiddister of Union (Modoc), Jason West of Southwestern (Shelby) and Marty Niehaus of Springs Valley in Class A.

The at-large committee members are Springer and Rod Parker of Homestead in District 1, Stacy Mitchell of Warren Central and DeeAnn Ramey of North Central in District 2, and Kevin Moore of East Central and Taylor Sykes of Jeffersonville in District 3.

The final poll for the season will be on Feb. 2, 2025, the Sunday following the completion of regular-season games.

IHSAA sectional games are scheduled Feb. 4-8, 2025.

 

Girls basketball Nov. 3 poll

Rank      School                                                          Points                  Record

1              Lawrence Central (20)                                    438                         30-1

2              Hamilton Southeastern (2)                 412                         21-14

3              Homestead                                                        380                         23-5

4              Lawrence North                                                332                         18-6

5              Center Grove                                                     320                         27-2

6              McCutcheon                                                      267                         21-5

7              Franklin Central                                                251                         15-9

8              Fishers                                                          248                         17-7

9              Plainfield                                                             233                         18-8

10           Northridge                                                          221                         24-4

11           Noblesville                                                  190                         18-9

12           Warsaw                                                                177                         14-8

13           Brownsburg                                                       167                         13-12

14           Columbia City                                                    137                         22-3

15           Greensburg                                                        92                           21-5

16           Gibson Southern                                              87                           26-4

T17         Silver Creek                                                        74                           18-5

T17         South Bend Washington                                 74                           19-5

19           Valparaiso                                                           72                           19-8

20           Carmel                                                         63                          11-12

First place votes in parentheses.

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Bedford North Lawrence (20-5), Borden (20-5), Carroll-Fort Wayne (9-15), Chesterton (16-8), Elkhart (13-10), Evansville Memorial (20-4), Fort Wayne Snider (22-3), Franklin Community (24-4), Hamilton Heights (24-3), Hammond Central (19-6), Indian Creek (21-5), Indianapolis Attucks (10-11), Indianapolis Chatard (19-9), Jeffersonville (13-10), Jennings County (23-4), Lake Central (26-5), Lanesville (29-1), Marquette Catholic (24-5), North Knox (25-2), Norwell (23-5), Pendleton Heights (15-10), Pike (12-15), Rensselaer Central (22-2), Scottsburg (22-5), South Knox (23-2), Washington (22-5), Westfield (13-10), Zionsville (16-7).

NOTE: Records are for the previous season.