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.