Class A @PrepHoopsTN Top 10 (New Year’s Edition)
Courtney Asher Smith contributed heavily to this ranking.
Entering 2020, we have updated the @PrepHoopsTN Class A Top 10. The entire 2019 portion of the season was considered.
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1. McKenzie (12-0)
Last week: 1
Peak: 1
McKenzie and Class A Mr. Basketball Candidate Lucas King are hungry for a state championship with a cohesive senior class.
Dec. 14 | at Lexington |
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W 50-40 |
Dec. 17 | Peabody |
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W 68-34 |
Dec. 19 | at Stewart County |
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W 81-78 |
Dec. 27 | Bradford N Huntingdon Point Guard Coca-Cola Classic at Huntingdon, Huntingdon, TN |
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W 70-61 |
Dec. 28 | Waverly N Huntingdon Point Guard Coca-Cola Classic at Huntingdon, Huntingdon, TN |
W 85-55 |
2. Madison Academic (13-1)
Last week: 2
Peak: 2
Hub City Classic Champions! From 2015 to 2018, the Mustangs won a combined 11 games. This is a new day. In the last week alone Madison Academic defeated three Class AA teams, two of them among the best in Region 7AA: South Gibson, Crockett County. James Anderson (Madison Academic) averaged 19 ppg during the the HUB City Classic. He earned Hub City Classic MVP.
Dec. 17 | Liberty |
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W 78-50 |
Dec. 27 | Chester County N HUB Classic at Oman Arena, Jackson, TN |
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W 84-67 |
Dec. 28 | South Gibson Hub City Classic |
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W 75-56 |
Dec. 30 | Crockett County N HUB Classic Championship at Oman Arena, Jackson, TN |
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W 53-42 |
3. Booker T. Washington (8-2)
Last week: 4
Peak: 3
The only two losses are to the #1 team in Class AAA, Whitehaven High. “Booker T’s guards are good,” said PrepHoopsTN Writer Courtney Asher Smith.
Dec. 10 | at MAHS |
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W 78-66 |
Dec. 13 | Memphis Business |
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W 82-62 |
Dec. 14 | at Whitehaven |
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L 71-82 |
Dec. 17 | at Trezevant D |
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W 81-55 |
4. Monterey(12-2)
Last week: 3
Peak: 3
King of the Smokies Christmas Classic Champions. Played three current or former Top 10 teams mid-December (Red Boiling Springs, Clay County, Pickett County). The Clay County loss allowed Booker T. Washington to flip-fop with MHS in the rankings.
Dec. 13 | Red Boiling Springs D |
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W 71-64 |
Dec. 17 | at Clay County D |
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L 50-63 |
Dec. 19 | at Pickett County D |
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W 76-75 |
Dec. 27 | Knox Central N King of the Smokies Christmas Classic at Pigeon Forge Middle School, Pigeon Forge, TN |
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W 61-48 |
Dec. 28 | Cincinnati Country Day (OH) N King of the Smokies Christmas Classic at Pigeon Forge High School, Pigeon Forge, TN |
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W 80-71 |
Dec. 30 | North Sand Mountain (AL) N King of the Smokies Championship at Pigeon Forge High School, Pigeon Forge, TN |
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W 84-62 |
5. Douglass (7-4)
Last week: 7
Peak: 5
Three consecutive road wins in District 15A. PrepHoopsTN #3 Booker T. Washington thrashed Douglass, 76-58, to open the month of December. The win at Manassas last week separates them from good teams and vaults them into the great tier.
Dec. 13 | at Middle College D |
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W 62-53 |
Dec. 16 | at Freedom Prep |
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W 92-87 |
Dec. 17 | MASE |
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W 63-57 |
Dec. 20 | at Manassas |
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W 89-86 |
6. Fayetteville (4-0)
Last week: NA
Peak: 6
Originally “considered” during the Class A State Rankings, Fayetteville leaped into the Top 10 with their Summertown Christmas Classic title.
Dec. 27 | Forrest N Summertown Christmas Classic at Summertown, Summertown, TN |
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W 47-25 |
Dec. 28 | Perry County N Summertown Christmas Classic at Summertown, Summertown, TN |
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W 63-43 |
7. MAHS (8-4)
Last week: NA
Peak: 7
Loss to Booker T. Washington earlier in the month. Captured the best win of any Class A team all season (win over former Class AA PrepHoopsTN #1). “MAHS should crack the top 10,” injected Courtney Asher Smith. The Lions are 8-4 and are coming off a nice win over Fayette Ware without David Dixon.
Dec. 10 | B.T. Washington |
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L 66-78 |
Dec. 12 | Kingsbury |
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L 61-71 |
Dec. 13 | at Compass-Midtown D |
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W 67-32 |
Dec. 20 | at Middle College D |
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W 64-61 |
Dec. 21 | Fayette Ware N Hoop Extravaganza at Tipton-Rosemark Academy, Millington, TN |
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W 60-51 |
8. Clay County (11-1)
Last week: NA
Peak: 9
Dec. 17 | Monterey D | W 63-50 |
Dec. 21 | at East Robertson | W 61-60 |
Dec. 27 | Phoenix International (OH) N Lake Cumberland Holiday Hoops Classic at Somerset High School, Somerset, KY |
W 97-28 |
Dec. 28 | Murfreesboro Central Magnet N Lake Cumberland Holiday Hoops Classic at Somerset High School, Somerset, KY |
W 72-53 |
Dec. 29 | Southwestern (KY) N Lake Cumberland Holiday Hoops Classic at Somerset High School, Somerset, KY |
W 60-57 |
9. Red Boiling Springs (11-4)
Last week: 8
Peak: 8
Dec. 20 | Trousdale County D |
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W 64-43 |
Dec. 27 | at Westmoreland Westmoreland Christmas Classic |
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W 69-35 |
Dec. 28 | Fairview N Westmoreland Christmas Classic at Westmoreland, Westmoreland, TN |
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L 44-52 |
10. Eagleville (9-3)
Last week: 5
Peak: 5
Scuffling a bit since opening the season with six straight wins. Lost to Richland, 64-59 in Richland Christmas Classic.
Dec. 19 | at McEwen |
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L 46-60 |
Dec. 27 | Tullahoma N Richland Christmas Classic |
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W 78-69 |
Dec. 28 | Ardmore (AL) N Richland Christmas Classic |
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W 65-64 |
Dec. 30 | at Richland Richland Christmas Classic |
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L 59-64 |
Dropped: Pickett County, Copper Basin, North Greene.
Considered (in descending order of strongest case for inclusion): Manassas (9-3), Cosby, Westwood (9-5), Pickett County (9-4), Bradford (9-3), Oneida (10-5), Copper Basin (9-3), Mt. Pleasant (9-3), West Carroll (8-4).
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