Class 2 Missouri Boys High School Basketball Rankings

I have to admit that I have neglected the many good class 2 teams in the state of Missouri to focus on the larger class 3, 4 and 5 schools around St. Louis and Kansas City.  Occasionally, I will take a look at (or would take a poke at be more appropriate?) the Post Dispatch or MaxPreps rankings.  I have been known to poke at Prep Hoops rankings of the summer hoops teams in the 2021 circuit (see past blogs).

So I looked at the top teams in Max Preps class 2 (below in black) and compared them to my ratings (in red).  There are some really good class 2 teams that could compete with class 5 teams in St. Louis.  Mansfield is the best of them and would compare to a Ladue, Kirkwood or Hazelwood East team.  East Buchanan would play St. Charles West to the finsh.  But Max Preps puts way to much emphasis on records in their rankings because they have Mansfield as the 33rd best team in the state and I would place them at 64th.  East Buchanan is listed at 43rd by Max Preps, while I have them at 102nd.  So much for mathematics.  What did Mark Twain say, "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics?"

MaxPreps Class 2 Top 10
School	Record	Rating	Rank	State	State
Mansfield	16-2		109	33	64
East Buchanan (Gower)	14-1		104.6	43	102
Oran	13-1		100	55	139
Crane	16-1		99.1	61	142
Greenwood (Springfield)	12-3		94	62	189
Hartville	10-4		101.5	67	124
Milan	15-0		95.5	76	171
Tarkio	11-1		83.3	82	300
Verona	13-3		94.8	85	179
Adrian	12-0		92.6	88	207

So here's my class two rankings for all teams.  Enjoy:

Missouri Boys HS 2018-2019 RANKINGS - by Class 01/17/2019
	Class 2 Missouri schools
Rank	Team	Class	District	Current Rating
1	Mansfield	2	9	109
2	East Buchanan	2	16	104
3	New Covenant Academy	2	10	102
4	Midway	2	15	102
5	Hartville	2	9	101
6	Fordland	2	9	100
7	Oran	2	3	100
8	Crane	2	11	99
9	St. Vincent	2	3	97
10	Brentwood	2	4	97
11	Milan	2	6	95
12	Hayti	2	1	95
13	Blue Eye	2	10	95
14	Plattsburg	2	15	95
15	Verona	2	11	95
16	Thayer	2	2	95
17	Seymour	2	9	94
18	Greenwood (Springfield)	2	10	94
19	Jefferson Independent Day Joplin	2	12	93
20	Iberia	2	8	93
21	Bernie	2	1	93
22	New Haven	2	5	93
23	Adrian	2	13	93
24	Lutheran KC	2	15	92
25	Eugene	2	8	91
26	Marionville	2	11	90
27	Spokane	2	10	90
28	Valle Catholic	2	4	89
29	Crest Ridge	2	13	89
30	Portageville	2	1	88
31	Lincoln MO	2	13	87
32	Skyline	2	13	87
33	Van Buren	2	2	87
34	Van Far	2	5	86
35	Cole Camp	2	14	86
36	Thomas Jefferson School (St. Louis)	2	12	86
37	Tipton	2	14	85
38	Sweet Springs with Malta Bend	2	14	84
39	Pierce City	2	12	84
40	KC Lutheran	2	15	84
41	Paris with Faith Walk	2	5	84
42	Sturgeon	2	7	84
43	Tarkio with Fairfax	2	16	83
44	Salisbury	2	7	83
45	Billings	2	11	83
46	Oak Ridge	2	3	83
47	Richland	2	8	82
48	South Pemiscot	2	1	82
49	Advance	2	3	82
50	Vienna	2	8	81
51	School of the Ozarks	2	10	81
52	Smithton	2	14	81
53	Plato	2	8	81
54	New Franklin	2	14	81
55	Fayette	2	14	80
56	Ellington High (Southern Reynolds)	2	2	80
57	Mark Twain	2	5	80
58	College Heights Christian Joplin	2	12	79
59	Putnam County	2	6	78
60	Campbell	2	1	78
61	Liberal	2	12	78
62	Chaffee	2	3	78
63	Northeast (Cairo)	2	7	78
64	Mid-Buchanan	2	16	77
65	Senath-Hornersville	2	1	77
66	Elsberry	2	5	76
67	Harrisburg MO	2	7	76
68	Bloomfield	2	3	76
69	Windsor (Sedalia)	2	13	76
70	Sparta	2	10	75
71	Gallatin	2	16	75
72	Purdy	2	12	74
73	Ellington High (Southern Reynolds)	2	2	74
74	Sacred Heart (Sedalia)	2	14	74
75	South Shelby	2	6	74
76	Northwest Academy of Transportation and Law	2	4	73
77	Meadow Heights	2	3	73
78	Hamilton (Penney)	2	16	73
79	Norwood	2	9	73
80	Crystal City	2	4	73
81	Valley (Caledonia)	2	4	72
82	West Platte	2	15	72
83	Miller MO	2	11	72
84	Greenfield	2	11	72
85	New Bloomfield	2	7	71
86	Laquey	2	8	69
87	St. Joseph Christian	2	16	69
88	Polo	2	15	69
89	Neelyville	2	2	69
90	Louisiana	2	5	69
91	Westran	2	7	68
92	Clopton	2	5	68
93	Knox County	2	6	67
94	Ash Grove	2	11	65
95	Conway	2	9	65
96	Silex	2	5	64
97	Maysville	2	16	63
98	Pleasant Hope	2	10	63
99	Crocker	2	8	63
100	North Platte	2	15	62
101	Scotland County (Memphis)	2	6	62
102	Cabool	2	9	61
103	Calvary Lutheran (Jefferson City)	2	7	61
104	Gainesville	2	9	61
105	Alton MO	2	2	60
106	Lone Jack	2	15	60
107	Bishop LeBlond St. Joseph	2	16	60
108	Galena	2	11	59
109	Jasper	2	12	59
110	Princeton	2	6	58
111	Marceline	2	6	57
112	Naylor	2	2	57
113	Schuyler County (Lancaster)	2	6	56
114	Marion C Early	2	10	56
115	Summersville	2	2	54
116	Archie	2	13	54
117	Southwest Washburn	2	12	54
118	Northland Christian KC	2	15	53
119	Greenville MO	2	2	52
120	Russellville	2	7	51
121	Stover	2	14	51
122	Osceola	2	13	50
123	Bismarck	2	4	48
124	Cooter	2	1	48
125	Puxico	2	3	47
126	Wheaton	2	12	42
127	Stoutland	2	8	41
128	Crossroads College Prep	2	4	36
129	Holcomb	2	1	24