Star-News basketball top ten rankings
Boys Basketball
1. Pasadena (9-0)
2. La Canada (6-0)
3. Renaissance Academy (5-0)
4. Keppel (7-3)
5. La Salle (4-2)
6. Marshall (4-1)
7. Maranatha (5-1)
8. South Pasadena (4-2)
9. Alhambra (4-2)
10. San Gabriel (3-3)
GIRLS TOP TEN
1. Muir (5-0)
2. Keppel (4-2)
3. Monrovia (4-2)
4. South Pasadena (7-1)
5. La Canada (3-3)
6. Flintridge Prep (6-2)
7. Westridge (5-1)
8. San Marino (5-3)
9. Maranatha (5-1)
10. Blair (4-3)
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Renaissance won the Burbank tournament playing all upper-division schools. In that tourney they beat Keppel, Burbank and Glendale. Then in the Winter Slam Jam, they beat some tough city schools and took Division II-AA Simi Valley (7-2) to overtime for their only loss. The scary thing is they have no seniors on the team and their 6'8" sophmore center is inellgible until Jan.
I have been to a few games this year - including the LC/LS game. Is it me or is the talent way down this year in basketball in the area. Yes - LC blew LS away - Hoffman always has his team ready - but LC didn't look like they had the talent level as they have in the past. In fact LC (the number 2 ranked team) didn't look good in the game against LS. LS (the number 5 ranked team) looked bad - even with what a appeared to be a size advantage. (Maybe they will come back like their football team did). Does anyone feel the same way I do about the talent level in the area?
L S played it's worst game of the year according to the coach. Also I think team chemistry was altered because the football players were thrown in there with one day of practice. L C was firing on all cylinders.
...and revenge was a factor for L C, L S won last year's regular season match by 1 pt and also 2 times during the summer. So L C was definitely motivated.
Fred- nice job on the rankings. I think Keppel might be a little high and La Salle a little low. But we'll see. I have been hearing some noise about Renaissance Academy. Have they really played anybody? La Canada looked all world against La Salle. Never have i seen a La Salle team play that poorly.