How did we fare with our preseason rankings?
With the 2019-20 girls basketball season now in the books, I thought it would be fun to look back at our preseason rankings just to see how we did on the season. We predicted the 5A, 4A, and 1A champion…
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Continue ReadingWith the 2019-20 girls basketball season now in the books, I thought it would be fun to look back at our preseason rankings just to see how we did on the season. We predicted the 5A, 4A, and 1A champion correctly back in November. We were wrong in 3A but our preseason top two teams met in the state championship game. In 2A our #4 and #5 preseason team met in the finals and North Linn won it as our preseason #5 team. Below you can see our preseason rankings for November as well as where they finished this season and their record. A lot of these teams ended up beating each other so I would call it a pretty accurate preseason poll.
5A
Rank |
Team |
2019-20 Record |
Season Finish |
1 |
Johnston |
24-2 |
State Champs |
2 |
Iowa City High |
23-2 |
State Semifinalist |
3 |
Dowling Catholic |
19-4 |
Region Runner-up |
4 |
Cedar Falls |
19-5 |
State Quarterfinalist |
5 |
Southeast Polk |
19-5 |
State Quarterfinalist |
6 |
Urbandale |
15-8 |
Region Runner-Up |
7 |
Valley |
14-8 |
Region Semifinalist |
8 |
Waukee |
23-3 |
State Runner-Up |
9 |
Ames |
11-12 |
Region Runner-up |
10 |
Cedar Rapids Prairie |
20-4 |
State Quarterfinalist |
4A
Rank |
Team |
2019-20 Record |
Season Finish |
1 |
North Scott |
26-0 |
State Champion |
2 |
Marion |
21-2 |
Region Runner-up |
3 |
Lewis Central |
21-6 |
State Runner-up |
4 |
Center Point-Urbana |
22-3 |
State Semifinalist |
5 |
Ballard |
22-2 |
State Quarterfinalist |
6 |
Glenwood |
25-1 |
State Semifinalist |
7 |
Gilbert |
19-4 |
State Quarterfinalist |
8 |
Waverly-Shell Rock |
20-3 |
State Quarterfinalist |
9 |
Bondurant-Farrar |
14-9 |
Region Semifinalist |
10 |
Dallas Center-Grimes |
17-7 |
Region Runner-up |
3A
Rank |
Team |
2019-20 Record |
Season Finish |
1 |
North Polk |
21-6 |
State Runner-up |
2 |
Bishop Heelan |
22-4 |
State Champion |
3 |
Clear Lake |
23-2 |
State Semifinalist |
4 |
Dike-New Hartford |
23-2 |
State Quarterfinalist |
5 |
Algona |
13-10 |
Region Semifinalist |
6 |
Red Oak |
21-4 |
State Quarterfinalist |
7 |
Des Moines Christian |
22-3 |
State Quarterfinalist |
8 |
Crestwood |
18-5 |
Region SemiFinalist |
9 |
Roland-Story |
19-4 |
Region Runner-up |
10 |
Central Lee |
16-8 |
Region Runner-up |
2A
Rank |
Team |
2019-20 Record |
Season Finish |
1 |
West Hancock |
25-2 |
State Semifinalist |
2 |
Cascade |
26-1 |
State Semifinalist |
3 |
West Branch |
21-4 |
State Quarterfinalist |
4 |
Osage |
24-3 |
State Runner-up |
5 |
North Linn |
25-2 |
State Champion |
6 |
MFL-Mar-Mac |
20-3 |
Region Semifinalist |
7 |
Aplington-Parkersburg |
12-12 |
Region Semifinalist |
8 |
Van Buren |
21-4 |
Region Runner-up |
9 |
West Sioux |
13-10 |
Region Quarterfinalist |
10 |
Maquoketa Valley |
17-5 |
Region Quarterfinalist |
1A
Rank |
Team |
2019-20 Record |
Season Finish |
1 |
Newell-Fonda |
27-0 |
State Champions |
2 |
Montezuma |
23-2 |
State Quarterfinalist |
3 |
North Mahaska |
20-3 |
Region Runner-up |
4 |
Clarksville |
20-4 |
Region Semifinalist |
5 |
Bishop Garrigan |
25-2 |
State Runner-up |
6 |
East Buchanan |
17-8 |
Region Runner-up |
7 |
Kingsley-Pierson |
20-5 |
Region Runner-up |
8 |
Colo-Nesco |
18-6 |
Region Semifinalist |
9 |
Sigourney |
18-5 |
Region Semifinalist |
10 |
MMRCU |
21-1 |
Region Semifinalist |