BOYS BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE POLL
MONDAY, JAN. 15, 2024
The top-10 teams in the boys Associated Press Ohio high school basketball polls of the 2023-2024 season. First-place votes are in parenthesis — followed by the team’s record and total points collected by media votes.
DIVISION I
1. St. Ignatius (5) 11-3 85
2. Olentangy Orange (1) 12-0 83
3. Findlay (2) 8-0 74
4. Garfield Hts. (2) 9-0 71
5. Cin. Moeller 10-1 62
6. Louisville 10-1 60
7. Cin. Elder 11-0 52
8. Tol. Whitmer 9-1 49
9. Centerville (2) 9-2 33
10. Beavercreek 9-2 25
Others receiving 12 or more points: Delaware Hayes 17. Cin. Sycamore 13. Newark 12.
DIVISION II
1. Lutheran West (10) 13-0 112
2. Lexington 14-1 97
3. Kettering Alter (2) 9-1 86
4. Cin. Wyoming 7-0 81
5. Col. Hartley 9-1 49
(tie) CVCA 12-0 49
7. Youngs. Ursuline 8-2 39
8. Norwayne 9-0 24
9. Willard 10-2 16
10. Col. Ready 7-2 14
(tie) Shelby 9-2 14
Others receiving 12 or more points: Napoleon 13. Cin. Woodward 12.
DIVISION III
1. Lutheran East (10) 12-1 111
2. Ottawa-Glandorf 9-1 87
3. Shawnee (2) 11-0 75
4. Wayne Trace 9-1 62
5. Tol. Emmanuel Chr. 9-1 54
6. Margaretta 8-1 45
7. Malvern 10-0 39
8. Minford 9-1 37
9. Harrison Cent. 10-1 22
10. Ashland Crestview 12-0 21
(tie) Tri-Village 12-1 21
Others receiving 12 or more points: Cin. Mariemont 13.
DIVISION IV
1. Russia (4) 13-0 109
2. Warren JFK (6) 10-1 105
3. Lima Cent. Cath. (1) 11-1 94
4. Maumee Valley 9-1 70
5. Troy Chr. 8-1 39
6. Pandora-Gilboa 12-0 36
7. Richmond Hts. (1) 5-8 35
(tie) Berlin Hiland 8-2 35
9. Monroe Cent. 10-0 32
10. Fairfield 13-0 24
Others receiving 12 or more points: S. Webster 23. Antwerp 23.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE POLL
MONDAY, JAN. 15, 2024
The top-10 teams in the boys Associated Press Ohio high school basketball polls of the 2023-2024 season. First-place votes are in parenthesis — followed by the team’s record and total points collected by media votes.
DIVISION I
1. Olentangy (5) 14-0 104
2. Pickerington Cent. (4) 12-2 96
3. Marysville (1) 12-2 90
4. Cin. Mt. Notre Dame (1) 12-2 79
5. Cin. Princeton 9-1 64
6. Magnificat 9-4 43
7. Strongsville 12-1 41
8. Hoban 10-2 34
9. Anthony Wayne 9-2 20
10. Mason 12-2 18
Others receiving 12 or more points: Brush 16. Uniontown Lake 15. Springboro (1) 12.
DIVISION II
1. Cin. Marian (11) 13-1 117
2. STVM (1) 11-0 104
3. Fairland 13-1 76
4. Sheridan 13-0 75
5. Circleville 13-0 60
6. Copley 12-2 57
7. Unioto 13-2 28
8. Gilmour 7-3 27
9. Bryan 11-1 20
10. W. Branch 12-2 16
Others receiving 12 or more points: Marietta 15. Granville 13.
DIVISION III
1. Miami E. (6) 12-0 99
2. Kettering Alter (3) 12-1 97
3. Ottawa-Glandorf (1) 13-1 94
4. Portsmouth (1) 11-2 67
5. Margaretta 12-1 65
6. Waynesville (1) 12-0 52
7. Waynedale 9-1 40
8. Cin. Country Day 9-2 37
9. Col. Africentric 11-2 30
10. Delphos Jefferson 10-1 13
(tie) Mechanicsburg 13-1 13
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
DIVISION IV
1. Berlin Hiland (4) 12-0 104
2. Ft. Loramie (6) 13-2 103
3. Convoy Crestview 12-1 75
(tie) Newark Cath. 12-0 75
5. Loudonville 15-0 62
6. Marion Local 11-2 54
7. Tri-Village (1) 11-1 45
8. Waterford 11-2 32
9. Ayersville 9-0 20
10. Danbury 12-1 17
(tie) Xenia Legacy (1) 12-1 17
Others receiving 12 or more points: Richmond Hts. 14. Minster 12. St. Henry 12.
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