2023-24 'A' BOYS BBALL POWER RANKINGS

March 10, 2024

 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

406

Class A

1. Billings Central (16-1)

2. Hamilton (16-2)

3. Butte Central (15-3) 

4. Dillon (14-4) 

5. Browning (14-4)

 

MTN SPORTS

Class A

1. Billings Central (17-1)

2. Hamilton (16-2)

3. Butte Central (15-3)

4. Lockwood (15-3)

5. Dillon (14-4)

Around Class A: In the final rankings of the Class A season, Billings Central maintained its hold on No. 1 with wins over Livingston and Class AA Billings Senior. The wins were victories 188 and 189 for Rams 12th-year coach Jim Stergar, who has surpassed Gene Espeland (186 wins) as the school's all-time winningest coach. No. 2 Hamilton, No. 3 Butte Central, No. 4 Lockwood and No. 5 Dillon were all idle last week. Unranked Browning, meanwhile, finished the regular season with a flourish on an eight-game winning streak. Divisional tournaments across Class A begin this week

 

MAXPREPS

 

Saturday, March 09, 2024
# School Ovr. Rating Str.
1 Billings Central Catholic (Billings) 18-3 28.22 7.4
2 Beaverhead County (Dillon) 18-4 25.27 9.1
3 Hamilton 16-4 22.50 7.9
4 Havre 15-6 21.18 12.0
5 Frenchtown 12-7 18.90 11.1
6 Butte Central Catholic (Butte) 17-5 17.64 9.5
7 Columbia Falls 12-7 16.53 11.3
8 Lockwood (Billings) 12-5 16.41 10.1
9 Fergus (Lewistown) 11-12 16.01 15.7
10 Browning 15-6 13.77 6.8
11 Dawson County (Glendive) 13-9 13.25 8.7
12 Whitefish 11-8 7.08 3.0
13 Custer County (Miles City) 8-13 6.85 9.3
14 Bigfork 9-11 6.63 8.9
15 Laurel 8-11 6.54 9.2
16 Ronan 12-10 5.88 5.4
17 Hardin 9-13 3.01 11.6
18 Sidney 6-13 0.02 12.2
19 Corvallis 7-11 -0.43 8.1
20 East Helena 5-16 -1.26 11.9
21 Polson 2-17 -7.54 8.3
22 Park (Livingston) 2-14 -11.16 8.5
23 Libby 2-16 -11.64 5.4
24 Stevensville 1-17 -14.70 7.3

 

 

 

2022-23 'A' BOYS BBALL POWER RANKINGS

February 14, 2023

 

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

406

Class A

1. Lewistown (16-0)

2. Butte Central (17-1)

3. Hamilton (14-3) 

4. Columbia Falls (14-3) 

5. Browning (14-3)

 

MTN SPORTS

CLASS A

1, Lewistown (13-0)

2, Butte Central (14-1)

3, Hamilton (13-2)

4, Columbia Falls (12-3)

5, Browning (12-4)

Around Class A: New week, same story at the top of Class A. No. 1 Lewistown continues to lead the way, followed closely by Butte Central. The Eagles and Maroons played an epic state title game last year (won by Central) and Lewistown handed BC its only loss of this season. Hamilton and Columbia Falls remain at Nos. 3 and 4, but Browning has crawled into the poll at No. 5 with a five-game winning streak.