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Indiana girls basketball preseason rankings: Are South Bend-area teams getting any love?

gayle bell, south bend tribune
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Here are your preseason Indiana High School girls basketball polls for the 2023-24 school year:

IBCA poll

Indiana Basketball Coaches Association preseason poll (all-classes)

Rank | School | (first place votes) | Record | total points

1. Hamilton Southeastern (2) 21-3 336; 2. Bedford North Lawrence (4) 27-3 327; 3. Noblesville (4) 21-4 323; 4. SB Washington (5) 27-1 304; 5. Fishers (2) 26-3 278; 6. Zionsville 20-3 213; 7. Lake Central (2) 23-6 200; 8. Homestead 19-6 193; 9. F.W. Snider 21-5 179; 10. Columbia City 20-3 157; 11. Center Grove 22-5 154; 12. Lawrence North (1) 19-10 144; 13. (tie) F.W. Northrop 19-4 103 and Brownsburg 16-10 103; 15. Valparaiso 23-2 96; 16. Indian Creek 27-2 95; 17. Twin Lakes 28-1 93; 18. Lawrence Central 16-8 92; 19. Warsaw 18-6 89; 20. Jennings County 16-6 72.

Others receiving votes: Andrean (25-4), Ben Davis (18-10), Bethany Christian (24-4), Borden (17-7), Carmel (4-19), Carroll-Fort Wayne (16-8), Caston (20-3), Corydon Central (27-3), Eastbrook (19-6), Eastern Hancock (23-4), Evansville North (17-7), Evansville Memorial (25-2), Fairfield (28-2), Forest Park (26-3), Franklin Central (8-17), Franklin Community (18-6), Gibson Southern (21-5), Greensburg (13-10), Hamilton Heights (20-6), Heritage Christian (17-8), Huntington North (19-5), Lafayette Central Catholic (20-7), Lanesville (28-2), Lapel (22-8), Linton-Stockton (19-4), Mishawaka Marian (22-6), Mooresville (19-7), North Knox (28-2), Northeastern (16-9), Northridge (22-6), Norwell (21-4), Penn (16-7), Scottsburg (19-6), Silver Creek (14-10, Southridge (18-8), Tippecanoe Valley (22-4), Warren Central (17-7), West Lafayette (18-6), Westfield (12-11), Wood Memorial (14-11).

*Note: Records are from 2022-23 season.

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ICGSA polls by class

Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association polls

CLASS 4A

1. Noblesville; 2. SB Washington; 3. Hamilton Southeastern; 4. Bedford North Lawrence; 5. Fishers; 6. (tie) Lake Central and F.W. Snider; 8. Homestead; 9. Lawrence Central; 10. Columbia City; 11. (tie) Zionsville and Center Grove; 13. Jennings County; 14. (tie) Silver Creek, Lawrence North and Ind. Ben Davis; 17. Franklin; 18. (tie) Brownsburg and Warsaw.

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CLASS 3A

1. Indian Creek; 2. Norwell; 3. Twin Lakes; 4. Hamilton Heights; 5. Evansville Memorial; 6. West Lafayette; 7. Corydon Central; 8. Fairfield; 9. Jay County; 10. Gibson Southern; 11. Greensburg; 12. Bellmont; 13. Northwestern; 14. Scottsburg; 15. Benton Central; 16. Mishawaka Marian; 17. Rensselaer Central.

CLASS 2A

1. North Knox; 2. Eastern Hancock; 3. Lapel; 4. Central Noble; 5. Lafayette Central Catholic; 6. Eastbrook; 7. (tie) University and Forest Park; 9. (tie) Andrean, Triton Central and Providence; 12. Linton-Stockton; 13. (tie) Alexandria and Austin; 15. F.W. Luers; 16. Blackford; 17. Brownstown Central; 18. (tie) North Miami and South Knox.

CLASS 1A

1. Lanesville; 2. Bethany Christian; 3. Caston; 4. Borden; 5. Springs Valley; 6. Washington Twp.; 7. Jac-Cen-Del; 8. Tecumseh; 9. (tie) F.W. Blackhawk, Tri and Northeast Dubois; 12. Morgan Twp. 13. Marquette Catholic; 14. (tie) Tri-Twp and Vincennes Rivet; 16. (tie) Trinity Lutheran, Kouts and North Central (Farmersburg); 19. Blue River; 20. Barr Reeve.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Indiana high school girls basketball IBCA and ICGSA preseason rankings