Basketball Top 23.

Written Saturday February 3rd at 9:05 AM

Updated Saturday February 3rd at 6:50 PM

 Here is the top 23.

Boys

1. North Farmington (14-1): Congrats to Coach Todd Negoshian on your 200th win as head coach.

2. Troy (14-1): Colts big three moving along toward a possible clash with Birmingham Brother Rice.

3. West Bloomfield (11-5): Drew Wilson is playing his best basketball right now.

4. Ferndale (9-6): Can’t blow an 18 point lead if you want to make another deep postseason run Eagles.

5. Adams (10-5): When the three ball goes, so does the Highlanders.

6. Clarkston (8-8): Wolves took the podcast call out to heart.

7. Lake Orion (12-5): Dragons finding different ways to win.

8. Groves (7-10): Falcons are playing much better despite the record.

9. Troy Athens (11-5): Red Hawks need Emmanuel Robinson to be at his best come postseason time.

10. Avondale (12-5): Yellow Jackets went 6-1 in January, that’s very good.

11. Oxford (11-5): Jake Champagne has been playing very well lately.

12. Berkley (11-5): Bears have been a Jekyll and Hyde lately.

13. Pontiac (9-7): Jeremiah Claudio and Trey’von Peters are the real deal.

 14. Farmington (9-8): Falcons went 6-1 in January, that’s very good.

15. Seaholm (5-11): Will Soderwall has been very impressive lately.

16. Stoney Creek (5-10): Have the Cougars finally started to turn the corner???

17. Oak Park (4-10): Knights went 2-7 in January, that’s not good.

18. Harper Woods (5-9): Pioneers are a really hard team to figure out.

19. Royal Oak (9-8): Ravens are 2-7 in their last nine games, that’s not good at all.

20. Bloomfield Hills (3-11): D’Ron Mason and Philip Muhammad are two building blocks to build on in the future.

21. Rochester (3-14): Falcons need to shore up the defense if they want to make any noise in the postseason.

22. Ferndale University (2-13): Eagles are really struggling right now.

23. Southfield Arts and Tech (2-14): Warriors are really struggling right now.

 

 

Girls

1. West Bloomfield (12-1): Lakers will be fine after a tough loss to Anthony Wayne, Ohio.

2. Stoney Creek (11-1): Cougars had a rough one with West Bloomfield, they’ll be fine.

3. Ferndale (9-3): Eagles are clicking on all cylinders but questions still remain.

4. Clarkston (12-4): Wolves much different team on the road than at home.

5. Royal Oak (10-3): Ravens starting to get back on track.

6. Oxford (8-6): Wildcats will be fine.

7. Rochester (4-8): Falcons are fine despite rough week.

8. Lake Orion (7-6): Dragons are fine despite offensive struggles.

9. Troy (8-7): Diamond Prince is really something.

10. Berkley (10-4): Bears are back to their winning ways.

11. Harper Woods (7-3): Pioneers control their own destiny.

12. Seaholm (8-5): Maples have won five of six with only loss to Harper Woods.

13. Troy Athens (7-7): Red Hawks will be fine.

14. Southfield Arts and Tech (9-4): Warriors have been a Jekyll and Hyde lately.

15. Groves (4-9): Falcons have been up and down lately.

16. Avondale (5-8): Yellow Jackets have put together two really good games.

17. North Farmington (8-7): Raiders have been very inconsistent.

18. Bloomfield Hills (5-8): Blackhawks have been very inconsistent right now.

19. Adams (4-11): Highlanders have been playing better despite record.

20. Oak Park (2-7): Knights have been up and down lately.

21. Pontiac (4-10): Phoenix have been struggling lately.

22. Farmington (1-12): Falcons are really struggling right now.

23. Ferndale University (0-12): Eagles are really struggling right now.