

5 Weeks to go / 2010 Power Rankings #2


There was alot of movement this week as the second half of the league seasons began. Some of the top seeds went down in defeat:  Class A – South High, Class C – Maple Hill and Class D – Sharon Springs all lost games in their league.  Maple Hill’s loss was to a Class A squad so it will only factor a little as will Sharon’s loss to defending Class C Champion Canjo. 

Through tonight’s games, here are my top 8 teams by classification with 5 weeks to go in the regular season:

Class AA

1. CBA
2. Maginn
3. Shen
4. Saratoga
5. Albany
6. Schenectady
7. Academy
8. LaSalle / Queensbury (TIE)

OUT – None

Class A

1. Scotia
2. South Glens Falls
3. Ichabod Crane
4. Lansingburgh
5. Averill Park
6. Burnt Hills
7. Gloversville
8. Mohonasen

OUT – None

Class B

1. Fonda-Fultonville
2. Watervliet
3. Schuylerville
4. Johnstown
5. Granville
6. Catskill
7. Cobleskill
8. Schenectady Christian

OUT – Coxsackie

Class C

1. Hoosick Falls
2. Maple Hill
3. Voorheesville
4. Rensselaer
5. Schoharie
6. Canajoharie
7. Corinth
8. Cambridge / Hoosic Valley (TIE)

Class D

1. Sharon Springs
2. Argyle
3. New Lebanon
4. Heatly
5. Loudonville Christian
6. Germantown
7. Fort Ann
8. Northville

OUT – Fort Edward

Categories: General, Power Rankings
Eric Medved

22 Responses

  1. CHVL Fan says:

    Heatly beat New Lebanon why do u have them ahead of Heatly ?

  2. fanof1bigtenteam says:

    I think the remaining 5 weeks will be very interesting. For Schenectady the return of Reese Jackson should help them beat teams they couldn’t before.Albany losing to Lasalle shows anything can happen. And how about Maginn winning against Catholic Central by only 2 points.

  3. Eric Medved says:

    Fan of 1 big 10 team (Schenectady) – I agree with you that Jackson’s addition is vital to Schenectady’s chances because they just do not have the depth to match CBA but if they shore up that last spot on the floor with the three brothers, Josh Williams and Jallal Tarver you have six strong players to match or counter anything they face. Right now they lose something when they sub and the times Derrick sits for extended time (Albany) and gets the rest he needs, the team falters. With Jackson, Derrick could get 3-5 minutes a game of rest and that will help him for the long haul. Also you talked about LaSalle and Maginn, those outcomes show that the margin of separation between the rest of the teams is real small. CBA has shown they are the best so far but obviously 2-6 in the league is real close. I predict a bunch more surprises the second-time around but I do not predict CBA will lose more than one game max. I just don’t see it.

  4. Eric Medved says:

    Heatly lost by a ton to Germantown on their own floor. Their two losses are by a combined 50 points. New Lebanon defeated Germantown by 13 points plus their other losses are to a Class C private school and to #2 Argyle close on the road. The Heatly/New Lebanon game was at Heatly and it took 8 longballs and a pair of free throws to win by 3. (For head-to-head, I always give 3 points to a road team so the game was virtually a tie.) With the common top opponents being Germantown and Loudonville and considering both beat LC and the fact that New Lebanon won by 13 when Heatly lost by 20 to G-Town plus the narrow victory at home, I gave the slight edge to New Lebanon. Just my opinion as I think they have a slightly better resume for sectionals. The next 7 games will decide as they both have one league loss and the head-to-head between them that remains is at New Lebanon so a slight advantage to the Tigers.

  5. Baller says:

    1. CBA, 2. Maginn, 3. Schenectady (losses to Albany, Maginn, CBA, c’mon), 4. Shen (Middle of pack Big 10 team), 5. Albany, 6. Academy, 7-8. Saratoga, La Salle, Colonie, Shaker (who knows….’Toga (2 wins against teams not in AA, hasn’t played Colonie or Columbia yet, we’ll see this week), La Salle (Tough schedule, can beat a lot of teams on any night), Colonie (Split with Shaker, still has some tough games down stretch), Shaker (Beat ‘Toga, split Colonie, loss close to La Salle, playing well now but some bad losses early). I might give ‘Toga and La Salle the edge this week, but ‘Toga has to go 2-0 against Columbia and Colonie to hold on after a pretty easy early schedule.

    I’m sorry, Queensbury has losses to Nisky, Ballston Spa, and has a win against a very average Burnt Hills team that is not as good as Colonie, Columbia, or Shaker in the Suburban. No wins against AA talent gets you no love for going 1-2 against teams in the DEEP bottom half of the Suburban.

  6. Eric Medved says:

    I disagree on Shen completely. They are not a middle of the pack Big Ten team. Look at common opponents like Academy and Shaker:

    Shen + 9 Academy, +16 Shaker, +19 Colonie

    CBA – No Common Opponents
    Maginn +10 Academy
    Albany – No Common Opponents
    Schenectady +1 Academy
    LaSalle +12 Shaker
    Troy +2 Colonie

    Those are definitively the tops teams in the Big 10 and Shenendehowa is clearly getting the same or better results than all of the teams in the Big 10 except CBA who you cannot compare because they have no common opponents. Therefore, if you were to drop Shen in, they would fall in at #2 or #3 at worst and possibly right there with CBA.

  7. SectII BBall says:

    Eric, I know that Loudonville beat Gtwon, but Loudonville is not as good as people think. Gtown played that bad and Loudonville played that good. Loudonville is not a complete team, they lack guard play and a defensive stopper. Gtown is the best team in the CHVL when they put it all together. I agree with the New Lebanon comment. When Heatly gets pressured they will have a tough time, they do not break a press well at all, and when a team figures it out and presses them and takes the ball out of the Heffern(s) Heatly will struggle.

  8. Chris says:

    haha shen smacking colonie and shaker is no indication of anything. i’m pretty sure cba’s jv team could beat colonie. and comparing their wins to lasalle and troy is not worth it when maginn and cba are so far ahead of the pack talent wise. cba has beaten troy by 31 and 23 in two games

  9. mattb says:

    the chvl is the worst league in section 2.

  10. BBallfan says:

    Matt B, what is your point about it being the worst league? Back in the days of the late 90′s early 2000s, Heatly,Berkshire and other teams were beating schools from the Colonial Council,Adirondack,WAC, and other schools. They are still kids playing and working just as hard as anyone. These kids play with proud and heart and are playin high school basketball and making memories. So what if its the worst league in ur opinion, to these kids its everything. Route for kids instead of putting them down.

  11. andrew says:

    i see that u now at least somewhat agree with me about winney and the tartans.

  12. AA is awesome says:

    Bballfan, could you let me know how to route for kids? And also how do you play with proud?

  13. mattb says:

    i went to maple hill in the 80s. when i was on the 8th grade team we played new lebanon and germantown. we were basically average but we still beat them both by over 30 points. that is my enduring memory of the chvl. maple hill, cairo and vorheesville all used to be in the chvl but that was a long time ago.

  14. tsport says:

    #9 mattb, can you tell us where and what league you are from and why chvl is SO bad really do not understand your comment, if it is because they are all small schools then so what they do play pretty good basketball, Germantown Loudenville and Heatly have played well in sections and now they have another team in New Lebanon, all teams play a tough schl. Germantown plays tough schools in beginning and so does Heatly and Loudenville play Class c schools and New Lebanon played Argyle and Fort Ann and also St. Joe of Massachusetts which is like a B school. So whats your point….

  15. Eric Medved says:

    Andrew I never said he wasn’t a very good player. He is a heart and soul kid and seems like an even better person. The two kids did battle and Winney had 20 in a W after surgery which is amazing and Greene had 14. Both solid performances. I agree that Greene has more help but Jimmer is a fantastic coach and that levels the whole playing field sometimes.

  16. NKS says:

    Eric, as always, a great job ranking each class. As far as AA goes, Queensbury…really Eric? The are 1-2 vs 3 mid/bottom Suburban teams. Troy, Shaker, Colonie, Columbia are all a big step above Queensbury. Might want to think that one over again.

  17. Eric Medved says:

    Thanks! I agree on Queensbury but they are on a win streak and I wanted to give them some pub. I took the old adage that you have to beat who is on your schedule and the players cannot do anything about who they play. They have to beat who is on it. You are right, they struggled at the beginning of the year but they are on a streak and although it is all Class A and B teams like Ichabod playing all B and C teams in the Patroon, I wanted to recognize them somehow. I do not actually believe they would beat Troy or Colonie but their record was deserving.

  18. Tampa123 says:


    I read about the Vliet/Voorheesville game, how good is the Vliet team?

    They get another shot at Burgh @ home, should be a good one.

  19. Eric Medved says:

    Voorheesville is a very good team but the role players that surround Ethan Mackey are not quite as quick as Watervliet’s team. Mackey is definitely the best player on the floor in that matchup but Vliet runs like 8-9 very strong shooters, scorers and defenders at you and it just seems like they come at you in waves. Lansingburgh has exceed most people’s expectations because they are in rebuilding mode but they will not roll over in that game. The key will be the crowd. If Vliet gets the student body out to the game and gets back that magic, the Burgh kids may not be able to overcome that and the talent of the team. I predict it will be very close and I give Vliet the edge by about 5 points. In the Voorheesville rematch, I think it will be another war and I could see an upset but I just think the crowd could give the Cannoneers an edge.

  20. Section2observer says:

    why does Averill Park get no respect? There in first place of the suburban south!

  21. some guy says:

    #20 has a point! Averill Park gets no respect. everybody is talking about how good south high is and projecting them to be the 1 seed in sectionals but in case nobody’s noticed they have the same record as ap and they play in the foothills while ap is playing in the suburban.

  22. Baller says:

    AP probably gets no respect because despite an impressive record, they have a negative point differential (not a good sign), a 30+ point loss to Shen (ouch), and their biggest margin of victory is only 11 over Ballston Spa. I don’t care what your record is, when you have a negative point differential (even throwing Shen out, it’s still only +3ppg), and you keep every team in the game with sloppy play, you are vulnerable and oftentimes not nearly as good as your record indicates.