West Michigan Allstar Top-10 Teams: Basketball Week-5

We here at West Michigan Allstar have done the dirty work, combing the far reaches of the Internet for nuggets of pertinent basketball info until our beards grew dark and the coffee was gone, all to rank the Top-10 basketball teams in West Michigan.  You’ll find the results below.

Along with a team’s record, these rankings take into account quality of wins, talent, synergy,  and a handful of more subjective factors, and may be correctly interpreted as an authoritative list of the top basketball teams in West Michigan.

And FYI, a handful of teams on the CBNC list have a pretty strong case to make the list, so this week’s games should prove some things.

Yeah, ranking teams is a tough business.  But somebody’s got to do it.

West Michigan Allstar’s Top-10 (Week-5)

1. Muskegon Heights — Staying strong with wins over Reeths-Puffer and Muskegon.
2. Kalamazoo Central – Win over Rockford earns them #2, but loss of Oliver may hurt.
3. Rockford — Hung with Kalamazoo Central until the end, but came up short.  Still belongs here.
4. Grand Haven — Still undefeated, and looking stronger after win over Spring Lake.
5. Schoolcraft — Almost doubling up their opponents thus far, scoring margin = 311/160.
6. East Grand Rapids — Unhappy holidays for the Pioneers; losses to Detroit Cody and Saginaw.
7. Wayland — Surprise contender now 5-0 after wins over Northview and Jenison.
8. Montague – About to hit the meat of their schedule now that school’s back in session.
9. Muskegon WM Christian — Just killing competition, the latest being a 74-59 victory over Ravenna.
10. Holland Christian – Idle during the break, but maintains their spot.  Has Wyoming Rogers Tuesday.

Close but no cigar (alphabetical): Benton Harbor, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Grand Rapids Christian, Grand Rapids South Christian, Grand Rapids Union, Grandville, Grandville Calvin Christian, Hamilton, Hudsonville, Hudsonville Unity Christian, Kalamazoo Christian, Kalamazoo Loy-Norrix, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer, Ottawa Hills, Spring Lake, West Ottawa, Zeeland West.

Agree?  Disagree?  Wish we would have remained shaven and not even bothered?  Let us know in the comments!

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