West Michigan Allstar Top-10 Teams: Basketball State Tournament

One last time, 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.

These will be the last rankings of 2010, as we now enter the state tournament.  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.

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

West Michigan Allstar’s Top-10 (End of Regular Season)

1. Kalamazoo Central — The Maroon Giants enter the tournament on top, having earned every bit.
2. Wayland — The Wildcats finish their storybook regular season undefeated.
3. Muskegon Heights — Will threaten the duration of the tournament, opponents beware.
4. Grand Rapids Union — Was the Puffer game a fluke?  It makes you think, despite 19-1 record.
5. Rockford — Talk about momentum, Rams ride a seven game winning streak into the tournament.
6. Holland Christian — That being the case, what do you call an 11-game winning streak?
   
7. Gull Lake — Finish their season with two big wins, South Haven and Otsego.
   
8. Otsego – Got spanked by Gull Lake, but 18-2 doesn’t lie.
9. Grand Rapids Christian — Losing two out of last three is not how Christian wanted to end.
10. Grand Haven — End their regular season with a disconcerting loss, but dangerous tourney team.

Close but no cigar (alphabetical): Allendale, Battle Creek Lakeview, Battle Creek St. Philip, Comstock Park, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills, Montague, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian, Parchment, Schoolcraft.