The MIAA has so much great basketball at the top of the state hierarchy. Even a single slip-up can remove a team from our weekly Top 10.
In the past three weeks, four teams have fallen out of these rankings. Central Catholic is the latest (spoiler alert) after dropping a close, 49-44 contest to Billerica last Tuesday. But all four — Central Catholic, Quincy, Notre Dame (Hingham) and Springfield Central — have only one in-state loss apiece. They're all candidates to return to the list; it just shows how competitive the battle is among the elite teams.
Since we last updated our rankings, the MIAA has also released its first power rankings update. To avoid confusion, we'll be calling our weekly rankings the Top 10 going forward. The MIAA power rankings don't significantly impact my own view of teams, especially this early of the season, but it's another point of observation.
Here's how the state shapes up in mid-January.
