Scorebook Live’s 1B Washington boys basketball Top 10: Odessa, Yakama Tribal hold strong in increasingly solidified top-tier

Here are Scorebook Live’s Top 10 rankings for Class 1B Washington high school boys basketball for the week of Feb. 2. Our class-by-class Washington boys

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Feb 3, 2020

Scorebook Live’s 1B Washington boys basketball Top 10: Odessa, Yakama Tribal hold strong in increasingly solidified top-tier /

Here are Scorebook Live’s Top 10 rankings for Class 1B Washington high school boys basketball for the week of Feb. 2.

Our class-by-class Washington boys basketball coaches polls and rankings are released every Monday throughout the 2019-20 high school boys basketball season, based on results from the prior week. The 1B rankings are compiled by SB Live basketball analyst and former NBA player Dan Dickau and SB Live Washington reporter Andy Buhler.

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CLASS 1B BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 10

Rankings for Feb. 2, 2020

1. Odessa 18-0

Beat Kettle Falls at home, 76-45, then beat Northport (90-18) and Selkirk (74-38) — both on the road.

2. Yakama Tribal 15-2

Defeated Almira-Coulee-Hartline on the road, 62-52, then beat Bickleton (74-40) at home and Trout Lake on the road, 93-43.

3. Lummi 14-3

Beat Shoreline Christian, 84-14, then lost to Meridian (1A), 60-49 — both at home.

4. Riverside Christian 15-1

Beat Highland, 48-24, then Wilson Creek, 89-23 — both on the road — then returned home to beat Pateros, 65-57.

5. Rainier Christian 11-4

Did not play last week.

6. Oakesdale 15-3

Beat Colton on the road, 70-21.

7. Evergreen Lutheran 14-3

Beat Crosspoint at home, 65-46, then beat Seattle Lutheran on the road, then No. 10 Muckleshoot Tribal narrowly at home, 59-57.

8. Tacoma Baptist 13-4

Beat Pope John Paul II at home, 50-39, then Pacific Christian Academy on the road, 81-53.

9. Cusick 13-4

Defeated Wellpinit at home, 83-73.

10. Muckleshoot Tribal 13-5

Busy week for the Kings, who beat Pacific Christian Academy at home, Puget Sound Adventist on the road, Pope John Paul II at home — all blowouts — then lost to No. 8 Evergreen Lutheran on the road, 59-57.

Published Feb 3, 2020

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.