Scorebook Live’s 2B Washington boys basketball Top 10 rankings: Winlock moves up as district tournament showdowns loom

Here are Scorebook Live’s Top 10 rankings for Class 2B Washington high school boys basketball for the week of Feb. 17. Our class-by-class Washington boys

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Feb 17, 2020

Scorebook Live’s 2B Washington boys basketball Top 10 rankings: Winlock moves up as district tournament showdowns loom /

Here are Scorebook Live’s Top 10 rankings for Class 2B Washington high school boys basketball for the week of Feb. 17.

Our class-by-class Washington boys basketball coaches polls and rankings are released every Monday throughout the 2019-20 high school boys basketball season. The 2B 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 2B BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 10

Rankings for Feb. 17, 2020

1. Life Christian Academy 18-3

Beat Onalaksa on Saturday, 76-58, to set up a Wednesday 2B Southwest District 4 semifinal matchup with No. 8 Winlock.

2. Brewster 19-2

Beat Liberty Bell, 85-37, to set up a 2B District 6 CWB winner-to-regional tournament final against No. 3 Lake Roosevelt on Tuesday.

3. Lake Roosevelt 18-3

Beat Oroville, 69-52, to land in a 2B District 6 CWB winner-to-regionals game against No. 2 Brewster. The teams split the regular season head-to-head 1-1.

4. Toutle Lake 18-3

Defeated Ilwaco on Saturday, 62-35, to set up a 2B District 4 tournament semifinal matchup with No. 7 Willipa Valley on Wednesday.

5. Saint George’s 18-3

Beat Wilbur-Creston on Thursday, 75-45, to set up a winner-to-regionals 2B District 7 tournament matchup with Lind-Ritzville-Sprague on Tuesday.

6. Liberty (Spangle) 21-0

Beat Daveport, 63-61, to set up a 2B District 7 tournament semifinal matchup with Colfax with a regional berth on the line.

7. Winlock 16-4

Defeated No. 10 Northwest Christian (Lacey), 60-48, to set up a Wednesday 2B District 4 tournament semifinal matchup with No. 1 Life Christian Academy, with a berth to regionals on the line.

8. Willipa Valley 16-5

Beat Morton-White Pass in overtime, 67-60, to land in the 2B District 4 tournament semifinals with No. 4 Toutle Lake with a regional berth on the line.

9. Auburn Adventist 17-2

Did not play ahead of a 2B Tri-District tournament opener against Friday Harbor on Tuesday.

10. Northwest Christian (Lacey) 16-5

Beat Wahkiuakum, 53-51, then lost a 2A District 4 tournament quarterfinal matchup with No. 8 Winlock to set up a loser-out with Adna on Monday at 1 p.m.

Published Feb 17, 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.