With apologies to my friend Stu Popisil of the World-Herald, here are the Nebraska School Activities Association rankings of the state’s basketball teams — points they have earned playing the game. Stu has his own rankings, and I always like his insights as well. The NSAA determines wild cards using these points. I like to look at the comparable strengths and then see how district and state games go. (All teams points can be found at www.nsaahome.org.)

I also like to look between classes. For example, before Saturday night when C-2 Archbishop Bergan beat GICC, both were ranked second in their classes. But the computers didn’t throw the Crusaders under the bus. As a matter of fact, the kids in royal blue and white earned 39 points in the 57-46 loss. That’s only two points less than they earned in wins over 1-12 Aquinas and 3-11 Scotus, and one point more than they earned in a 52-51 loss to Class B Grand Island Northwest.

With conference tournament in full swing and districts looming, Mondays are a good day to see where the weekend has taken us in Nebraska high school hoops.

I’ve listed the top eight in each class and some area teams on the bubble.

BOYS
Class A -
Omaha Bryan (15-1), 44.4375
Norfolk (13-3), 43.2500
Bellevue West (13-3), 43.2500
Millard North (12-4), 42.9375
Kearney (12-5), 42.7059
Omaha Creighton Prep (10-6), 42.5000
Lincoln Northeast (12-3), 42.4000
Omaha Westside (10-6), 42.3125

Class B -
Beatrice (13-1), 45.7857
Omaha Skutt Catholic (12-0), 45.2500
Scottsbluff (14-4), 44.2778
Ralston (13-3), 43.6875
Elkhorn (11-3), 43.5000
Holdrege (10-4), 43.2143
Norris (11-3), 43.1429
Crete (10-4), 42.7857
(Grand Island Northwest is 10th @42.2308)

Class C-1
Pierce (14-0), 46.0714
Gibbon (12-1), 45.2308
Wahoo (14-1), 45.0000
Grand Island Central Catholic (16-2), 44.5000
Hastings St. Cecilia (14-1), 44.4667
Wayne (13-2), 44.2000
Ainsworth (14-1), 44.1333
Plainview (13-2), 44.1333
(St. Paul is 9th @ 44.0000)

C-2
Ponca (14-1), 45.8000
Archbishop Bergan (15-1), 45.6250
Deshler (15-0), 45.6000
Loup City (11-3), 45.2143
Perkins County (10-2), 44.9167
Sutton (11-3), 44.3571
Tri County (11-2), 44.2308
Heartland (11-4), 44.2000
(High Plains is 9th @44.1333 and Ravenna is 11th @43.6250)

D-1
Wauneta-Palisade (14-0), 46.7143
Leyton (12-1), 45.3846
Leigh (12-1), 45.3077
Pleasanton (11-1), 45.0000
Loomis (12-2), 44.5000
Scribner-Snyder (10-4), 44.2857
Osceola (11-3), 44.2143
Winside (11-3), 43.5714
(Kenesaw is 11th @43.3571)

D-2
St. Edward (14-1), 46.3333
Falls City Sacred Heart (14-2), 46.3125
Spencer-Naper (15-0), 45.3333
Clay Center (13-2), 45.1333
Wallace (11-2), 44.1538
Ewing (12-3), 43.8667
Lindsay Holy Family (9-5), 43.3571
Dodge (8-5), 43.3077
Hampton (11-6), 43.2353
Lynch (12-4), 42.8750
(Wheeler Central is 11th @42.8667)

GIRLS
Class A-
Bellevue West (14-2), 45.0625
Omaha Westside (15-2), 44.8235
Lincoln Northeast (15-1), 44.8125
Bellevue East (14-2), 44.1250
Lincoln Southeast (12-5), 43.9412
Omaha Marian (14-3), 43.2941
Omaha Central (10-3), 42.6154
Columbus (12-4), 42.5625
(Grand Island is 10th @42.3750)

Class B -
Crete (14-0), 46.3571
Alliance (13-1), 45.5000
Gretna (17-0), 44.7059
Holdrege (13-3), 43.6250
Lincoln Pius X (7-4), 43.3636
Ogallala (10-4), 43.0000
Aurora (10-5), 42.9333
Scottsbluff (9-7), 42.8125

C-1 -
Norfolk Catholic (15-0), 46.6000
Fort Calhoun (17-0), 45.8824
Crofton (15-1), 45.6875
Lincoln Lutheran (13-2), 44.4667
Fairbury (13-4), 44.2941
Minden (13-3), 44.2500
Twin River (13-2), 44.1333
Columbus Scotus (12-4), 44.0625

C-2 -
Perkins County (13-0), 47.2308
Kearney Catholic (15-0), 46.5333
West Point Central Catholic (14-2), 45.4375
Blue Hill (15-2), 44.8824
Homer (15-2), 44.5882
Sutton (13-2), 44.4000
Ravenna (12-5), 44.1176
Heartland (12-3), 43.9333

D-1 -
Humphrey St. Francis (15-0), 47.2000
Bancroft-Rosalie (16-1), 45.9412
Freeman (15-2), 45.9412
Axtell (12-1), 45.3846
Deshler (13-3), 44.8125
Eustis-Farnam (11-1), 44.7500
Mead (11-4), 44.6000
Exeter-Milligan (14-4), 44.1111
(Kenesaw is 12th @)43.2667)

D-2 -
Falls City Sacred Heart (16-2), 47.0000
Prague (15-0), 46.4000
Newcastle (16-1), 46.1765
Chambers (15-1), 46.0000
McPherson County (13-0), 45.2308
Shickley (13-3), 45.1875
Greeley-Wolbach (13-3), 44.5625
Hay Springs (13-4), 44.0588