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Congrats go out to Coach Mestas at Goddard for picking up career win #300!

How do you rank them? Anything taken into consideration - coaching, records, recruiting, etc.

Eastern New Mexico University
New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico State University
Western New Mexico University
University of New Mexico

Let's debate

NMPREPS.COM'S WEEK 4 RANKINGS

5A BASKETBALL

1. Cleveland (5-0) --
2. Las Cruces (8-0) +2
3. Atrisco Heritage (5-1) --
4. Eldorado (5-1) -2
5. Rio Rancho (4-1) --
6. Volcano Vista (3-1) --
7. Santa Fe (7-1) --
8. Roswell (6-2) +1
9. Onate (5-3) New
10. Capital (5-2) --
11. Clovis (3-3) -3
12. Manzano (4-2) New

Dropped: West Mesa (11), Hobbs (12)

Scoop: The 5A Rankings this week left us with more unknown, unable to answer, out of the office type of answers. The Storm and Las Cruces Bulldawgs stay perfect. After that, who knows? Yes, Onate beat Eldorado but then dropped a contest right after. Staying true to our weekly rankings we did move them down and up (new) this week for both Eldorado and Onate but the gap was to wide. Manzano won the Joe Armijo and now enter the rankings.

4A BASKETBALL

1. Los Lunas (5-0)
2. Hope Christian (2-4)
3. Espanola Valley (5-5)
4. Bernalillo (4-2)
5. Grants (4-4)
6. Del Norte (5-1)
7. Artesia (4-2)
8. Gallup (2-2)
9. St. Pius X (3-4)
10. Silver (5-1)
11. Taos (5-1)
12 (tie) Highland (3-1)
Valley (4-2)

Scoop: A three team tango between Espanola Valley, Bernalillo and Grants. Grants beat Espanola, Bernalillo beat Grants on the road this week, and then Espanola Valley beat Bernalillo at the Cleveland Storm Tournament. Grants battled but fell to top ranked (5A) Las Cruces and Atrisco. Hope Christian "only" has two wins but the schedule carries weight for the Huskies. Del Norte the jump up this week after wins over Artesia and La Cueva. The cop-out this week is Highland and Valley; both lost to Gadsden this week.

3A BASKETBALL

1. St. Michael's (5-1)
2. West Las Vegas (3-1)
3. Sandia Prep (3-2)
4. Santa Fe Indian (1-3)
5. Navajo Prep (5-3)
6. Tularosa (4-2)
7. Wingate (3-2)
8. Hot Springs (6-2)
9. Bosque (5-3)
10. Thoreau (5-3)
11. Robertson (2-4)
12. Cuba (3-3)

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Go to dessert?

This week's Thursday Outlet Pass: Tournament Edition feature a few of the best games after Christmas. SENAI started before trash pickup and the food getting cold from Christmas day! The weekend will feature seven different tournaments across the state in Las Cruces, Hobbs, Roswell, Los Lunas, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe. Some impressive fields for 5A and 4A (barring most APS programs) across all the tournaments.

Hobbs Tournament
Kirtland Central vs. Bel Air (El Paso) - Fresh off their win last week, the Lady Broncos look to start off the post-Christmas run in Hobbs where they'll look to impress. Standing in Kirtland Central's (7-2) way is 9-7 Bel Air out of El Paso. They're on the smaller end, but might give Kirtland Central some problems if they're able to knock down shots from the perimeter. I still like KC to open up with a win (and run to the tournament title game).

Village of Los Lunas Tournament
Gallup vs. Santa Fe - Neither team had quality outings in their recent games and that's including Gallup's two losses in less than a week. Not sure of the status of Taylor Salazar but if she's back maybe this could be a game. Gallup (5-2) loves their swarming defense though and this could go wrong if Santa Fe (4-5) can't handle the pressure.

Clovis Tournament
Volcano Vista vs. Randall (TX) - The youth of Volcano Vista (5-1) on a long road trip might sound worrisome in the past, but the talent of this bunch has so far shown bright. The Lady Hawks will be led by their freshmen core duo of Jaelyn Bates and Natalia Chavez. Randall might be sitting at .500 but they could be tougher than they look on paper. Still, most of the excitement again won't be seen until day two.

LCPS Tournament
Onate vs. Rio Rancho - Just off a weird loss at Farmington, Rio Rancho (5-2) look to bounce back with a first round win over local Onate (5-5). It'll be an interesting matchup as Onate has one of the best skilled center/forwards in Estrella Avalos. She'll be helped by an undersized but quick guard in Angel Jones and perimeter scoring Sydney Hobbs. Rio Rancho will likely turn again to the guard rotation which will heavily feature Laura Gutierrez, Julia Chavez, and fast freshman Kelsie Hawkins.

Goddard Tournament
Goddard vs. Crownpoint - Since 2009, Crownpoint has only had ONE season where they had MORE than five wins. Right now they're sitting at 4-2, one of the best starts yet and they've got some fair wins for their division. I ALMOST want to put Goddard (6-3) on upset watch, but the Lady Rockets are FAR too good to be upset by this Crownpoint team. Bailey Beene and PJ Villareal would likely combine for 100 points before losing in first round of their own tournament to Crownpoint.

St. Michael's Tournament
Sandia Prep vs. Taos - This will feature a Sandia Prep (2-2) with only four games into the season while Taos (1-6) will be in their eighth game so far. Both teams looking to gain some momentum towards the right side of .500 and a playoff appearance in both their respective classes. Taos needs this win to get back on a winning track, while Sandia Prep looks to reboot a layover with this tournament before hosting their own tourney next week.

SENAI Tournament (Day Two)
Mescalero Apache vs. Navajo Prep - In the large school bracket (Turtle), the semifinal matchup of 2A Mescalero (6-1) and 3A Navajo Prep (4-3) looks too good to miss. From nearly the opposite sides of the state, both teams need a win against a potential district champion and each are contenders. Prep will look to go inside to Aiona Johnson, a transfer from Shiprock. Mescalero will continue their offense through 5'6" junior star Fallon Velasquez.

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BOYS SCHEDULE
Jemez Valley (1-6) at To'hajiilee (2-6), 9AM

NACA (0-5) at Walatowa (4-1), 9AM

Northwest (2-3) at Alamo Navajo (6-4), 12PM

Thoreau (7-4) at Cuba (3-4), 10:30AM

Page, AZ (7-2) at Magdalena (8-1), 7:30PM

Wednesday Words: The slate of games are all in Albuquerque for the SENAI Invitational held at UNM Johnson Center (they really should move it back to the Star Center). The tournament is one of the biggest in the state with several brackets from high school to middle school. Teams to watch today range from Magdalena and Page from Arizona with the game of the day being Thoreau against Cuba.


GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tournament Breakdown This Week

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Now that we are about four weeks into the season. Do you like that they eliminated 6A basketball from the picture?

Duncanville upset #1 in Nation Allen 44-35. Semi-Final game was played in Cowboy Stadium. Estimated crowd of 30,000. Unbelievable number of D-1 players on each team. Next week I spend 3 days at the Stadium watching Title games

It's a relatively short week with no action on Monday or Tuesday. But what top games should we make note of this upcoming week?

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MONDAY
Clayton 71, Des Moines 60
Hobbs 78, Trinity Christian (TX) 67
Mescalero 52, Hagerman 36
St. Michael's 55, East Mountain 45
Texico 65, West Las Vegas 57

TUESDAY
Alamo Navajo 63, Mountainair 56
Bernalillo 72, Taos 68
Clovis 59, Portales 51
Deming 64, Santa Teresa 40
Hot Springs 58, Cliff 24
Mesilla Valley 73, Hatch Valley 28
Monte Del Sol 60, Raton 51
Monument Valley 67, Kirtland Central 49
Mora 62, West Las Vegas 61
Moriarty 41, Socorro 40
Onate 65, Silver 46
Pecos 68, Estancia 29
Robertson 42, Tucumcari 36
Roswell 81, Alamogordo 40
Tatum 54, Hagerman 36
Thoreau 83, Cottonwood Classical 31

WEDNESDAY
Gallup 69, Piedra Vista 28
Northwest 83, Red Valley 49
Thoreau 57, Dulce 51