I’ve been asked before what would happen if I only used NAQT results, as a projection for HSNCT. So, I sat down and did a top 25 set of rankings using only results from NAQT sets.

I can’t say I buy into the results as an accurate prediction for HSNCT – I think it’s really just results in teams’ best performances being hand waved away because they weren’t on the “right” set, and I think that the skills necessary to perform well at HSNCT are measured just as well on, say, a HSAPQ set or a good house-write as it is on an actual IS set.

This time around, the parentheses denote the team’s place in the real rankings.

1. Bellarmine (CA) (1) – Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 386.9 ppg, 4.8 15pg, 19.43 ppb)
2. Hunter A (NY) (2) – Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 405.9 ppg, 2.8 15pg, 19.05 ppb)
LIFT XI (IS109, 523.8 ppg, 8.3 15pg, 24.36 ppb) – missing one player
Joseph Bookstaber Memorial (IS111, 453.9 ppg, 6.4 15pg, 24.04 ppb)
PHSAT (IS107, 513.8 ppg, 7.3 15pg, 22.47 ppb) – missing two A team members
3. Seven Lakes A (TX) (6) – Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 296.2 ppg, 2.3 15pg, 17.46 ppb)
Texas Kickoff Classic (IS107, 494.4 ppg, 8.0 15pg, 23.46 ppb)
St. Mark’s Invitational (IS113, 423.8 ppg, 6.2 15pg, 22.57 ppb)
Winter Rodeo (IS111, 432.5 ppg, 6.8 15pg, 20.92 ppb) – short handed
4. Detroit Catholic Central A (MI) (10) – Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 315.6 ppg, 2.2 15pg, 17.08 ppb)
Culver Varsity (IS107, 462.5 ppg, 7.4 15pg, 24.14 ppb) – missing two players
Michigan Autumn Classic (IS111, 579.1 ppg, 8.5 15pg, 21.55 ppb)
5. Cistercian A (TX) (14) – St. Mark’s Invitational (IS113, 489.2 ppg, 6.4 15pg, 24.86 ppb)
Winter Rodeo (IS111, 517.2 ppg, 5.9 15pg, 23.92 ppb)
Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 253.1 ppg, 1.6 15pg, 14.72 ppb)
Edmond Memorial Bulldog (IS109, 528.0 ppg, 7.3 15pg, 22.53 ppb)
Texas Kickoff Classic (IS107, 395.5 ppg, 5.5 15pg, 21.07 ppb)

6. Auburn A (IL) (5) – NAQT Illinois State Championship (IS115, 549.6 ppg, 9.4 15pg, 24.78 ppb)
IHSSBCA Kickoff at Wheaton North (IS109, 476.1 ppg, 6.6 15pg, 23.12 ppb) – missing one A team player
7. IMSA A (IL) (7) – IHSSBCA Kickoff at Wheaton North (IS109, 596.7 ppg, 9.6 15pg, 24.85 ppb)
NAQT Illinois State Championship (IS115, 512.9 ppg, 9.8 15pg, 23.12 ppb)
8. Dorman A (SC) (8) – Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 295.0 ppg, 2.9 15pg, 16.63 ppb)
NAQT South Carolina State Championship (IS116, 512.2 ppg, 7.0 15pg, 23.13 ppb)
9. St. Mark’s A (TX) (21) – Winter Rodeo (IS111, 505.0 ppg, 3.7 15pg, 24.26 ppb)
St. Mark’s Invitational (IS113, 415.0 ppg, 4.2 15pg, 23.50 ppb)
Edmond Memorial Bulldog (IS109, 441.5 ppg, 4.7 15pg, 22.20 ppb)
TQBA Maverick (IS112A, 465.6 ppg, 4.7 15pg, 22.74 ppb)
10. Ladue Horton Watkins (MO) (9) – NAQT Missouri Qualifier (IS115, 544.2 ppg, 9.3 15pg, 23.92 ppb)
Villa Duchesne Invitational (IS111, 590.6 ppg, 9.2 15pg, 23.36 ppb)
Clayton Invitational (IS109, 590.0 ppg, 7.2 15pg, 23.06 ppb)
Missouri Fall (IS107, 471.9 ppg, 6.4 15pg, 20.70 ppb) – team split between A & B

11. Richard Montgomery A (MD) (22) – Delaware Spring Tournament (IS113, 453.9 ppg, 6.6 15pg, 24.04 ppb)
NAQT Maryland & DC Championship (IS116, 397.5 ppg, 5.3 15pg, 23.32 ppb)
Blue Hen Invitational (IS115, 414.2 ppg, 5.8 15pg, 23.17 ppb)
VCU Winter (IS111, 375.5 ppg, 4.5 15pg, 22.61 ppb)
Maryland Fall (IS107, 384.2 ppg, 5.9 15pg, 20.85 ppb)
12. High Tech (NJ) (16) – Joseph Bookstaber Memorial (IS111, 477.2 ppg, 6.9 15pg, 24.17 ppb)
Bloomfield BATE (IS113, 438.8 ppg, 6.5 15pg, 22.38 ppb)
PHSAT (IS107, 429.2 ppg, 6.3 15pg, 21.35 ppb)
13. St. Anselm’s (DC) (11) – NAQT Maryland & DC Championship (IS116, 508.5 ppg, 7.9 15pg, 24.11 ppb)
VCU Winter (IS111, 462.5 ppg, 7.7 15pg, 22.01 ppb)
Maryland Fall (IS107, 441.7 ppg, 7.3 15pg, 21.28 ppb)
14. Enloe (NC) (24) – Western North Carolina Shootout (IS115, 441.1 ppg, 6.1 15pg, 24.14 ppb) – listed as B team
Duke Annual Fall Tournament (IS109, 459.0 ppg, 4.9 15pg, 21.57 ppb)
Quaker Bowl (IS107, 365.0 ppg, 4.4 15pg, 20.31 ppb)
15. Centennial (GA) (3) – Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 305.9 ppg, 1.8 15pg, 15.92 ppb)

16. LASA A (TX) (17) – Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 273.8 ppg, 2.8 15pg, 15.86 ppb)
St. Mark’s Invitational (IS113, 345.3 ppg, 5.0 15pg, 21.17 ppb)
17. Georgetown Day School (DC) (13) – Blue Hen Invitational (IS115, 477.1 ppg, 6.5 15pg, 23.45 ppb)
Texas Invitational (SCT D1*, 240.9 ppg, 1.4 15pg, 14.94 ppb)
VCU Winter prelims (IS111, 482.5 ppg, 7.8 15pg, 22.66 ppb)
NAQT Maryland & DC Championship (IS116, 405.6 ppg, 3.9 15pg, 22.23 ppb)
Maryland Fall (IS107, 407.9 ppg, 6.7 15pg, 21.76 ppb)
Delaware Spring Tournament (IS113, 358.1 ppg, 5.0 15pg, 18.88 ppb)
18. Hawken A (OH) (31) – Brush Invitational (IS115, 445.5 ppg, 6.2 15pg, 23.37 ppb)
Olmsted Falls Battle Buzz (IS111, 391.3 ppg, 4.9 15pg, 23.35 ppb)
Glen Gonsalves Memorial (Saturday) (IS113, 430.8 ppg, 5.8 15pg, 21.72 ppb)
19. Montgomery Blair (MD) (29) – NAQT Maryland & DC Championship (IS116, 455.5 ppg, 6.1 15pg, 23.40 ppb)
Maryland Fall (IS107, 408.8 ppg, 6.6 15pg, 22.00 ppb)
20. IMSA B (IL) (27) – NAQT Illinois State Championship (IS115, 362.5 ppg, 5.9 15pg, 23.29 ppb)
IHSSBCA Kickoff at Wheaton North (IS109, 415.6 ppg, 5.6 15pg, 20.71 ppb)

21. Christiansburg (VA) (28) – Cave Spring NCIS (IS113, 548.5 ppg, 6.8 15pg, 23.16 ppb)
Western North Carolina Shootout (IS115, 487.2 ppg, 7.0 15pg, 22.58 ppb)
NAQT Virginia State Championship (IS116, 362.3 ppg, 5.1 15pg, 19.88 ppb)
22. Dunbar A (KY) (18) – Rowdy Raider (IS109, 469.0 ppg, 5.1 15pg, 23.12 ppb)
23. Warren G. Harding (OH) (37) – Rowdy Raider (IS109, 416.0 ppg, 4.7 15pg, 22.36 ppb)
Glen Gonsalves Memorial (Saturday) (IS113, 438.0 ppg, 4.7 15pg, 22.25 ppb)
South Range Academic Challenge (IS103A, 535.8 ppg, 6.7 15pg, 25.58 ppb)
Brush Invitational (IS115, 425.0 ppg, 5.8 15pg, 21.87 ppb)
BRAVE Falcon (IS108A, 487.0 ppg, 9.2 15pg, 23.45 ppb)
24. New Trier (IL) (19) – NAQT Illinois State Championship (IS115, 445.5 ppg, 6.3 15pg, 22.73 ppb)
IHSSBCA Kickoff at Wheaton North (IS109, 340.0 ppg, 4.0 15pg, 20.36 ppb)
25. Canyon Crest A (CA) (36) – ACE (IS111, 395.5 ppg, 5.0 15pg, 22.46 ppb)
Triton Winter (IS109, 386.5 ppg, 4.5 15pg, 21.62 ppb)
Baby Anteater (IS112A, 405.0 ppg, 3.9 15pg, 22.12 ppb)