Which Missouri Boys' teams improved the most during the 2021-2022 season - 3/21/2022

 One reader asked which teams had improved the most from the beginning to the end of the season.  Since it takes at least a month to establish decent ratings for each team, I took the rankings and ratings from late December and compared them to the final ratings and rankings.  

I took the difference between the early and late ratings and sorted the teams by the largest improvement to the teams that got worse, ie. most erosion in rating or ranking.  I did the same for rankings of all 547 MSHSAA teams.  This difference may be an actual improvement or it could be I underestimated the team's rating early in the season.  It is all in fun.

Who do you think was the most improved?   

Seneca had a 29 point rating improvement from December to March, followed by Maysville, Tarkio, Hillcrest and Lone Jack.  Notable state tournament teams included Ava, Willow Springs, Blue Eye, Smithville, Pembroke Hill, Nixa, Father Tolton Catholic, Parkview and Fatima, amongst others.  The improvement some of these teams made was the factor for as far as they went in the tournament.

Here are the links to all of the final Missouri boys and girls basketball ratings:

Boys   All Boys Teams (by rank)  All Boys Teams (alphabetical)

Class One    Class Two    Class Three    Class Four    Class Five    Class Six

Girls   All Girls Teams (by rank)  All Girls Teams (alphabetical)

Class One    Class Two    Class Three    Class Four    Class Five    Class Six

Here are all of the Missouri boy's teams sorted by rating improvement:

Here are the teams sorted by ranking improvement: