By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has released its latest set of all-classes combined rankings for the 2008-09 girls basketball season and, as we wait for the updated ICGSA polls to take us into 2009, here’s a look at the state’s 20 best teams.

Teams are listed by rank followed by school and record. The IBCA girls poll from Jan. 5:

1. Ben Davis (14-0)
2. South Bend Washington (14-0)
3. Heritage Christian (12-0)
4. Terre Haute South (11-0)
5. Hamilton Southeastern (11-1)
6. Mooresville (12-0)
7. Fishers (13-1)
8. Oak Hill (13-1)
9. Carmel (9-2)
10. Jay County (12-0)
11. Wawasee (11-2)
12. Fort Wayne Elmhurst (11-0)
13. Penn (11-2)
14. Elkhart Memorial (11-1)
15. Plainfield (11-1)
16. Bloomington South (9-2)
17. Vincennes Lincoln (11-2)
18. Jeffersonville (12-2)
19. Lafayette Jefferson (9-3)
20. Norwell (10-1)