WW Girls - wk of Dec 24

The girls' basketball schedule in Indiana has barely reached the halfway point for many teams, but we are already assured of a new Girls WW Team of the Year, as the two-time defending Team of the Year Indianapolis Howe has tasted victory for the first time since January 2005. The Hornets defeated Indianapolis Manual 43-39 on December 4 – congratulations to Howe!

Other recent WW alumna have also broken into the W column this season. In addition to Howe, 2006-07 winless squads North Vermillion, South Newton, and Indianapolis Tindley have posted victories this season, as have 2005-06 WW teams Churubusco, Lake Station, Sheridan, Lawrence Central and Gary Wallace.

This leaves 10 winless teams in the state with about 5 weeks to play. The girls' Winless Watch rankings, with records and average margin of defeat included for informational purposes only, are below:

1. Wes-Del (0-10 record, avg margin -25.2 ppg)
2. Gary Wirt (0-6, -34.5)
3. Fort Wayne Blackhawk (0-9, -24.1)
4. LaVille (0-9, -14.7)
5. Muncie South (0-10, -34.2)
6. Morristown (0-8, -21.5)
7. Southridge (0-11, -15.2)
8. Mount Vernon (Posey) (0-8, -16.7)
9. Fort Wayne Northrop (0-8, -13.9)
10. Southport (0-9, -25.1)

Please see this post for an explanation of how I arrived at these rankings, and how an 0-9 team that's losing by over 25 points a game could be ranked lower than an 0-9 team losing by under 15 points a game. It's complicated.