By GREG MENGELT

There wasn’t much action locally in the latest Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll, which was released Sunday.

Floyd Central (6-2) received votes after going 1-1 last week. The Highlanders defeated Avon and took a 3-point loss against No. 19 Pike (5-1) at an invitational in Indy.

Regionally, Bloomington North (7-3), Bloomington South (7-4), Evansville Reitz (5-1) and Linton-Stockton (10-1) received votes in the single-class poll.

Things have been interesting at the top of the poll all season. No different this week after previous-No. 1 Zionsville (8-1) suffered its first loss of the season. Carmel (8-2) is the new No. 1 and received half of the 20 first-place votes. The defending state champion Greyhounds started the season 2-2, fell completely out of the poll, has won six straight and is now back on top.

Fishers (11-1) got seven first-place votes and is No. 2. The top three are all from Hamilton County with Westfield (6-2) coming in at No. 3. Zionsville fell to No. 3 and got three first-place votes.

Chesterton (9-0), Cathedral (7-3), Brebeuf (8-1), Homestead (8-4), Valparaiso (9-2) and Tech (9-2) round out the top 10. Tech won the Jefferson County Invitational in Madison last week and Cathedral visits New Albany (4-4) on Saturday.

INDIANA BASKETBALL COACHES POLL
Rank, School (1st place votes) Record
1. Carmel (10) 8-2, 2. Fishers (7) 11-1, 3. Westfield 6-2, 4. Zionsville (3) 8-1, 5. Chesterton 9-0, 6. Cathedral 7-3, 7. Brebeuf 8-1, 8. Homestead 8-4, 9. Valparaiso 9-2, 10. Indianapolis Tech 9-2, 11. Ben Davis 6-2, 12. Lawrence North 5-2, 13. Mishawaka Marian 8-1, Penn 7-0, 15. North Central 6-2, 16. Central Noble 9-0, 17. Terre Haute North 11-0, 18. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 6-1, 19. Pike 5-1, 20. Fort Wayne Blackhawk 9-0.
Others receiving votes: Anderson 5-2, Bloomfield 9-1, Bloomington North 7-3, Bloomington South 7-4, Carroll (Flora) 8-0, Connersville 9-3, Evansville Reitz 5-1, Floyd Central 6-2, Goshen 7-1, Lafayette Jefferson 9-1, Leo 6-1, Linton-Stockton 10-1, Monroe Central 8-0, NorthWood 10-1, Tindley 4-3, Warren Central 5-4.

NOTE: Records as of Sunday.