Video: Breaking down the High School Top 25Jim Shannon's Bulldogs enter season riding 24-game win streak.14. New Albany (New Albany, Ind.)Head coach: Jim Shannon (496-236, 33rd year as head coach)
2015-16 record: 27-1, Class 4A state champions, No. 22 final national ranking
PLAYERS TO WATCHSean East (6-0, Jr., G) … Returning starter and regular double figures scorer
Isaac Hibbard (6-0, Sr., G) … Had 17 points in last year's 4A championship game
Romeo Langford (6-5, Jr., G) … 2015-16 MaxPreps National Sophomore of the yYear
STORYLINES* Three starters are back from New Albany's 27-1 state championship team – including the one that everybody in Indiana is going to be talking about this year, junior star Langford. Last year as a sophomore he took the Hoosier State by storm, pouring in 29.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. He went for 46 – including 43 in the first three quarters – in a semistate blowout of one-time No. 1-ranked Southport.
* Dec. 15 should be a special night for New Albany as the Bulldogs will take the floor at the New Castle Fieldhouse – the world's largest high school basketball gymnasium. The task will be equally as large as the Bulldogs take on Independent Top 10 No. 1 La Lumiere in an ESPN-televised showdown.
KEY DATESDec. 10 – vs.
North Central (Indianapolis) @ Forum Credit Union Tip-Off
Dec. 15 – vs.
La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.) @ ESPN Tip-Off
