Nov 29, 2022

KBCA boy's basketball rankings: Preseason

Posted Nov 29, 2022 10:48 PM

On Tuesday, the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association released their preseason rankings for all seven classes of boys' basketball across the state of Kansas, with 70 teams making the initial cut.

Among those 70 teams are three from our area coverage networks, including Abilene in 4A, Southeast of Saline in 3A, and Wabaunsee in Class 2A.

Here are the complete KBCA preseason rankings.

Class 6A
1. Wichita Heights
2. Blue Valley Northwest
3. Olathe West
4. Lawrence
5. Blue Valley North
6. Derby
7. Lawrence Free State
8. Olathe Northwest
9. Shawnee Mission Northwest
10. Manhattan

Class 5A
1. Andover
2. Maize South
3. Highland Park
4. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
5. St. Thomas Aquinas
6. St. James Academy
7. De Soto
8. Andover Central
9. Topeka West
10. Basehor-Linwood

Class 4A
1. Eudora
2. Bishop Miege
3. Topeka Hayden
4. Abilene
5. McPherson
6. Buhler
7. Clay Center
8. Wamego
9. Hugoton
10. Andale

Class 3A
1. Hesston
2. Southeast of Saline
3. Cheney
4. Sabetha
5. Osage City
6. Wichita Collegiate
7. Galena
8. Nemaha Central
9. Wellsville
10. Haven

Class 2A
1. Hillsboro
2. Hays-TMP
3. Moundridge
4. Inman
5. Ellinwood
6. Wabaunsee
7. Lyndon
8. Bennington
9. St. Mary's Colgan
10. Wichita Independent

Class 1A DI
1. Olpe
2. Macksville
3. South Gray
4. Centralia
5. Burlingame
6. Troy
7. Meade
8. Little River
9. Wichita Classical
10. Clifton-Clyde

Class 1A DII
1. Greeley County
2. Northern Valley
3. Hanover
4. Bucklin
5. Pawnee Heights
6. Dighton
7. Waverly
8. Attica
9. Cunningham
10. Caldwell