Both the Hays High and TMP-Marian boys basketball teams begin the season ranked in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Poll. The Indians, who went 23-2 and finished fourth at the 5A state tournament are ranked third in the 4A Division 1 poll. The Monarchs, who went 13-10 and advanced to the sub-state finals are ranked eighth in 4A Division 2.
The Victoria boys are ranked eighth in 1A Division 1 and the Ellis girls’ are sixth in 2A.
Complete rankings below…
BOYS RANKINGS
Class 6A
1. Lawrence
2. Wichita East
3. Blue Valley North
4. Olathe East
5. SM East
6. Derby
7. Olathe North
8. Wichita Southeast
9. BV Northwest
10. SM West
Class 5A
1. Wichita Hts.
2. Topeka Highland Park
3. St. Thomas Aquinas
4. KC Washington
5. Bishop Carroll
6. Maize South
7. Shawnee Heights
8. Blue Valley Southwest
9. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
10. Salina Central
Class 4A-Division 1
1. Eudora
2. Miege
3. Hays
4. McPherson
5. Hayden
6. Paola
7. Andale
8. Independence
9. Ottawa
10. Abilene
Class 4A-Division 2
1. Holcomb
2. Concordia
3. Girard
4. Holton
5. Rock Creek
6. Pratt
7. Hugoton
8. TMP-Marian
9. Osawatomie
10. Wichita Trinity
Class 3A
1. Hesston
2. Wichita Collegiate
3. Beloit
4. Scott City
5. Rock Creek
6. Nemaha Central
7. Riverton
8. Cheney
9. Eureka
10. Council Grove
Class 2A
1. St. John
2. Central Plains
3. Speaville
4. Olpe
5. Pitt-St. Mary’s Colgan
6. West Elk
7. Bishop Seabury
8. Washington County
9. Oxford
10. South Gray
Class 1A-Division 1
1. Hanover
2. Hoxie
3. Otis-Bison
4. Centralia
5. Valley Heights
6. Stockton
7. Chetopa
8. Victoria
9. Osborne
10. Quinter
1A-Division 2
1. Beloit-St.John’s/Tipton
2. Wallace County
3. Attica
4. South Barber
5. Central Christian
6. Pike Valley
7. Caldwell
8. Northern Valley
9. Ashland
10. Axtell
GIRLS RANKINGS
Class 61
1. Wichita South
2. Maize
3. Olathe South
4. Shawnee Mission NW
5. Manhattan
6. Blue Valley North
7. Washburn Rural
8. Garden City
9. Olathe East
10. Free State
Class 5A
1. Leavenworth
2. Aquinas
3. Kapaun
4. Andover
5. St. James
6. Seaman
7. Carroll
8. Newton
9. Andover Central
10. Salina Central
Class 4A-Division 1
1. Bishop Miege
2. Paola
3. Topeka Hayden
4. Ottawa
5. Wamego
6. KC Piper
7. Louisburg
8. Bonnor Springs
9. Labette Co
10. McPherson
Class 4A Division 2
1. Hugoton
2. Columbus
3. Clay Center
4. Pratt
5. Holcomb
6. Girard
7. Holton
8. Concordia
9. Baldwin
10. Royal Valley
Class 3A
1. Hesston
2. Lyons
3. Cimarron
4. Nemaha Central
5. Riley County
6. Sterling
7. Douglas
8. Garden Plain
9. Council Grove
10. Caney Valley
Class 2A
1. Central Plains
2. Washington County
3. Olpe
4. Moundridge
5. Meade
6. Ellis
7. Ell Saline
8. Wabaunsee
9. Smith Center
10. Jeff Co North
Class 1A-Division 1
1. Hoxie
2. Valley Hts
3. Thunder Ridge
4. Waverly
5. Centralia
6. St. Paul
7. South Haven
8. Hanover
9. Immaculata
10. Goessel
Class 1A-Division 2
1. Golden Plains
2. Bucklin
3. Argonia
4. Attica
5. South Barber
6. Ingalls
7. Triplains
8. Moscow
9. Wallace County
10. Cunningham