With the 2022-23 high school basketball season set to begin this week the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association released its preseason rankings on Tuesday.
The TMP boys open the season ranked second in class 2A. They are coming off back-to-back state tournament appearances in 3A. TMP dropped down a classification this year to 2A.
The Pawnee Heights boys are ranked fifth and Dighton is ranked sixth in 1A division 2.
Phillipsburg opens the season ranked third in class 3A. The defending champion Goodland Cowgirls are ranked first and Colby is seventh.
Smith Center enters the season ranked second in class 2A after a third place finish a year ago.
The Osborne girls are ranked third in 1A division one and Hodgeman County is fifth.
Wheatland-Grinnell is ranked 10th in 1A division 2.
6A Girls
1 Washburn Rural
2 Blue Valley North
3 Shawnee Mission West
4 Blue Valley
5 Olathe North
6 Olathe West
7 Shawnee Mission Northwest
8 Topeka High
9 Wichita Heights
10 Derby
5A Girls
1 St. Thomas Aquinas
2 Andover
3 Lansing
4 St. James Academy
5 Emporia
6 Salina Central
7 Andover Central
8 Bishop Carroll
9 Topeka Seaman
10 Maize South
4A Girls
1 Bishop Miege
2 Wamego
3 McPherson
4 Hugoton
5 Andale
6 Eudora
7 Wellington
8 Rock Creek
9 Clay Center
10 Clearwater
3A Girls
1 Goodland
2 Silver Lake
3 Phillipsburg
4 Sabetha
5 Nemaha Central
6 Cheney
7 Colby
8 Halstead
9 Southeast of Saline
10 Eureka
2A Girls
1 Elbing- Berean Academy
2 Smith Center
3 Garden Plain
4 Jackson Heights
5 St. Mary's Colgan
6 Valley Heights
7 Sterling
8 Remington
9 Hillsboro
10 Bluestem
1A-Div 1-Girls
1 Little River
2 Centralia
3 Osborne
4 Pretty Prairie
5 Hodgeman County
6 Clifton - Clyde
7 Olpe
8 Central Plains
9 South Gray
10 Burlingame
1A-Div 2- Girls
1 Hanover
2 Lebo
3 Attica
4 Hutchinson-Central Christian
5 Ashland
6 Golden Plains
7 Coldwater-South Central
8 Ingalls
9 St. Paul
10 Wheatland/Grinnell
BOYS RANKINGS
6A Boys
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
5A Boys
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
4A Boys
1 Eudora
2 Bishop Miege
3 Topeka Hayden
4 Abilene
5 McPherson
6 Buhler
7 Clay Center
8 Wamego
9 Hugoton
10 Andale
3A Boys
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
2A Boys
1 Hillsboro
2 Hays - Thomas More Prep
3 Moundridge
4 Inman
5 Ellinwood
6 Wabaunsee
7 Lyndon
8 Bennington
9 St. Mary's Colgan
10 Wichita Independent
1A-Div 1-Boys
1 Olpe
2 Macksville
3 South Gray
4 Centralia
5 Burlingame
6 Troy
7 Meade
8 Little River
9 Wichita Classical School
10 Clifton-Clyde
1A-Div 2-Boys
1 Greeley County
2 Northern Valley
3 Hanover
4 Bucklin
5 Pawnee Heights
6 Dighton
7 Waverly
8 Attica
9 Cunningham
10 Caldwell