Kpreps.com and Kansas-Sports are proud to partner with the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association (KBCA) to release the KBCA preseason rankings for the 2013-14 high school basketball season.
Basketball coaches around the state are encouraged to visit the KBCA's website, http://www.kansaskbca.com, to register as a 2013 member and participate throughout the season.
KBCA Boys Basketball Rankings
Blue Valley Northwest, Topeka Highland Park, KC Piper, Scott City, Wichita Collegiate, St. John, Centralia, and Axtell are the preseason favorites in their respective classes in the preseason KBCA boys basketball rankings.
Class 6A is headlined by defending champion and preseason No. 1 Blue Valley Northwest. After three consecutive losses in the state championship game, the Huskies finally broke through with a 46-29 victory over Blue Valley West last March. Blue Valley Northwest is garnering national attention behind Iowa State commit Clayton Custer and is ranked No. 24 in the MaxPreps Preseason Top 25.
View Full Class 6A Rankings
Last year's Class 4A runner-up is this year's top team in Class 5A. Topeka Highland Park, which didn't lose a game until falling to Ottawa in the 4A title game, comes in ahead of Lansing, Goddard Eisenhower, Kapaun Mt. Carmel, and Mill Valley. Class 5A should be highly competitive as Lansing, Kapaun, and Mill Valley were all semifinalists a year ago.
View Full Class 5A Rankings
KC Piper and Scott City are the No. 1 teams in the newly split Class 4A. Scott City is trying for its fourth straight basketball title but will have to do so in Class 4A Division I. The Beavers' previous three championships came in Class 3A.
View Full Class 4A-I Rankings
View Full Class 4A-II Rankings
Wichita Collegiate is the KBCA's preseason favorite in Class 3A. Hesston, Silver Lake, 2013 runner-up Humboldt, and Nemaha Valley round out the preseason top five.
View Full Class 3A Rankings
St. John moves up a classification and St. Mary's Colgan moves down a class to claim the top two spots in Class 2A. The Tigers won the Class 1A-I championship while the Panthers lost in the first round of the 3A state tournament to eventual champion Scott City a year ago.
View Full Class 2A Rankings
Centralia, fresh off dominating state championship football season will be the preseason favorite in Class 1A Divison I. The Panthers finished third last season. And, defending champion Axtell is again ranked No. 1 in Class 1A Division II. The Eagles knocked off unbeaten Fowler in last year's 1A-I championship and will look to repeat at Fort Hays State University. Fowler comes in at No. 5 in this year's KBCA 1A-1 preseason poll.
View Full Class 1A-I Rankings
View Full Class 1A-II Rankings
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