Kansas basketball rankings: Here are the coaches’ picks after midseason tournaments

The Kansas high school basketball season is officially in the second half.

Boys and girls’ midseason tournaments have wrapped up, and some teams are carrying a lot of momentum toward the postseason. Here are the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association’s (KBCA) latest state rankings:

Class 6A Boys

1. Haysville Campus (-)
2. Blue Valley Northwest (-)
3. Blue Valley North (-)

4. Kansas City JC Harmon (-)

5. Lawrence Free State (+2)

6. Washburn Rural (-1)

7. Derby (+1)

8. Manhattan (-2)

9. Olathe South (+1)

10. Lawrence (NR)

Dropped out: Olathe West (9)

Class 6A Girls

1. Topeka (-)
2. Liberal (-)
3. Shawnee Mission Northwest (-)
4. Wichita Heights (-)

5. Derby (-)

6. Blue Valley North (-)

7. Olathe East (-)
8. Olathe West (-)
9. Washburn Rural (-)
10. Blue Valley (NR)

Dropped out: Shawnee Mission West (10)

Class 5A Boys

1. Bishop Carroll (-)
2. Andover (-)

3. Basehor-Linwood (-)

4. Goddard Eisenhower (-)

5. Topeka Highland Park (-)

6. Pittsburg (+1)

7. Salina South (+1)

8. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (+1)

9. McPherson (+1)

10. Topeka West (NR)

Dropped out: St. Thomas Aquinas (6)

Class 5A Girls

1. McPherson (-)

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (-)

3. Andover Central (-)

4. Maize South (-)

5. Salina Central (-)

6. Topeka Seaman (+3)

7. Bishop Carroll (-1)

8. Kansas City Sumner Academy (+2)

9. De Soto (-1)

10. Kansas City Schlagle (-3)

Class 4A Boys

1. Kansas City Piper (-)
2. Parsons (-)
3. Bishop Miege (-)

4. Augusta (-)

5. Buhler (-)
6. Ottawa (-)
   
   
7. Tonganoxie (-)
8. Andale (NR)

9. Abilene (-)

10. Clearwater (-2)

Dropped out: Independence (10)

Class 4A Girls

1. Bishop Miege (-)
2. Kansas City Piper (-)
3. Towanda Circle (-)
4. Baldwin (-)
5. Nickerson (-)

6. Eudora (-)

7. Andale (-)
8. Chanute (-)
   
   

9. Wamego (-)

10. Chapman (-)

Class 3A Boys

1. Rock Creek (-)

2. Haven (-)

3. Hesston (-)
   
   
4. Wichita Collegiate (-)
   
   

5. Hoisington (+2)

6. Hays TMP (-)

7. Cheney (-2)

8. Royal Valley (NR)

9. Marysville (-)

10. Larned (NR)

Dropped out: Beloit (8), Maur Hill (10)

Class 3A Girls

1. Nemaha Central (-)

2. Scott City (+1)

3. Riley County (+1)

4. Haven (+3)

5. Sabetha (-)

6. Colby (-)

7. Halstead (+1)

8. Cheney (-6) 8
9. Eurkea (NR)
10. Frontenac (NR)

Dropped out: Hugoton (9), Phillipsburg (10)

Class 2A Boys

1. Lawrence Seabury Academy (-)
2. Salina Sacred Heart (-)

3. Hoxie (-)

4. Pratt Skyline (+1)

5. Garden Plain (+1)

6. Northern Heights (+1)

7. Lyndon (+2)

8. Plainville (-4)
   
   
9. Ellis (NR)
10. Mission Valley (-) ... Dexter/Cedar Vale (-) ... Maranatha Academy (-2) ... Sterling (NR) ... Belle Plaine (NR)

Class 2A Girls

1. Trego Community (-)

2. Spearville (+3)

3. Sterling (-1)

4. Jefferson County North (+2)

5. West Elk (-1)

6. Wabaunsee (-3)

7. Garden Plain (-)

8. Valley Heights (-)
9. Hoxie (-)
10. Wichita Independent (-)

Class 1A Boys

1. Osborne (-)
   
   
2. Elbing Berean Academy (-)
3. Madison Hamilton (-)

4. St. John Hudson (+4)

5. Meade (+4)
6. Lebo (-2)

7. Montezuma South Gray (-2)

8. Valley Falls (-1)

9. Coldwater South Central (-3)

10. Udall (NR)

Dropped out: Olpe (10)

Class 1A Girls

1. Central Plains (-)
2. Olpe (-)

3. Rural Vista (-)

4. Cunningham (-)
   
   

5. Hanover (-)

6. Thunder Ridge (-)

7. Otis Bison (+1)

8. Montezuma South Gray (-1)
   
   
9. Hutchinson Central Christian (-)
   
   
10. Golden Plains (NR)

Dropped out: St. Paul (10)

Hayden Barber

The Wichita Eagle

316-269-6760

Wichita Eagle preps reporter Hayden Barber brings the area updates on all high school sports while adding those hard-to-find human-interest stories on Wichita’s student-athletes.