Here are the final state and area basketball rankings as postseason play approaches
Teams are starting to gauge their sub-state seeding.
With a few regular-season games left before the postseason, the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association (KBCA) has dropped its latest state rankings, and we have released our latest Wichita-area rankings:
Class 6A Boys
- Haysville Campus (-, no change from last week) 18-0
- Blue Valley Northwest (-) 17-2
- Blue Valley North (-) 16-3
Lawrence (+1) 15-3
Kansas City JC Harmon (-1) 17-2
Washburn Rural (+2) 14-4
Lawrence Free State (-1) 13-5
- Topeka (NR) 14-5
Olathe West (NR) 13-5
Wichita Southeast (NR) 13-6
Dropped out: Derby (7 last week), Manhattan (9), Olathe South (10)
Class 6A Girls
- Topeka (-) 19-0
- Liberal (-) 19-0
- Wichita Heights (-) 19-0
Olathe West (-) 15-3
Derby (+1) 15-2
Shawnee Mission Northwest (-1) 16-3
- Washburn Rural (-) 14-4
- Blue Valley North (-) 15-4
Shawnee Mission West (-) 13-5
Olathe East (-) 14-5
Class 5A Boys
- Bishop Carroll (-) 19-0
- Andover (-) 18-0
Basehor-Linwood (-) 16-2
Goddard Eisenhower (-) 16-3
Topeka Highland Park (+1) 13-5
Great Bend (+1) 16-4
De Soto (+2) 13-5
Kapaun Mt. Carmel (-3) 14-6
Topeka West (NR) 12-6
- Pittsburg (-) 12-6
Dropped out: Salina South (7)
Class 5A Girls
McPherson (-) 18-1
- St. Thomas Aquinas (-) 16-2
Andover Central (-) 17-1
Topeka Seaman (+1) 15-3
Maize South (+1) 15-3
Bishop Carroll (+1) 15-4
Maize (+2) 13-5
Salina Central (-4) 14-4
Kansas City Schlagle (-1) 13-6
Kansas City Sumner Academy (NR) 12-6
Dropped Out: De Soto (10)
Class 4A Boys
- Kansas City Piper (-) 17-1
- Parsons (-) 17-1
- Bishop Miege (-) 14-4
Augusta (+1) 14-4
Andale (-1) 13-5
- Ottawa (-) 14-5
- Abilene (-) 12-6
Buhler (-) 11-7
Independence (-) 11-7
- Clearwater (NR) 13-5
Dropped out: Iola (10)
Class 4A Girls
- Bishop Miege (-) 16-2
- Kansas City Piper (-) 17-2
Eudora (+1) 17-1
Nickerson (+1) 17-2
- Towanda Circle (-2) 15-3
Wamego (+1) 15-4
- Baldwin (-1) 14-4
Chapman (+1) 15-4
Andale (-1) 13-5
- Clay Center (-) 13-6
Class 3A Boys
Hesston (-) 18-1
Rock Creek (-) 19-1
Wichita Collegiate (-) 15-3
- Royal Valley (+1) 18-1
Haven (-1) 17-2
Cheney (-) 17-2
Beloit (+2) 16-3
- Lakin (NR) 16-3
Riley County (NR) 16-3
Hoisington (-) 15-4
Dropped Out: Larned (7), Lyons (8), Hays TMP (10)
Class 3A Girls
- Nemaha Central (-) 19-0
Riley County (-) 19-0
Sabetha (-) 17-2
Scott City (+1) 17-2
Haven (-1) 16-3
Colby (+2) 16-3
Halstead (-1) 16-3
- Cheney (-1) 16-3
- Eureka (NR) 17-2
- Frontenac (NR) 17-2
Dropped Out: Hugoton (9), Wellsville (10)
Class 2A Boys
- Lawrence Seabury Academy (-) 16-2
- Hoxie (+1) 18-2
Pratt Skyline (+1) 18-1
- Salina Sacred Heart (-2) 16-3
Belle Plaine (+1) 15-4
Sterling (+1) 15-4
Lyndon (+1) 16-3
Garden Plain (+2) 14-5
- Dexter/Cedar Vale (-) 17-2
- Ellinwood (NR) 16-4
Dropped out: Ellis (5)
Class 2A Girls
- Spearville (-) 20-0
Sterling (-) 17-2
Trego Community (-) 19-1
Wabaunsee (+2) 15-3
West Elk (-1) 19-0
- Valley Heights (+2) 18-2
Jefferson County North (-2) 17-2
- Jackson Heights (+2) 17-2
- Wichita Independent (-2) 13-6
- Garden Plain (-1) 14-5
Dropped out: Hoxie (10), Chase County (10)
Class 1A Boys
- Osborne (-) 18-0
- Elbing Berean Academy (-) 20-0
St. John Hudson (+1) 17-3
Montezuma South Gray (+1) 18-2
Madison Hamilton (-2) 18-2
Lebo (+1) 17-3
Meade (-1) 16-4
Udall (NR) 17-3
Little River (NR) 17-3
- Olpe (-1) 15-5
Dropped out: Attica (8) Coldwater South Central (10)
Class 1A Girls
- Central Plains (-) 20-0
- Olpe (-) 20-0
Rural Vista (-) 20-0
- Cunningham (-) 20-0
Hanover (-) 18-1
- Thunder Ridge (-) 18-0
Otis Bison (-) 19-1
- Golden Plains (-) 20-0
- Montezuma South Gray (-) 18-2
Hutchinson Central Christian (-) 17-3
Top 20 boys teams in the Wichita area
According to Varsity Kansas
- Bishop Carroll, 19-0 (-)
- Campus, 18-0 (-)
- Andover, 18-0 (-)
Eisenhower, 16-3 (+1)
Wichita Southeast, 13-6 (+7)
- Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 14-6 (-)
- Derby, 11-6 (-3)
Hesston, 18-1 (-1)
- Haven, 17-2 (-)
Berean Academy, 20-0 (-2)
Cheney, 17-2 (-1)
Collegiate, 15-3 (-1)
McPherson, 13-6 (NR)
Andover Central, 11-7 (-1)
- Andale, 13-5 (-1)
- Augusta, 14-4 (-1)
- Maize, 10-8 (+1)
Clearwater, 13-5 (+2)
- Buhler, 11-7 (NR)
- Garden Plain, 14-5 (NR)
Dropped Out: Rose Hill (16 last week), Wichita Heights (17), Belle Plaine (19)
Top 20 girls teams in the Wichita area
According to Varsity Kansas
- McPherson, 18-1 (+1)
Wichita Heights, 19-0 (-1)
- Derby, 15-2 (-)
- Andover Central, 17-1 (-)
- Maize South, 15-3 (-)
- Maize, 13-5 (+7)
Nickerson, 17-2 (+1)
Haven, 16-3 (+1)
- Circle, 15-3 (-2)
- Cheney, 16-3 (-1)
- Halstead, 16-3 (+1)
Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 12-8 (-1)
Bishop Carroll, 15-4 (-7)
Goddard, 11-7 (-)
- Andale, 13-5 (NR)
- Independent, 13-6 (-)
Trinity Academy, 13-6 (+2)
- Garden Plain, 14-5 (-)
- Eisenhower, 9-10 (-4)
- Wichita Northwest (NR)
Dropped out: Hesston (17 last week), Norwich (20)
This story was originally published February 26, 2020 at 5:00 AM.