Varsity Basketball

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:

Last week’s rankings

Class 6A Boys

  1. Haysville Campus (-, no change from last week) 18-0
  2. Blue Valley Northwest (-) 17-2
  3. Blue Valley North (-) 16-3
  4. Lawrence (+1) 15-3

  5. Kansas City JC Harmon (-1) 17-2

  6. Washburn Rural (+2) 14-4

  7. Lawrence Free State (-1) 13-5

  8. Topeka (NR) 14-5
  9. Olathe West (NR) 13-5

  10. Wichita Southeast (NR) 13-6

Dropped out: Derby (7 last week), Manhattan (9), Olathe South (10)

Class 6A Girls

  1. Topeka (-) 19-0
  2. Liberal (-) 19-0
  3. Wichita Heights (-) 19-0
  4. Olathe West (-) 15-3

  5. Derby (+1) 15-2

  6. Shawnee Mission Northwest (-1) 16-3

  7. Washburn Rural (-) 14-4
  8. Blue Valley North (-) 15-4
  9. Shawnee Mission West (-) 13-5

  10. Olathe East (-) 14-5

Class 5A Boys

  1. Bishop Carroll (-) 19-0
  2. Andover (-) 18-0
  3. Basehor-Linwood (-) 16-2

  4. Goddard Eisenhower (-) 16-3

  5. Topeka Highland Park (+1) 13-5

  6. Great Bend (+1) 16-4

  7. De Soto (+2) 13-5

  8. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (-3) 14-6

  9. Topeka West (NR) 12-6

  10. Pittsburg (-) 12-6

Dropped out: Salina South (7)

Class 5A Girls

  1. McPherson (-) 18-1

  2. St. Thomas Aquinas (-) 16-2
  3. Andover Central (-) 17-1

  4. Topeka Seaman (+1) 15-3

  5. Maize South (+1) 15-3

  6. Bishop Carroll (+1) 15-4

  7. Maize (+2) 13-5

  8. Salina Central (-4) 14-4

  9. Kansas City Schlagle (-1) 13-6

  10. Kansas City Sumner Academy (NR) 12-6

Dropped Out: De Soto (10)

Class 4A Boys

  1. Kansas City Piper (-) 17-1
  2. Parsons (-) 17-1
  3. Bishop Miege (-) 14-4
  4. Augusta (+1) 14-4

  5. Andale (-1) 13-5

  6. Ottawa (-) 14-5

  7. Abilene (-) 12-6
  8. Buhler (-) 11-7

  9. Independence (-) 11-7

  10. Clearwater (NR) 13-5

Dropped out: Iola (10)

Class 4A Girls

  1. Bishop Miege (-) 16-2
  2. Kansas City Piper (-) 17-2
  3. Eudora (+1) 17-1

  4. Nickerson (+1) 17-2

  5. Towanda Circle (-2) 15-3
  6. Wamego (+1) 15-4

  7. Baldwin (-1) 14-4
  8. Chapman (+1) 15-4

  9. Andale (-1) 13-5

  10. Clay Center (-) 13-6

Class 3A Boys

  1. Hesston (-) 18-1

  2. Rock Creek (-) 19-1

  3. Wichita Collegiate (-) 15-3

  4. Royal Valley (+1) 18-1

  5. Haven (-1) 17-2

  6. Cheney (-) 17-2

  7. Beloit (+2) 16-3

  8. Lakin (NR) 16-3
  9. Riley County (NR) 16-3

  10. Hoisington (-) 15-4

Dropped Out: Larned (7), Lyons (8), Hays TMP (10)

Class 3A Girls

  1. Nemaha Central (-) 19-0
  2. Riley County (-) 19-0

  3. Sabetha (-) 17-2

  4. Scott City (+1) 17-2

  5. Haven (-1) 16-3

  6. Colby (+2) 16-3

  7. Halstead (-1) 16-3

  8. Cheney (-1) 16-3
  9. Eureka (NR) 17-2
  10. Frontenac (NR) 17-2

Dropped Out: Hugoton (9), Wellsville (10)

Class 2A Boys

  1. Lawrence Seabury Academy (-) 16-2
  2. Hoxie (+1) 18-2
  3. Pratt Skyline (+1) 18-1

  4. Salina Sacred Heart (-2) 16-3
  5. Belle Plaine (+1) 15-4

  6. Sterling (+1) 15-4

  7. Lyndon (+1) 16-3

  8. Garden Plain (+2) 14-5

  9. Dexter/Cedar Vale (-) 17-2
  10. Ellinwood (NR) 16-4

Dropped out: Ellis (5)

Class 2A Girls

  1. Spearville (-) 20-0

  2. Sterling (-) 17-2

  3. Trego Community (-) 19-1

  4. Wabaunsee (+2) 15-3

  5. West Elk (-1) 19-0

  6. Valley Heights (+2) 18-2
  7. Jefferson County North (-2) 17-2

  8. Jackson Heights (+2) 17-2
  9. Wichita Independent (-2) 13-6
  10. Garden Plain (-1) 14-5

Dropped out: Hoxie (10), Chase County (10)

Class 1A Boys

  1. Osborne (-) 18-0

  2. Elbing Berean Academy (-) 20-0
  3. St. John Hudson (+1) 17-3

  4. Montezuma South Gray (+1) 18-2

  5. Madison Hamilton (-2) 18-2

  6. Lebo (+1) 17-3

  7. Meade (-1) 16-4

  8. Udall (NR) 17-3

  9. Little River (NR) 17-3

  10. Olpe (-1) 15-5

Dropped out: Attica (8) Coldwater South Central (10)

Class 1A Girls

  1. Central Plains (-) 20-0
  2. Olpe (-) 20-0
  3. Rural Vista (-) 20-0

  4. Cunningham (-) 20-0

  5. Hanover (-) 18-1

  6. Thunder Ridge (-) 18-0
  7. Otis Bison (-) 19-1

  8. Golden Plains (-) 20-0

  9. Montezuma South Gray (-) 18-2

  10. Hutchinson Central Christian (-) 17-3

Top 20 boys teams in the Wichita area

According to Varsity Kansas

Last week’s rankings

  1. Bishop Carroll, 19-0 (-)
  2. Campus, 18-0 (-)
  3. Andover, 18-0 (-)
  4. Eisenhower, 16-3 (+1)

  5. Wichita Southeast, 13-6 (+7)

  6. Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 14-6 (-)
  7. Derby, 11-6 (-3)
  8. Hesston, 18-1 (-1)

  9. Haven, 17-2 (-)
  10. Berean Academy, 20-0 (-2)

  11. Cheney, 17-2 (-1)

  12. Collegiate, 15-3 (-1)

  13. McPherson, 13-6 (NR)

  14. Andover Central, 11-7 (-1)

  15. Andale, 13-5 (-1)

  16. Augusta, 14-4 (-1)

  17. Maize, 10-8 (+1)

  18. Clearwater, 13-5 (+2)

  19. Buhler, 11-7 (NR)

  20. 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

  1. McPherson, 18-1 (+1)
  2. Wichita Heights, 19-0 (-1)

  3. Derby, 15-2 (-)
  4. Andover Central, 17-1 (-)
  5. Maize South, 15-3 (-)
  6. Maize, 13-5 (+7)
  7. Nickerson, 17-2 (+1)

  8. Haven, 16-3 (+1)

  9. Circle, 15-3 (-2)
  10. Cheney, 16-3 (-1)

  11. Halstead, 16-3 (+1)
  12. Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 12-8 (-1)

  13. Bishop Carroll, 15-4 (-7)

  14. Goddard, 11-7 (-)

  15. Andale, 13-5 (NR)
  16. Independent, 13-6 (-)

  17. Trinity Academy, 13-6 (+2)

  18. Garden Plain, 14-5 (-)
  19. Eisenhower, 9-10 (-4)

  20. Wichita Northwest (NR)

Dropped out: Hesston (17 last week), Norwich (20)

This story was originally published February 26, 2020 at 5:00 AM.

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