Several city basketball teams ranked in preseason poll

High school basketball teams are more than a week from the start of their seasons, but all of the basketball programs at Lawrence High and Free State will enter the year with a top-10 ranking in the KBCA preseason coaches poll, released Monday.

Free State’s boys basketball team is ranked sixth in Class 6A after posting a 15-7 record last year. Lawrence High’s boys basketball team, which has earned two straight trips to the Final Four, is ranked 10th in 6A.

In 2A, Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team is ranked second after the school reached the state tournament last year for the first time since 2012.

For the girls, Lawrence High is ranked No. 8 in 6A and Free State is No. 10. Both schools reached the sub-state finals last year.

Among area teams, Eudora’s boys basketball team is ranked eighth in 4A-I and Baldwin’s girls hoops squad is eighth in 4A-II.