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Here are The Courier-Journal’s preseason rankings for boys’ basketball, based on a statewide survey of coaches:

COACHES’ TOP 25 TEAMS
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Team Region ’10-’11
1. Trinity (72) Seventh 21-8
2. Ballard (9) Seventh 29-4
3. Scott County (13) 11th 23-6
4. Bullitt East (5) Sixth 30-6
5. Rowan County (1) 16th 30-6
6. Pleasure Ridge Park Sixth 21-9
7. Moore (1) Sixth 23-7
8. Dixie Heights (1) Ninth 29-4
9. Henry Clay 11th 20-11
10. Madison Central 11th 22-10
11. Lexington Catholic 11th 27-8
12. Eastern Seventh 33-3
13. Muhlenberg County (1) Third 24-6
14. Jeffersontown (1) Sixth 25-7
15. Perry County Central 14th 25-6
16. Central Seventh 15-10
17. Glasgow Fourth 18-8
18. Marshall County First 28-7
19. Pulaski County 12th 26-7
20. Bryan Station 11th 14-14
21. Montgomery County 10th 15-15
22. Bardstown Fifth 24-5
23. Christian County Second 25-9
24. North Hardin Fifth 17-12
25. Hopkinsville Second 16-7

COACHES’ TOP 25 PLAYERS
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Player, school Ht. Yr. PPG College choice
1. Derek Willis, Bullitt East (23) 6-9 Jr. 14.0 N/A
2. Tamron Manning, Scott County (25) 6-4 Sr. 16.5 Marshall
3. Darryl Hicks, Trinity (24)* 6-4 Jr. 14.3 N/A
4. Adam Wing, Rowan County (2) 6-4 Sr. 14.4 Evansville
5. Mekale McKay, Moore (7) 6-6 Sr. 14.5 Texas-El Paso
6. Jay Johnson, Woodford County (3)^ 6-7 Sr. 18.9 Tennessee Tech
7. Quentin Snider, Ballard (1) 6-0 So. 12.7 Louisville
8. Taylor Barnette, Lexington Christian 6-3 Sr. 17.0 Central Florida
9. Nathan Dieudonne, Trinity (1) 6-7 Sr. 11.6 Boston Univ.
10. Lemon Gregory, Muhlenberg County (6) 6-9 Sr. 11.0 N/A
11. Jaylen Beckham, Bryan Station (1)# 6-2 Sr. 16.0 N/A
12. Matt Day, Buckhorn 6-7 Sr. 23.6 N/A
13. Omar Prewitt, Montgomery County 6-4 Jr. 19.2 N/A
14. Brandon Hatton, Dixie Heights 6-2 So. 18.5 N/A
15. Desmond Dorsey, Jeffersontown (1) 6-2 Sr. 9.8 N/A
16. Charles Foster, Trinity 6-1 Sr. 11.4 Morehead State
17. Devon Rowan, North Oldham 6-7 Sr. 12.6 N/A
18. Dominique Hawkins, Madison Central 6-1 Jr. 17.0 N/A
19. Max Clemons, Pleasure Ridge Park 6-4 Sr. 12.6 Bellarmine
20. Jackson Davis, Lafayette 6-7 So. 14.8 N/A
21. Isaiah Ivey, Scott County 6-2 Sr. 15.2 Gardner-Webb
22. Quentin Ellis, Glasgow 5-10 Sr. 11.1 N/A
23. Jordan Brewer, Bardstown 6-2 Sr. 15.4 N/A
24. D.J. Townsend, Rowan County 5-11 Sr. 14.0 N/A
25. Trey Grundy, Henry Clay 6-6 So. 8.0 N/A
* – Did not play last season; stats from freshman year at Shelby County.
^- Out until at least Christmas with a knee injury.
# – Did not play last season; stats from sophomore year at Lexington Catholic.
Note: Central’s D’Angelo Russell received two first-place votes and was ranked No. 6 but has transferred to Montverde (Fla.) Academy.

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