Who’s No. 1 in the latest boys high school basketball media rankings?

Below are the top 15 boys high school basketball teams of the 2023-24 season, according to the Feb. 7 poll of media members from each of Kentucky’s 16 regions as compiled by the Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes. Teams are listed with first-place votes, records, total rankings points and last week’s ranking. In addition, see how Herald-Leader digital sports writer Jared Peck voted and the media’s region-by-region top fives.

Boys Top 15

First-place votes in parentheses; records through Monday’s games:

Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW

1. Great Crossing (16) 23-1 240 1

2. Lexington Catholic 22-2 216 2

3. Newport 22-3 191 5

4. Trinity 18-5 186 3

5. Lyon County 21-3 171 4

6. Covington Catholic 19-5 147 6

7. St. Xavier 20-3 138 7

8. Bowling Green 20-4 117 9

9. George Rogers Clark 22-1 94 T11

10. Evangel Christian 19-5 89 T11

11. (tie) Harlan County 21-4 66 8

11. (tie) Manual 18-3 66 10

13. North Oldham 20-3 55 13

14. Frederick Douglass 16-6 34 NR

15. Bryan Station 19-3 30 14

Others receiving votes: DeSales 26, Woodford County 23, Henderson County 7, Ashland Blazer 6, Cooper 6, Bell County 3, Boyd County 3, Henry Clay 2, Oldham County 2, Hazard 1, North Hardin 1.

How @HLpreps voted

Region-by-region top fives

1st Region

Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun

1. Calloway County

2. Murray

3. Marshall County

4. McCracken County

5. Graves County

2nd Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Lyon County

2. Henderson County

3. University Heights

4. Madisonville

5. Christian County

3rd Region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Daviess County

2. Owensboro Catholic

3. Butler County

4. Owensboro

5. Ohio County

4th Region

Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Bowling Green

2. Warren Central

3. Warren East

4. Barren County

5. Clinton County

5th Region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. North Hardin

2. Adair County

3. Elizabethtown

4. LaRue County

5. Washington County

6th Region

Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV

1. Evangel Christian

2. DeSales

3. Fairdale

4. Butler

5. Louisville Holy Cross

7th Region

Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal

1. Trinity

2. St. Xavier

3. Manual

4. Male

5. Christian Academy-Louisville

8th Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Oldham County

2. North Oldham

3. Woodford County

4. Walton-Verona

5. Spencer County

9th Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Newport

2. Cooper

3. Covington Catholic

4. Lloyd Memorial

5. Boone County

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Campbell County

3. Mason County

4. Harrison County

5. Augusta

11th Region

Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader

1. Great Crossing

2. Lexington Catholic

3. Bryan Station

4. Frederick Douglass

5. Madison Southern

12th Region

Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer

1. Danville Christian

2. Wayne County

3. Pulaski County

4. Mercer County

5. Boyle County

13th Region

Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com

1. Harlan County

2. Bell County

3. Whitley County

4. Clay County

5. Corbin

14th Region

Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation

1. Hazard

2. Knott County Central

3. Breathitt County

4. Perry County Central

5. Estill County

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Pikeville

2. Martin County

3. Pike County Central

4. Floyd Central

5. Johnson Central

16th Region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Boyd County

2. Ashland Blazer

3. Rowan County

4. Fleming County

5. Morgan County

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