Final high school basketball media rankings for the 2016-17 season
The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school basketball polls, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings:
BOYS
School | FPV | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Bowling Green | 10 | 27-2 | 152 | 1 |
2. Fern Creek | 6 | 28-2 | 149 | 2 |
3. Scott County | — | 25-5 | 120 | 3 |
4. Trinity | — | 26-3 | 113 | 4 |
5. Covington Catholic | — | 25-5 | 88 | 6 |
6. Ballard | — | 23-6 | 74 | 5 |
7. Cooper | — | 23-4 | 64 | 7 |
8. Christian County | — | 24-6 | 47 | 8 |
9. Hopkinsville | — | 23-6 | 26 | 9 |
t10. Adair County | — | 28-1 | 9 | NR |
t10. Harlan County | — | 26-3 | 9 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Paul Laurence Dunbar 7, Lexington Catholic 5, Corbin 5, Knox Central 5, Franklin-Simpson 2, Johnson Central 1, Perry County Central 1, Southwestern 1, Elliott County 1, Campbell County 1.
Girls
School | FPV | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Butler | 7 | 27-2 | 150 | 2 |
2. Male | 7 | 26-2 | 147 | 1 |
3. Sacred Heart | 1 | 24-5 | 119 | 3 |
4. Mercer County | — | 27-2 | 110 | 4 |
5. Elizabethtown | — | 24-3 | 85 | 5 |
6. Monroe County | — | 27-2 | 67 | 6 |
7. Murray | — | 22-5 | 39 | 7 |
8. Manual | — | 19-7 | 36 | 9 |
9. Franklin County | — | 25-5 | 33 | NR |
10. Simon Kenton | — | 22-6 | 32 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: Henderson County 20, Harlan County 18 (1), Leslie County 9, Glasgow 4, Paintsville 3, Holmes 3, Harlan 2, Bullitt East 2, Shelby Valley 1.
Media organizations that participated this week: The Daily Independent, Ashland; Daily News, Bowling Green; East Kentucky Broadcasting, Pikeville; Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow; Daily Enterprise, Harlan; The Gleaner, Henderson; Kentucky New Era, Hopkinsville; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; The Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; The Mayfield Messenger, Mayfield; Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro; The Paducah Sun, Paducah; Times Leader Princeton, Princeton; WDKY, Lexington; WKYX, Paducah.
Josh Moore: 859-231-1307, @HLpreps
This story was originally published February 20, 2017 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Final high school basketball media rankings for the 2016-17 season."