Boys Basketball Coaches Poll: Final 2023 Rankings

by Mar 12, 2023Coaches Poll, Preps Boys Basketball

D1 Midwest Basketball Showcase

Each week during the high school basketball season select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. Here are the final ratings for the 2022-23 season.

Class A (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Bellevue West (29-0), 1
2. Millard North (22-4), 4
3. Gretna (20-5), 3
4. Omaha Westside (17-8), 6
5. Lincoln East (19-6), 5
6. Lincoln Southeast (16-10), RV
7. Creighton Prep (19-7), 4
8. Elkhorn South (17-7), 8
9. Lincoln North Star (17-9), 9
10. Papillion-La Vista South (15-9), NR

Receiving Votes: Lincoln High (17-8), NR

Class B (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Skutt Catholic (25-3), 1
2. Platteview (24-5), 2
3. Crete (15-7), 3
4. York (17-7), 5
5. Elkhorn (18-8), 7
6. Bennington (17-9), 4
7. Norris (17-10), 9
8. Scottsbluff (17-9), 8
9. Omaha Roncalli (15-9), 6
10. Waverly (12-11), RV

Receiving Votes: none.

Class C-1 (Record), Previous Ranking
  1. Ashland-Greenwood (27-2), 3
  2. Auburn (21-7), 9
  3. Wahoo (24-2), 1
  4. Ogallala (28-1), 2
  5. Omaha Concordia (24-5), 5
  6. Pierce (23-4), 4
  7. Central City (24-4), 6
  8. Sidney (20-7), RV
  9. Wayne (18-9), 7
  10. Lincoln Lutheran (18-8), 8

Receiving Votes: Douglas County West (15-9), NR

Class C-2 (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Freeman (29-1), 2
2. Amherst (26-2), 1
3. Cedar Catholic (23-5), 5
4. Tri County (24-6), 4
5. Elkhorn Valley (23-3), 6
6. Norfolk Catholic (18-8), 7
7. Doniphan-Trumbull (24-3), 3
8. Gordon-Rushville (17-5), NR
9. Grand Island Central Catholic (10-14), NR
10. Lutheran High Northeast (17-6), RV

Receiving Votes: Cross County (21-5), RV; Wakefield (21-5), 8.

Class D-1 (Record), Previous Ranking
  1. Johnson-Brock (24-4), 6
  2. North Platte St. Patrick’s (25-3), 1
  3. Dundy County Stratton (24-5), 4
  4. Maywood-Hayes Center (26-4), 3
  5. Elm Creek (19-6), 8
  6. Howells-Dodge (20-7), 2
  7. Mead (18-9), 7
  8. South Loup (18-5), 9
  9. Ansley-Litchfield (19-6), 10
  10. Bancroft-Rosalie (19-7), 5

Receiving Votes: McCool Junction (18-7), RV.

Class D-2 (Record), Previous Ranking

1. Parkview Christian (26-3), 1
2. Wynot (24-5), 4
3. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (22-5), 8
4. Shelton (23-3), 2
5. Osceola (23-4), 3
6. Falls City Sacred Heart (18-9), 5
7. Santee (15-6), 7
8. Paxton (17-6), 10
9. Humphrey St. Francis (16-7), RV
10. Stuart (17-8), NR

Receiving Votes: Mullen (17-6), 6.

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