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St. Xavier basketball, 19-0 against Kentucky foes, still unanimous No. 1 in media poll

St. Xavier basketball, 19-0 against Kentucky foes, still unanimous No. 1 in media poll

Yahoo11-02-2025

Undefeated against in-state competition this season, St. Xavier kept the No. 1 spot in this week's Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Media Poll.
The Tigers (22-2) beat Ballard 69-60 on Friday to improve to 19-0 against Kentucky competition this season. St. X received all 16 first-place votes in this week's poll.
The Tigers are followed in the top five by Great Crossing, Frederick Douglass, Bryan Station and Marshall County.
Marshall County (23-1) suffered its first loss of the season Friday, falling to No. 8 Calloway County 65-60.
No. 14 Butler and No. 15 Adair County both joined the top 15 this week, replacing Bowling Green and Ballard.
The Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists — one from each of the state's 16 basketball regions. The poll will be released online each Tuesday morning throughout the regular season.
Along with the statewide top 15, voters will provide top-five rankings for their respective regions.
Here are the rankings:
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Sunday's games
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. St. Xavier (16) 22-2 240 1
2. Great Crossing 22-4 221 2
3. Frederick Douglass 20-2 210 3
4. Bryan Station 19-5 155 5
5. Marshall County 23-1 153 4
6. Hazard 22-2 135 6
7. George Rogers Clark 20-3 128 7
8. Calloway County 24-3 108 12
9. Green County 19-2 94 9
10. Danville Christian 21-2 85 13
11. (tie) Covington Catholic 18-6 78 11
11. (tie) Manual 18-5 78 10
13. Warren Central 20-4 74 8
14. Butler 19-3 35 NR
15. Adair County 20-4 27 NR
Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 21, Clinton County 21, Ballard 19, Cooper 15, North Oldham 10, Woodford County 5, Male 4, Ashland Blazer 3, Bell County 1.1. Calloway County
2. Marshall County
3. Graves County
4. St. Mary
5. Paducah Tilghman1. Henderson County
2. Lyon County
3. Madisonville-North Hopkins
4. Caldwell County
5. Dawson Springs1. Daviess County
2. Owensboro Catholic
3. Butler County
4. Grayson County
5. Breckinridge County1. Warren Central
2. Bowling Green
3. Clinton County
4. Barren County
5. South Warren1. Green County
2. Adair County
3. Taylor County
4. LaRue County
5. North Hardin1. Butler
2. Pleasure Ridge Park
3. Jeffersontown
4. Bullitt East
5. Moore1. St. Xavier
2. Male
3. Ballard
4. Trinity
5. Manual1. North Oldham
2. Simon Kenton
3. South Oldham
4. Walton-Verona
5. Spencer County1. Covington Catholic
2. Cooper
3. Lloyd Memorial
4. Highlands
5. Newport1. George Rogers Clark
2. Montgomery County
3. Campbell County
4. Mason County
5. Nicholas County1. Great Crossing
2. Frederick Douglass
3. Bryan Station
4. Henry Clay
5. Madison Central1. Danville Christian
2. Mercer County
3. Pulaski County
4. West Jessamine
5. Lincoln County1. Bell County
2. South Laurel
3. Harlan County
4. Corbin
5. North Laurel1. Hazard
2. Breathitt County
3. Knott County Central
4. Perry County Central
5. Jenkins1. Pikeville
2. Johnson Central
3. Martin County
4. Pike County Central
5. Paintsville1. Boyd County
2. Ashland Blazer
3. Russell
4. Fleming County
5. Lewis County
More high school basketball: Meet Louisville's leading scorer, Ja'Rye Brown of DuBois Academy
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA boys basketball: St. Xavier unanimous No. 1 in media rankings

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