Division One Preseason Rankings

Yes I am still around and still following high school basketball fairly closely. I've changed the title to just include High School Basketball in Wisconsin, which is really what it has been for the past few years anyway. I'll keep things fairly similar to what I've done in the past with doing my top 15 teams for each divisions each week, write up of games that I've been to, and then rankings of the players that I have actually seen. With the season  starting within a couple weeks here is my first preseason rankings for division one which will give me a starting point for my rankings. Once again these are solely my own personal rankings and mean absolutely nothing. It's very interesting to see how my rankings differ from the high school yearbook (even though I steal some from them).


1. Stevens Point- Not sure anyone is going to come close to them this year. The defending state champs bring back four starters and only lost one guy from their rotation from last year. Headlined by a pair of senior D1 recruits in 6'6 Sam Hauser (Marquette) and 6'2 Trevor Anderson (UWGB) and a future D1 recruit 6'7 sophomore Joey Hauser maning the inside.

2. Germantown- State runner ups a year ago may only lose to Stevens Point again this year. They have tremendous team size led by seniors 6'6 Max Keefe and 6'5 Conner Edmonds. 6'0 senior Juwan McCloud a Northern Iowa recruit gives this team some quickness that past teams really haven't had.

3. Milwaukee Riverside- Very very strong junior class that may be a year away from winning a title. Bring back four starters from last years team led by a pair of juniors that averaged double doubles last year in 6'6 Terrence Lewis and 6'4 George Dixon.

4. Milwaukee King- King you can pretty much put in the top five teams year after year have one of the best coaches in the state in coach Gosz and always gets the most out of his players. Michigan recruit 6'2 junior Jordan Poole gives them a big time scorer and they have a ton of talent around him.

5. Madison East- Surprising final four team a year ago bring back four starters. 6'3 senior Deang Deang is a four year starter that average 15 points a game last year and fellow double digit scorers 6'4 sophomore Keshawn Justice and 5'10 senior Tre Irby are back as well.

6. Oshkosh North- Should have one of the better back courts in the state in 6'4 junior Philip Flory and 6'3 sophomore Tyrese Baliburton. Flory was the three point champion a year ago. Can't forget that 1-3-1 zone defense.

7. Middleton- Team that loves to run the court and plays a ton of guys which allows them to play extremely hard. They have four starters back and a very good junior class. 6'3 junior Tyree Eady is a star in the making and 5'11 junior guards Storm Murphy and CJ Fermanich may be small but, their very heady and can score big in bunches.

8. De Pere- Three starters back from last years team that give them tremendous size in 6'5 senior Zach Rabas, 6'6 junior Aaron Vopal, and 6'6 junior Max Huddleston.

9. Arrowhead- Five starters back form last years team headlined by 6'6 senior Bryce Nze who is a top five player in the state.

10. Madison Memorial - Memorial is always one of the elite teams in the state and despite not having many seniors they have a great junior class. They were without a star until 6'7 junior Chris Knight transferred in to give them that star and inside presence. If they choose could have a starting front line of 6'7, 6'7, and 6'6.

11. Appleton West- This was a total yearbook pick as I don't know much at all about West.

12. Mukwonago- Only one starter back but, that starter is 6'7 junior Brandon Hau who should have a big year now that he is the "man". Muk has earned the respect in the state as always having one of the most consistent teams.

13. Sheboygan North- Yearbook had them ranked high and have high scoring 6'4 senior Davis Larson back.

14. Racine Park- 6'7 senior Kaj Days is back and he is joined by his brother 6'9 freshmen Nobal Days who is one of the elite players in the country for his class.

15. Sun Prairie- Bring back five of their top eight players and they had a very good JV team. Fellow seniors 6'1 Sam Kerr and 6'6 Rod Johnson should have break out monster years.

Looking at the rankings it seems every team has a strong junior class so you can already see who the top teams will be the following year. Outside of the top three or four the senior class isn't the strongest but, none the less should be another great year.