MBBN State High School Basketball Rankings

Minnesota Basketball News has their top team predictions in high school girls and boys basketball.

The Faribault Falcons are in the top ten in Class 3A boys making them the second highest ranked Big Nine team to begin the season.  Mankato East finished second at state last year and is #2 in Class 3A preseason poll,

Other area boys teams ranked include Goodhue, Spring Grove, Rushford-Peterson, Blooming Prairie, Waseca, Caledonia, Lake City, Belle Plaine, Stewartville, Mankato West, Farmington, Shakopee, Lakeville North.

Girls basketball rankings have defending Class A Champion Goodhue at the top with Section 2 Champion Mayer Lutheran ranked #3.

Other area girls teams ranked include Cotter, Stewartville, Jordan, Lakeville North, Eastview, Prior Lake, Rosemount.

Complete listing for girls which started their season last weekend includes:

Class 1A

1. Goodhue
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl
3. Mayer Lutheran
4. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
5. Cass Lake-Bena
6. Kittson County Central
7. Breckenridge
8. Sleepy Eye St. Mary's
9. Hancock
10. Central Minnesota Christian

Class 2A

1. Providence Academy
2. Minnehaha Academy
3. Crosby-Ironton
4. Duluth Marshall
5. New London-Spicer
6. Rochester Lourdes
7. Sauk Centre
8. Jordan
9. Winona Cotter
10. Visitation

Class 3A

1. Benilde-St. Margaret's
2. Alexandria
3. Stewartville
4. DeLaSalle
5. Mahtomedi
6. Hill-Murray
7. Totino-Grace
8. New Uln
9. Rock Ridge
10. Two Rivers

Class 4A

1. Hopkins
2. Minnetonka
3. Maple Grove
4. St. Michael-Albertville
5. Eden Prairie
6. Lakeville North
7. Eastview Apple Valley
8. Prior Lake
9. Rosemount
10. East Ridge

Minnesota Basketball News Preseason rankings for boys high school which begins this weekend includes:

Class 1A

1. Cherry
2. Dawson-Boyd
3. Nevis
4. Henning
5. Ada-Borup-West
6. West Central
7. Goodhue
8. Red Lake County
9. Mountain Iron-Buhl
10. Spring Grove
    Others receiving votes- Rushford-Peterson, Fertile-Beltrami, Park Christian, Springfield, Hills-Beaver Creek, Deer River, Cass Lake-Bena, Sleepy Eye, Blooming Prairie

Class 2A

1. Breck
2. Albany
3. Caledonia
4. Pequot Lakes
5. Southwest Minnesota Christian
6. Annandale
7. Waseca
8. Jackson County Central
9. Lake City
10. Minnehaha Academy
    Others receiving votes:  Minneapolis North, Blake, Pelican Rapids, Belle Plaine, Esko

Class 3A

1. Totino Grace
2. Mankato East
3. Alexandria
4. Benilde-St. Margaret's
5. Orono
6. DeLaSalle
7. Richfield
8. Delano
9. St. Paul Johnson
10. Faribault
    Others receiving votes:  Fergus Falls, Stewartville, Mankato West

Class 4A

1. Wayzata
2. Cretin-Derham Hall
3. Shakopee
4. Hopkins
5. Farmington
6. Park Center
7. Champlin Park
8. East Ridge
9. Sauk Rapids-Rice
10. Minnetonka
    Others receiving votes:  Lakeville North, Maple Grove, St. Louis Park, Tartan, Anoka

Save this and see how things look at the end of the season.