THE PRESEASON WYOPREPS.COM COACHES AND MEDIA BASKETBALL POLL FOR 2019-2020 WAS RELEASED WEDNESDAY. SIX OF THE EIGHT DEFENDING CHAMPIONS START AT NUMBER 1. ALL FOUR DEFENDING CHAMPS SIT IN THE TOP SPOT OF THE GIRLS’ RANKINGS WHILE TWO FO THE FOUR DEFENDING BOYS’ CHAMPS ARE RANKED FIRST.
FOR THE GIRLS: THUNDER BASIN, DOUGLAS, WYOMING INDIAN AND COKEVILLE SIT IN FIRST.
IN 4A GIRLS DEFENDING CHAMPS THUNDER BASIN IS RANKED FIRST FOLLOWED BY LAST YEARS RUNNER UP CHEYENNE EAST IN SECOND. CHEYENNE CENTRAL, CAMPBELL COUNTY AND KELLY WALSH ROUND OUT THE TOP FIVE.
IN 3A GIRLS DOUGLAS GARNERED ALL THE FIRST PLACE VOTES FOR FIRST. AT NUMBER TWO IT’S BUFFALO WITH MOUNTAIN VIEW THIRD FOLLOWED BY RAWLINS AND LYMAN. WORLAND SITS IN SIXTH WITH POWELL ALSO RECEIVING CONSIDERATION.
IN 2A GIRLS WYOMING INDIAN WAS A UNANIMOUS PICK FOR NUMBER 1. PINE BLUFFS IS RANKED SECOND WITH WIND RIVER THIRD. ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE IS WRIGHT IN FOURTH AND BIG HORN & MOORCROFT TIED FOR FIFTH. GREYBULL JUST MISSED BEING IN THE TOP 5 AND SITS SIXTH RESPECTIVELY.
AND IN 1A COKEVILLE SITS ALONE AT THE TOP WITH ARVADA-CLEARMONT AND ST. STEPHENS TIED SECOND. LITTLE SNAKE RIVER AND FARSON-EDEN ROUND OUT THE TOP 5.
FOR THE BOYS: SHERIDAN, LANDER, WYOMING INDIAN AND ENCAMPMENT ARE FIRST.
IN 4A BOYS SHERIDAN RANKS FIRST, HOWEVER THEY RECEIVED LESS NUMBER 1 VOTES THAN TWO OTHER TEAMS. CHEYENNE CENTRAL IS SECOND WITH CROSS-TOWN RIVAL CHEYENNE EAST THIRD. DEFENDING CHAMPS KELLY WALSH SITS FOURTH WITH CAMPBELL COUNTY FIVE.
IN 3A LANDER SITS FIRMLY IN NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY LAST YEAR’S RUNNER UP POWELL IN SECOND. BUFFALO IS THIRD FOLLOWED BY WORLAND AND WHEATLAND.
IN 2A WYOMING INDIAN SITS IN FIRST FOLLOWED BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN, PINE BLUFFS, BIG HORN AND TONGUE RIVER IN THAT ORDER.
AND IN 1A BOYS ENCAMPMENT, LAST YEAR’S RUNNER UP SITS FIRST. UPTON IS TWO WITH LITTLE SNAKE RIVER THIRD. FARSON-EDEN AND H.E.M. ROUND OUT THE TOP FIVE.
