Kansas City Boys Basketball Coaches Poll

Take a look at Kansas City's top teams according to coaches in their area.

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Aug 9, 2020, 11:28am

As a farewell to the 2019-2020 basketball season and a tough Spring with no sports, MaxPreps polled coaches for their opinion on the top teams in the region.

We took the results of their polls and pitted them against our computerized rankings looking for any interesting differences. Although the math formula that produces the computerized rankings is meticulous — a carefully crafted, dissected work of science that isn't subject to traditional editorial bias — not everyone agrees with the output. This particularly goes for the coaches, who spend endless gobs of time analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their own team and others.

After gathering the results here are some of the biggest takeaways from the polls:

Staley (Kansas City, MO) jumped up an 4 spots to claim the 2nd highest ranked position.

After a long season, Lee's Summit West (MO) deserves some recognition for jumping into the top 25 after being ranked 38th in the MaxPreps computerized rankings.

Richmond (MO) also made a big leap (+23) into the top 20 after the Coaches Poll.

And without further ado, here are the results of the Coaches Poll. (Note: The number in parenthesis is the difference between the MaxPreps ranking and the Coaches Poll.)

  1. Blue Valley North West (Overland Park, Kan.) (0)
  2. Staley (Kansas City, Mo.) (+4)
  3. Raytown South (Raytown, Mo.) (0)
  4. Blue Valley North (Overland Park, Kan.) (-2)
  5. Raymore-Peculiar (Peculiar, Mo.) (+3)
  6. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) (-2)
  7. Basehor-Linwood (Basehor, Kan.) (-2)
  8. Grandview (Grandview, Mo.) (+3)
  9. Piper (Kansas City, Kan.) (-2)
  10. Liberty (Liberty, Mo.) (+3)
  11. Lawrence (Lawrence, Kan.) (-1)
  12. Park Hill South (Riverside, Mo.) (+3)
  13. Ruskin (Kansas City, Mo.) (-4)
  14. Lawrence Free State (Lawrence, Kan.) (0)
  15. University Academy Charter (Kansas City, Mo.) (+3)
  16. Harmon (Kansas City, Kan.) (+10)
  17. Chrisman (Independence, Mo.) (+8)
  18. St. Michael the Archangel (Lee's Summit, Mo.) (+4)
  19. Truman (Independence, Mo.) (+2)
  20. Richmond (Richmond, Mo.) (+23)
  21. Raytown (Raytown, Mo.) (-9)
  22. Lee's Summit West (Lee's Summit, Mo.) (+16)
  23. Blue Springs (Blue Springs, Mo.) (0)
  24. Chillicothe (Chillicothe, Mo.) (+12)
  25. Blue Springs South (Blue Springs, Mo.) (+5)

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