Houston Boys Basketball Coaches Poll

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

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Aug 9, 2020, 2:45pm

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:

Stafford (TX) jumped up an impressive 25 spots to claim the 13th highest ranked position.

After a long season, Fort Bend Marshall (Missouri City, TX) deserves some recognition for jumping into the top 25 after being ranked 42nd in the MaxPreps computerized rankings.

Dickinson (TX) and Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City, TX) dominated all season long to be selected as the number 1 and 2 teams by the MaxPreps computer rankings as well as 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. Dickinson (Dickinson, Texas) (0)
  2. Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City, Texas) (0)
  3. Yates (Houston, Texas) (+5)
  4. Shadow Creek (Pearland, Texas) (-1)
  5. Morton Ranch (Katy, Texas) (0)
  6. Summer Creek (Houston, Texas) (-2)
  7. Atascocita (Humble, Texas) (-1)
  8. Bellaire (Bellaire, Texas) (+5)
  9. Westfield (Houston, Texas) (-2)
  10. North Shore (Houston, Texas) (0)
  11. Fort Bend Travis (Richmond, Texas) (-2)
  12. The Woodlands Christian Academy (The Woodlands, Texas) (0)
  13. Stafford (Stafford, Texas) (+25)
  14. La Marque (La Marque, Texas) (+1)
  15. Coldspring-Oakhurst (Coldspring, Texas) (+4)
  16. Cy-Fair (Cypress, Texas) (+2)
  17. Fort Bend Bush (Richmond, Texas) (+3)
  18. Pearland (Pearland, Texas) (-4)
  19. Cypress Creek (Houston, Texas) (+7)
  20. Westbury Christian (Houston, Texas) (+7)
  21. Fort Bend Elkins (Missouri City, Texas) (+12)
  22. Foster (Richmond, Texas) (0)
  23. Eisenhower (Houston, Texas) (+9)
  24. Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, Texas) (-7)
  25. Fort Bend Marshall (Missouri City, Texas) (+17)

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