Associated Press high school boys basketball statewide poll
The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through February 20, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:
Class AAA
School Record Pts Prv
1. Memphis East (8) 23-3 113 1
2. Bearden (3) 32-1 109 2
3. Blackman (1) 27-0 101 3
4. Southwind 27-1 84 4
5. Cleveland 21-4 54 5
6. Maryville 24-5 46 T7
7. Riverdale 23-5 36 10
8. Gallatin 24-6 24 6
9. Franklin 24-5 18 9
10. Mt. Juliet 23-6 14 NR
Others receiving 12 or more points: Whitehaven 13.
Class AA
School Record Pts Prv
1. Hamilton (9) 27-2 117 2
2. East Nashville (2) 29-1 100 1
3. Dyersburg 22-4 90 3
4. Stratford 15-6 76 4
5. Upperman 24-4 72 5
6. Fulton 19-7 47 6
7. Cumberland County 21-7 27 10
8. Fayette Ware 21-7 26 7
9. Fairview 23-6 17 NR
9. Brainerd 19-4 17 8
Others receiving 12 or more points: Austin-East 13.
Class A
School Record Pts Prv
1. Douglass (11) 25-1 119 1
2. Van Buren County (1) 25-5 104 2
3. LEAD Academy 23-4 73 3
4. Middleton 21-4 71 4
5. Union City 24-5 59 5
6. Monterey 25-6 44 T6
7. Cosby 23-4 43 T8
8. Summertown 22-5 38 T6
9. Loretto 22-5 31 NR
10. Columbia Academy 21-6 29 10
Others receiving 12 or more points: Peabody 17.
Division II
School Record Pts Prv
1. Brentwood Academy (9) 22-5 107 1
2. Briarcrest (1) 26-3 100 2
3. Baylor 17-6 75 4
4. Goodpasture (1) 29-2 73 3
5. Knoxville Webb 26-5 64 7
6. Grace Christian 23-7 44 T6
7. McCallie 23-7 42 T6
8. CPA 25-8 34 8
9. MBA 19-7 20 10
10. Bell Buckle 23-6 17 NR
Others receiving 12 or more points: None
All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school basketball poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are: Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga; Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland; The Daily Herald , Columbia; Cookeville Herald-Citizen, Cookeville; The Tennessean (Nashville), Murfreesboro; State Gazette, Dyersburg; The Jackson Sun, Jackson; The Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville; Marshall County Tribune (Lewisburg); The Mountain Press, Sevierville; Union City Daily Messenger, Union City; WCMT, Martin.