Pre-tournament boys basketball rankings

Wheeler closed out the regular season as the No. 1 team in Class 7A and perhaps the state after completing its schedule and region tournament without an in-state loss. McEachern comes in at No. 2 and Grayson used its recent victories over Newton to ascend to No. 3 ahead of No. 4 Norcross and No. 5 Newton. Buford leapt from No. 9 to No. 6 after the region tournaments and South Gwinnett caps the poll at No. 10 in place of Archerwho was defeated in the region tournament and failed to earn a playoff berth. Defending state champion Grovetown returned to No. 1 in Class 6A and is red-hot after a slow start to the season. St. Pius moved up from No. 8 to No. 6 and South Paulding improved from No. 10 to No. 7 after a strong push in the region tournament.

In Class 5A, Tri-Cities slid from No. 4 to No. 7 after earning the No. 3 seed and Chapel Hill moved up from No. 8 to No. 4. McDonough remains No. 1 in Class 4A, despite its recent loss to Lovett. The Lions also defeated No. 2 Pace Academy 62-60 to earn the top seed, but comes in at No. 3 after splitting its previous meetings to the Warhawks and Knights.

Dougherty moved up from No. 9 to No. 5 in Class 3A and Class 2A saw Butler make a sizeable leap from No. 10 to No. 6. Mt. Vernon maintained its status at the top of the Class A Division I poll and the Class A Division II poll did not shift following the region tournament with Greenforest Christian at No. 1.

Class 7A

1. Wheeler

2. McEachern

3. Grayson

4. Norcross

5. Newton

6. Buford

7. Carrollton

8. Cherokee

9. Pebblebrook

10. South Gwinnett



Class 6A

1. Grovetown

2. Alexander

3. Lanier

4. Jonesboro

5. Etowah

6. St. Pius

7. South Paulding

8. Hughes

9. Marist

10. Lee County



Class 5A

1. Kell

2. Eagles Landing

3. Hiram

4. Chapel Hill

5. Mays

6. Dutchtown

7. Tri-Cities

8. Decatur

9. Winder-Barrow

10. Tucker



Class 4A

1. McDonough

2. Pace Academy

3. Lovett

4. Southwest DeKalb

5. Bainbridge

6. Madison County

7. Fayette County

8. Westover

9. North Oconee

10. Walnut Grove



Class 3A

1. Johnson-Savannah

2. Sandy Creek

3. Monroe Area

4. Cross Creek

5. Dougherty

6. Beach

7. Monroe

8. Cedar Grove

9. White County

10. Groves



Class 2A

1. Westside-Augusta

2. Columbia

3. Spencer

4. Putnam County

5. Providence Christian

6. Butler

7. Windsor Forest

8. North Cobb Christian

9. Drew Charter

10. Thomson



Class A Division I

1. Mt. Vernon

2. Mt. Pisgah

3. Mt. Bethel

4. Kings Ridge

5. Social Circle

6. Darlington

7. Woodville-Thompkins

8. Savannah

9. Chattooga

10. Athens Christian



Class A Division II

1. Greenforest Christian

2. Christian Heritage

3. Portal

4. Wilkinson County

5. Macon County

6. Calhoun County

7. Macnhester

8. Mitchell County

9. Charlton County

10. Chattahoochee County