The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches released its preseason rankings for the 2020-21 season on Tuesday, and East Texas was well represented.
The Martin’s Mill boys are the lone East Texas team to earn a No. 1 overall ranking, sitting atop the Class 2A rankings.
The Mount Pleasant boys are ranked No. 15 in Class 5A.
Chapel Hill (22) and Paris (25) landed in the Class 4A boys Top 25.
In Class 3A boys, Tatum is No. 6. Atlanta, led by five-star recruit Daimion Collins, is ranked No. 8. Other East Texas programs ranked in Class 3A are Malakoff 9, Crockett 14, Mineola 15 and Arp 19.
Joining Martin’s Mill in Class 2A are Grapeland 4, Tenaha 8, Rivercrest 9, Gary 10, Garrison 12, Clarksville 14, LaPoynor 21 and Timpson 23.
In Class 1A, Laneville is No. 6, and Neches is No. 10.
On the girls’ side, Brownsboro is No. 19 in Class 4A, and Texarkana Pleasant Grove is No. 24.
In the Class 3A girls rankings are Winnsboro 3, Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill 5 and Edgewood 16.
Martin’s Mill, which had its winning streak snapped at 116 last season, is ranked No. 3 in Class 2A in the preseason. Other East Texas teams ranked in Class 2A are Grapeland 8, Douglass 11, LaPoynor 14, Woden 17, and Shelbyville 22.
In Class 1A girls, Chireno is No. 3.
Girls basketball teams will begin practice on Wednesday. The boys will begin practice on Oct. 28. The season opener for girls is Nov. 6, while boys will tip off on Nov. 13.
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BOYS
Class 6A
1. Duncanville
2. Richardson
3. Humble Summer Creek
4. San Antonio Wagner
5. Waxahachie
6. Alvin Shadow Creek
7. Houston Bellaire
8. Odessa Permian
9. Humble Atascacita
10. Killeen Ellison
11. Austin Westlake
12. Allen
13. Dickinson
14. Spring Westfield
15. El Paso Americas
16. Converse Judson
17. Coppell
18. Lewisville
19. Laredo United
20. Klein
21. Denton Guyer
22. San Antonio Johnson
23. DeSoto
24. Laredo Alexander
25. Fort Bend Travis
Class 5A
1. Lancaster
2. Fort Bend Hightower
3. Mansfield Timberview
4. Beaumont United
5. Dallas Kimball
6. Fort Worth Wyatt
7. Amarillo
8. Port Arthur Memorial
9. Leander
10. Crosby
11. Manor
12. Wichita Falls Rider
13. Huntsville
14. McAllen Rowe
15. Mount Pleasant
16. Laredo Martin
17. Dallas South Oak Cliff
18. San Antonio Southside
19. El Paso Chapin
20. Frisco Wakeland
21. Denton Braswell
22. San Antonio Brackenridge
23. Manvel
24. North Richland Hills Birdville
25. Montgomery Lake Creek
Class 4A
1. Dallas Faith Family
2. Houston Yates
3. Argyle
4. Stafford
5. Dallas Carter
6. Boerne
7. Wichita Falls Hirschi
8. Dallas Lincoln
9. Decatur
10. Silsbee
11. Seminole
12. China Spring
13. Fredericksburg
14. Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson
15. Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway
16. Austin LBJ
17. Corpus Christi Miller
18. Huffman Hargrave
19. Fort Worth Dunbar
20. Levelland
21. Wilmer-Hutchins
22. Tyler Chapel Hill
23. Lubbock Estacado
24. Waco La Vega
25. Paris
Class 3A
1. San Antonio Cole
2. Dallas Madison
3. Peaster
4. Little River Academy
5. Brock
6. Tatum
7. Coldspring-Oakhurst
8. Atlanta
9. Malakoff
10. Shallowater
11. London
12. Aransas Pass
13. Winnie East Chambers
14. Crockett
15. Mineola
16. Blanco
17. Grandview
18. Santa Rosa
19. Arp
20. Lorena
21. Universal City Randolph
22. Jourdanton
23. Childress
24. Wall
25. Franklin
Class 2A
1. Martin's Mill
2. Clarendon
3. Lipan
4. Grapeland
5. Hearne
6. McLeod
7. New Deal
8. Tenaha
9. Bogate Rivercrest
10. Gary
11. San Saba
12. Garrison
13. Panhandle
14. Clarksville
15. Schulenburg
16. Cisco
17. Weimar
18. Santa Maria
19. Port Aransas
20. Normangee
21. LaPoynor
22. Wink
23. Timpson
24. New Home
25. Poolville
Class 1A
1. Slidell
2. Nazareth
3. Calvert
4. Eula
5. Texline
6. Laneville
7. Borden County
8. Westbrook
9. Graford
10. Neches
11. Saltillo
12. Electra
13. Paducah
14. Leggett
15. Jayton
16. Dodd City
17. Sterling City
18. Dime Box
19. Klondike
20. Waelder
21. Rankin
22. Rocksprings
23. Eden
24. Miller Grove
25. Springlake Earth
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GIRLS
Class 6A
1. Duncanville
2. Houston Cypress Creek
3. Converse Judson
4. Hurst Bell
5. South Grand Prairie
6. Plano
7. Arlington Martin
8. Cibolo Steele
9. League City Clear Springs
10. Humble Summer Creek
11. McKinney
12. Garland Sachse
13. San Antonio Reagan
14. Killeen Harker Heights
15. Katy Tompkins
16. Denton Guyer
17. Austin Westlake
18. Cedar Creek Vista Ridge
19. Houston Langham Creek
20. Harlingen
21. North Crowley
22. Humble Atascocita
23. DeSoto
24. San Antonio Clark
25. Houston Cypress Ranch
Class 5A
1. Frisco Liberty
2. San Antonio Veterans Memorial
3. Mansfield Timberview
4. College Station
5. Amarillo
6. Cedar Park
7. Kerrville Tivy
8. Red Oak
9. Midlothian
10. Pflugerville Hendrickson
11. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial
12. Wichita Falls Rider
13. Fort Bend Hightower
14. Beaumont United
15. Lubbock Cooper
16. Frisco Centennial
17. Mansfield Legacy
18. Royse City
19. Lake Dallas
20. Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill
21. Brownsville Veterans Memorial
22. Frisco Lone Star
23. Georgetown
24. Magnolia West
25. Manvel
Class 4A
1. Argyle
2. Canyon
3. Dallas Lincoln
4. Fredericksburg
5. Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson
6. Bridgeport
7. Melissa
8. Houston Yates
9. Beeville Jones
10. Sunnyvale
11. Lumberton
12. Hereford
13. Dallas Pinkston
14. Boerne
15. La Grange
16. Glen Rose
17. Decatur
18. Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway
19. Brownsboro
20. Navasota
21. Jasper
22. Navarro
23. Levelland
24. Texarkana Pleasant Grove
25. Stephenville
Class 3A
1. Shallowater
2. Fairfield
3. Winnsboro
4. Idalou
5. Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill
6. Poth
7. Franklin
8. Hitchcock
9. Tuscola Jim Ned
10. Brock
11. Bells
12. Luling
13. Brownfield
14. Bushland
15. Wall
16. Edgewood
17. Lorena
18. Buna
19. Bishop
20. Woodville
21. Aransas Pass
22. Canadian
23. Gunter
24. Little River Academy
25. Pottsboro
Class 2A
1. Gruver
2. Muenster
3. Martin's Mill
4. Mason
5. San Saba
6. Panhandle
7. Lipan
8. Grapeland
9. Wellington
10. Haskell
11. Douglass
12. Weimer
13. Vega
14. La Poynor
15. Alvord
16. Snook
17. Woden
18. Cisco
19. New Home
20. Ropes
21. Era
22. Shelbyville
23. Thorndale
24. Schulenburg
25. Marlin
Class 1A
1. Nazareth
2. Veribest
3. Chireno
4. Dodd City
5. Saltillo
6. Moulton
7. Claude
8. Sands
9. Aspermont
10. Huckabay
11. Eula
12. Fayetteville
13. Whiteface
14. Blackwell
15. Slidell
16. Hermleigh
17. May
18. White Deer
19. Bellevue
20. Rocksprings
21. Rankin
22. Borden County
23. North Zulch
24. Abbott
25. Brookesmith