KSR ranks the remaining 16 teams in the Kentucky boys basketball state tournament

There will be multiple Sweet 16s going on this week in the basketball world, but the one at Rupp Arena will end with a Kentucky state title.

The 2025 UK HealthCare Boys Basketball Sweet 16 begins Wednesday in Lexington and runs through Saturday night. 16 schools from across the state will converge inside Rupp with one team only four wins away from being crowned champions of the Bluegrass.

As we gear up for what’s in store, KSR is releasing a couple of fresh polls. Not only have we ranked the 16 teams that made the state tournament bracket, but we also did our normal Top 25 statewide rankings which accounts for teams both in and out of the tourney.

You can check out both of the pre-Sweet 16 rankings below, along with the schedule for this week’s tournament. Of note, Kentucky commit Malachi Moreno and Great Crossing will start its title run on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. ET against Daviess County.

[Can’t make it to Rupp this week? You can watch every Sweet 16 tournament game live online thanks to our good friends at PrepSpin]

KSR’s Sweet 16 State Tournament Rankings

1. St. Xavier
2. Great Crossing
3. Calloway County
4. Danville Christian Academy
5. Adair County
6. Cooper
7. South Oldham
8. Henderson County
9. Bowling Green
10. Montgomery County
11. Jeffersontown
12. Ashland Blazer
13. North Laurel
14. Daviess County
15. Breathitt County
16. Lawrence County

KSR Sweet 16 voters (6): Eric Chumbler, Clark Howell, Troy Howell, Lovell Martin, Travis Scaggs, Phoenix Stevens

KSR’s Top 25 Rankings: March 24 (Pre-Sweet 16)

*Teams in italics have been eliminated from the Sweet 16*

1. St. Xavier [6 first-place votes]
2. Great Crossing
3. Frederick Douglass*
4. Calloway County (+4)
5. Bryan Station*
6. Danville Christian Academy (+2)
7. Marshall County* (+3)
8. Adair County (+7)
9. DuPont Manual* (-2)
10. Hazard* (-6)
11. Cooper (+10)
12. South Oldham (+11)
13. Henderson County (+6)
14. Bowling Green (+6)
15. Montgomery County (NR)
16. Clinton County* (-4)
17. Jeffersontown (NR)
18. Green County* (-9)
19. Male* (-2)
20. North Oldham* (-7)
21. Butler* (-10)
22. Ashland Blazer
23. Pleasure Ridge Park* (-9)
24. Trinity* (NR)
25. George Rogers Clark* (-7)

Others receiving votes: North Laurel (9), Warren Central* (4)

KSR Top 25 voters (6): Eric Chumbler, Clark Howell, Troy Howell, Lovell Martin, Travis Scaggs, Phoenix Stevens

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