2024-25 Kentucky HS Basketball Media Poll

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The first installment of the 2024-25 Kentucky High School Basketball Media Poll has been released. Per Jason Frakes at the Courier-Journal, the poll will be released every Tuesday morning for the remainder of the regular season. The poll, which Frakes conceived and spearheaded two seasons ago in an attempt to circumvent widespread complaints about the desparity and inconsistency of voters in Kentutucky coaches polls, includes one voting media member from each of the 16 regions around the Commonwealth.

This season's voters:

Region 1: Steve Springer, Murray Ledger & Times
Region 2: Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM
Region 3: Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
Region 4: Michael Compton, Bowling Green Daily News
Region 5: Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
Region 6: Demetrius Stanton, DeadStock Visuals
Region 7: Jason Frakes, Louisville Courier-Journal
Region 8: James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
Region 9: Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
Region 10: Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com
Region 11: Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
Region 12: Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
Region 13: Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
Region 14: Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
Region 15: Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
Region 16: James Collier, WLGC-FM

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January 7th, 2025

First-place votes in parentheses; records through Sunday’s games

1. St. Xavier (16), 11-2; 240
2. Great Crossing, 11-4; 207
3. Frederick Douglass, 10-2; 188
4. Bryan Station, 13-2; 185
5. Covington Catholic, 10-2; 142
6. Marshall County, 14-0; 135
7. Hazard, 12-1; 102
8. Manual, 12-3; 101
9. George Rogers Clark, 10-2; 80
10. Green County, 11-1; 76
11. Warren Central, 10-1; 68
12. Woodford County, 8-6; 65         
13. Ballard, 9-4; 54
14. Male, 9-4; 43
15. Calloway County, 13-1; 42

Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 40, Lloyd Memorial 39, Adair County 14, Pleasure Ridge Park 14, South Laurel 14, Butler 13, Clinton County 12, Jeffersontown 9, Ashland Blazer 8, Greenwood 6, Harlan County 6, LaRue County 5, South Oldham 5, Campbell County 3, North Laurel 2, Covington Holy Cross 1, Fairdale 1.