Defending champions sparse among No. 1 teams in season’s first ASWA boys basketball rankings

ASWA BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS
CLASS 7A
1. Mountain Brook (9-0)
2. Lee-Montgomery (7-0)
3. Smiths Station (8-0)
4. Hoover (8-2)
5. McGill-Toolen (8-4)
6. Spain Park (5-4)
7. Sparkman (5-3)
8. Auburn (7-2)
9. Murphy (9-3)
10. James Clemens (4-2)
Others nominated: Buckhorn (6-4), Enterprise (4-0), Fairhope (5-3), Grissom (4-4), Huffman (7-1), Oak Mountain (6-3), Tuscaloosa County (7-1).

CLASS 6A
1. Pelham (6-1)
2. Austin (9-0)
3. Daphne (10-0)
4. Hueytown (9-3)
5. Carver-Montgomery (2-3)
6. Spanish Fort (7-2)
7. LeFlore (9-1)
8. Sidney Lanier (5-1)
9. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (5-2)
10. Clay-Chalkville (9-1)
Others nominated: Blount (9-4), Homewood (4-2), Ramsay (5-5), Selma (5-2).