Girls' basketball 2011-12: Preseason rankings

Jeff Linder's preseason girls' basketball rankings for 2011-12:

CLASS 4A

'10-11 W-L

'10-11 Postseason

1. Southeast Polk

22-3 

State semifinalist 

2. Iowa City West

23-3 

State runner-up

3. Ankeny

20-4

State quarterfinalist 

4. Mason City

19-6 

State quarterfinalist 

5. Waukee

19-6 

State quarterfinalist 

6. West Des Moines Dowling

18-5 

Regional finalist 

7. Ottumwa

14-9 

Regional semifinalist 

8. Lewis Central

19-2 

Regional finalist 

9. Muscatine

13-10 

Regional semifinalist 

10. Ames

13-8 

Regional semifinalist 

10 others to watch (listed alphabetically): Cedar Rapids Kennedy (9-14), Cedar Rapids Washington (19-4), Cedar Rapids Xavier (15-8), Des Moines East (26-0), Iowa City High (17-6), Johnston (9-15), Linn-Mar (22-3), Pleasant Valley (20-3), Waterloo West (20-3), West Des Moines Valley (13-9).

CLASS 3A

'10-11 W-L

'10-11 Postseason

1. South Tama 

22-3 

State quarterfinalist 

2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton

23-3 

State quarterfinalist 

3. Williamsburg

20-4 

Regional semifinalist 

4. Dubuque Wahlert

15-8 

Regional semifinalist 

5. Davenport Assumption

25-2 

State champion 

6. MOC-Floyd Valley

25-1 

State quarterfinalist 

7. Union

16-7 

Regional semifinalist 

8. Glenwood

16-6 

Regional quarterfinalist 

9. Washington

18-6 

Regional finalist 

10. Benton Community

20-5 

State quarterfinalist 

10 others to watch (listed alphabetically): Bondurant-Farrar (20-3), Carroll (15-7), Centerville (16-7), Dallas Center-Grimes (20-4), Denison-Schleswig (15-9), Sioux City Heelan (15-9), Spencer (11-11), Spirit Lake (15-7), Waukon (16-7), Waverly-Shell Rock (20-4).

CLASS 2A

'10-11 W-L

'10-11 Postseason

1. Ida Grove OA-BCIG

26-0 

State champion

2. Estherville-Lincoln Central

23-5 

State runner-up 

3. West Hancock

25-2 

1A state semifinalist 

4. Panorama

20-3 

Regional quarterfinalist 

5. Fort Dodge St. Edmond

18-4 

Regional quarterfinalist 

6. Carroll Kuemper

20-5 

Regional finalist 

7. IKM-Manning

19-5 

State quarterfinalist 

8. Monticello

25-2 

State semifinalist 

9. Pella Christian

20-5 

State quarterfinalist 

10. West Burlington

19-3 

Regional semifinalist 

10 others to watch (listed alphabetically): Bellevue (17-7), Central Lee (17-6), East Sac County (15-7), Iowa City Regina (19-4), Lawton-Bronson (15-6), Manson-NW Webster (21-3), Mediapolis (17-4), Missouri Valley (17-7), Sioux Central (18-4), Sumner-Fredericksburg (20-3).

CLASS 1A

'10-11 W-L

'10-11 Postseason

1. North Mahaska

23-3

State quarterfinalist 

2. Bedford

21-5 

State quarterfinalist 

3. North Butler

19-3 

Regional finalist 

4. LeMars Gehlen

16-6 

Regional semifinalist 

5. West Sioux

17-8 

Regional finalist  

6. Ar-We-Va

24-3 

State runner-up 

7. Lynnville-Sully

20-5 

State quarterfinalist 

8. North Tama

20-4 

Regional semifinalist 

9. Adair-Casey

18-4 

Regional 2nd round 

10. Tripoli

23-2 

Regional finalist

10 others to watch (listed alphabetically): Central Lyon (17-6), Colo-Nesco (16-7), Coon Rapids-Bayard (14-10), Exira/EH-K (21-4), Iowa Christian Academy (14-7), Marcus MMC (18-6), Newell-Fonda (14-11), North Sentral Kossuth (20-4), Stanton (21-2), Villisca (14-7).