While an overflow crowd flocked into Zephyr Stadium, the Whitehall boys basketball team was across the parking lot inside the gym putting the finishing touches on its first official practice of the 2024-25 season. In the current PIAA schedule one season blends into the next with no break.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association high school boys basketball season starts this week with 68 games on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Here are The Republic's preseason rankings. The Super 10 is comprised of the best teams in the state, regardless of classification.

Link Academy comes in at No. 2 in the country with a loaded roster featuring six ESPN ranked prospects, led by top-10 big man Chris Cenac Jr. (2-25 ESPN 100 No. 7).

With the basketball season getting started, here's your chance to give us your pick for Preseason Player of the Year.

The 2024-2025 high school boys basketball season gets underway this week with the official start of the season next Tuesday. To prepare fans for the upcoming season, the Deseret News has put together capsules for every team in 1A.