Very Early SD Class B Top 5 Rankings

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Class B basketball is always fun and exciting and this year will be no different as several teams have a legitimate shot at winning it all this upcoming season. Today we will look at just a handful of teams who could make some serious noise come this season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":3526283,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/ClassBBasketball.jpg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/ClassBBasketball.jpg?w=865" alt="" class="wp-image-3526283" /></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 Aberdeen Christian </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>25-26 Season Record: 21-5 (6th at state)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Returners: [player_tooltip player_id='2255042' first='Brooks' last='Jett'], Dylan Hofer, Loyall Smith-Wade, Luke Kaiser </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#2 De Smet</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>25-26 Season Record: 21-5 (5th at state)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Returners: [player_tooltip player_id='2338446' first='Noah' last='Luethmers'], Carter Wilkinson, [player_tooltip player_id='2839149' first='Larz' last='Tvedt'], [player_tooltip player_id='3288389' first='Coy' last='Van Regenmorter']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#3 Wall </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>25-26 Season Record: 21-5 (3rd at state)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Returners: Teeland Kjerstad, [player_tooltip player_id='2362037' first='Shooter' last='Frederick'], Carter Sundall, [player_tooltip player_id='3692371' first='Deacon' last='Haerer']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#4 Freeman </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>25-26 Season Record: 24-2 (State Champions)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Returners: [player_tooltip player_id='2253895' first='David' last='Walter'], [player_tooltip player_id='2907305' first='Sam' last='Friesen'], [player_tooltip player_id='2253896' first='Tayden' last='Kerrigan'], [player_tooltip player_id='2253894' first='Luke' last='Miller'], Oliver Waltner</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#5 Lyman </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>25-26 Season Record: 18-8 (4th at state) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Returners: Chace Seaboy, MJ Diehm, [player_tooltip player_id='2132815' first='Dawsen' last='Volmer'], [player_tooltip player_id='2475729' first='Cole' last='Kieffer'], [player_tooltip player_id='2634646' first='Canyon' last='Garnos']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":3588946,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/SouthDakota.jpg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/SouthDakota.jpg?w=865" alt="" class="wp-image-3588946" /></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->