Cretin-Derham Hall boys basketball coach Jerry Kline Jr. thanks the student section after the Raiders' Class 4A quarterfinal victory last season. Kline's team begins the 2024-25 season atop the Minnesota Top 25. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Players new to school likely will make a difference for No. 1 Cretin-Derham Hall, basketball writer Ron Haggstrom notes. Nos. 2 and 3 are regulars atop any such list.
Records through Wednesday
1. Cretin-Derham Hall (1-0): Transfers and talent make the Raiders the favorite.
For the complete list of teams in the season's initial high school boys basketball Minnesota Top 25, click here to read this story on startribune.com.