St. Xavier stays No. 1 in Elite 16 basketball media poll after LIT

St. Xavier kept the No. 1 spot in this week’s Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Elite 16 media poll. The Tigers (14-4) beat Jeffersontown 72-56 on Saturday to become the first program in history to win three straight Louisville Invitational Tournament titles. St. X received 15 of the 16 first-place votes in the poll and is followed by Madison Central, Male, Covington Catholic and Daviess County. St. X will play at Male on Friday in the third meeting this season between the teams. The Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Elite 16 is conducted by 16 sports journalists — one from each of the state’s 16 basketball regions. The poll will be released online each week throughout the regular...