As of Friday, Sep. 30, we are exactly six weeks away from the start of the 2016-17 college basketball season, with high school hoops not much further behind. So there's no better time to tip off CoBL's season preview content, which will steadily accumulate on this page over the next 42 days. We'll be providing breakdowns of the City 6 teams plus numerous other area Division I programs, as well as several player feature stories and a look at the various leagues they all play in. On the high school side, we'll be doing individual preview stories of dozens upon dozens of high school programs in the area -- not necessarily in any order, so keep checking here every day to see what's new! Teams from District 1 and District 12 will of course be featured, as well as certain programs in District 3 and District 11 that we expect to be relevant on a state level.
CoBL City 6 Preseason Awards
11 things to look forward to
Drexel
Season Primer
Tempo biggest preseason challenge for Spiker
Overton embracing role for new-look Drexel
Williams focused heading into senior season
Delaware
Blue Hens re-energized under Martin Ingelsby
La Salle
Season Primer
Price, Explorers get much-needed scoring help
Trio of transfers itching to play
Brady addition already paying off for La Salle
Penn
Season Primer
NMH product Brodeur opening eyes
Wood ready for Division I challenge at Penn
MacDonald brings versatile, leadership to Quakers
Saint Joseph's
Season Primer
Kimble ready to take Hawks' reigns
St. Joe's working on new offensive look
Temple
Season Primer
Owls using sudden ending to '15-16 as motivation
Alston, Moore ready to step up for Temple
Dingle, Williams ready for turn as seniors
Villanova
Season Primer
Wright, 'Nova center of attention at BE Media Day
Painter dives right in at Villanova
League Primers
Colonial Athletic Association
Ivy League
Preseason Super 7
Preseason All-Area Teams
Features
Philly's Jon Lawton playing key role for nationally-ranked STAC
Hinton primed for breakout year at Lock Haven
Coaches Q&As
John Sanow, Bloomsburg
Jesse Balcer, Chestnut Hill
Jeff Wilson, East Stroudsburg
R.C. Kehoe, Holy Family
T.J. Dekmar, Goldey-Beacom
Doug Overton, Lincoln
Mike Nestor, Lock Haven
Bernie Driscoll, Kutztown
Herb Magee, Philadelphia University
Chris Fite, Shippensburg
Dave Pauley, USciences
Damian Blair, West Chester
League Previews
Central League (Dec. 8)
Ches-Mont League (Dec. 7)
Inter-Ac/Friends' Schools (Nov. 28)
Philadelphia Catholic League (Dec. 7)
Pioneer Athletic Conference (Dec. 8)
Suburban-One League (Dec. 6)
Classification Previews
Class A (Dec. 5)
Class 2A (Dec. 5)
Class 3A (Dec. 6)
Class 4A (Dec. 6)
Class 5A (Dec. 7)
Class 6A (Dec. 8)
Team Previews
Abington (Nov. 23)
Archbishop Carroll (Nov. 7)
Archbishop Ryan (Oct. 18)
Archbishop Wood (Nov. 21)
Bishop Shanahan (Nov. 30)
Cardinal O'Hara (Nov. 27)
Carlisle (Nov. 22)
Cedar Cliff (Nov. 29)
Central Bucks West (Nov. 7)
Central Dauphin East (Dec. 8)
Cheltenham (Dec. 6)
Chichester (Nov. 8)
Church Farm (Nov. 3)
Coatesville (Nov. 28)
Conestoga (Nov. 11)
Constitution (Nov. 9)
Conwell-Egan (Oct. 31)
Council Rock North (Nov. 16)
Council Rock South (Nov. 25)
Dallastown (Oct. 24)
Downingtown East (Nov. 8)
Downingtown West (Oct. 6)
Father Judge (Nov. 29)
Friends' Central (Oct. 14)
Garnet Valley (Nov. 15)
Germantown Academy (Dec. 6)
Great Valley (Nov. 26)
Haverford School (Oct. 5)
Hershey (Nov. 2)
La Salle College HS (Oct. 10)
Lower Merion (Oct. 7)
Lower Moreland (Dec. 8)
Malvern Prep (Nov. 30)
Math, Civics & Sciences (Dec. 2)
Manheim Central (Oct. 13)
Mastery Charter North (Nov. 22)
Methacton (Oct. 12)
Penn Charter (Nov. 26)
Penncrest (Nov. 3)
Pennridge (Oct. 11)
Pennsbury (Nov. 21)
Perkiomen Valley (Nov. 14)
Phoenixville (Dec. 9)
Plymouth-Whitemarsh (Oct. 28)
Reading (Nov. 15)
Ridley (Dec. 7)
Roman Catholic (Oct. 3)
Shipley School (Oct. 31)
Solanco (Oct. 17)
Spring-Ford (Oct. 26)
St. Joe's Prep (Nov. 15)
Upper Merion (Dec. 4)
Upper Moreland (Nov. 21)
Valley Forge Military Ac. (Oct. 4)
West Catholic (Dec. 7)
West Chester East (Nov. 1)
Westtown School (Dec. 5)
Wissahickon (Oct. 20)
York Catholic (Dec. 5)