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The countdown is on to the start of the 2022-23 season. And with CoBL back in business, we're also getting back to our preseason content! This page will serve as the hub for all our season preview content to come out between now (early October) and the start of the high school season (early December).

Over the coming days and weeks leading up to the season, we'll be providing breakdowns of the City 6 teams plus numerous other area Division I, Division II & Division III 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, boys and girls -- not necessarily in any order, so keep checking here every day to see what's new!

League Previews
Catholic League (Boys) (Dec. 6)
Catholic League (Girls) (Dec. 6)
Central League (Boys) (Dec. 7)
Ches-Mont (Boys) (Dec. 7)
Ches-Mont (Girls) (Dec. 8)
Friends Schools League (Boys) (Dec. 5)
Inter-Ac League (Boys) (Dec. 5)
Pioneer Athletic Conference (Boys) (Dec. 7)
Pioneer Athletic Conference (Girls) (Dec. 7)
Suburban One League (Boys) (Dec. 6)
Suburban One League (Girls) (Dec. 8)

Boys High School Previews
Academy New Church (Oct. 5)
Archbishop Carroll (Nov. 10)
Archbishop Ryan (Dec. 8)
Archbishop Wood (Nov. 9)
Bonner-Prendergast (Nov. 28)
Cardinal O'Hara (Nov. 22)
Central Bucks East (Nov. 23)
Central Bucks South (Dec. 5)
Cheltenham (Oct. 21)
Chester (Dec. 2)
Collegium Charter (Dec. 1)
Conestoga (Nov. 30)
Council Rock North (Oct. 28)
Cristo Rey (Nov. 15)
Devon Prep (Oct. 7)
Dock Mennonite (Nov. 1)
Downingtown West (Nov. 17)
Father Judge (Nov. 19)
Friends' Central (Oct. 26)
George School (Nov. 12)
Hill School (Dec. 9)
Imhotep Charter (Nov. 18)
Lower Merion (Nov. 17)
Malvern Prep (Nov. 15)
Marple Newtown (Oct. 17)
Math, Civics & Sciences (Nov. 3)
Methacton (Nov. 29)
Neshaminy (Oct. 10)
Neumann-Goretti (Nov. 27)
Norristown (Dec. 9)
Penn Charter (Nov. 18)
Penn Wood (Dec. 2)
Pope John Paul II (Nov. 30)
Phelps School (Nov. 30)
Plymouth Whitemarsh (Oct. 22)
Radnor (Nov. 7)
Roman Catholic (Nov. 16)
SCH Academy (Oct. 20)
Shipley School (Oct. 12)
St. Joe's Prep (Oct. 25)
Upper Darby (Nov. 14)
West Catholic (Oct. 4)
West Chester East (Oct. 13)
Westtown (Nov. 29)

Girls High School Previews
Abington High (Nov. 30)
Academy of Notre Dame (Nov. 27)
Archbishop Wood (Oct. 26)
Bensalem (Oct. 14)
Bishop Shanahan (Nov. 28)
Cardinal O'Hara (Oct. 19)
Conestoga (Oct. 26)
Conwell-Egan (Nov. 16)
Faith Christian (Oct. 11)
Friends' Central (Nov. 2)
George School (Nov. 11)
Germantown Academy (Nov. 11)
Haverford High (Nov. 26)
Lansdale Catholic (Nov. 29)
Neshaminy (Oct. 24)
Neumann-Goretti (Oct. 18)
Penn Charter (Nov. 9)
Perkiomen Valley (Nov. 14)
Plymouth Whitemarsh (Nov. 29)
Souderton (Dec. 1)
Spring-Ford (Nov. 21)
Springfield-Delco (Nov. 22)
Upper Dublin (Nov. 30)
Villa Maria Academy (Nov. 25)
West Catholic (Dec. 2)
West Chester Rustin (Oct. 6)
Westtown School (Oct. 3)

Division II
Transitioning from USciences basketball hasn't come easy (Nov. 11)
Jefferson WBB has pieces in place for another deep run (Nov. 11)

Junior College
Harcum College ready to continue program success in Ball's first year (Nov. 2)

General Season Preview
City 6 Preseason MBB Awards (Sep. 26)
City 6 Preseason WBB Awards (Sep. 27)
City 6 MBB Non-Con Schedule Rankings (Sept. 28)
City 6 WBB Non-Con Schedule Rankings (Sept. 29)
City 6 Days to Look Forward To (Sep. 30)

CoBL-Area Women's Division I Alumni 2022-23 (Part 1) (Oct. 31)
CoBL-Area Women's Division I Alumni 2022-23 (Part 2) (Nov. 1)

CoBL-Area Men's Division I Alumni 2022-23 (Part 1) (Oct. 31)
CoBL-Area Men's Division I Alumni 2022-23 (Part 2) (Nov. 1)
CoBL-Area Men's Division I Alumni 2022-23 (Part 3) (Nov. 2)
CoBL-Area Men's Division Alumni 2022-23 (Part 4) (Nov. 3)
CoBL-Area Men's Division I Alumni 2022-23 (Freshmen) (Nov. 4)

Drexel
Drexel Dragons Primer (MBB) (Oct. 17)
Drexel Dragons Primer (WBB) (Oct. 17)
Changing of the guard for Spiker, Drexel men (Oct. 17)
Drexel WBB hopes to continue success despite several unknowns (Oct. 19)
Drexel picked first, Washington named POTY at CAA WBB Media Day (Oct. 20)
Delaware picked 3rd, Drexel 7th at CAA MBB Media Day (Oct. 25)
Drexel MBB's Washington ready for Dragons to lean on him (Oct. 28)

La Salle
La Salle Explorers Primer (MBB) (Oct. 18)
La Salle Explorers Primer (WBB) (Oct. 18)
Heightened expectations for La Salle, St. Joe's WBB at A-10 Media Day (Oct. 18)
Notes from La Salle Blue & Gold Scrimmage (Oct. 20)
St. Joe's, La Salle predicted near bottom of A-10 at MBB Media Day (Oct. 13)
La Salle WBB vets excited by expectations, program's growth (Oct. 26)
La Salle MBB's dynamic backcourt hoping to break out under Dunphy (Nov. 2)

Penn
Penn Quakers Primer (MBB) (Oct. 20)
Penn Quakers Primer (WBB) (Oct. 20)
Penn MBB plans on 'playing bigger' in 2022-23 (Oct. 26)
Kayla Padilla hopes to return Penn WBB to postseason (Oct. 28)
Penn MBB's Jordan Dingle looking to share the load in 2022-23 (Nov. 4)

Saint Joseph's
Saint Joseph's Hawks Primer (MBB) (Oct. 21)
Saint Joseph's Hawks Primer (WBB) (Oct. 21)
Heightened expectations for La Salle, St. Joe's WBB at A-10 Media Day (Oct. 18)
St. Joe's, La Salle predicted near bottom of A-10 at MBB Media Day (Oct. 13)
Roman product Lynn Greer continues journey at St. Joe's (Oct. 27)
Senior Cameron Brown part of rebuilding effort from Day 1 (Nov. 3)
St. Joe's WBB sophomores looking for more in Year 2 (Nov. 4)

Temple
Temple men, women set bar high at Media Day (Oct. 12)
Temple Owls Primer (WBB) (Oct. 24)
Temple Owls Primer (MBB) (Oct. 24)
Bigs Reynolds, Jongkuch look to give Temple inside punch (Oct. 26)

Villanova
Villanova Wildcats Primer (MBB) (Oct. 25)
Villanova Wildcats Primer (WBB) (Oct. 25)
Siegrist named Big East Preseason PoTY; both 'Nova squads picked third (Oct. 18)
Villanova's Maddy Siegrist ready for encore in 2022-23 (Nov. 1)
Spring-Ford grad Olsen ready for more in Year 2 with Villanova WBB (Nov. 3)

Other Division I
Shipley product Sam Sessoms chasing NCAA dreams at Coppin State (Oct. 27)
W.C. East product Andrew Carr living his dream at Wake Forest (Nov. 1)
Neumann-Goretti alum Diamond Johnson in the driver's seat at N.C. State (Nov. 2)
Hatboro-Horsham grad Clifton Moore fits right in at Providence (Nov. 3)
Westtown alum Jalen Gaffney ready to help at FAU (Nov. 4)