HUTCHINSON CC SPORTS INFORMATION
The Hutchinson Community College men’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth on Friday in the annual KJCCC Division I Men’s Basketball Predicted Order of Finish.
The Blue Dragons were one of six different teams to receive first-place votes by the league’s 13 head coaches, picking up two first-place nods in a tight vote. The Blue Dragons accumulated 106 team points.
Coffeyville edged Butler for the preseason No. 1 by five points. Coffeyville had 140 points to Butler’s 135. Both team has three first-place votes each. Barton was third with 129 points and three first-place votes. Cowley had one first-place vote and 125 points followed by the Blue Dragons.
Beginning his third season, Hutchinson head coach Kyle Fisher looks to get back to the upper level of the Jayhawk Conference after suffering through a 14-17 season in 2025-26. The Blue Dragons were 9-15 in conference play and finished in 11th place.
Three players return for the Blue Dragons from last season in guard Kordell Williams and forwards Chudier Dorar and Ethan Dillinger.
Williams is a 6-2 sophomore from Kansas City, Missouri. He started in 17 of 29 games last season and averaged 5.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists while shooting 42.0 percent overall and 34.5 percent from 3-point range.
Dorar is a 7-foot forward from Des Moines, Iowa. He started in six of 31 games and averaged 7.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Dorar shot 66.2 percent from the field.
Dillinger is a 6’8 forward from Erie who played in seven games and 47 total minutes last season.
The Blue Dragons added seven transfers into the program this season. They are:
- Zaire Lott (6’5, guard, Waterbury, Connecticut, Garden City CC).
- Micah Young (6’2, guard, Westerville, Ohio, Concord University)
- Mykel Jenkins (6’5, guard, Newport News, Virginia, Norfolk State University)
- Amara Neal (5’1, guard, Swifton, Arkansas, Georgia Southern University)
- Isaiah Washington (6’5, guard, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Northern Illinois University)
- Evan Jackson (6’7, guard/forward, Chicago, Pittsburg State University)
- Fallou Dioum (6’11, forward, Atlanta, Georgia, Southeastern CC)
Fisher welcomed three true freshmen into the program in guard Jalihn Timmons (6-2, Wichita), guard, Kaiyon Gardner (6’2, Los Angeles, California) and Emmanuel Alofe (6’7 guard/forward from Atlanta).
In Fisher’s first two seasons, the Blue Dragons were picked second in the preseason conference order of finish in 2025 and were fifth last season.
The 2026-27 Blue Dragons open the new season on Monday, November 2 against MCC-Penn Valley at 7:30 p.m. The Dragons will play Northeastern Junior College and NOC-Enid on November 6 and 7, respectively at the BSN Sports Tipoff Classic.
2026-27 KJCCC DIV. I MEN’S BASKETBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
- Coffeyville (3) 140
- Butler (3) 135
- Barton (3) 129
- Cowley (1) 125
- Hutchinson (2) 108
- Garden City 103
- Seward County (1) 100
- Dodge City 81
- Cloud County 79
- Independence 55
- Fort Hays Tech Northwest 49
- Pratt 42
- Colby 28