Coronado High School’s basketball team will begin its state title defense later this month ranked the 57th-ranked team in the nation in MaxPreps’ preseason poll, which was released Friday.

The Cougars return two of the state’s top players: senior Munir Greig, the reigning state player of the year, and junior forward DeVaughn Dorrough, who holds scholarship offers from Stanford, USC and Washington.

Coronado also added senior Kyle Amadi, a three-star guard who transferred from Texas.

The school, which opened in 2001, won its first state championship last season and enters this year as the favorite to repeat. Its toughest challenge will likely come from perennial power Bishop Gorman, which is unranked in the preseason poll.

The Cougars’ schedule includes seven out-of-state events, giving them a chance to make a national splash at stops like the So Cal Thanksgiving Showcase, the SEL3CT 305 — a two-day event in Miami — and the John Wall Invitational in Raleigh, N.C.

“We are focused on getting these kids to college and playing as hard as we can,” Coronado coach Jeff Kaufman said during the Sun’s High School Basketball Media Day. “(We are) focusing on obviously winning another state championship, but (also) representing Nevada (with) the schedule we’ll play.”

Kaufman said this season’s slate is the most ambitious his team has played in quite a while. For more, listen to the Sun’s media day conversation: