With the basketball playoffs a week away, the John F. Kennedy Knights boys team is looking to make another deep run into the city tournament.

“We’re already the Bronx AA Division Champs, now we want to do well in tournament,” Kennedy Assistant Coach Star Jones said. “We’re looking forward to the future.”

The Knights (14-2 overall, 9-0 in the conference) are currently ranked fourth overall in the City’s AA Division, which includes teams from all five boroughs.

The first place team in the AA Division is Lincoln High School of Brooklyn, who beat the Knights in last year’s City semifinals at Madison Square Garden on their way to winning the City and State Championships.

This year, the Bronx Division Champs ran into the Brooklyn Division Champs on Feb. 1 at the inaugural SNY Invitational at New York University. The Railsplitters, who are ranked 14th in the country by USA Today and have one of the top players in the country in junior Lance Stephenson, handed the Knights their second loss of the season, 81-61.

Just three days earlier, Kennedy showed their true colors when they beat borough rival DeWitt Clinton (1-15 overall, 0-9 in the conference). Twelve different players joined the scoring party for Kennedy, who easily handled the last place Governors 79-57.

“We started off a little sluggish, and Clinton came out to play,” said Jones. “Clinton’s got a good team, but we got it together and took care of them.”

Kennedy will begin their post season on Feb. 12. Until then, the team hopes to continue to grow and to have another chance at overtaking Lincoln and the rest of their Division.

“We have more depth than last year, but we’re still a team that hasn’t played together that much,” Jones said. “Once we learn each other’s flaws and strengths, we’ll become a better team.”