Should be some very good games for those of us who need somewhere to get away from the Mall! 8 undefeated teams in the 27 team event.

See brackets and updates. https://www.lexingtoncatholic.com/holidayclassic.html

 

Top 4 of the latest BGP rankings, 7 of the top ten. Ten total.

Bluegrasspreps Girls 12/14/15 Rankings

1. Elizabethtown

2. Mercer County

3. Butler

4. Eastern

5. Sacred Heart

6. Murray

7. Bowling Green

8. Franklin County

9. Mason County

10. Male

11. Manual

12. Holmes

13. Henry Clay

14. Highlands

15. Simon Kenton

16. Covington Holy Cross

17. Lincoln County

18. Campbell County

19. George Rogers Clark

20. Boyle County

 

Other notables are Russell (7-1), Scott Co (6-1), Christian Academy Louisville (4-1), Warren South (4-1), Ryle (3-2), Mercy (3-3), Bracken Co (4-3)

 

From Dec 16, Louisville C-J:

"His team off to a 7-0 start, Eastern High School girls basketball coach Josh Leslie figures he’ll find out just how good the Eagles are during the Traditional Bank Holiday Classic at Lexington Catholic.

 

The tournament, which will start Saturday, features 27 teams, including 11 that were ranked among the state’s top 25 in The Courier-Journal’s preseason poll of coaches.

 

“It’s an LIT, state tournament – whatever you want to call it – in December,” Leslie said. “It’s much better doing that than going to some other tournament. We want to see where we’re at. Your record doesn’t matter. You just want to play the best possible teams.

 

No. 1 Elizabethtown and No. 3 Butler headline the field and could meet in Wednesday’s 3:30 p.m. championship game.

 

Other ranked teams in the field are No. 6 Mercer County, No. 9 Mason County, No. 11 Murray, No. 13 Eastern, No. 15 Mercy, No. 16 Bowling Green, No. 17 Simon Kenton, No. 20 East Carter and No. 25 Scott County." - Jason Frakes

There is gonna be some great basketball played at this tournament, I'll be listening to everything I can!

 

I believe there is a good possibility that the elite 8 match ups are as follows:

 

ETown vs. Ryle

Mercer vs. Eastern

Simon Kenton vs. Lex Cath

Mason County vs. Butler

 

What does everyone else think? ETown is obviously the strongest, but I like what I see from Simon Kenton and Mercer. I think this will also be the perfect test for the Lady Royals and their Junior lead team.

EyesOnCourt,

Lex Cath won't beat East Carter.

Mason County will have trouble beating Murray.

Elite 8 match ups

 

Etown vs. Ryle

Mercer Co. vs. Eastern

E. Carter vs. Lincoln Co

Butler vs. Murray

 

That's the way I see it shaking out. Eastern vs. Bowling Green will be a good 2nd round matchup as will Murray vs. Mason Co.

EyesOnCourt,

Lex Cath won't beat East Carter.

Mason County will have trouble beating Murray.

 

 

I don't know why I put down lex Cath, I must have been intoxicated on lunch break! You're right about that one, but I took MC over Murray because I whole heartedly believe that if both squads play a good game, Mason has the edge. But who knows! Haha

Games Streaming LIVE in HD Video Here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWx0rk8oE5vBZiwKoOpdnvA

Games Streaming LIVE in HD Video Here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWx0rk8oE5vBZiwKoOpdnvA

 

This just made my day!

EyesOnCourt,

Lex Cath won't beat East Carter.

Mason County will have trouble beating Murray.

 

Man, was this not telling the future or what?! Ha! What a game!

I thought Scott County beat Ryle.

Scott County cruised past Ryle

Scott County looked good. Smith is a player.

Scott County cruised past Ryle

 

I heard that too!! i was wondering why there were no post about the game...

I heard that too!! i was wondering why there were no post about the game...

 

There is a post about it..betting you saw it as well. BGP is great forum for fan support..general x and o girls basketball chat ..and getting info out on hard working teams since media coverage is down. And then ...I think some song has the line"haters gonna hate"..but I shall simply say Merry Christmas!!

Did the semi-final losers play each other? Mercy and Bowling Green?

Yes Mercy won by 3. Here is a link to alot of the games.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWx0rk8oE5vBZiwKoOpdnvA