Five of the top 8 are from Jefferson County. Only 2 will make it to Rupp.

The "Golden Triangle" is well represented in this list.

Actually, I'd put Trinity, Scott County and Cov Cath as those "3". Then i'd put Madison Central on the "door step" as a team that could fight to be in that group. Then you have 5-15 that are all really close. Then 15-30 are all really close.

Curious why Lexington Catholic isn't in the top 20. Their only losses in state are to top 10 teams save for an OT loss to Newport. They also have two wins over LCA, and a blowout win over Corbin (though that was a long time ago). I know they got demolished by Madison Central, but so did Ballard.

 

I think their results certainly merit a ranking, unless it is based on the fact that they won't have their best player moving forward.

 

I was going to say the same thing.

As an aside, how about the week that Lexington Christian has scheduled for themselves to finish the regular season: at #10 Lafayette, at #11 Bryan Station, and at #2 Trinity.

 

However, the game of the week has to be Friday night in Richmond, #3 CovCath traveling to take on #5, and white-hot, Madison Central. That should be a heck of a way to get yourself prepared for the post-season.

I think with Payne being finished for the season any talk of Lex Cath being in the top 20 is over.

 

What a terrible loss for them. Great kid.

 

They lost Payne and still beat LCA though.

They lost Payne and still beat LCA though.

 

They lost him on the last play of regulation. They played the overtime without him and were quite obviously very emotional and motivated to win for him.

 

There could be some of that motivation moving forward but I think in the long run they will suffer without him.

i promise I'm not being a smart butt. But who put the list together at the top of the page?

 

BGP has it's very own rankings staff(s).

They lost him on the last play of regulation. They played the overtime without him and were quite obviously very emotional and motivated to win for him.

 

There could be some of that motivation moving forward but I think in the long run they will suffer without him.

 

I agree but that still doesn’t mean they aren’t a top 20 team. They were 13th last week. Got whipped by Madison Central, then defeated LCA and Taylor County and then dropped out? That’s too steep of a drop IMO.

I agree but that still doesn’t mean they aren’t a top 20 team. They were 13th last week. Got whipped by Madison Central, then defeated LCA and Taylor County and then dropped out? That’s too steep of a drop IMO.

 

I don't necessarily disagree.

I agree but that still doesn’t mean they aren’t a top 20 team. They were 13th last week. Got whipped by Madison Central, then defeated LCA and Taylor County and then dropped out? That’s too steep of a drop IMO.

 

Agreed. If you see a steep decline in their play without Payne, go ahead and drop them. But to arbitrarily drop them because it is assumed they won't be as good as they have been to this point seems unfair to me.

I think a case could be made that Madison Central and Cov Cath are playing as well as anyone right now.

 

I'm anxious for their matchup on Friday night.

There are two teams in the 8th region that are better than Walton Verona in my opinion--Oldham County and Collins.

i promise I'm not being a smart butt. But who put the list together at the top of the page?

People who know and see a lot of basketball around the state.

Five of the top 8 are from Jefferson County. Only 2 will make it to Rupp.

The "Golden Triangle" is well represented in this list.

 

Add that into the fact that Region's 7 and 11 (#1 Scott County) will play in the first round, a lot of top teams will be out by the Elite 8.

Add that into the fact that Region's 7 and 11 (#1 Scott County) will play in the first round, a lot of top teams will be out by the Elite 8.

Yes, and an early upset or two at Rupp would really open things up.