Battle tested?

[hittheboards19]

(Not much chatter leading up to the Sweet Sixteen, so …)

 

Was curious how well the teams knew each other. Did research. Mercer County, for example, hasn’t played a single other team in the state tournament.

 

Obviously, that’s not indicative of the strength of the Titans’ schedule, so I also looked at records vs. teams in the BGP final week Top 20 (could easily have used any poll, I guess).

 

Please correct any errors and omissions.

 

And by all means fill in the underlying narrative, caveats, perspective and intangibles. For example, which teams are hot (hmmm, Manual is 4-7 against Top 20 but 4-2 in last six such games)? … Which are not? … Which teams have players injured? ... Which have had injured players return (SK’s Niece)? ... Which teams (like Mercer Co.) have also played tough out-of-state competition? ... Which players have been here before (interestingly, only six teams return from last year’s tournament)? ... Which coaches thrive in these games? ... Which will have the biggest crowds? And so on.

 

In bracket order, with overall records:

 

Johnson Central (20-12):

----- 1-1 vs. Sweet 16 (beat KCC. … lost to Boyd Co.)

----- 1-2 vs. Top 20 (beat Shelby Valley. … lost to Shelby Valley, Boyd Co.)

 

Owensboro Catholic (26-7):

----- 0-3 vs. Sweet 16 (lost to Etown, Webster Co., Murray)

----- 0-4 vs. Top 20 (lost to Etown, Sacred Heart, South Warren, Murray)

 

Murray (32-2):

----- 4-0 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Webster Co., GRC twice, Owensboro Catholic)

----- 6-2 vs. Top 20 (beat Lincoln Co. twice, Conner, GRC twice, Shelby Valley. … lost to South Warren, Male)

 

Mercer County (32-3):

----- 0-0 vs. Sweet 16

----- 7-1 vs. Top 20 (beat Sacred Heart, Campbell Co., Butler twice, Male, Lincoln Co. twice. … lost to Sacred Heart)

 

George Rogers Clark (26-7):

----- 1-3 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Mercy. … lost to Murray twice, Manual)

----- 3-7 vs. Top 20 (beat Mercy, Lincoln Co., Campbell Co. … lost to Sacred Heart, Campbell Co., South Warren, Murray twice, Manual, Male)

 

Harlan County (28-2):

----- 1-1 vs. Sweet 16 (beat KCC. … lost to Etown)

----- 1-2 vs. Top 20 (beat Anderson Co. … lost to Anderson Co., Etown)

 

Elizabethtown (33-2):

----- 4-0 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Mercy, Harlan Co., Simon Kenton, Owensboro Catholic)

----- 3-1 vs. Top 20 (beat Mercy, South Warren, Simon Kenton. … lost to Campbell Co.)

 

Bowling Green (20-12):

----- 1-0 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Webster Co.)

----- 1-3 vs. Top 20 (beat South Warren. … lost to South Warren three times)

 

Ryle (28-6):

----- 2-2 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Simon Kenton twice. … lost to Mercy, Scott Co.)

----- 6-3 vs. Top 20 (beat SK twice, Conner three times, Lincoln Co. … lost to Campbell Co., Mercy, Scott Co.)

 

Simon Kenton (20-10):

----- 0-4 vs. Sweet 16 (lost to Ryle twice, Scott Co., Etown)

----- 3-6 vs. Top 20 (beat Eastern, Conner, Anderson Co. … lost to Ryle twice, Scott Co., Etown, Male, Campbell Co)

 

Mercy (22-9):

----- 2-2 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Ryle, Manual. … lost to Etown, GRC)

----- 5-6 vs. Top 20 (beat Anderson Co., Ryle, Manual, Male, Butler. … lost to Eastern, Etown, GRC, Conner, Butler, Sacred Heart)

 

Knott Co. Central (24-9):

----- 0-2 vs. Sweet 16 (lost to Harlan Co., Johnson Central)

----- 0-1 vs. Top 20 (lost to Eastern)

 

Boyd County (27-4):

----- 1-1 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Johnson Central. … lost to Scott Co.)

----- 1-2 vs. Top 20 (beat Male. … lost to Male, Scott Co.)

 

Webster County (28-6):

----- 1-2 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Owensboro Catholic. … lost to Murray, Bowling Green)

----- 0-1 vs. Top 20 (lost to Murray)

 

Scott County (31-2):

----- 4-0 vs. Sweet 16 (beat Boyd Co., Manual, Ryle, Simon Kenton)

----- 4-1 vs. Top 20 (beat Boyd Co., Manual, Ryle, Simon Kenton. … lost to South Warren)

 

DuPont Manual (21-8):

----- 1-2 vs. Sweet 16 (beat GRC. … lost to Mercy, Scott Co.)

----- 4-7 vs. Top 20 (beat Eastern twice, GRC, Sacred Heart. … lost to Eastern, Male, Sacred Heart twice, Mercy, Scott Co., Butler)