BGP Hoops Preview released!!

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Top Players

6. Chad Jackson (Rose Hill)

7. Drew McDavid (Ashland Blazer)

8. Alex Barker (Fairview)

9. Tyler Wolfenbarger (Greenup County)

10. Scott Gill (Russell)

11. Ethan Faulkner (Elliott County)

12. Matt Thomas (Ashland Blazer)

13. Austin Blair (Russell)

14. Billy Blanton (Boyd County)

15. Evan Faulkner (Elliott County)

16. Matthew Martin (Rowan County)

17. Drew Johnson (East Carter)

18. Travis Wright (Greenup)

19. Jacob Sparks (Raceland)

20. Cody Howard (Menifee County)

Most Underrated

5. Benji Mullins (Raceland)

6. Ross Turner (Russell)

7. Aaron Sparks (Lewis County)

8. Chris Barker (West Carter)

Most underrated Teams “Potentially” according to this preview

3. West Carter—Pulled the region shocker last season

4. Menifee County—Have some size to trump teams with

5. East Carter--Maybe too low for experience coming back

Most anticipated Match-ups

2. Morgan County Vs. Rose Hill—December 12th at Morgan Co. will shed a

lot of light on these teams and their movement up the ladder

3. Elliott County Vs. Ashland—Late season match up will be sizzling

4. EKC Tournament—Early appetizer for 16th lovers could have super final

5. Russell Vs. Ashland—Proximity like Duke and N.Carolina will have place thumping.

Season’s biggest rival games (In no particular order)

3. Russell Vs. Greenup—Big Crowd, great atmosphere…H.S. basketball at it’s best.

4. Boyd Co. Vs. Ashland—This traditional battle is always large.

5. East Carter Vs. West Carter—The County divides on these nights.

6. Russell Vs. Ashland—Equivalent to Duke/North Carolina in terms of proximity and atmosphere.

Upset Minded (Look for these schools to pull multiple upsets within the region)

3. East Carter—Teams don’t go to Grayson and whip the Raiders, look for the Raiders to pull a shocker

4. Lewis Co—In the last week of February, first week of March….the Lions always roar near tournament time.

5. Raceland—Have a feeling the Rams will win games on the last possession, look for some nail biters and heroic endings possible in big Orange country

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