? ⛹️ The finest small school teams from across the Commonwealth will converge at Corbin Arena on Wednesday, January 24.  

? Link to tourney info below ~ 

allaclassic.org/basketball

? Congratulations to our 16 Regional champions. 

1st - Mayfield 

2nd - Crittenden County 

3rd - Owensboro Catholic 

4th - Cumberland County 

5th - Bethlehem 

6th - Shawnee 

7th - Whitefield Academy 

8th - Walton-Verona 

9th - Covington Holy Cross 

10th - Nicholas County 

11th - Lexington Christian Academy 

12th - Danville Christian 

13th - Harlan 

14th - Owsley County 

15th - Pikeville 

16th - Menifee County

? 2024 All 'A' Classic Bracket ✓

 

? Best of luck, and safe travels to all!

Ranking the teams by the RPI on the KHSAA site:

1) Pikeville .71716

2) Danville Christian .64598

3) Owensboro Catholic .64532

4) Cov. Holy Cross .63714

5) Whitefield Academy .59476

6) Mayfield .58073

7) Bethlehem .57920

? Lexington Christian .57845

9) Owsley County .56947

10) Nicholas County .56515

11) Harlan .55504

12) Cumberland County .54895

13) Shawnee .54203

14) Walton Verona .53414

15) Crittenden County .51304

16)Menifee County .49188

Pikeville will be difficult to stop from winning the championship. 

26 minutes ago, The Professor said:

Pikeville will be difficult to stop from winning the championship. 

If I'm Pikeville I'm thrilled I only have to face one of the DCA - Owensboro Catholic combo on my way to the championship game.

My picks for semis:

Mayfield vs Holy Cross

Pikeville vs Bethlehem

 

Good Luck Ladies!

 

I like Holy Cross to make the finals against one of Bethlehem, O-Cath, or Pikeville.  Holy Cross will have a great chance to defend their State Title, but all 3 of those from the bottom half would be adversaries.  Holy Cross vs Pikeville was a great All A game a couple of years ago at EKU, so a rematch of that would certainly be fun.

Holy Cross beat Pikeville last year in the semis 48-32 and then went on to defeat Bethlehem in the finals. I think a rematch of Holy Cross/Pikeville this year in the finals would be an excellent game if it were to happen.

1 hour ago, The Double Deuce said:

I like Holy Cross to make the finals against one of Bethlehem, O-Cath, or Pikeville.  Holy Cross will have a great chance to defend their State Title, but all 3 of those from the bottom half would be adversaries.  Holy Cross vs Pikeville was a great All A game a couple of years ago at EKU, so a rematch of that would certainly be fun.

I'm not sleeping on DCA beating that winner of O'Cath v. Bethlehem. I still think it is Pikeville vs Holy Cross in the finals as well though.

? Massey Ratings and Regional (All-Class) ranking for the field. 

MR, Team, Region - Rank 

7.71 Pikeville, R15 - 1

7.17 O'boro Cath, R3 - 1 

7.11 Cov. Holy Cross, R9 - 4 

6.77 Danville Christian, R12 - 3

6.69 Bethlehem, R5 - 1 

6.18 Owsley Co, R14 - 3 

5.66 Walton-Verona, R8 - 6 

5.60 Harlan, R13 - 9 

5.60 Cumberland Co., R4 - 11 

5.43 Crittenden Co., R2 - 6 

5.38 Menifee Co., R16 - 7 

5.22 Mayfield, R1 - 5 

4.40 Shawnee, R7 - 9 

? We'll have a chance to see some teams win a District, make a run in their Regional tournaments, and then the Sweet 16?  

☺️ Love the All 'A'.

DCA is a very good rebounding team and with Grace Mbugua (6-4) inside protecting the basket they can be tough to score on.  They aren't a great outside shooting team so I would expect their opponents to pack the defense in to keep the ball from Grace and make them hit 3's.  

On 1/17/2024 at 3:15 PM, Runcible Owl said:

? Massey Ratings and Regional (All-Class) ranking for the field. 

MR, Team, Region - Rank 

7.71 Pikeville, R15 - 1

7.17 O'boro Cath, R3 - 1 

7.11 Cov. Holy Cross, R9 - 4 

6.77 Danville Christian, R12 - 3

6.69 Bethlehem, R5 - 1 

6.18 Owsley Co, R14 - 3 

5.66 Walton-Verona, R8 - 6 

5.60 Harlan, R13 - 9 

5.60 Cumberland Co., R4 - 11 

5.43 Crittenden Co., R2 - 6 

5.38 Menifee Co., R16 - 7 

5.22 Mayfield, R1 - 5 

4.40 Shawnee, R7 - 9 

? We'll have a chance to see some teams win a District, make a run in their Regional tournaments, and then the Sweet 16?  

☺️ Love the All 'A'.

Do you have the rest of the teams?

1 hour ago, rjal said:

Do you have the rest of the teams?

? Yes, of course! Totally missed three. Corrections bolded with the link to the statewide Ratings below. Massey will update Monday, the tourney's first day. 

? masseyratings.com/KY_Girls

On 1/17/2024 at 3:15 PM, Runcible Owl said:

? Massey Ratings and Regional (All-Class) ranking for the field. 

MR, Team, Region - Rank 

7.71 Pikeville, R15 - 1

7.17 Owensboro Catholic, R3 - 1 

7.12 Covington Holy Cross, R9 - 4 

6.77 Danville Christian, R12 - 3

6.69 Bethlehem, R5 - 1 

6.18 Whitefield Academy, R6 - 4

5.89 Owsley County, R14 - 3 

5.66 Walton-Verona, R8 - 6 

5.65 Nicholas County, R10 - 7

5.60 Harlan, R13 - 9 

5.60 Cumberland County, R4 - 11 

5.43 Crittenden County, R2 - 6 

5.41 Lexington Christian, R11 - 11

5.38 Menifee County, R16 - 7 

5.22 Mayfield, R1 - 5 

4.40 Shawnee, R7 - 9 

? We'll have a chance to see some teams win a District, make a run in their Regional tournaments, and then the Sweet 16?  

☺️ Love the All 'A'.

I (aka WOPR) sort the Regional Rankings from the statewide master list.

✓ Apologies for the errors.

5 minutes ago, Runcible Owl said:

? Yes, of course! Totally missed three. Corrections bolded with the link to the statewide Ratings below. Massey will update Monday, the tourney's first day. 

? masseyratings.com/KY_Girls

I (aka WOPR) sort the Regional Rankings from the statewide master list.

✓ Apologies for the errors.

No apologies necessary thank you for the information. After I posted, I thought I should just stop being lazy and look the other ones
up myself. 

With the tourney starting tomorrow at Corbin HS, I'm resurfacing this info and discussion.

One additional point, unnecessary for all of you, but make sure each game gets its own thread when final.

Good luck to everyone participating, safe travels to teams, fans, and families, and appreciate Corbin jumping in to host this great event in EKU's current state of unavailability.

Not sure of the setup they will have for us radio guys in Corbin until I get down there but assuming everything is good there, I will be broadcasting the Cov Holy Cross games this week. Holy Cross plays at 10:00 am tomorrow morning vs Whitefield Academy. Link is below.

https://vcloud.blueframetech.com/holycross/widget?I'd=145