I seem to say the same thing every year - who is going to be the odd team out in the 4th District?  Right now I have Murray, Marshall, and Calloway 1-2-3 in my rankings and one of these teams will not make the regional tournament.  At the beginning of the season I would have told you it would probably be the Marshals on the outside, but Coach Donohoo once again has his Marshals over-achieving.  The #1 seed in that district will be so important and right now the Tigers have the upper hand for that.  Still lots of games left to play.

Key games this week:

Mon - McCracken at University Heights

Tues - Graves at Calloway, McCracken at St. Mary, Mayfield at Tilghman

Thurs - Murray at Williamsburg (All A State Tourney)

Fri - Graves at McCracken (Region 1 GOTW), Marshall at Tilghman

Here are this week's rankings:

1. Murray (16-5) - If you put stock in the RPI - Murray has an RPI of .5995 and Williamsburg's is .5006 so maybe the Tigers will have the advantage in this game.  This Tigers team is well-balanced in the scoring department.

2. Marshall Co. (13-4) - W 66-61 vs Calloway Co.

Awesome home win Friday night for the Marshals!  Freshman Matthew Langhi scored 17 points and had 8 boards in that game.  It looks like this Marshals team will be very good for several years to come.

3. Calloway Co. (6-8) - L 61-66 at Marshall Co.

An interesting game on Tuesday when #5 Graves County comes to town.  

4. McCracken Co. (14-4) - W 74-63 at Tilghman

I'll be honest here - there is not much separating this team from the top three.  Connor Miller was dominant in the Mustangs' easy win at Tilghman on Friday night.  He had 30 points and Junior Dylan Jackson also scored 17.  The Mustangs have three tricky games this week but I think they have a decent chance of going 3-0.  

5. Graves Co. (14-4) - Two chances this week for the Eagles to move up in the rankings.  On Tuesday they go to Calloway, and on Friday they travel to McCracken.  I named that last one my 1st Region Game of the Week.

6. Carlisle Co. (10-6) - W 62-61 vs Ballard Mem.

The Comets have three straight district games coming up and I look for them to easily take care of business.

7. Paducah Tilghman (8-7) - L 63-74 vs McCracken Co.

Not a good showing by the Tornado at home against the Mustangs.  The final margin was only 11, but the game wasn't that close as McCracken led by as much as 25 in the 3rd quarter.  Too many easy baskets given up!  It seems that the Tornado needs good scoring nights from the Ws in order to compete with the top of the region - that's Woodfork, Wilkins and Williams.  The Tornado have two more games at home this week and two opportunities to get a much-needed win.  The game hosting the #2 Marshals will be a tough one!

8. St. Mary (11-8) - L 65-69 Vienna (IL), W 85-25 vs CCA, W 70-32 Century (IL)

A pretty good showing by the Vikings in the Superman Classic.  Can they give the Mustangs a close game at home on Tuesday?

9. Mayfield (8-6) - Brayden Pate is scoring 13 points per game and is shooting 51% from downtown!  The Cardinals have a shot Tuesday when they play Tilghman.

10. Ballard Mem. (3-12) - L 61-62 at Carlisle Co.

Close loss for the Bombers, and Birney scored 33 points in that one.

11. Christian Fellowship (6-10)

12. Fulton Co. (2-12)

13. Fulton City (1-13)

14. Hickman Co. (1-9)

15. Community Christian Acad. (4-11)

Top 3 teams all out of the 4th district. Somebody won't make it to the regional. 

Tilghman seems to be in a free fall right now. They normally don't lose four games in a row. They've all been pretty close, but something isn't right. Maybe a lineup change?

Bump.

PTHSSlumni - I think you hit the nail on the head. I think you might see a youth movement on the Tornado team.  One or two of the upperclassmen have been inconsistent and Coach O might as well see what he has for the future.

Strangely, the team didn’t seem to have a lot of energy against their crosstown rival and then the home loss to Mayfield was disappointing.