5th Region Rankings Week 11

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5^th Region Rankings & Review
Week 11

1.       Adair County (21-4)
Previous Rank: 1
Last Week’s Results: L Central Hardin 66-77, W Metcalfe Co. 77-68, W Marion Co. 58-48, W Barren Co. 61-47
This Week’s Games: at Warren Central, at Russell Co. at Lyon Co.

2.       Elizabethtown (17-6)
Previous Rank: 3
Last Week’s Results: W Meade Co. 77-62, W Bullitt East 70-55
This Week’s Games: Larue Co. Taylor Co. at Jeffersontown

3.       North Hardin (16-7)
Previous Rank: 2
Last Week’s Results: L Taylor Co. 68-74, L Franklin Co. 73-75
This Week’s Games: at Warren Central, Green Co.

4.       Larue County (16-9)
Previous Rank: 4
Last Week’s Results: L Green Co. 60-61, W Bethlehem 64-52, W Fairdale 69-55
This Week’s Games: at Elizabethtown, at Marion Co.

5.       Caverna (16-8)
Previous Rank: 7
Last Week’s Results: W Hart Co. 54-38, W Russell Co. 76-68
This Week’s Games: Central Hardin

6.       Green County (16-10)
Previous Rank: 8
Last Week’s Results: W Larue Co. 61-60, W Hart Co. 53-39
This Week’s Games: Central Hardin, at North Hardin

7.       Washington County (17-9)
Previous Rank: 5
Last Week’s Results: W Southern 88-64, W Burgin 73-47, L Bethlehem 61-64, L Danville Christian Academy 49-62
This Week’s Games: Bluegrass United, at Hart Co.

8.       Central Hardin (13-9)
Previous Rank: 6
Last Week’s Results: W Fort Knox 101-83, W Adair Co. 77-66, L Bullitt East 55-65
This Week’s Games: at Caverna, at Green Co, Meade Co.

9.       Taylor County (13-11)
Previous Rank: 12
Last Week’s Results: W North Hardin 74-68, W Campbellsville 66-54
This Week’s Games: at Glasgow, at Elizabethtown, at Bethlehem

10.   Bardstown (12-13)
Previous Rank: 9
Last Week’s Results: W Marion Co. 51-49, W North Bullitt 75-49
This Week’s Games: at Spencer Co.

11.   Hart County (13-9)
Previous Rank: 10
Last Week’s Results: L Caverna 38-54, W Fort Knox 83-65, L Green Co. 39-53
This Week’s Games: Bullitt Central, at Metcalfe Co. Washington Co.

12.   Bethlehem (12-11)
Previous Rank: 11
Last Week’s Results: L Campbellsville 50-67, W Washington Co. 64-61, L Larue Co. 52-64, L Kentucky Country Day 59-64
This Week’s Games: at Meade Co. Taylor Co.

13.   Campbellsville (10-14)
Previous Rank: 13
Last Week’s Results: W Bethlehem 67-50, L Taylor Co. 54-66, W North Bullitt 70-54
This Week’s Games: at Somerset, at Casey Co. Eminence

14.   Nelson County (7-16)
Previous Rank: 14
Last Week’s Results: L Casey Co. 59-70, W Model 56-46, L John Hardin 57-59
This Week’s Games: at Danville

15.   John Hardin (4-23)
Previous Rank: 18
Last Week’s Results: W Nelson Co. 59-57
This Week’s Games: at Grayson Co. at Kentucky Country Day

16.   Marion County (3-20)
Previous Rank: 15
Last Week’s Results: L Bardstown 49-51, L Adair Co. 48-58, L Highland Latin 73-76
This Week’s Games: Garrard Co. Edmonson Co. Larue Co. Trinity Christian

17.   Fort Knox (4-19)
Previous Rank 17
Last Week’s Results: L Hart Co. 65-83, L Valley 55-77, L Beth Haven 43-76
This Week’s Games: Collegiate, Brown, Cloverport, Ft. Campbell

18.   Thomas Nelson (3-19)
Previous Rank: 16
Last Week’s Results: W Bullitt Central 66-65, L Meade Co. 49-68
This Week’s Games: Valley, Francis Parker, Holmes

 

Thoughts:

-It was an interesting week in the 5^th Region with every team in the top 5 from last week with the exception of Elizabethtown losing at least one game. North Hardin and Washington County both lost twice last week.

-Adair County holds onto the top spot. They lost by 11 to Central Hardin early in the week but rebounded with wins over Metcalfe and Marion County and ended the week with a nice win over Barren County. Adair will need to play better this week as they have 2 tough road games against Warren Central and state powerhouse Lyon Co. Sandwiched in between those 2 games is another road game against out of region rival Russell Co.

-Elizabethtown slides into the number 2 spot after solid wins against Meade County and Bullitt East. I’m curious to see how they play this week with 3 games against solid competition in Larue County and Taylor County.

-North Hardin suffered their first back-to-back losses all season this week, losing to an improving Taylor County and a 2-point loss to Franklin County. They’ll also get a shot at Warren Central this week and then matchup with Green County at the end of the week.

-Caverna climbs to the #5 spot this week after 2 solid wins this week. The Colonels only game this week will be against Central Hardin. It will be a great opportunity for Caverna to show that they deserve to be in the top 5.

-Green County could make the argument that they deserve to be in the top 5 as well. They won their 2 district games to capture the #1 seed for the 18^th district tournament by defeating Larue Co and Hart Co. They’ll also get a shot at Central Hardin this week as well as North Hardin.

-Washington County drops to its lowest rank of the season. While their win total is impressive, their strength of schedule has not been that great. They only have 4 wins against teams with winning records, Bowling Green, Taylor County, Bethlehem and Caverna. Gabe Weiss, the standout sophomore is injured again and did not play any this week. The Commanders are a much different team without him in the lineup.

-Central Hardin, I feel like kind of gets a raw deal in the rankings this week, but I’m just not sure where to put them other than where they are at. They scored 101 points against Fort Knox this week and then knocked off Adair County by 11, but then lost to Bullitt East. While Bullitt East is a very good team, I feel like that was a very winnable game for the Bruins and probably would have moved them to the #5 spot.

-Taylor County gets back into the top 10 with wins over North Hardin and a district win over Campbellsville to secure the #2 seed in the 20^th district. The Cardinals are playing much better than they were a few weeks ago and are trending upward.

-Hart County and Bethlehem are both teams that continue to confuse me. Hart County didn’t play in either of their 2 district games and instead of being the #1 seed, they will now be the #4 seed. Bethlehem is the same. They had a nice win over Washington County this week but also a 17-point loss to Campbellsville, a 12-point loss to Larue County and a 5-point loss to KCD. Both of these teams are the epitome to me of the Jekyll and Hyde team.

Final District Standings:

17^th District:

1)      North Hardin

2)      Central Hardin

3)      Elizabethtown

4)      John Hardin

5)      Fort Knox

18^th District:

1)      Green County

2)      Larue County

3)      Caverna

4)      Hart County

19^th District:

1)      Washington County

2)      Bethlehem

3)      Bardstown

4)      Nelson County

5)      Thomas Nelson

20^th District:

1)      Adair County

2)      Taylor County

3)      Campbellsville

4)      Marion County

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Welp, these rankings were basically useless after Tuesday night. #1 Adair goes down by 6 to a very good Warren Central team on the road. This isn't by any means a knock on Warren Central but I think just proves that while the 5th has been pretty competitive against in-region competition, it hasn't faired to well outside the region against strong teams.

#2 Etown just got manhandled by Larue. Larue has found some outside shooting and while I didn't think they were in that top level of regional contenders this season, if they continue to shoot and defend like they did last night, I wouldn't want to play them.

#5 Caverna and #6 Green County had opportunities to show they belonged in the top 5 of teams and both got smacked by Central Hardin on back-to-back nights. Central is showing that they deserve to be considered. Central beat Caverna by 20+ and while the final margin against Green ended up only being 8, it was 20+ for much of the game.