The post-season is nearly upon us and the consensus seems to be we are in a three horse race in the 9th between Newport, Cooper, and Covington Catholic. There are solid teams below them for sure that can make noise in the regional tournament but those are the clear contenders to make it to Rupp.

Highlights this week:

Taylen Kinney's 28 points got Newport past Cooper 48 to 42 in what was a contest between regional contenders. Newport also blew past Lloyd, cementing for a lot of folks that though Lloyd is a quality team, they aren't on the same level as Newport, Cooper and Covington Catholic. 

Cooper is still missing Yamil Rondon but Andy Johnson is back and contributed 14 points in the Jaguars' 21 point victory over Grant County.

Athens McGillis' 32 points helped CovCath earn the road win over Lloyd. The Colonels also dismantled Dixie by 40.

Conner is 7 - 1 since January 20th and earned wins over NCC and Highlands.

Rankings:

1. Newport

2. Cooper

3. Covington Catholic

4. Lloyd

5. Boone

6. Ryle

7. Conner

8. Highlands

9. Dixie

10. Beechwood

11. Holy Cross

12. St. Henry

13. Newport Central Catholic

14. Ludlow

15. Bellevue

16. Villa Madonna

17. Heritage

18. Holmes

19. Dayton

20. Covington Latin

 

Do we have some hot seats in the 9th?  I'm thinking of a couple but don't want to speculate.

18 hours ago, HSBballfan1212 said:

Do we have some hot seats in the 9th?  I'm thinking of a couple but don't want to speculate.

Which seats should be hot? I’m curious because I’m not sure which ones on this list should have their seats hot?

1 hour ago, futurecoach said:

Which seats should be hot? I’m curious because I’m not sure which ones on this list should have their seats hot?

Agreed.  I don't see one seat on the list that could be hot. Maybe the bottom 4 may be up for discussion as luke warm but even those teams are not regular contenders so the expectations are not ginormorous.  

I don’t see any hot seats. We will have coaching changes for sure, we always do, but I can think of only one that may be asked not to come back and I really don’t think that will even come to pass (Holmes).

2 hours ago, se7ens said:

I don’t see any hot seats. We will have coaching changes for sure, we always do, but I can think of only one that may be asked not to come back and I really don’t think that will even come to pass (Holmes).

There are a couple I’ve heard whose fan base and alumni are unhappy with. The Holmes coach keeps his job due to the buddy-buddy system in the school.