Regardless of any of these rankings if you are not number 1 you have work to do. How close is Ballard to playing at Trinity's level?

 

I dont think they are close. Trinity is the cream of the crop in this state. Its hard to tell though with BAllard playing a lot of out of state competition thus far.

 

Bullitt East is very solid and could contend with Trinity. I just think there is a Top 5 and then the rest.

Bullit East can beat any team in the state.

 

Manual and Marshall County too high.

 

Bardstown and Montgomery County should be on this list.

Thanks for posting. Would appreciate it if you could do this every week.

 

You are most welcome. I did last year and plan to this year along with the CJ's. Believe it comes out tomorrow. Also check out the BGP rankings. New one should come out this week.

I agree , Montgomery Co and Rowan Co both need a slot in the top 25 teams .

Bullit East can beat any team in the state.

 

Manual and Marshall County too high.

 

Bardstown and Montgomery County should be on this list.

 

I stated eariler that Manual was too high. They have losses to # 12 GRC and unranked Ohio Co. They play Ballard Jan 6th so lets see how that game goes.

Don't disagree, but wouldn't it have been easier to say NCC didn't belong on the list.

Not really what I was trying to say. NCC has a nice club, as do the other 3 mentioned. I'm just not sold that the 9th is worthy of 4 teams and I think the other 3 are better.

Someone needs to tell ol' Dave to get out and watch a few games instead of plugging traditional powers into an outdated computer program.

I dont think they are close. Trinity is the cream of the crop in this state. Its hard to tell though with BAllard playing a lot of out of state competition thus far.

 

Bullitt East is very solid and could contend with Trinity. I just think there is a Top 5 and then the rest.

 

Bullitt East beat Trinity in a preseason scrimmage. That was without James Quick.

Bullitt East beat Trinity in a preseason scrimmage. That was without James Quick.

Correct, it was in Inez at the FastLane Classic and I thought BE handled Trinity fairly well.

Someone needs to tell ol' Dave to get out and watch a few games instead of plugging traditional powers into an outdated computer program.

 

Cantrall ratings aren't very good. For example, I think I read where Ballard played 4 games against in-state teams, which meant the rankings for the LIT put them No. 7. Yet, they are No. 2 overall on here. Not saying they shouldn't be No. 2, but just an example.

 

With the 10th Region, Paris with and without Jacobs made a difference. For example, Montgomery played them with Jacobs and won by 10-12, while Clark County played them without and won by a huge margin. Since Cantrall ratings are totally no more than entering scores into a computer, that makes a difference.

 

Having said all that, KY high school basketball is thankfully not the BCS and these rankings mean absolutely nothing!

I am not being critical, these rankings always inspire debate which is good. Does Cantrall make money from these releases and if so who pays for them? Just curious.

Why would we want to talk about 1/1/2011 rankings?

I am not being critical, these rankings always inspire debate which is good. Does Cantrall make money from these releases and if so who pays for them? Just curious.

He sells the ratings to newspapers. At one point, back in the 90s, I think the Paducah and Owensboro papers used his service, too.

Why would we want to talk about 1/1/2011 rankings?

Becasue I post the wrong year....:lol: Thanks for letting me know...I fixed it.

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