Sweet 16® Draw Show to air February 11th on CW Lexington, KHSAA.TV

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2020

Pairings for the 2020 Mingua Beef Jerky/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen® and the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet Sixteen® will be unveiled on Tuesday, Feb. 11th at 1 p.m. (ET) when the annual Sweet 16® Draw Show is televised by The CW Lexington. The Sweet 16® Draw Show will also be streamed live online at KHSAA.tv and WKYT.com.

The 59th Girls’ Sweet 16® will be held March 11-15 with the 103rd installment of the boys’ basketball state tournament taking place the following week (March 18-22). Both tournaments will be played at Rupp Arena for the second year, with ticket information available at KHSAA.org in the coming days.

Each game of the boys’ and girls’ Sweet 16® will be webcast live at khsaa.tv for subscribers to the NFHS Network. By purchasing a month pass to the NFHS Network, fans can watch all 30 games of the girls’ and boys’ Sweet 16® for just $10.99 along with every live and on-demand broadcast by the KHSAA and the more than 45 participating state associations.

Brackets with official pairings will be available on the KHSAA/Riherds.com Scoreboard and the basketball home page at KHSAA.org following the conclusion of the draw show.

1/28/2 – Sweet 16® Draw Show to Air February 11th on CW Lexington, KHSAA.tv | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

That's way later than normal, no?

That's way later than normal, no?

http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-boys-basketball/sweet-16-draw-375580.html

http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-boys-basketball/sweet16-draw-show-361398.html

http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-boys-basketball/sweet-sixteen-draw-321651.html

I'm guessing the stream on KHSAA.tv free to watch?

Will be first to predict the 7th draws the 9th and the 6th draws the 11th!

But I also thought this was muchhhh later than usual.

Region 5

Region 16

Region 2

Region 4

Region 13

Region 11

Region 1

Region 10

Region 3

Region 15

Region 7

Region 8

Region 6

Region 14

Region 9

Region 12

Tough first round draw for 7th and 8th.

Does this mean that the 1-10 and 9-12 match-ups will be the late games on Wednesday and Thursday?

That.... was less than ideal.

Can’t help but feel like we are getting closer to seeding the Sweet 16 using the RPI. I’m good either way. I don’t have the passion for keeping it as is like I used to. The bottom draw is potentially exciting and disappointing at the same time. The conspiracy theorists will have ammo once again and it seems like it is like this every year now.

These are pretty good in my eyes. No top 5 teams potentially facing each other in the first round.

The fact that they won't seed just shows that it's a participation trophy thing. The KHSAA needs to man up and mandate seeding across every district and even in the state. These bouncing balls, pill drawing shenanigans need to stop.

Just this weekend I saw a 1st grade tourney that was seeded. But by golly, don't seed the most important weekend of the year!?!?

Ugh. This is one of the best weekends, it would be even better if they would seed not draw!

Region 5

Region 16

 

Region 2

Region 4

 

Region 13

Region 11

 

Region 1

Region 10

 

 

 

Region 3

Region 15

 

Region 7

Region 8

 

Region 6

Region 14

 

Region 9

Region 12

Region 5 John Hardin/Elizabethtown

Region 16 Ashland

Region 2 Madisonville

Region 4 Bowling Green/Warren Central

Region 13 South Laurel

Region 11 Lex. Catholic/Henry Clay

Region 1 McCracken Co./Marshall Co.

Region 10 Bourbon/GRC

Region 3 Ohio Co/Owensboro

Region 15 Shelby Valley/Lawrence Co.

Region 7 Male/Ballard

Region 8 Oldham Co/Collins

Region 6 Fern Creek/Butler

Region 14 Hazard

Region 9 Cov. Cath

Region 12 Lincoln/Pulaski/Somerset

Some really good potential 1st round match-ups

Good draw for whoever comes out of the 10th and 11th Regions in my opinion.