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They barely are in the top 10 in their region

Oldham County and North Oldham should be in as well, Oldham beat 4 of those this summer by 20

Gallatin County will be good again, but they are not as good as teams Coach Jones has had in the past. It helps being in their conference and in the ALL A, they have dominated those teams for the last 6 years and that means 20 wins each year. Gallatin plays some big boys too and has success against them as well. Coach Jones is the one coach in the region that has been with his school for a while and that means alot to the team, and the community. Their guards are solid and that wins games for you come post season.

The Patriots of Lincoln County has a chance to win the 12th after seeing them this summer, watched them beat Scott County on their floor. They are young and will have nights were they play like it but by the end of the year they will be strong. Look for Southwestern, Lincoln, and Pulaski to fight it out in a well rounded region.

Madison Central and Henry Clay are the most talented teams but Lexington Catholic always seems to find a way. Scott County has 2 studs but really are down for them I am surprised they are #1 in CATS pause book. However Franklin will be better, Lexington Christian, and lets not forget Tates Creek who is well coached.

I agree that Alexander is a good player, but they lost their top scorer, rebounder, and post presence. I just dont want the people in Bedford to be mad at a first year coach when they dont win 15-20 games, 10 would be a great start for the Raiders, he will do a good job, be patient.

Trimlbe lost Webb off last years team and he was the only size, scorer, rebounder for them. I think they will be much improved and excited about playing. Playing against the ALL A teams will help them, but a tough tough district!

McNeil off the list is just silly, he can flat play and was on the all region team last year. Will be a great year to watch basketball in the 8th region

Who is SK going to climb over? Last 3 years they have not got past first round of the region. Chambers is a senior so they lose him, and I saw their JV team last year once against Oldham I think and Oldham beat them. Don't think they have as much talent coming as Walton, and being runner up means you get an Oldham school, and possible Collins, Gallatin/Owen every year and that usually means season over as it has in the past. Look for Gallatin and South to be very dangerous by season end, good coaches and young talent. Region is wide open again. The player rankings are a little off in my opinion. Wesley from Oldham should be in top 2, and leaving off the PG from Walton was just silly. Smith from Oldham not ahead of Chambers is a joke, and Jack Sherry not on the list as well from South.

The team that worries me is Walton Verona, they were a play away from semi-finals last season and they return a lot. Their coach does a lot of different defensive sets, does a great job. I think that Simon and Grant will battle for a trip to the region, me giving the edge to Simon based on having the best player on the floor. Should be a great year in the 8th. I think pre-season it is hard to put any of the district in the top 5 in the region, but by the end of the season they will have closed the gap.

Walton should pose probelms as they did for them last year. Simon and Grant will fight it out for the regional birth but SImon has one of the better players in the region with Chambers. Watched them at South this summer and they looked bad but that is summer ball. Gallatin beat them handily. They did have a good JV team last season.

Cousin of Daniel at Henry Clay went to Berea College and will do a great job as the other Berea College boys are

4th is where they should be for now, I agree that they could be team that could win the region as anyone in the top 8 legitimately will have a shot. The region is very similar to what is was last year and that makes for a great tourney at the Roy Winchester gym. Should be a great year for basketball accross the state. Dont forget that Gallatin and Old man Jones are always a tough out, and Henry always seems to beat Owen or at least split with them in the season. That district will make all 3 better as the year goes on battling one another. I really think that Spencer, Gallatin, Henry, Simon, South Oldham are all going to be dangerous come tourney time. Anderson, Shelby, and Grant will be better as well. The 8th might not have a true great team but has a lot of good teams, with some great coaches.

#1 Oldham/North Oldham #2 Collins #3 Owen #4 South Oldham #5 Walton Verona I know what Owen has coming back, just dont think they have got better at the guard spot, will not handle pressure again ,never been past final four, etc. Just dont think they are better than the top 3. They have not won the ALL A in a long time, which is a regional type tourney, most all A schools call it in after that tourney

Watched them again this summer, and saw the same weaknesses as the year before. They hate pressure and can not handle the ball well enough to limit their turnovers. Oldham, North Oldham, South Oldham, and Collins are better than they are and with 3 of them being at the regional tourney I think they better shoot for the ALL A, but for whatever reason Coach Jones beats them as they did last year in the district tournament. They beat them by pressing for 32 minutes and Owen does not handle that well. They defintely could be a dangerous team, winning 3 in a regional tournament is really tough, and they did not make the dance last year. They do host the districts this year and will be the #1 seed I think. Walton will be dangerous in the ALL A tourney as they beat Owen last season twice I think.

Oldham lost most of last years team and loses alot again this year. They will struggle in 6A. Don't see them ever competing. Middle school has not won a game past 2 seasons. North has a better team and they knew it that's why they scheduled oldham and dodged them up till now

The players have said that they were told it was a former NBA player? Some noticed him in the building I dont know how true this to be of course. I know Coach Bottoms talked with them, he was told he would know in a couple weeks??

Not for sure that it is a done deal, I know that he was 90% sure he was wanting and going to take the position. This late in the game getting a coach like Ronnie is a homerun for Danville. It would make that district rivalries even more interesting

Coach Bottoms is going to get this position I would think. Great hire for Boyle

Coach Bottoms has his own business and does not teach so that would be convenient for Danville. Coach Springate does teach PE and could fill that spot for Yates.

A couple years back I am pretty sure that Louisville Central won the state championship in football and took Holmes to OT in a game that they could of won in regulation at the state tourney basketball championship. I think at Christmas their record was something like 0-12. Christian County had several off this years team that played football as well. It did not seem to hurt Highlands when they had Smith and Lorenzon? Winning rubs off to other sports programs, the coaches have to work together and kids have to be dedicated. It seems as if Highlands wins a football championship every year and their basketball has struggled. Coaches can make it work and when they do everyone prospers.

Roscoe will be on the North Laurel coaching sidelines but teach at South!

What is wrong with London Ky? School starts in a couple days, maybe the janitor would be interested On a seriuos note they may have to let Roscoe Denny do it for a year and hope they get what they want next season unfortunately.

I know that when Keith got the job last time, it was between him and Jason Holland who I think is the Head Coach at Oldham County? Wonder if they have contacted him. I know he loves Coach Rison,

Poor South Laurel, drug their feet this whole process and now their players will suffer not having a summer under their belt. Your best coach is now at your cross town rival. Now you see why their was not much interest in the job. Its hard to speculate who the new coach will be, but whoever it is better be ready fro scrutiny from day 1.