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The All A in Region 1 seems anti-climactic this year without Heath and Reidland being involved. Especially Heath as they have been a serious contender and winner for years now. St Mary is the overwhelming favorite for sure. Hubert is really good and they surround him with good shooters. Tough to beat by anyone.

I haven't been able to figure Ballard out. I kind of thought they would be better than expected before the season but they have had some bad losses. Maybe they are getting it together. On the other hand Murray seemed like they were beginning to hit their stride before this. Most likely answer is they are 16 and 17 years old.

Questions to be answered. Do they all lock up 1 seeds in their District tournaments and if so which team gets put on the other side of the Regional bracket and only has to beat one of the others. Also can Marshall or St Mary push their way into contention. Lots of huge Region 1 games remaining this year.

It is really hard to imagine how this game was that close. Calloway's size should have been a serious problem for a Mayfield team that has been handled by other Region 1 powers.

St. Mary is probably the biggest All A favorite in recent memory in Region 1. Maybe Murray or Mayfield could give a test but no one else.

Huge road win for McCracken. Region 1 seems to be a 3 team horse race and should be very exciting.

I agree with this.

I can't wait to watch Holmes play McCracken down here in McCracken's Hoopfest. Really interested to see them and see how they compare to other western Kentucky teams.

Computer rankings can be a decent guide to the strength of teams. But no rankings done by anyone are gospel. I will almost guarantee you that most that vote in AP poll never lay their eyes on far western Kentucky teams. At least a computer can be objective a little. Graves is ranked 12th in Maxpreps but doesn't get a whiff in the human polls. My feeling is that a lot of the so-called top 25 teams don't want to tangle with that team right now. The computer picks it up. I kind of think a collection of computer and human rankings can give a pretty clear picture.

Region 1 actually uses this first Litkenhous to seed it's All A tournament. Always have been some strange seedings for that tournament. Too small a sample.

Correct. The number one seed in the tournament will be huge.

Litkenhous Ratings - Boys Basketball | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com

But over time the theory would be that stuff like that evens out.

Just like small sample size causes weird results this statement is also a fallacy. Almost anything can happen in a one game sample. And it is entirely possible for a better team to lose to a worse team by 18 on a given night. Not saying that is the case here but computer rankings look at the whole and as the year goes by and the sample size grows they begin to give a more accurate picture.

I think the problem with Cantrall and Litkenhous is they only consider Kentucky games. Maxpreps factors all games and they are definitely more accurate in Region 1. Top 6 would be Graves, Calloway, McCracken, Marshall, St Mary, Tilghman. Not sure you can argue too much with that. My guess is other regions would be similar.

I'm not sure anyone would want to play Graves in 1st round of state tourney. They are really good. Performed very well in Las Vegas tournament over Christmas.

16th REGION 1. Fleming Co. 67.7 2. Rowan Co. 67.4 3. Ashland Blazer 65.5 4. Boyd Co. 59.5 5. East Carter 55.2 6. Elliott Co. 54.9 6. Greenup Co. 54.9 8. Raceland 52.6 9. Morgan Co. 52.5 10. Lewis Co. 50.6 11. Russell 49.3 12. West Carter 46.8 13. Fairview 45.3 14. Menifee Co. 37.6 15. Bath Co. 37.4 16. Rose Hill 8.3 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy

15th REGION 1. Johnson Central 67.9 2. Lawrence Co. 66.8 3. Betsy Layne 65.5 4. Shelby Valley 64.3 5. East Ridge 56.2 6. Magoffin Co. 55.6 7. Sheldon Clark 55.3 8. Paintsville 54.1 8. Pikeville 54.1 10. Belfry 52.9 11. Pike Central 52.0 12. Prestonsburg 44.4 13. Allen Central 37.3 14. South Floyd 36.2 15. Phelps 24.2 16. Piarist 7.4 Read more here: http://nl

14th REGION 1. Knott Central 80.9 2. Perry Central 76.8 3. Hazard 73.8 4. Cordia 72.7 5. Buckhorn 60.4 6. Breathitt Co. 59.6 7. Wolfe Co. 58.9 8. Estill Co. 54.8 9. Powell Co. 52.1 10. Letcher Central 52.0 11. Leslie Co. 46.9 12. Jackson City 43.2 13. Lee Co. 38.4 14. Owsley Co. 36.4 15. June Buchanan 35.4 16. Jenkins 32.0 17. Riverside Christian 0.1 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy

13th REGION 1. Jackson Co. 71.3 2. Clay Co. 70.9 3. Corbin 64.8 4. Harlan Co. 62.4 5. North Laurel 60.4 6. Knox Central 60.3 7. South Laurel 58.7 8. Barbourville 58.5 9. Bell Co. 57.7 10. Whitley Co. 57.1 11. Harlan 56.5 12. Williamsburg 49.9 13. Pineville 48.7 14. Middlesboro 42.2 15. Oneida Baptist 37.1 16. Lynn Camp 34.4 17. Red Bird 10.8 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy

12th REGION 1. Wayne Co. 79.0 2. Southwestern 78.6 3. Lincoln Co. 77.8 4. West Jessamine 76.8 5. Pulaski Co. 69.2 6. Danville 68.9 7. Mercer Co. 68.1 8. Boyle Co. 67.2 9. East Jessamine 63.9 10. Somerset 62.2 11. Casey Co. 56.8 12. Rockcastle Co. 54.4 13. Garrard Co. 52.0 14. McCreary Central 41.7 15. Burgin 32.1 16. Ky. School for Deaf 2.0 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy

11th REGION 1. Lafayette 82.7 2. Scott Co. 82.1 3. Madison Central 76.9 4. Henry Clay 76.2 5. Lexington Catholic 76.0 6. Bryan Station 73.3 7. Paul Dunbar 69.0 8. Woodford Co. 66.2 9. Franklin Co. 64.7 10. Model 59.8 11. Madison Southern 59.4 12. Tates Creek 58.5 13. Lexington Christian 58.1 14. Sayre 48.5 15. Frankfort 46.3 16. Berea 39.4 17. Western Hills 37.1 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy

8th REGION 1. South Oldham 79.8 2. Collins 74.5 3. Oldham Co. 71.8 4. Simon Kenton 71.7 5. North Oldham 68.4 6. Owen Co. 65.9 7. Anderson Co. 62.1 8. Henry Co. 60.7 9. Shelby Co. 59.5 10. Grant Co. 58.7 11. Gallatin Co. 58.0 12. Carroll Co. 54.2 13. Spencer Co. 50.8 14. Walton-Verona 47.0 15. Trimble Co. 43.0 16. Eminence 36.8 17. Williamstown 35.8 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy

7th REGION 1. Ballard 86.2 2. Lou. Trinity 84.8 3. St. Xavier 78.7 4. Eastern 76.7 5. Manual 76.1 6. Waggener 75.1 7. Male 69.1 8. Louisville Christian 67.4 9. Central 64.4 10. Country Day 64.0 11. Seneca 53.4 12. Collegiate 48.1 13. Atherton 47.7 14. Shawnee 47.1 15. Portland Christian 31.4 16. Brown 29.6 17. St. Francis 28.4 18. Walden 14.1 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy

6th REGION 1. PRP 81.0 2. Iroquois 77.9 3. Bullitt East 77.8 4. Fairdale 76.9 4. Jeffersontown 76.9 6. DeSales 71.8 7. Doss 70.8 8. Butler 70.4 9. Western 68.2 10. Fern Creek 67.9 11. Lou. Holy Cross 64.6 12. Moore 61.9 13. Bullitt Central 60.0 14. North Bullitt 54.7 15. Southern 51.7 16. Whitefield Academy 51.1 17. Valley 44.1 18. Beth Haven 29.4 19. Evangel 25.8 Read more here: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14B07CD1ED8F7B90&p_docnum=2#storylink=cpy