Rating the State: Here’s how every team ranks ahead of this week’s region basketball tournaments
Going into region tournament play, Covington Catholic is the No. 1 boys’ team and Campbell County leads the girls’ rankings in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for high school basketball in Kentucky.
Boys’ top 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Covington Catholic (28-4) | 88.1 | 1 |
2. Scott County (31-1) | 87.4 | 2 |
3. Madison Central (24-7) | 85.2 | 3 |
4. Cooper (24-5) | 84.0 | 4 |
5. Lexington Christian (25-7) | 83.6 | 6 |
6. Ballard (25-6) | 83.5 | 7 |
7. Trinity (27-3) | 83.4 | 5 |
8. Walton-Verona (26-5) | 80.9 | 8 |
9. Fern Creek (23-6) | 80.3 | 9 |
10. Butler (27-3) | 80.1 | 11 |
11. Doss (23-6) | 79.7 | 14 |
12. Pleasure Ridge Park (20-10) | 79.6 | 10 |
13. Bryan Station (23-7) | 79.0 | 18 |
14. Clark County (28-4) | 78.6 | 16 |
15. Warren Central (26-5) | 78.4 | 12 |
16. Campbell County (25-5) | 78.2 | 17 |
17. John Hardin (25-7) | 78.0 | 13 |
18. LaRue County (27-2) | 77.8 | 20 |
19. Lexington Catholic (18-10) | 77.5 | 22 |
20. Oldham County (26-5) | 77.4 | NR |
21. Henry Clay (18-12) | 77.1 | 15 |
22. Knox Central (26-5) | 77.0 | NR |
23. Pulaski County (21-9) | 76.8 | NR |
24. St. Xavier (19-10) | 76.7 | 19 |
25. Simon Kenton (19-9) | 75.7 | NR |
Girls’ top 25
School (record) | Rating | LW |
1. Campbell County (28-3) | 89.2 | 2 |
2. Sacred Heart (27-5) | 88.6 | 1 |
3. Scott County (28-2) | 87.7 | t3 |
4. Mercer County (29-3) | 87.4 | t3 |
5. Male (22-8) | 86.9 | 5 |
6. Ryle (25-6) | 85.2 | t7 |
7. Murray (29-2) | 84.1 | t7 |
8. South Warren (29-3) | 84.0 | t7 |
8. Mercy (19-9) | 84.0 | 6 |
10. Elizabethtown (30-2) | 83.4 | t10 |
10. Butler (23-4) | 83.4 | t10 |
12. Manual (18-8) | 82.6 | 13 |
13. Lincoln County (23-6) | 82.5 | 17 |
14. Clark County (23-7) | 82.3 | 12 |
15. Eastern (19-7) | 82.2 | t14 |
16. Boyd County (24-4) | 81.4 | 16 |
17. Harlan County (25-2) | 81.2 | 20 |
18. Conner (22-8) | 80.8 | t14 |
19. Casey County (24-6) | 80.7 | 21 |
20. Graves County (25-6) | 80.3 | 18 |
21. Anderson County (25-5) | 80.2 | NR |
21. Holmes (19-7) | 80.2 | t22 |
23. Highlands (24-7) | 80.1 | t22 |
24. Simon Kenton (17-10) | 79.8 | t22 |
25. Webster County (25-6) | 79.4 | NR |
Boys’ ratings by region
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 70.3 |
2. Mayfield | 70.2 |
3. Graves County | 70.1 |
4. Paducah Tilghman | 69.7 |
5. Marshall County | 63.7 |
6. Murray | 50.4 |
7. Fulton County | 45.9 |
8. Hickman County | 35.0 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Christian County | 71.7 |
2. University Heights | 71.0 |
3. Madisonville | 64.7 |
4. Henderson County | 62.9 |
5. Hopkins Central | 52.1 |
6. Union County | 47.6 |
7. Lyon County | 40.2 |
8. Crittenden County | 35.1 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 70.3 |
2. Apollo | 66.8 |
3. Meade County | 63.6 |
4. Ohio County | 61.7 |
5. Muhlenberg County | 59.9 |
6. Breckinridge County | 59.1 |
7. Grayson County | 54.6 |
8. Edmonson County | 48.7 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 78.4 |
2. Bowling Green | 73.3 |
3. Monroe County | 68.9 |
4. Glasgow | 62.3 |
5. Clinton County | 60.8 |
6. Todd Central | 58.7 |
7. Franklin-Simpson | 52.3 |
8. Russell County | 51.6 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 78.0 |
2. LaRue County | 77.8 |
3. Adair County | 64.8 |
4. Central Hardin | 64.1 |
5. Bardstown | 59.4 |
6. Campbellsville | 54.7 |
7. Caverna | 52.6 |
8. Bethlehem | 49.1 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 80.3 |
2. Butler | 80.1 |
3. Doss | 79.7 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 79.6 |
5. Fairdale | 73.5 |
6. Jeffersontown | 69.0 |
7. Bullitt Central | 55.2 |
8. Moore | 51.4 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Ballard | 83.5 |
2. Trinity | 83.4 |
3. St. Xavier | 76.7 |
4. Male | 74.2 |
5. Manual | 66.9 |
6. Central | 65.5 |
7. Eastern | 60.6 |
8. Seneca | 59.2 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Walton-Verona | 80.9 |
2. Oldham County | 77.4 |
3. Simon Kenton | 75.7 |
4. Collins | 74.5 |
5. Gallatin County | 67.4 |
6. South Oldham | 67.1 |
7. Anderson County | 63.3 |
8. Henry County | 44.2 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 88.1 |
2. Cooper | 84.0 |
3. Newport | 69.4 |
4. Newport Catholic | 66.2 |
5. Dixie Heights | 63.9 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 61.4 |
7. St. Henry | 55.8 |
8. Ryle | 52.9 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 78.6 |
2. Campbell County | 78.2 |
3. Scott | 73.1 |
4. Pendleton County | 72.8 |
5. Paris | 69.9 |
6. Mason County | 58.8 |
7. Harrison County | 50.6 |
8. Bracken County | 38.8 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 87.4 |
2. Madison Central | 85.2 |
3. Lexington Christian | 83.6 |
4. Bryan Station | 79.0 |
5. Lafayette | 73.4 |
6. Woodford County | 68.2 |
7. Frankfort | 58.2 |
8. Madison Southern | 57.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Pulaski County | 76.8 |
2. Mercer County | 70.9 |
3. Boyle County | 70.6 |
4. West Jessamine | 70.4 |
5. Wayne County | 69.1 |
6. Danville | 67.6 |
7. Southwestern | 65.9 |
8. Somerset | 63.9 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Knox Central | 77.0 |
2. Corbin | 73.9 |
2. South Laurel | 73.9 |
4. North Laurel | 71.9 |
5. Harlan County | 64.1 |
6. Jackson County | 60.1 |
7. Lynn Camp | 54.6 |
8. Harlan | 50.8 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Knott Central | 69.7 |
2. Perry Central | 68.2 |
3. Cordia | 65.4 |
4. Estill County | 62.2 |
5. Hazard | 59.0 |
6. Powell County | 56.0 |
7. Breathitt County | 53.2 |
8. Wolfe County | 52.6 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Floyd Central | 65.8 |
2. Johnson Central | 64.9 |
3. Pikeville | 64.3 |
4. Shelby Valley | 62.5 |
5. Paintsville | 62.4 |
6. Pike Central | 60.3 |
7. Belfry | 59.1 |
8. Prestonsburg | 41.0 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 69.8 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 68.6 |
3. Morgan County | 62.8 |
4. Rowan County | 56.6 |
5. Lewis County | 55.6 |
6. Elliott County | 54.8 |
7. Raceland | 54.5 |
8. Bath County | 54.0 |
Girls’ ratings by region
1ST REGION | |
1. Murray | 84.1 |
2. Graves County | 80.3 |
3. Calloway County | 70.3 |
4. McCracken County | 63.6 |
5. Ballard Memorial | 54.6 |
6. Carlisle County | 44.6 |
7. Paducah Tilghman | 40.3 |
8. Hickman County | 32.7 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Webster County | 79.4 |
2. Christian County | 76.2 |
3. Henderson County | 74.1 |
4. Hopkinsville | 66.7 |
5. Caldwell County | 47.4 |
6. Crittenden County | 42.3 |
7. Livingston Central | 41.8 |
8. Dawson Springs | 36.4 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 77.4 |
2. Edmonson County | 73.8 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 68.3 |
4. Meade County | 66.1 |
5. Apollo | 65.4 |
6. Breckinridge County | 62.1 |
7. Grayson County | 58.2 |
8. McLean County | 55.9 |
4TH REGION | |
1. South Warren | 84.0 |
2. Russell County | 75.3 |
3. Bowling Green | 73.3 |
4. Barren County | 72.0 |
5. Glasgow | 65.8 |
6. Logan County | 58.1 |
7. Metcalfe County | 52.2 |
8. Todd Central | 47.4 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 83.4 |
2. John Hardin | 78.5 |
3. Bardstown | 76.4 |
4. Nelson County | 72.4 |
5. Green County | 68.0 |
6. LaRue County | 59.1 |
7. Marion County | 55.7 |
8. Campbellsville | 45.9 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Mercy | 84.0 |
2. Butler | 83.4 |
3. Bullitt East | 76.3 |
4. North Bullitt | 68.3 |
5. Moore | 54.0 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 53.6 |
7. Doss | 48.2 |
8. Pleasure Ridge Park | 44.5 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 88.6 |
2. Male | 86.9 |
3. Manual | 82.6 |
4. Eastern | 82.2 |
5. Ballard | 61.6 |
6. Assumption | 60.4 |
7. Central | 59.0 |
8. Waggener | 41.0 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Anderson County | 80.2 |
2. Simon Kenton | 79.8 |
3. Oldham County | 67.9 |
4. Walton-Verona | 67.7 |
5. Spencer County | 65.9 |
6. South Oldham | 64.5 |
7. Owen County | 55.2 |
8. Gallatin County | 50.8 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 85.2 |
2. Conner | 80.8 |
3. Holmes | 80.2 |
4. Highlands | 80.1 |
5. Cov. Holy Cross | 79.1 |
6. Dixie Heights | 69.1 |
7. Newport Catholic | 64.0 |
8. St. Henry | 59.5 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 89.2 |
2. Clark County | 82.3 |
3. Scott | 77.1 |
4. Mason County | 73.0 |
5. Harrison County | 67.3 |
6. Nicholas County | 58.0 |
7. Paris | 52.5 |
8. Bracken County | 34.3 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 87.7 |
2. Paul Dunbar | 75.3 |
3. Lafayette | 72.4 |
4. Franklin County | 71.6 |
5. Henry Clay | 68.9 |
6. Madison Central | 60.4 |
7. Woodford County | 59.4 |
8. Madison Southern | 49.6 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 87.4 |
2. Lincoln County | 82.5 |
3. Casey County | 80.7 |
4. Southwestern | 79.0 |
5. Boyle County | 65.3 |
6. Rockcastle County | 60.9 |
7. Wayne County | 51.7 |
8. West Jessamine | 50.7 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Harlan County | 81.2 |
2. South Laurel | 76.2 |
3. North Laurel | 72.6 |
4. Whitley County | 69.2 |
5. Harlan | 56.2 |
6. Knox Central | 49.5 |
7. Pineville | 47.3 |
8. Jackson County | 46.9 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 69.9 |
2. Leslie County | 62.7 |
3. Knott Central | 60.4 |
4. Powell County | 56.7 |
5. Lee County | 55.4 |
6. Letcher Central | 47.9 |
7. Wolfe County | 43.3 |
8. Jackson City | 29.2 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 73.8 |
2. Pikeville | 67.9 |
3. Pike Central | 66.3 |
4. Johnson Central | 63.4 |
5. Sheldon Clark | 54.9 |
6. Floyd Central | 52.5 |
7. Belfry | 51.2 |
8. Lawrence County | 47.4 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 81.4 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 78.8 |
3. Russell | 76.6 |
4. Rowan County | 66.5 |
5. West Carter | 62.6 |
6. Menifee County | 60.4 |
7. East Carter | 58.5 |
8. Greenup County | 46.6 |
This story was originally published February 25, 2018 at 9:02 PM with the headline "Rating the State: Here’s how every team ranks ahead of this week’s region basketball tournaments."