Girls’ basketball: Region tournament brackets and Cantrall’s ratings
Butler, the No. 1 girls’ team in Kentucky for most of the season according to Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State, will take that top ranking into the 6th Region tournament at Valley High School when it faces Moore in the first round Monday. A second-round matchup with No. 13 Mercy is a possibility in the semifinals.
Male, Murray, Mercer County and Elizabethtown round out the top five.
Franklin County, the 11th Region’s top team at No. 7, opens with Henry Clay on Tuesday at Eastern Kentucky University.
Dave Cantrall’s top 25 girls’ teams
School | Rating | Last week |
1. Butler (29-2) | 88.1 | 1 |
2. Male (28-2) | 87.0 | 3 |
3. Murray (23-5) | 86.9 | 5 |
4. Mercer County (24-6) | 86.8 | 2 |
5. Elizabethtown (26-3) | 86.2 | 4 |
6. Sacred Heart (26-5) | 85.8 | 6 |
7. Franklin County (27-5) | 85.3 | 8 |
8. Simon Kenton (24-6) | 84.6 | 7 |
9. Bullitt East (25-7) | 84.1 | 10 |
10. Manual (21-7) | 83.7 | 9 |
11. Mason County (21-8) | 83.1 | 14 |
12. Eastern (22-8) | 83.0 | 11 |
13. Mercy (15-14) | 82.3 | 13 |
14. Scott County (19-9) | 82.1 | 16 |
15. Monroe County (29-2) | 80.9 | 20 |
16. Henderson County (24-5) | 80.7 | 12 |
16. Conner (26-6) | 80.7 | 18 |
18. Clark County (26-4) | 80.5 | 17 |
19. Holmes (24-5) | 79.4 | 15 |
20. South Warren (21-8) | 79.3 | 23 |
21. Highlands (22-8) | 79.2 | NR |
21. East Carter (24-7) | 79.2 | 19 |
23. Anderson County (24-7) | 78.7 | 21 |
24. Boyd County (23-8) | 78.3 | 22 |
25. Nelson County (27-3) | 77.9 | 24 |
25. Cooper (20-7) | 77.9 | 25 |
Cantrall’s girls’ rankings by region
1ST REGION | |
1. Murray | 86.9 |
2. Graves County | 74.2 |
3. Marshall County | 73.4 |
4. Carlisle County | 56.0 |
5. McCracken County | 53.1 |
6. Ballard Memorial | 37.6 |
7. Fulton County | 34.6 |
8. Paducah Tilghman | 32.9 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Henderson County | 80.7 |
2. Webster County | 73.5 |
3. Hopkinsville | 71.7 |
4. Christian County | 65.5 |
5. Madisonville | 60.6 |
6. Crittenden County | 57.8 |
7. Lyon County | 50.8 |
8. Hopkins Central | 50.4 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Apollo | 72.0 |
2. Grayson County | 70.9 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 67.8 |
4. Edmonson County | 67.5 |
5. Breckinridge County | 65.4 |
6. Muhlenberg County | 64.4 |
7. Meade County | 58.5 |
8. McLean County | 55.6 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Monroe County | 80.9 |
2. South Warren | 79.3 |
3. Bowling Green | 74.7 |
4. Russell County | 70.2 |
5. Barren County | 67.5 |
6. Metcalfe County | 61.4 |
7. Franklin-Simpson | 57.9 |
8. Russellville | 40.7 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 86.2 |
2. Nelson County | 77.9 |
3. John Hardin | 76.6 |
4. Green County | 74.9 |
5. Marion County | 65.0 |
6. Bardstown | 64.4 |
7. LaRue County | 52.0 |
8. Adair County | 44.4 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Butler | 88.1 |
2. Bullitt East | 84.1 |
3. Mercy | 82.3 |
4. North Bullitt | 72.5 |
5. Lou. Holy Cross | 54.5 |
6. Fairdale | 50.5 |
7. Moore | 47.0 |
8. Doss | 37.4 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Male | 87.0 |
2. Sacred Heart | 85.8 |
3. Manual | 83.7 |
4. Eastern | 83.0 |
5. Louisville Christian | 73.7 |
6. Assumption | 62.5 |
7. Central | 61.4 |
8. Waggener | 26.4 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Simon Kenton | 84.6 |
2. Anderson County | 78.7 |
3. Trimble County | 68.6 |
4. Grant County | 59.1 |
5. Owen County | 58.9 |
6. Spencer County | 57.9 |
7. Oldham County | 57.6 |
8. Carroll County | 45.8 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Conner | 80.7 |
2. Holmes | 79.4 |
3. Highlands | 79.2 |
4. Cooper | 77.9 |
5. Cov. Holy Cross | 72.0 |
6. Dixie Heights | 66.7 |
7. Newport Catholic | 60.7 |
8. Lloyd | 54.0 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Mason County | 83.1 |
2. Clark County | 80.5 |
3. Campbell County | 77.3 |
4. Scott | 75.6 |
5. Nicholas County | 62.2 |
6. Bourbon County | 53.7 |
7. Bracken County | 47.7 |
8. Harrison County | 46.6 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Franklin County | 85.3 |
2. Scott County | 82.1 |
3. Lafayette | 72.9 |
4. Paul Dunbar | 72.3 |
5. Madison Central | 71.2 |
6. Henry Clay | 66.7 |
7. Woodford County | 52.2 |
8. Madison Southern | 51.4 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 86.8 |
2. Lincoln County | 74.4 |
3. Southwestern | 72.7 |
4. Boyle County | 67.9 |
5. Wayne County | 64.1 |
6. Rockcastle County | 63.4 |
7. Somerset | 62.7 |
8. West Jessamine | 54.7 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Harlan County | 77.4 |
2. South Laurel | 71.0 |
3. Harlan | 69.1 |
4. Clay County | 62.8 |
5. North Laurel | 60.8 |
6. Corbin | 58.6 |
7. Lynn Camp | 49.1 |
8. Knox Central | 45.4 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Perry Central | 67.4 |
2. Knott Central | 67.2 |
3. Leslie County | 65.7 |
4. Letcher Central | 54.8 |
5. Estill County | 49.5 |
6. Breathitt County | 48.9 |
7. Owsley County | 46.0 |
8. Wolfe County | 39.7 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Johnson Central | 74.0 |
2. Shelby Valley | 72.1 |
3. Paintsville | 66.9 |
4. Pikeville | 63.3 |
5. South Floyd | 58.0 |
6. Pike Central | 55.7 |
7. Lawrence County | 43.7 |
8. Betsy Layne | 40.8 |
16TH REGION | |
1. East Carter | 79.2 |
2. Boyd County | 78.3 |
3. Russell | 72.6 |
4. Ashland Blazer | 60.1 |
5. Fleming County | 59.7 |
6. Lewis County | 58.3 |
7. Menifee County | 57.3 |
8. West Carter | 53.5 |
This story was originally published February 26, 2017 at 9:59 PM with the headline "Girls’ basketball: Region tournament brackets and Cantrall’s ratings."