Rating the State: Ky. boys’ basketball rankings as Sweet Sixteen nears
As Kentucky’s region basketball tournaments get underway, Male continues to hold on to the No. 1 ranking, according to Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State.
Covington Catholic is No. 2 and John Hardin surged nine spots to third. Ballard and Lexington Catholic round out the top five.
Ratings by region follow this week’s top 25.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Male (28-4) | 85.2 | 1 |
2. Cov. Catholic (26-5) | 82.7 | 2 |
3. John Hardin (29-3) | 82.6 | 12 |
4. Ballard (26-6) | 82.4 | 5 |
5. Lex. Catholic (29-2) | 82.3 | 4 |
6. Fern Creek (25-6) | 80.6 | 9 |
7. Madisonville (28-3) | 80.5 | 6 |
8. Oldham Co. (28-3) | 80.3 | 10 |
9. Elizabethtown (24-3) | 78.8 | t7 |
10. Collins (24-7) | 78.5 | 17 |
10. Butler (19-9) | 78.5 | 21 |
12. Warren Central (23-7) | 78.0 | t7 |
13. St. Henry (24-4) | 77.9 | 15 |
14. Highlands (26-3) | 77.5 | t23 |
15. Lincoln Co. (25-7) | 77.3 | 16 |
16. Conner (22-5) | 77.2 | 11 |
17. Jeffersontown (19-8) | 76.7 | 18 |
18. Eastern (21-10) | 76.2 | 19 |
19. McCracken Co. (27-5) | 76.1 | 13 |
20. LaRue Co. (20-8) | 76.0 | 14 |
21. Simon Kenton (22-9) | 75.7 | 20 |
22. South Oldham (22-9) | 75.4 | 22 |
23. Bowling Green (24-7) | 75.3 | NR |
24. Logan Co. (27-3) | 74.7 | NR |
25. Pulaski Co. (24-6) | 74.5 | t23 |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 76.1 |
2. Marshall County | 69.4 |
3. Paducah Tilghman | 66.3 |
4. Calloway County | 63.0 |
5. Mayfield | 61.3 |
6. Graves County | 57.9 |
7. Carlisle County | 50.6 |
8. Fulton County | 40.8 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Madisonville | 80.5 |
2. Christian County | 65.2 |
3. Webster County | 65.0 |
4. Henderson County | 61.4 |
5. University Heights | 60.0 |
6. Caldwell County | 59.9 |
7. Lyon County | 58.1 |
8. Crittenden County | 46.3 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 72.0 |
2. Muhlenberg County | 63.4 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 60.8 |
4. Breckinridge County | 59.4 |
5. McLean County | 57.6 |
6. Meade County | 54.0 |
7. Butler County | 53.2 |
8. Grayson County | 48.5 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 78.0 |
2. Bowling Green | 75.3 |
3. Logan County | 74.7 |
4. Barren County | 67.9 |
5. Clinton County | 61.0 |
6. Franklin-Simpson | 60.8 |
7. Allen County | 56.2 |
8. Cumberland County | 48.5 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 82.6 |
2. Elizabethtown | 78.8 |
3. LaRue County | 76.0 |
4. Bardstown | 73.7 |
5. Marion County | 72.8 |
6. Campbellsville | 53.8 |
7. Nelson County | 52.0 |
8. Hart County | 51.1 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 80.6 |
2. Butler | 78.5 |
3. Jeffersontown | 76.7 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 74.1 |
5. North Bullitt | 66.0 |
6. Western | 65.2 |
7. Fairdale | 64.9 |
8. Bullitt Central | 57.3 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Male | 85.2 |
2. Ballard | 82.4 |
3. Eastern | 76.2 |
4. St. Xavier | 73.9 |
5. Seneca | 73.3 |
6. Trinity | 72.6 |
7. Manual | 66.6 |
8. Central | 58.3 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 80.3 |
2. Collins | 78.5 |
3. Simon Kenton | 75.7 |
4. South Oldham | 75.4 |
5. Grant County | 69.7 |
6. Woodford County | 61.6 |
7. Gallatin County | 58.2 |
8. Henry County | 50.0 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 82.7 |
2. St. Henry | 77.9 |
3. Highlands | 77.5 |
4. Conner | 77.2 |
5. Beechwood | 71.9 |
6. Cooper | 65.6 |
7. Dixie Heights | 63.9 |
8. Newport | 61.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 72.6 |
2. Campbell County | 71.2 |
3. Montgomery County | 67.1 |
4. Robertson County | 65.1 |
5. Mason County | 62.4 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 61.5 |
7. Augusta | 49.9 |
8. Pendleton County | 49.8 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Lexington Catholic | 82.3 |
2. Scott County | 72.2 |
3. Frederick Douglass | 71.9 |
4. Madison Central | 70.6 |
5. Tates Creek | 69.9 |
6. Franklin County | 61.0 |
7. Frankfort | 60.8 |
8. Berea | 49.3 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Lincoln County | 77.3 |
2. Pulaski County | 74.5 |
3. Somerset | 73.4 |
4. West Jessamine | 69.9 |
5. East Jessamine | 66.5 |
6. Southwestern | 65.2 |
7. Danville | 64.8 |
8. Wayne County | 64.2 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 72.9 |
2. North Laurel | 71.6 |
3. Clay County | 69.3 |
4. Corbin | 68.2 |
5. Knox Central | 66.4 |
6. Harlan County | 61.8 |
7. Harlan | 57.5 |
8. Barbourville | 52.3 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 65.4 |
2. Perry Central | 58.3 |
3. Wolfe County | 55.1 |
4. Knott Central | 54.8 |
5. Breathitt County | 54.0 |
6. Estill County | 53.2 |
7. Letcher Central | 46.3 |
8. Owsley County | 37.2 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Martin County | 67.5 |
2. Shelby Valley | 65.5 |
3. Pikeville | 60.5 |
4. Lawrence County | 60.3 |
5. Paintsville | 60.0 |
6. Phelps | 58.3 |
7. Belfry | 49.4 |
8. Prestonsburg | 46.2 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 72.9 |
2. Rowan County | 65.6 |
3. Boyd County | 64.7 |
4. Russell | 58.5 |
4. West Carter | 58.5 |
6. Lewis County | 57.8 |
7. Bath County | 53.7 |
8. East Carter | 51.4 |