High School Basketball

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

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