Today's games:
First Region, at Murray State
Second Region, at Hopkinsville
Third Region--Edmonson County at Breckinridge County, Ohio County at Daviess County, Owensboro at Grayson County and Meade County at Muhlenberg County
Fourth Region, at Western Kentucky University
Fifth Region, at Green County High School
Sixth Region, at Bellarmine University
Seventh Region, at Bellarmine University--Moore vs. Jeffersontown, Ballard vs. Louisville Collegiate, Male vs. Seneca, Eastern vs. Fern Creek
Eighth Region, at Henry County High School
Ninth Region, at Northern Kentucky University
10th Region, at Mason County High School
11th Region, at Eastern Kentucky University
12th Region, at Lincoln County High School
13th Region, at Corbin
14th Region, at Hazard
15th Region, at Pikeville
16th Region, at Morehead State University--Rowan County vs. West Carter and Lewis County vs. Boyd County
The Courier-Journal's Jody Demling reports that a UK assistant coach was on hand to watch Monday's Bullitt East game in the Sixth Region to watch a 6-foot-8 sophomore.
ReplyDeleteThe Third Region tournament is weird. They play the quarter-final games at the home courts of the four district winners, and then the semi-finalists will go to Meade County (!) for the semi-finals and final.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, the 3d Region has been dominated by Owensboro, but the Red Devils are only 14-13 this year. Daviess Co. and Muhlenberg Co. appear to be the favorites. Daviess Co. is 23-4, and Muhlenberg Co. is 22-5. When they met at Muhlenberg on February 12, Muhlenberg prevailed 75-65.
Hooray for Wikipedia, which says that Bremen, Central City, Drakesboro, Graham, Greenville, Hughes-Kirkpatrick, Lake Malone and Muhlenberg Central high schools were consolidated down to Muhlenberg North and South in 1990. Then, in 2009, the South Suns and North Stars were consolidated into the Muhlenberg County High Mustangs (of Greenville).
ReplyDeleteWant to see that five-overtime Monroe County win over Allen County-Scottsville from the 15th District? Too bad, writes Cameron Smith with RivalsHigh.com.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes (of the C-J) and Jerry Wyman both report that Male leads Seneca 8-7 at the end of the first quarter.
ReplyDeleteHere are the last 10 teams to win the 7th region (which is basically the eastern half of Jefferson County):
ReplyDelete2010: Ballard (state finalist)
2009: Eastern
2008: Jeffersontown
2007: Ballard (state finalist)
2006: Jeffersontown (STATE CHAMPS)
2005: Ballard
2004: Trinity
2003: Ballard (state finalist)
2002: Male
2001: Male (state finalist)
The fact that Ballard has lost in the state finals three times since 2003 is, to me, one of the most interesting facts about the state basketball tournament. Ballard's last state title was in 1999.
Here are the last 10 teams to win the 3d region:
ReplyDelete2010: Muhlenberg Co.
2009: Grayson Co.
2008: Owensboro
2007: Owensboro
2006: Owensboro Apollo (state finalist)
2005: Ohio Co.
2004: Owensboro Apollo
2003: Daviess Co.
2002: Owensboro
2001: Grayson Co.
The last team from the 3d region to win the state championship was Breckinridge County, which went all the way in 1995. Before that you have to go back to Owensboro in 1980.
Here are the last 10 teams to win the 16th region, which also starts today:
ReplyDelete2010: East Carter
2009: Elliott Co.
2008: Elliott Co.
2007: Elliott Co.
2006: Russell
2005: Rowan Co.
2004: Morgan Co.
2003: Rose Hill Christian
2002: Ashland
2001: Ashland
The last team from the 16th region to win the state title was Ashland. Larry Conley took them to the crown in 1961. Only two other regions (the 1st and the 14th) have gone longer without winning the title.
Seneca (16-11) has jumped out to a 21-12 lead over Male (12-14) at the half.
ReplyDeleteSorry. I was wrong. Seneca led 21-12 at the end of the first quarter. It is now 30-22 Seneca with 4:53 left in the 2d quarter. My apologies to Jason Frakes and Jerry Wyman.
ReplyDeleteThe next game in the 7th region is Moore (23-6) v. Jeffersontown (23-6). That should be a barn-burner. Moore beat J-Town 61-56 on February 15th.
ReplyDeleteSeneca is rolling at halftime. They lead Male 42-29.
ReplyDeleteSeneca 51, Male 34 (5:20 left in 3d quarter)
ReplyDeleteMale now making a run. Jason Frakes reports that Seneca has called time with a 58-46 lead and 1:10 left in the 3d quarter.
ReplyDeleteSeneca 58, Male 48 (end of 3d)
ReplyDeleteAccording to Jerry Wyman, the Seneca RedHawks lead the Male Bulldogs 73-61 with 3:50 left in the game.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes reports that Seneca leads 77-65 with 2:58 to play.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes, Jerry Wyman, and someone named mrBtoyou report that Seneca has beaten Male 86-73.
ReplyDeleteI don't think UK has scored 86 points in only 32 minutes all year.
Seneca moves on to play the winner of Moore v. Jeffersontown.
Moore leads J-Town 14-11 after 1 quarter.
ReplyDeleteMoore jumps out to a 19-11 lead over J-Town with five minutes left in the 2d quarter.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes, Gzellad, and JohnLewisFOX41 are all tweeting that Moore leads J-Town 23-17 at the half.
ReplyDeleteJ-Town 37, Moore 31 (end of 3d quarter)
ReplyDeleteJ-Town 40, Moore 35 (5:09 left in 4th quarter)
ReplyDeleteJ-Town 44, Moore 37 (2:31 left in 4th quarter)
ReplyDeleteJ-Town has outscored Moore 27-14 so far in the second half.
Jason Frakes reports that Moore put on a tremendous push at the end, but came up just short, losing 51-49 to J-Town. A 55-footer by Moore at the buzzer was off the mark.
ReplyDeleteJ-Town advances to play Seneca, which shouldn't be too hard for them.
Meanwhile, Eastern (28-2) and Ballard (28-3) -- the two top teams in the state -- will have to play each other in the other side of the regional bracket (once they win their games tonight. So J-Town is pretty fortunate in its draw.
In the 7th region, Eastern jumped out to a 17-2 lead to open the game. The Eagles still lead Fern Creek 30-21 at the half.
ReplyDeleteIn the 16th region, Lewis Co. and Boyd Co. are tied at 49-all with 6:40 left in the 4th quarter.
ReplyDeleteThe Lewis Co.-Boyd Co. report came from Aaron Snyder, who tweets under the name "DindependentPG".
ReplyDeleteDindependentPG reports that Boyd County leads Lewis County 60-59 with 1:02 left in the game.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's going to be my last comment for awhile, as I will be out of pocket until after the UK-Vandy game.
ReplyDeleteEastern beat Fern Creek 75-60
ReplyDeleteBallard beat Lou. Collegiate 68-35.
The number 1 and 2 teams in the state will meet Friday night in the round of 64.
DindependentPG reports that Lewis County beat Boyd County 63-60, as Justin McCann hit a three-pointer at the buzzer.
ReplyDeleteIn the other 16th region contest, Rowan Co. (25-5) beat West Carter (21-9) by a score of 68-58. So they will take on Lewis Co. next.
ReplyDeleteAlso, here are the scores from the 3d Region:
ReplyDeleteBreckinridge Co. (19-6) beats Edmonson Co. (17-9) 53-46.
Daviess Co. (24-4) has a harder time than expected, but beats Ohio Co. (15-13) 58-52.
Owensboro (15-13) wins at Grayson Co. (16-14) by the score of 59-58.
I can't find any result for the game between heavily-favored Muhlenberg Co. and Meade Co.