16th Region, at Morehead State University's Johnson Arena--Rowan County beat Ashland Blazer, 64-58, for the 2011 regional championship and then went on to finish runnerup for the state title. Both teams are back in this year's regional tournament. GoHeath this weekend doped the regionals and said we should expect to see either Rowan or Blazer, who are on opposite sides of the 16th bracket, headed to Lexington for the Sweet Sixteen.
13th Region, at Corbin's The Arena--Bell County beat Corbin, 54-49, in the championship last season. Corbin is back in this year's regional; GoHeath says a game to watch is Thursday's Clay County-Harlan County quarter, and Jay Compton writes in the Middlesboro Daily News that the tournament is wide open.
12th Region, at Pulaski County High School in Somerset--Wayne County beat Somerset Southwestern, 51-35, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional. GoHeath also likes East Jessamine, Wayne's quaterfinal foe tomorrow night.
Second Region, at Madisonville-North Hopkins Senior High School--Christian County beat Madisonville-North Hopkins, 76-67, in the championship last season and then went on to win the state title. Both teams are back in this year's regional, but GoHeath is more interested in the potential of Hoptown joining Madisonville-North in the championship. "If those two teams meet again in Madisonville for the regional title, that could be a real thriller." (If it happens, Hoptown better be ready for "Pandemonium," pictured 1962.)
Kevin Patton of The Gleaner looks at a couple of other rivalries.
Sixth Region, at Louisville Atherton High School and Bellarmine University's Knights Hall in Louisville--Bullitt East beat Pleasure Ridge Park, 81-59, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional. All four quarters are today, starting in about two hours. GoHeath's analysis suggests the best game figures to be PRP and Jeffersontown, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Central.
Seventh Region, at Bellarmine's Knights Hall--Middletown Eastern beat Jtown, 73-51, in the championship last season. Eastern is back in this year's regional (Jtown now plays in the Sixth). GoHeath acknowledges Trinity's strong season.
Third Region, at Owensboro Sportcenter--Daviess County beat Muhlenberg County, 64-63, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional. Muhlenberg has a tough quarterfinals foe tomorrow night, against Grayson, says GoHeath.
10th Region, at Montgomery County High School in Mount Sterling--Winchester George Rogers Clark beat Pendleton County, 62-40, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional. GoHeath likes The George to repeat.
Fourth Region, at Western Kentucky University's E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green--Bowling Green Warren Central beat Bowling Green Senior, 68-64, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional. "Can the Purples really beat the Dragons in both football and basketball?" asks GoHeath. BUT WAIT! Of Logan County's quarterfinal matchup with the Purples, Paul Halfacre wrote in the Russellville News Democrat Leader, "The Cougars have not played Bowling Green this year but they played one of the statistically harder schedules this season in anticipation and preparation of this particular game."
Eighth Region, at Henry County High School in New Castle--Oldham County beat Spencer County, 70-50, in the championship last season. Oldham County is back in this year's regional and the favorite, GoHeath says.
Ninth Region, at Northern Kentucky University's Bank of Kentucky Center in Highland Heights--Edgewood Dixie Heights beat Newport Central Catholic, 79-76, in four overtime periods, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional, but a rematch would have to occur in the semifinals. On the other side of the bracket, GoHeath is watching Covington Holmes.
14th Region, at Knott County Central High School in Hindman--Perry County Central beat Knott County Central, 45-39, in the championship last season. Knott County Central is back in this year's regional. GoHeath's Cinderella, Buckhorn, opens the quarterfinal round tomorrow night, against Wolfe County.
First Region, at Murray State University's CSFB Center--Marshall County beat Paducah Tilghman, 62-56, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional, and GoHeath tells us that the Marshals are again the favorite.
11th Region, at Eastern Kentucky University's Alumni Coliseum in Richmond--Lexington Catholic beat Richmond Madison Central, 59-43, in the championship last season. Both teams are back in this year's regional, and GoHeath likes them both and Scott County, too.
Fifth Region, at Central Hardin High School in Elizabethtown--Bardstown beat Elizabethtown, 62-55, in the championship last season. Bardstown is back in this year's regional, and it should come down to it and Etown John Hardin, says GoHeath. Chuck Jones of The News-Enterprise isn't quite so sure.
15th Region, at the East Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville--Pikeville Shelby Valley beat Pikeville, 49-42, in the championship last season. Pikeville is back in this year's regional, but GoHeath likes Inez Sheldon Clark and Prestonsburg.
Finally, as requested, here are the all-time regional-tournament champs via the KHSAA. Rah!
Jody Demling @jdemling
ReplyDeleteBullitt East and UK commit Derek Willis in trouble in 6th Region opener. Down 36-33 to Fairdale in third quarter.
3:14 PM - 28 Feb 12
Here was the final AP Regular Season Top 10, issued on February 20. Records do not include district tournament games. These are the rankings I'm using for the rest of my comments:
ReplyDelete1. Trinity (26-3)
2. Madison Central (28-1)
3. Moore (25-4)
4. Scott Co. (26-4)
5. Ballard (22-7)
6. Pleasure Ridge Park (22-6)
7. Perry Co. Central (23-4)
8. Bullitt East (22-4)
9. Ohio Co. (28-2)
T10. George Rogers Clark (25-5)
T10. Covington Holy Cross (28-2)
Now last week, Perry County Central and Covington Holy Cross were eliminated. The remaining 9 teams are still going, although number 8 Bullitt East is in trouble.
According to Jason Frakes of the C-J, Fairdale leads Bullitt East 44-43 with 5:50 left in the fourth quarter.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Jason Frakes of the C-J, Bullitt East leads Fairdale 53-48 with 1:21 left in fourth quarter.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Jason Frakes of the C-J, we have a final from Atherton: Bullitt East 61, Fairdale 52. The number 8 Chargers advance to the round of 64.
ReplyDeleteJerry Wyman @jerrywyman
ReplyDelete1:30 to play: An Eastern 3 makes it Central 58-56.TIMEOUT @kyhighs
3:49 PM - 28 Feb 12
A year ago, Middletown Eastern ripped through the Seventh Region tournament with victories by 33, 14 and 22 points and eventually made it to the state semifinals before losing to Christian County. Today, the Eagles fell in the first Seventh quarterfinal, 64-61, to Louisville Central.
ReplyDeleteWith Bell County (13th), Perry County Central (14th), Shelby Valley (15th) and now Eastern (Seventh) eliminated, we will now have at least four new representatives at the Sweet Sixteen in Lexington.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes of the C-J reports that in the Sixth Region, Butler has beaten Southern 68-57. Meanwhile, in the Seventh Region, St. X has beaten Seneca (the team that Wes Unseld took to the state title in 1963 and 1964) by the score of 50-46.
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A.J. Youngman, a seventh-grader, hits a 3-pointer to put Greenup County ahead, 13-6, over West Carter in first round of regional. End 1st.
5:46 PM - 28 Feb 12
Here's a terrific report from Charlie Hust of the Journal Enterprise on Webster County's first Sixth District championship since 1986.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good example of why the District Finals are so important, even though no one is eliminated.
DeleteAgreed.
DeleteNext up we have a huge game in the Sixth Region. PRP is 24-6; Jeffersontown is 21-10. On December 6, 2011, PRP beat J-Town (at PRP) by the score of 78-71. On January 13, 2012, in the LIT, J-Town beat PRP 80-78.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes of the C-J reports that PRP leads J-Town 14-13 after one quarter.
ReplyDeleteSomeone named "Amir maliqi" tweets that the PRP cheerleaders "look like trolls." That's not very nice.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes of the C-J reports that PRP hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to take a 28-25 halftime lead over J-Town.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in Bloomington, Indiana, the Indiana Hoosiers lead Michigan State 20-13 with 9:23 to go in the first half. On the IU radio network, they keep running spots for the IHSAA. And every time they do, I think, "WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO BACK TO HOLDING A REAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT!"
ReplyDeleteJerry Wyman tweets that PRP has used a 7-0 run to build a 41-33 lead over J-Town with 3:22 left in the 3d quarter.
ReplyDelete"ashley shanea" tweets that "This white boy for PRP is killing jtown!!!!" I don't know who she is referring to, but I suppose this explains PRP's 7-0 run.
ReplyDeleteNothing makes me feel more Southern than watching Big Ten basketball. It's just amazing to me that this is what you would do with 10 young men and a basketball. Come on, guys! RUN!!! SHOOT!!!
ReplyDeleteJerry Wyman tweets that J-Town scored 5 points in the last 8 seconds of the third quarter, and that the score is now PRP 45-40 after three.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in Bloomington, the Hoosiers have shot 14 free throws and Michigan State has shot 5. So Michigan State is getting the same treatment that UK and OSU received in Hoosierland.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes of the C-J reports that with only 2:25 left in the 4th quarter, PRP and J-Town are TIED at 55.
ReplyDeleteOne and done, baby! There's nothing like it.
Meanwhile, IU leads Michigan State 41-27 at the half.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes of the C-J reports that Max Clemons made a huge 3 for PRP with 1:09 left. J-Town now leads 59-58, and J-Town has the ball.
ReplyDelete"Trey Rakes" tweets that PRP has tied the game with 30 seconds left.
ReplyDeleteFor the umpteenth time, people, the Lorax doesn't make jokes. Period.
ReplyDeleteWe're now seeing a number of tweets about what a great game PRP and J-Town are playing, but I don't know what's happening.
ReplyDeleteFinally, Jason Frakes of the C-J tells us that Max Clemons missed a half-court shot at the buzzer, that the score is 61-all, and that WE'RE GOING TO OVERTIME, BABY!!!
ReplyDelete"Troi Robertson" tweets that PRP is up 5 points with 49 seconds left in OT. Everyone else is apparently too busy to tweet.
ReplyDeleteRay Watkins tweets that PRP has won in overtime 71-65 over J-Town. The Panthers move on to the round of 64.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the Spartans are fighting back. With 15:23 left, Indiana leads 43-37.
ReplyDeleteIn the 16th Region, West Carter beat Greenup County 45-38.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes of the C-J reports that Max Clemons led PRP with 28 points.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in the Seventh Region, Trinity rolls over Male 63-44.
ReplyDeleteCorrection on that earlier St. X score. St. X beat Seneca 50-36, not 50-46.
ReplyDeleteIn the 16th Region, Rowan County has jumped out to a 19-10 lead over Fairview after 1 quarter.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's all for me tonight. I'm heading home.
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