Sunday, March 2, 2025

128 Teams Left

Here are the quarterfinals for the First Region Boys' Basketball Tournament, which will take place at Murray State University.  MaxPrep rankings shown for teams in the top 20.  That's a tough draw for St. Mary, although at least they don't have to play on Ash Wednesday:

Wednesday, March 5:
Paducah Tilghman (16-11) v. Fulton Co. (9-13)
Graves Co. (19-9) v. (4) Marshall Co. (27-2)

Thursday, March 6:
Carlisle Co. (14-16) v. Mayfield (20-9)
(6) Calloway Co. (28-3) v. Paducah St. Mary (23-8)

Meanwhile, here are the quarterfinals for the Second Region Tournament, taking place at Madisonville-N. Hopkins H.S.:

Wednesday, March 5:
Madisonville-N. Hopkins (15-12) v. Livingston Cent. (9-20)
Christian Co. (8-22) v. Union Co. (15-10)

Thursday, March 6:
Henderson Co. (22-6) v. Hopkinsville (15-15)
Lyon Co. (24-7) v. Dawson Springs (17-15)

MaxPreps has Henderson Co. ranked number 26, which is the highest ranking for any team in the Second Region.  (Lyon Co. is ranked number 61.)

19 comments:

  1. Here's the latest top 20 from MaxPreps:

    1. Lou. St. Xavier
    2. Great Crossing
    3. Lex. Frederick Douglass
    4. Marshall Co.
    5. Lex. Bryan Station
    6. Calloway Co.
    7. Cov. Catholic
    8. Ashland Blazer
    9. Cooper
    10. Lou. Manual
    11. S. Oldham
    12. Hazard
    13. Erlanger Lloyd
    14. Bowling Green
    15. N. Oldham
    16. Warren Cent.
    17. Green Co.
    18. S. Laurel
    19. Danville Christian Academy
    20. Geo. Rogers Clark

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  2. I am rooting for the Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons.

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  3. The Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh Regions all start tonight, with the District Champions playing at home. Lex. Frederick Douglass, ranked number 3 in the Commonwealth on Ken Pom, is the only great power playing a road game -- they will be at Madison Central.

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  4. One cool rivalry game tonight: (10) Lou. Manual (25-5) is hosting Lou. Male (17-11).

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  5. 6th Region: PRP 61, N. Bullitt 47 (Final)

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  6. With 39.4 seconds left, Manual leads Male 63 to 61.

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  7. Manual leads 65-61 with 12.5 seconds left.

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  8. For the first time all year, the UK fans have an easy time of it in SEC play. The Cats roll over LSU 95 to 63 on Senior Night, and run their record to 20-10 on the year.

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  9. Ken Pom had this as a 14-point win for UK, and the Cats won by 32, so that's pretty good. Cats now 9-8 in the SEC with one game left (at Mizzou).

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  10. On the strength of this big margin of victory, the Cats have vaulted to 14 on Ken Pom. That's the highest they've been on the Big Board since they lost to Ohio State back on December 21. KP still thinks they will lose at Mizzou, who he has ranked number 12.

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  11. 7th Region: Ballard 83, Atherton 62
    7th Region: (10) Manual 65, Male 61
    11th Region: (2) Great Crossing 81, Lex. Christian 51

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  12. Frederick Douglass went on the road, and Frederick Douglass lost:

    11th Region: Madison Cent. 62, (3) Lex. Frederick Douglass 52

    Lex. Frederick Douglass is the first team in the top 20 to be eliminated. They finish with a record of 23-5.

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  13. 7th Region: (1) St. Xavier 95, Central 46

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  14. At the half in College Station, Texas A & M leads Auburn 40 to 34.

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  15. 7th Region: Trinity 74, Christian Academy-Louisville 48

    The Seventh Region Semi-Finals are now set for Friday at Valley H.S.:

    (10) Lou. Manual (25-5) v. Lou. Trinity (15-14)
    Lou. Ballard (19-10) v. (1) Lou. St. Xavier (28-2)

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  16. 6th Region: Jeffersontown 79, Fairdale 74

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  17. A & M will beat Auburn. The Aggies are up 79 to 67 with 1:52 left.

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    1. The Aggies have led all night, and have never really let Auburn make a run.

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  18. A & M rolls, 83 to 72. Great win for the Aggies.

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