Tuesday, March 18, 2025

22 Teams Left

The Boys' Regionals started up again yesterday:

FOURTH REGION SEMIFINALS (at W. Kentucky):
Barren Co. 47 - 56 Clinton Co.
Russell Co. 71 - 86 (14) Bowling Green

FIFTH REGION SEMIFINALS (at Marion Co. H.S.):
Caverna 49 - 56 Adair Co.
N. Hardin 63 - 60 (17) Green Co. (OT)

Heartbreak for Green County, which finishes 24-4.

EIGHTH REGION SEMIFINALS (at Henry Co. H.S.):
(15) N. Oldham 48 - 45 Walton-Verona
(11) S. Oldham 69 - 61 Spencer Co.

TENTH REGION SEMIFINALS (at Montgomery Co. H.S.):
Montgomery Co. 86 - 73 Mason Co.
Nicholas Co. 56 - 87 (20) Geo. Rogers Clark

14 comments:

  1. For the record, Ken Pom's data show that it was a no-brainer to put UNC in the field. He has UNC as number 33 in the country, which means that they should have been a nine seed. Indiana was ranked 48, and West Virginia was ranked 53, so they should not have been in the field at all.

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  2. Here's Ken Pom's analysis of UK's chances:

    86.4 percent chance of reaching the round of 32
    49.4 percent chance of reaching the round of 16
    20.8 percent chance of reaching the round of 8
    7.6 percent chance of reaching the Final Four
    2.4 percent chance of playing for the National Championship
    0.8 percent chance of winning it all

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  3. Ken Pom played the tournament a million times, and one of the Number One seeds won the title 68.8 percent of the time. Duke has a 22.9 percent chance. Florida has an 18.8 percent chance. Auburn has a 14.9 percent chance. Houston has a 12.2 percent chance.

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  4. Most years, we get a team in the Final Four that hasn't been there in 20 years. This year, the teams most likely to fill that slot are Tennessee, Iowa St., Maryland, and St. John's.

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  5. Here are your Idaho Boys' Basketball Champions for 2025:

    1A: Dietrich Blue Devils
    2A: Kendrick Tigers
    3A: Wendell Trojans
    4A: Bonners Ferry Badgers
    5A: Preston Indians
    6A: Owyhee Storm

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  6. Here are the Virginia High School League Boys' Basketball Champions for 2025:

    Class 1: George Wythe Maroons
    Class 2: John Marshall Justices
    Class 3: Spotswood Trailblazers
    Class 4: Atlee Raiders
    Class 5: Green Run Stallions
    Class 6: South Lakes Seahawks

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  7. On this day in 1972, Florida State beat Kentucky 73 to 54 in the finals of the Mideast Regional. That was Adolph Rupp's last game as the Kentucky basketball coach.

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  8. Four Regional Titles being handed out tonight:

    2d: Madisonville-N. Hopkins v. Henderson Co.
    5th: Adair Co. v. N. Hardin
    8th: N. Oldham v. S. Oldham
    9th: Cooper v. Erlanger Lloyd

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  9. Indiana has hired Darian DeVries as its new men's basketball coach. DeVries had several successful years at Drake, and then one year at West Virginia. It seems odd to be leaving WVU after a single year. This leaves Iowa and West Virginia looking for coaches.

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  10. This off-season will be a real test for Vandy, as their coach will undoubtedly be a target.

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  11. Jason Frakes tweets: "If you like drive and kick, you'll love the 8th Region."

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  12. Cooper wins the Ninth Region, hammering Lloyd 53 to 38.

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  13. According to folks on the Internet, Cooper's coach was told weeks ago that he would be fired after the season. Now he's going to State.

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  14. Adair County wins the Fifth Region, cruising past North Hardin 62 to 48.
    South Oldham beats North Oldham in OVERTIME, 53 to 50.

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