[Quincy]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

[Buddy Holly]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

Your subtle dislike for Shelby Valley is comical lol but throw them in the middle somewhere and your list is pretty accurate.

[Quincy]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

Your subtle dislike for Shelby Valley is comical lol but throw them in the middle somewhere and your list is pretty accurate.

I do apologize for leaving them out. I didn’t even notice. They would be at 6 or 7 for me.

[4 Quarters]

Why do I keep thinking Pikeville wins the 15th?

[Quincy]

Why do I keep thinking Pikeville wins the 15th?

I somewhat agree

[billymoore8123]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

I will 110% debate with you on this list. How do you list Paintsville at 4? Paintsville beat your #1 Team by 10 last week and was up by as much as 17 at one point. They are 10-1 in the region with the best record in the region and their only loss was Martin County and the team was battling through injuries and played some of the worst ball they have all year that game.

[EKY Hoops]

1. Martin County
2. Paintsville
3. Pike Central
4. Pikeville
5. Johnson Central
6. Lawrence County
7. Shelby Valley
8. Betsy Layne
9. Floyd Central
10. Phelps
11. Prestonsburg
12. Belfry
13. Magoffin Co
14. East Ridge

Johnson Central is the hardest team to rank for me, as they just beat what was the consensus #1 team most recently, but right before that dropped a couple to Paintsville and PC. Maybe I’ll be proven wrong, but I think your real 15th region championship contenders are 1-5 on the list.

[lcgrad2002]

Lawrence is above Betsy Layne and Floyd Central.

[Quincy]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

I will 110% debate with you on this list. How do you list Paintsville at 4? Paintsville beat your #1 Team by 10 last week and was up by as much as 17 at one point. They are 10-1 in the region with the best record in the region and their only loss was Martin County and the team was battling through injuries and played some of the worst ball they have all year that game.

I agree with you to a point but I’m talking about right now. I watched Johnson central beat almost everyone’s agreed number 1 team the other day. And that team dominated paintsville in the All A. So as to how people are playing now I don’t think paintsville is higher than 4. I don’t think they’re deep enough to win the region tournament. That’s just my opinion.

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Lawrence is above Betsy Layne and Floyd Central.

I don’t think they’re above BL but I probably should’ve put them above floyd. It’s just hard to due to some of their major losses but they also win too. Just a hard team to rank.

[Red and Black]

I still think MC is the best basketball team in the region, but with Pikeville, Paintsville, JC and PC playing excellent ball right now I think any of those teams can beat any of the others. We might get the most wide open 15th region tournament in decades this year. I don’t even know how to try to rank them at this point.

[EKY Hoops]

1. Martin County
2. Paintsville
3. Pike Central
4. Pikeville
5. Johnson Central
6. Lawrence County
7. Shelby Valley
8. Betsy Layne
9. Floyd Central
10. Phelps
11. Prestonsburg
12. Belfry
13. Magoffin Co
14. East Ridge

Johnson Central is the hardest team to rank for me, as they just beat what was the consensus #1 team most recently, but right before that dropped a couple to Paintsville and PC. Maybe I’ll be proven wrong, but I think your real 15th region championship contenders are 1-5 on the list.

Just seeing Johnson Central beat Pike Central last night so I’ll actually go

1. Martin County
2. Paintsville
3. Johnson Central
4. Pike Central
5. Pikeville

JC starting to play well at the right time.

[15thRegionFan1515]

I agree— JC is playing well at the right time. With football guys, takes time to get basketball acclimated. Martin is my favorite in the region, for sure. Paintsville is hard to rank because their wins always seem to be on their home court. I think the top 5-6 teams could win on any given night.

[Impossible]

I still think MC is the best basketball team in the region, but with Pikeville, Paintsville, JC and PC playing excellent ball right now I think any of those teams can beat any of the others. We might get the most wide open 15th region tournament in decades this year. I don’t even know how to try to rank them at this point.

I believe PC is a pretender. They have won some games early in the season when they was hot. I just don’t believe that team has what it takes to win the big games when the tournament comes around. Martin is the best team in the region hands down. There is only 2 teams I believe that can beat them when it matters and it’s Pikeville and JC. Pikeville is figuring out the rotations that work after being over halfway through the season (which is what happens when get multiple transfers). They will be a strong team when the region tournament comes around. JC is a young team that plays together and proved last year they was going be a top team in the region for a while. I believe in reality there is only 3 teams that can win the region. It’s not as wide open as people think.

[15thregionwatcher]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

I will 110% debate with you on this list. How do you list Paintsville at 4? Paintsville beat your #1 Team by 10 last week and was up by as much as 17 at one point. They are 10-1 in the region with the best record in the region and their only loss was Martin County and the team was battling through injuries and played some of the worst ball they have all year that game.

I agree with you to a point but I’m talking about right now. I watched Johnson central beat almost everyone’s agreed number 1 team the other day. And that team dominated paintsville in the All A. So as to how people are playing now I don’t think paintsville is higher than 4. I don’t think they’re deep enough to win the region tournament. That’s just my opinion.

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Lawrence is above Betsy Layne and Floyd Central.

I don’t think they’re above BL but I probably should’ve put them above floyd. It’s just hard to due to some of their major losses but they also win too. Just a hard team to rank.

Major losses?  They have lost in competive games to JC this week (tied with two minutes to go), ten point loss at paintsville, single digit loss to pike central, and a whopping early in year to pikeville.    One loss to team at time ranked #3 in NC highest class by two, and a loss to defending state Ohio champ with three D1 commits.  

They have beat every team ranked from 7-13 in your rankings head to head.   I think they fall into the sixth spot (who in region has Phelps beat?)

above poster was right they have a combined 48 point positive margin on Floyd central in their two meetings.  (And a nine point win at Betsy layne).

[-STAT-]

At this very moment, since it's a new week.

1. Paintsville
2. Johnson Central
3. Martin Co.
4. Pikeville
5. Pike Central
6. Lawrence Co.
7. Betsy Layne
8. Phelps
9. Shelby Valley
10. Floyd Central
11. Prestonsburg
12. Belfry
13. Magoffin Co.
14. East Ridge

[-STAT-]

This list will definitely fluctuate as the week goes on, as Paintsville has road district games at Martin Co. Tuesday & at Johnson Central Thursday.

[Mr. D]

To me Martin County is still the best team in the region, but that gap is not nearly as big as was perceived earlier in the season. Johnson Central and Pikeville are starting to get a rhythm and play much better basketball. JC just had their best week of the season winning at Lawrence, Martin at home, and Pike Central at home. That stretch is similar to the type of week you need to win a regional championship. But JC does not match up well with Paintsville. Like others I think Pikeville is the team that is sneaking around in the background but may very well win it in the end. I think my top five would be:

1) Martin
2) Paintsville
3) Johnson Central
4) Pikeville
5) Pike Central

[Quincy]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

I will 110% debate with you on this list. How do you list Paintsville at 4? Paintsville beat your #1 Team by 10 last week and was up by as much as 17 at one point. They are 10-1 in the region with the best record in the region and their only loss was Martin County and the team was battling through injuries and played some of the worst ball they have all year that game.

I agree with you to a point but I’m talking about right now. I watched Johnson central beat almost everyone’s agreed number 1 team the other day. And that team dominated paintsville in the All A. So as to how people are playing now I don’t think paintsville is higher than 4. I don’t think they’re deep enough to win the region tournament. That’s just my opinion.

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Lawrence is above Betsy Layne and Floyd Central.

I don’t think they’re above BL but I probably should’ve put them above floyd. It’s just hard to due to some of their major losses but they also win too. Just a hard team to rank.

Major losses?  They have lost in competive games to JC this week (tied with two minutes to go), ten point loss at paintsville, single digit loss to pike central, and a whopping early in year to pikeville.    One loss to team at time ranked #3 in NC highest class by two, and a loss to defending state Ohio champ with three D1 commits.  

They have beat every team ranked from 7-13 in your rankings head to head.   I think they fall into the sixth spot (who in region has Phelps beat?)

above poster was right they have a combined 48 point positive margin on Floyd central in their two meetings.  (And a nine point win at Betsy layne).

I agree with that actually now that you put it that way. But I don’t think it’s a big gap. Just barely.

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This list will definitely fluctuate as the week goes on, as Paintsville has road district games at Martin Co. Tuesday & at Johnson Central Thursday.

@-STAT-What makes everyone so high on paintsville? I was until I watched that All A matchup and it didn’t even look close to me. Martin Co dominated them and that makes me believe that they don’t have it to win a region title.

[ReginaPanther08]

1. Pikeville
2. Martin
3. Paintsville
The panthers are getting hot at the right time and I think they win the region.

[-STAT-]

1. Johnson Central
2. Martin County
3.Pikeville
4. Paintsville
5. Pike Central
6. Phelps
7. Floyd Central
8. Betsy Layne
9. Lawrence County 
10.Prestonsburg
11. Belfry
12. Maggoffin County
13. East Ridge

I could be leaving someone off and if so I apologize. Due to the fact of JC beating MC I have them at one but I think it’s between JC, MC, and Pikeville to be in the top. Other than that it drops off big time. What’s your thoughts? Debate with me.

I will 110% debate with you on this list. How do you list Paintsville at 4? Paintsville beat your #1 Team by 10 last week and was up by as much as 17 at one point. They are 10-1 in the region with the best record in the region and their only loss was Martin County and the team was battling through injuries and played some of the worst ball they have all year that game.

I agree with you to a point but I’m talking about right now. I watched Johnson central beat almost everyone’s agreed number 1 team the other day. And that team dominated paintsville in the All A. So as to how people are playing now I don’t think paintsville is higher than 4. I don’t think they’re deep enough to win the region tournament. That’s just my opinion.

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Lawrence is above Betsy Layne and Floyd Central.

I don’t think they’re above BL but I probably should’ve put them above floyd. It’s just hard to due to some of their major losses but they also win too. Just a hard team to rank.

Major losses?  They have lost in competive games to JC this week (tied with two minutes to go), ten point loss at paintsville, single digit loss to pike central, and a whopping early in year to pikeville.    One loss to team at time ranked #3 in NC highest class by two, and a loss to defending state Ohio champ with three D1 commits.  

They have beat every team ranked from 7-13 in your rankings head to head.   I think they fall into the sixth spot (who in region has Phelps beat?)

above poster was right they have a combined 48 point positive margin on Floyd central in their two meetings.  (And a nine point win at Betsy layne).

I agree with that actually now that you put it that way. But I don’t think it’s a big gap. Just barely.

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This list will definitely fluctuate as the week goes on, as Paintsville has road district games at Martin Co. Tuesday & at Johnson Central Thursday.

@-STAT-What makes everyone so high on paintsville? I was until I watched that All A matchup and it didn’t even look close to me. Martin Co dominated them and that makes me believe that they don’t have it to win a region title.

@Quincy I'm just basing my rankings off of how each team done last week Paintsville dominated Magoffin on the road, defeated Betsy Layne at home, and dominated Russell at home Saturday. I know JC beat Martin, but Paintsville has a victory over JC just a few weeks ago. 

Think Paintsville learned a lot since that ALL A matchup, they went into that game timid and didn't play loose at all, even cutting the lead to 5 at half, everyone just had that feeling that Martin Co would go on a big run in the 2nd half and that's what happened. Paintsville is just very disciplined on the offensive side, Martin is more athletic, but size wise Paintsville has the advantage even tho Martin can contend with them. It'll be back to back tough test for Paintsville this week with both games on the road, we will truly see what kind of team they are, but they're playing just as good as anyone right now since the ALL A loss.

[Quincy]

I will 110% debate with you on this list. How do you list Paintsville at 4? Paintsville beat your #1 Team by 10 last week and was up by as much as 17 at one point. They are 10-1 in the region with the best record in the region and their only loss was Martin County and the team was battling through injuries and played some of the worst ball they have all year that game.

I agree with you to a point but I’m talking about right now. I watched Johnson central beat almost everyone’s agreed number 1 team the other day. And that team dominated paintsville in the All A. So as to how people are playing now I don’t think paintsville is higher than 4. I don’t think they’re deep enough to win the region tournament. That’s just my opinion.

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Lawrence is above Betsy Layne and Floyd Central.

I don’t think they’re above BL but I probably should’ve put them above floyd. It’s just hard to due to some of their major losses but they also win too. Just a hard team to rank.

Major losses?  They have lost in competive games to JC this week (tied with two minutes to go), ten point loss at paintsville, single digit loss to pike central, and a whopping early in year to pikeville.    One loss to team at time ranked #3 in NC highest class by two, and a loss to defending state Ohio champ with three D1 commits.  

They have beat every team ranked from 7-13 in your rankings head to head.   I think they fall into the sixth spot (who in region has Phelps beat?)

above poster was right they have a combined 48 point positive margin on Floyd central in their two meetings.  (And a nine point win at Betsy layne).

I agree with that actually now that you put it that way. But I don’t think it’s a big gap. Just barely.

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This list will definitely fluctuate as the week goes on, as Paintsville has road district games at Martin Co. Tuesday & at Johnson Central Thursday.

@-STAT-What makes everyone so high on paintsville? I was until I watched that All A matchup and it didn’t even look close to me. Martin Co dominated them and that makes me believe that they don’t have it to win a region title.

@Quincy I'm just basing my rankings off of how each team done last week Paintsville dominated Magoffin on the road, defeated Betsy Layne at home, and dominated Russell at home Saturday. I know JC beat Martin, but Paintsville has a victory over JC just a few weeks ago. 

Think Paintsville learned a lot since that ALL A matchup, they went into that game timid and didn't play loose at all, even cutting the lead to 5 at half, everyone just had that feeling that Martin Co would go on a big run in the 2nd half and that's what happened. Paintsville is just very disciplined on the offensive side, Martin is more athletic, but size wise Paintsville has the advantage even tho Martin can contend with them. It'll be back to back tough test for Paintsville this week with both games on the road, we will truly see what kind of team they are, but they're playing just as good as anyone right now since the ALL A loss.

By the end of next week we should get a better idea. Paintsville plays a super touchy schedule battling Martin County, JC, and pikeville all in the next 2 weeks.