[LCDawg]

15th Region

57th -

Lawrence Co.
Sheldon Clark
Paintsville
Johnson Central

58th -

Magoffin Co
Prestonsburg
Allen Central
Betsy Layne

59th -
Pikeville
Shelby Valley
Jenkins
South Floyd

60th -

Belfry
East Ridge
Phelps
Pike Central

This looks good to me, but what does it do to the 53rd by moving Jenkins out?

I say if you can't break up the two 3 team districts in Pike Co. by moving some others in you move Pikeville out to the 58th and leave Piarist out of the equation altogether. Consolidate the 59th/60th and make that a 5 team district, the 58th then becomes a 5 team district and the 57th remains a 5 team district. Regional tournament would have to be a seeded tournament with 1 and 2 seeds getting a bye to the second round though... since it would be a 6 team region.

I don't like the idea of a 5 team district myself and I know this would never happen since the 15th would be the only 6 team regional, but that would have to be better than two 3 team districts that guarantee 4 Pike Co. teams going to region year in and year out.

[OrangenowBlue]

EKYHoops, what exactly has the 53rd district done in the region in basketball that is so earth shaking in the last 20 years? Knott had a good run in the 1970s when they first consolidated, and a few region titles in the 1980s and in the early 1990s (they were actually in the 55th district with Breathitt then, but that's a technicality). Then they went from 1993 to 2010 before winning another region. Whitesburg won a region just before they closed their doors to consolidation, their second regional championship in their history, the other coming in the 1950s.

I admit, the 56th hasn't been as dominate as the 54th and the 55th. Lee won the region in 1968 and 1973, and Powell won it in 1974 and 2003. There have been several runner-up finishes---Owsley in 1983 and 1985, Wolfe in the early 2000s. But the 53rd hasn't set the world on fire either. Now that they have consolidated to have 1000 students Letcher Central will eventually have to break through and win a region simply due to the size of their enrollment, but it hasn't happened yet. Don't act like the 53rd is so much better than the 56th.

And by the way, the 56th has the 3rd and 4th largest enrollments in the region. Powell is 3rd with about 750 students and Estill is right behind them with around 730. Only Perry and Letcher are larger. With schools that size, the right coaches and building programs, there's no reason they can't compete with the Perry's, Hazard's, Letcher's and Knott's. Of course, they may have to throw in a transfer or two to keep up with the boys from the "Center Of The Region"!

1. Although it still isn't much, but Whitesburg actually won three regional championships. LOL

2. If you are throwing transfers, throw some our way.

[HDE]

This looks good to me, but what does it do to the 53rd by moving Jenkins out?

I say if you can't break up the two 3 team districts in Pike Co. by moving some others in you move Pikeville out to the 58th and leave Piarist out of the equation altogether. Consolidate the 59th/60th and make that a 5 team district, the 58th then becomes a 5 team district and the 57th remains a 5 team district. Regional tournament would have to be a seeded tournament with 1 and 2 seeds getting a bye to the second round though... since it would be a 6 team region.

I don't like the idea of a 5 team district myself and I know this would never happen since the 15th would be the only 6 team regional, but that would have to be better than two 3 team districts that guarantee 4 Pike Co. teams going to region year in and year out.

I don't see why the 15th should be treated differently than the rest of the state. They should have four districts with at least 16 teams.

[LCDawg]

I don't see why the 15th should be treated differently than the rest of the state. They should have four districts with at least 16 teams.

Oh I know and I agree... I was just throwing it out there along with all the other scenarios that will never happen. :biggrin: