[jalfzou]

Depends on when the two teams would play this mythical match-up. If during the regular season, I'd give the edge to '11 Dixie. If in the 9th Region playoffs, I'd give the edge to '10 Newport. Newport came out of nowhere to win the 9th Region in '10. Heck, they didn't even win their district. Dixie was consistent all year, but struggled some in the playoffs, almost blowing a 17-point lead to Highlands in a first-round game.

Holmes in '07-'09 was an aberration. One generally doesn't see that level of talent among 9th District teams. How the Bulldogs destroyed LexCath in the first half of their '09 quarterfinal game is still the best half of basketball I've ever seen played by a Northern Kentucky team. The past two 9th Region winners are more typical of what usually comes out of Northern Kentucky -- nice teams but no real threat to win the Sweet 16.