[foriegn flatlander]

Have to disagree. Top to bottom, it might be the 8th before the 15th, but not a whole lot of disagreement about the 13th.

So if I had to rank top to bottom in terms of weakness as a REGION (not for certain teams), I'd have to consider the 8th before I did the 15th. Just my personal opinion, and remember, it's about the whole region, not just certain teams. You'd get no argument from me that the top 4 in the 15th might be only middle of the pack in some regions, but I'd put Sheldon Clark, Johnson Central, East Ridge, and Pikeville up against almost any team and it would be competitive. For people who want to harp on how Pikeville did in the iHigh tourney, remember they were without Ethan Rowe in those games. There's enough talent in the 15th to make a very good region, unfortunately, you have a couple at this school, a couple there, etc. Most other regions have a bigger population base to draw from than the 13th, 14th, 15th, etc. It also doesn't help that only a few teams play outside the 15th to make themselves better. Pikeville has played 19 of 31 games in the 15th, the remainder have been against out of region teams that made them better (Dunbar, Bryan Station, etc). Prestonsburg has played 31 games, 24 have been in the region. Sheldon Clark has played 32 games, but only 18 in the region, the remainder against teams like Dunbar, Perry Central, etc. that made them better.

While I do agree playing outside your region against tougher competition makes you better, however Pikeville played 23 games against 13th, 14th, 15th,16th and 1 against the 9th. IMO this hardly qualifys as a tough schedule to make ones team better. Moreover getting beat by 30 plus in 3 games at Lexington also most likely does not improve your team. Regardless of who thinks what region is the weakest in the state, rest assured this will be figured out in Rupp Arena.