[kywldcat01]

Ryle beat Lafayette when three of Lafayette's players were suspended for one game for disciplinary reasons. Highlands has been playing terrible this year.

The Ryle loss was a bad loss for Holmes and their recent performance against Dixie Heights and Campbell Co. make me question how good they really are.

Holmes by no way deserves to be ranked#3 in Kentucky. They are not ranked in the top ten in the Herald Leader or the Courier Journal. In the last 7 games they lost to a 12-11 Ryle,beat a 10-13 Dixie Hts by 3, a 14-7 NCC by 3, a 14-8 Campbell Cty by 2 ( If the Warren Ctrl game had not been cancelled they would have suffered their 6th loss and we will yet see about the Boone Cty game) yet they keep moving up in the BGR poll. I would not favor them getting out of their region at this point. The NKY and Louisville influence has taken over this BGR site and EKY is in the underdog now. We have teams like KCC, PCC, and Corbin and a few others could be ranked.

Say what you want about Holmes but the bottom line is this...they're currently 19-5 with just 2 in-state losses. Since that loss to Ryle, Holmes has won 6 straight. It doesn't matter whether you win by 1 or 50...a win is a win.

The win over Memphis Central (ranked in several national polls) shows just how good this team can be and is when they actually play focused basketball.

As blackcatalum said, just because Holmes isn't blowing teams out doesn't mean they aren't a good team. When Holmes has went against the better teams on their schedule, they've played much better. Let's not forget Holmes beat a HORRIBLE Simon Kenton team late in the season last year by just 8 points.

Time will tell, but Holmes is top 5 whether they play like it all the time or not. As long as they're winning, there's not much you can say.