Boys State Tournament Pairings Released

Here are the region pairing for the boys high school Sweet 16 in March.  In parentheses are the teams in each region ranked in the Top 20.  Looks like the 7th region has an incredibly easy run to the state finals, as 5 of the 7 other regions on that side of the bracket have no ranked teams.  Although it seems somewhat appropriate as to even get through the 7th region tournament will be quite a task. Scott County was given a murderous draw though.  If they can even get out of the 11th region, they then have to most likely play an always good Warren Central team, then Holmes, who has already beaten them, then the survivor of the 10th region/Elliot County. My guess is an Eastern/Scott County state final, with Scott County pulling it out.  Be warned though, Eastern has a really, really good team.    Wednesday, March 18 -12^th Region (None) vs. 14^th Region (#19 Perry County Central), noon -Third Region (None) vs. Fifth Region (None), 1:30 p.m. -Sixth Region (None) vs. First Region (None), 6:30 p.m. -Seventh Region (#4 Eastern, #5 Ballard,#6 Jeffersontown, #16 Seneca) vs. 13^th Region (#13 Corbin), 8 p.m. Thursday, March 19 -11^th Region (#1 Scott County, #9 Bryan Station, #11 Lexington Catholic, #18 Paul Dunbar) vs. Fourth Region (#12 Warren Central), noon -Ninth Region (#3 Holmes, #10 Boone County, #17 Highlands) vs. Second Region (#15 Christian County), 1:30 p.m. -10^th Region (#7 Mason County, #14 Clark County, #20 Scott High) vs. 15^th Region (#8 Shelby Valley), 6:30 p.m. -Eighth Region (None) vs. 16^th Region (#2 Elliott County), 8 p.m.