KSR's Kentucky High School Basketball Final Regular Season Top 25

The 2022-23 Kentucky high school basketball regular season is in the books. The road to Rupp Arena has officially begun.

District tournaments start on Monday night across the state and continue throughout the week with the finalists from each of the 64 districts advancing to the 16 regional tournaments, which begin the following week. With the regular season wrapped up, we’ve updated our statewide rankings as we dive straight into postseason action.

Check out KSR’s final regular season rankings below. You can view last week’s rankings here.

KSR’s KY High School Basketball Week 12 Top 25 (+1)

1. Warren Central [2] (27-1)
2. Lexington Catholic (28-2)
3. North Oldham (23-5)
4. Frederick Douglass (26-2) -1
5. Lyon County (25-5)
6. George Rogers Clark (27-5)
7. Great Crossing (25-1) -1
8. Evangel Christian (26-4) +2
9. Covington Catholic (24-4) +1
10. Trinity (20-7) +3
11. Ballard (23-4) +1
12. Bowling Green (23-7) -5
13. Mason County (25-5) -4
14. North Laurel (20-10) +1
15. Male (20-10) +2
16. Grant County (24-6) +7
17. Western (21-7) +7
18. Conner (18-7) -5
19. Harlan County (25-5)
20. Owensboro Catholic (25-4) -2
21. Madison Central (16-14) -1
22. Collins (22-6) -7
23. Holy Cross (Covington) (21-7) -3
24. Pleasure Ridge Park (21-5) -2
25. Hazard (25-3) +1
26. Henderson County (20-8)

Also Receiving Votes

None

Dropped Out of Rankings

No. 25 Ohio County

2023 UK Healthcare Sweet 16 draw

The 2023 UK Healthcare Sweet 16 state tournament draw was made last week and will be as follows:

Quarter 1

Region 1 vs Region 5
Region 6 vs Region 8

Ranked teams in Quarter 1:
No. 8 Evangel Christian, No. 17 Western, No. 24 PRP (Region 6)
No. 3 North Oldham, No. 16 Grant County, No. 22 Collins (Region 8)

Quarter 2

Region 4 vs Region 12
Region 3 vs Region 16

Ranked Teams in Quarter 2:
No. 1 Warren Central, No. 12 Bowling Green (Region 4)
No. 20 Owensboro Catholic (Region 3)

Quarter 3

Region 11 vs Region 15
Region 7 vs Region 14

Ranked Teams in Quarter 3:
No. 2 Lexington Catholic, No. 4 Frederick Douglass, No. 7 Great Crossing, No. 21 Madison Central (Region 11)
No. 10 Trinity, No. 11 Ballard, No. 15 Male (Region 7)
No. 25 Hazard (Region 14)

Quarter 4

Region 2 vs Region 9
Region 10 vs Region 13

Ranked Teams in Quarter 4:
No. 5 Lyon County, No. 26 Henderson County (Region 2)
No. 9 Covington Catholic, No. 18 Conner, No. 23 Covington Holy Cross (Region 9)
No. 6 George Rogers Clark, No. 13 Mason County (Region 10)
No. 14 North Laurel, No. 19 Harlan County (Region 13)

KSR’s rankings are voted on by myself & Clark Howell. Fans are welcome to send their feedback to us on Twitter: @teeroyhowell and @rezinc.

Podcast And Twitter Space

We previewed the postseason on a recorded Twitter Space and did a podcast with instant reactions to the Sweet 16 draw, which you can listen to here.