[alfus21]

1. Paintsville - Landon Slone, J.D. Vanhoose, Shane Grimm, Daniel Pugh, Blake Bundy, Kevin Williams...Obvious favorites to anyone and everyone who knows 15th Region Basketball...

2. Johnson Central - Jamie McCarty and Kyle Rice...Great team with new Coach

3. Sheldon Clark - I'm surprised I have them this high also, but with Brandon May and Crum they will be a very hard team to stop...

4. Belfry - Matt Maynard returns to a team that shocked everybody last year..Also returns Case, but depth is questionable..

5. Shelby Valley - Mitchel Riddle is one of the most underrated players in the region, and they also return John Johnson, and have one of the best feeder programs in the state..

6. South Floyd - Ryan Johnson is a good basketball player and they will compete with Prestonsburg and Betsy Layne in the 58th...

7. Prestonsburg - Stephens is a good defensive player, and Herrick can bomb the 3...Good team that could compete with anybody...

8. Pike County Central - Any team that has Brad Lowe, who is way to underrated is a good team and can win any given night...

9. Betsy Layne - Their loss to Magoffin County earns them this spot though I think they'll move up in my rankings after getting a few games under their belt...

10. East Ridge - Lost their leading scorer, and got a new coach..Have Kyle Fletcher who needs to step up big...

11. Phelps - Phelps returns all but one starter on a team that won almost 20 games last season...The Dotson kid is a good player and Phelps could be a sleeper team..

12. Magoffin County - Big win over Betsy Layne, but it was just the 1st game of the year..I think they'll win a few more games this year..

13. Allen Central - Another tough year for the Rebs, but better than last year..

14. Lawrence County - Don't know a lot about them...

15. Pikeville - I hate to do this, but for right now I just don't know where else to put them.They've been awful the last couple of seasons and unless something has happened, not much should change..

16. Piarist

17. David School