[zaga_fan]

Actually even the final Mount Top 10 doesn't mean anything. If I'm not mistaken Hazard was not the number one team in the final poll but they were the only Mountain Team to win a State Championship last season. But since there are no games for another 2 1/2 weeks what are we supposed to talk about? It is listed as a preseason poll, if you don't like preseason polls don't read the thread.

Not to take anything away from Hazard...
that program always strives for greatness and they were rewarded last year...
but I can guarantee you that if the dawgs played Bell County or the Black Bears it wouldn't have been pretty.

The mountain top-10 is a very subjective list because of the class system and Hazard usually gets a lot of love because they are top 2 or 3 in the state in 1A - a few years ago they beat 3 5A teams in one season (Clay, Perry, Letcher)...
so I think that love is deserved for the most part, but I would have a hard time putting Hazard at the top of the list when the overwhelming consensus is that they simply couldn't go the distance with a truly elite team in the mountains.