Season Preview: Regional Champion and State Champion Predictions
Basketball season finally tips off tonight in Kentucky. Here are the Prep Hoops Staff picks for regional champions and who won our twitter polls over the weekend. SQ is Prep Hoops Contributor Steve Quattrocchi. AM is Prep Hoops Contributor Alex Morgan and TW is the result of our twitter polls with the percent of the vote listed in parentheses. With no further ado, the 2018-19 Regional Champion predictions:
First Region:
- SQ: Mayfield
- AM: Mayfield
- TW: McCracken County (38%)
Second Region:
- SQ: University Heights
- AM: University Heights
- TW: University Heights (71%)
Third Region:
- SQ: Daviess County
- AM: Owensboro Catholic
- TW: Owensboro Catholic (48%)
Fourth Region:
- SQ: Warren Central
- AM: Bowling Green
- TW: Bowling Green (46%)
Fifth Region:
- SQ: John Hardin
- AM: LaRue County
- TW: John Hardin (44%)
Sixth Region:
- SQ: Butler
- AM: Butler
- TW: Fern Creek (42%)
Seventh Region:
- SQ:Trinity
- AM: Trinity
- TW: Trinity (59%)
Eighth Region:
- SQ: Walton-Verona
- AM: Collins
- TW: Collins (39%)
Ninth Region:
- SQ: Covington Catholic
- AM: Covington Catholic
- TW: Covington Catholic (73%)
Tenth Region:
- SQ: Campbell County
- AM: Scott
- TW: George Rogers Clark (40%)
Eleventh Region:
- SQ: Scott County
- AM: Scott County
- TW: Scott County (60%)
Twelfth Region:
- SQ: West Jessamine
- AM: Mercer County
- TW: Lincoln County (30%)
Thirteenth Region:
- SQ: South Laurel
- AM: Corbin
- TW: South Laurel (64%)
Fourteenth Region:
- SQ: Knott County Central
- AM: Knott County Central
- TW: Knott County Central (40%)
Fifteenth Region:
- SQ: Paintsville
- AM: Johnson Central
- TW: Johnson Central (43%)
Sixteenth Region:
- SQ: Elliott County
- AM: Elliott County
- TW: Elliott County (56%)
State Champions:
- SQ: Scott County
- AM: Covington Catholic