Way Too Early 2022 Mr Basketball Preview
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Their 17u AAU seasons are over with and we’re 6 weeks away from the start of their Senior seasons but this may be the most wide open Mr Basketball race we’ve seen in years thanks to lots of transfers and…
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Continue ReadingTheir 17u AAU seasons are over with and we’re 6 weeks away from the start of their Senior seasons but this may be the most wide open Mr Basketball race we’ve seen in years thanks to lots of transfers and pretty underwhelming recruiting for the class overall. There is no clear cut favorite right now so instead of naming a favorite, I’ll give my opinion on which players will be named regional Player of the Year and become Mr Basketball nominees.
Favorites to Win:
1st Region – Noah Dumas*
2nd Region – Kale Gaither Kale Gaither 5'10" | PG Madisonville-North Hopkins | 2022 State KY , Madisonville-North Hopkins*
3rd Region – JiAirius Webb JiAirius Webb 6'7" | PF Owensboro | 2023 State KY , Owensboro Catholic
4th Region – Turner Buttry Turner Buttry 5'11" | PG Bowling Green | 2022 State KY , Bowling Green or Cade Stinnett Cade Stinnett 6'3" | SG Greenwood | 2022 State KY , Greenwood
5th Region – James Jewell James Jewell 6'6" | PF Marion County | 2022 State KY , Marion County or Andrew Mason Andrew Mason 6'4" | SF Bardstown | 2022 State KY , Bardstown*
6th Region – Darien Lewis Darien Lewis 6'1" | PG Fern Creek | 2022 State KY , Fern Creek
7th Region – Maker Bar Maker Bar 6'9" | C Ballard | 2022 State KY , Ballard
8th Region – Brant Smithers Brant Smithers 6'1" | CG Walton-Verona | 2022 State KY , Walton-Verona
9th Region – Mitchell Rylee Mitchell Rylee 6'8" | C Covington Catholic | 2022 State KY , Covington Catholic
10th Region – Justin Becker Justin Becker 6'6" | SF Robertson County | 2022 State KY , Robertson County
11th Region – Jack Gohmann Jack Gohmann 6'3" | SG Lexington Catholic | 2022 State KY , Lexington Catholic
12th Region – Luke Imfeld Luke Imfeld 6'1" | SG Boyle County | 2022 State KY , Boyle County or Jaxon Smith Jaxon Smith 6'2" | PG Lincoln County | 2022 State KY , Lincoln County
13th Region – Jordan Akal Jordan Akal 6'1" | PG Harlan | 2022 State KY , Harlan or Jevonte Turner Jevonte Turner 6'2" | CG Knox Central | 2022 State KY , Knox Central*
14th Region – Bodie Bentley, Letcher County Central
15th Region – Rylee Samons Rylee Samons 6'7" | SF Pikeville | 2023 State KY , Pikeville
16th Region – Brady Bell Brady Bell 6'6" | SF Russell | 2022 State KY , Russell
The * = a 2021 player using SB 128 to repeat Senior year