12 QUESTIONS & PREDICTIONS FOR KENTUCKY BOYS

Below are questions and predictions for the 2017-18 season for Kentucky's boys.

1. WHO ARE THE FAVORITES FOR MR. BASKETBALL (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)?

• TREVON FAULKNER (HARRODSBURG MERCER CO.)
• STEVEN FITZGERALD SOMERSET PULASKI CO.)
• C.J. FREDRICK (COVINGTON CATHOLIC)
• COBY PENNY (LAWRENCEBURG ANDERSON CO.)
• JAYDEN SCRUBB (LOUISVILLE TRINITY)

2. WHO ARE THE TOP 5 TEAMS TO WIN THE "SWEET 16"

• LOUISVILLE TRINITY
• COVINGTON CATHOLIC
• FERN CREEK
• GEORGETOWN SCOTT CO.
• WALTON WALTON-VERONA

3. WHAT IS THE BEST SHOOTOUT TO OBSERVE IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE?

THE MARSHALL COUNTY HOOPFEST IN BENTON, KY (NOV. 30-DEC. 4)

4. WHAT IS THE BEST TOURNAMENT TO OBSERVE IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE?

THE KING OF THE BLUEGRASS IN FAIRDALE, KY (DEC. 19-23)

5. WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE STATE REGARDLESS OF CLASS?

ZION HARMON, A 5-10 FRESHMAN, FROM COLUMBIA ADAIR CO.

6. WHO IS THE MOST VERSATILE PLAYER IN THE STATE?

AARON REED OF BENTON MARSHALL CO.

7. WHO WAS THE MOST NOTABLE TRANSFER OF NOTE?

ZION HARMON LEAVING BOWLING GREEN FOR ADAIR CO.

8. WHO ARE THE TOP 3 "RIP VAN WINKLES" IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)?

• NATHAN STONECIPHER (PADUCAH MCCRACKEN CO.)
• JACOB TAYLOR (BARDSTOWN BETHLEHEM)
• MARKEL TURNER (BARBOURVILLE KNOX CENTRAL)

9. WHO IS THE BEST ATHLETE IN THE STATE?

JUSTIN WEAVER OF LOUISVILLE MOORE WHO IS A D-1 FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL PROSPECT

10. WHO IS THE BEST SHOOTER IN KENTUCKY?

C.J. FREDRICK OF COVINGTON CATHOLIC

11. WHAT TEAM TO WATCH OUT FOR?

MADISONVILLE NORTH HOPKINS

12. WHO IS THE MOST IMRPOVED PLAYER IN THE STATE?

JAKE WALTER OF COVINGTON CATHOLIC