<p>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 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.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Favorites to Win:</strong></span></p>
<p>1st Region - [player_tooltip player_id="793777" first="Noah" last="Dumas"]*</p>
<p>2nd Region - [player_tooltip player_id="922997" first="Kale" last="Gaither"], Madisonville-North Hopkins*</p>
<p>3rd Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926896" first="JiAirius" last="Webb"], Owensboro Catholic</p>
<p>4th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="801586" first="Turner" last="Buttry"], Bowling Green or [player_tooltip player_id="926895" first="Cade" last="Stinnett"], Greenwood</p>
<p>5th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926883" first="James" last="Jewell"], Marion County or [player_tooltip player_id="1069277" first="Andrew" last="Mason"], Bardstown*</p>
<p>6th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926893" first="Darien" last="Lewis"], Fern Creek</p>
<p>7th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926882" first="Maker" last="Bar"], Ballard</p>
<p>8th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="1009764" first="Brant" last="Smithers"], Walton-Verona</p>
<p>9th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926898" first="Mitchell" last="Rylee"], Covington Catholic</p>
<p>10th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="801588" first="Justin" last="Becker"], Robertson County</p>
<p>11th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926891" first="Jack" last="Gohmann"], Lexington Catholic</p>
<p>12th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926889" first="Luke" last="Imfeld"], Boyle County or [player_tooltip player_id="638866" first="Jaxon" last="Smith"], Lincoln County</p>
<p>13th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926884" first="Jordan" last="Akal"], Harlan or [player_tooltip player_id="923006" first="Jevonte" last="Turner"], Knox Central*</p>
<p>14th Region - Bodie Bentley, Letcher County Central</p>
<p>15th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926887" first="Rylee" last="Samons"], Pikeville</p>
<p>16th Region - [player_tooltip player_id="926919" first="Brady" last="Bell"], Russell</p>
<p>The * = a 2021 player using SB 128 to repeat Senior year</p>
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