Midseason 2026 Mr. Basketball Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's been a month since the season started and we have a pretty large sample size for Kentucky's top Seniors. The Mr. Basketball race is pretty open. Definitely more open than in the most recent seasons. Let's take a look at the front runners for the award after about 1/3 of the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Favorite:</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2726831' first='Jake' last='Feldhaus'], Madison Central - Jake has been having a great past two years. He also has a famous last name and is starting to garner serious buzz as the new favorite for the award.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Second Favorite:</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1558733' first='Reece' last='Davidson'], North Laurel - Reece has been good all season and had huge games at Rupp Arena last season. He moves from the favorite to second favorite through no fault of his own. Feldhaus has just been the more popular name so far this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Third Favorite:</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1359130' first='Jonathan' last='Moss'], Daviess County - Moss is playing all over the state this season and that should help get him in front of most of the voters. Recently re-opening his recruitment, Jay should have a legitimate shot at the award if he keeps up his current statistical pace.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Predicting Regional Players of the Year:</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1st Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1571421' first='Miles' last='Woodfork'], McCracken County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2nd Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1543608' first='Bray' last='Kirk'], Lyon County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>3rd Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1359130' first='Jonathan' last='Moss'], Daviess County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='2921316' first='Kaleb' last='Prince'], Warren Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>5th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1902675' first='Jaylin' last='Craine'], Caverna</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1543629' first='Dayvone' last='Harrison'], Moore</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>7th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1563823' first='Jeremiah' last='Jackson'], St. Xavier</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>8th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1543627' first='Samuel' last='Seawright'], Spencer County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>9th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1575699' first='Athens' last='McGillis'], Covington Catholic</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>10th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='2120028' first='Malachi' last='Ashford'], George Rogers Clark</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>11th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='2726831' first='Jake' last='Feldhaus'], Madison Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>12th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1543201' first='Walker' last='Craig'], Rockcastle County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>13th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1558733' first='Reece' last='Davidson'], North Laurel</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>14th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='2388302' first='Seth' last='Caudill'], Hazard</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>15th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1543638' first='Carter' last='Parsons'], Pikeville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>16th Region - [player_tooltip player_id='1359133' first='Jacob' last='Spurlock'], Boyd County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->