TheDuke

I was awfully surprised by this one. I know in the previous years people thought that McCreary had a chance to get out of the region, but this year I would have thought that they would have been a heavy favorite. I bet that the Raider hopeful are toting torches and pitch forks this morning.

Without Wilson's hussle Wayne wins this game. Wilson scored about 10 points in the second half off of being a tenacious defender. Johnson hit a few three's in the first half but didn't make much noise in the second half. Corbin will still be pretty good when you throw Manns into the mix but they are going to have to find someone else to put some points on the board.

Coach Sears has been stricken with the swine flu. Please send him your prayers.

The simple fact of the matter is if Corbin and South meet in either of the two championship games, South has to be the favorite. Even though Corbin has better players in four of the five positions, and has a deeper bench I still believe South to be the better team in this type of game. The Cardinals are Corbin's white devil. They have it in their head that they cannot beat south. Until Corbin can win that big game (which the past few years have proven the outcome of that) I believe that South has to be the favorite in the District, and Region.

Yeah, South would probably want to take their chances in the tournament with Whitley considering that they won the first game by six and the last game by two. Since the wins were so convincing I think it is obvious that they will walk over who ever they face in the first round of the district. As for the tie; if South were to win the final matchup with Corbin, it will force a tie. Even though Corbin has won 2 of the 3 matchups, the regular season district games are all that matter. A coin flip decides the 1st seed and the 2nd seed.

What do you think?

I happened to see the game last night and it was a hard fought effort on both ends of the floor. Corbin is a little better than I thought that they would be and Whitley is also a little better than I thought that they would be. It was a very physical ball game by both teams. I thought the officiating was bad on both ends of the floor. There wasn't any sort of consistency of the officials which made it difficult for players to get into a flow. I would have assumed that there would have been better officials assigned to a big district game, but leave it to the thirteenth region to assign C officials to one of the most important games of the season for these schools. Crawford hit some incredible shots and looks to be back to 100%. Whitley's defensive effort was incredible, they won every loose ball and defended the hounds surprisingly well.

Kenneth Farley is the one who is coordinating this event.

I was just wondering the thought process behind ranking Harlan County in the top 10 of the region when they haven't played a single game. The three schools that combined weren't very good last year (with the exception of Cumberland) and didn't have much promise in their underclassmen. If someone could clarify this for me I would surely appreciate it. On a different note, the cool weather is giving me the basketball bug already. Can't wait for this season to start.

This wouldn't be a home court advantage for anyone, other than Corbin. Corbin would be able to practice on that floor anytime that they wanted. They are already a powerhouse in the region, now we are talking about giving them a permanent homecourt advantage every year. Seems like that might make it difficult on the other teams in the region.

Actually I live in Keavy so I may need to change my profile location to Northwest of Hell :fire:

I think the Hounds have, by far, the best talent in the 13th. In all five spots they are better than anyone in the Region. However, this held true last season as well. For the hounds to "take it" this year they will have to resolve some of the mental issues that face their player personnel. Thats just one guys opinion.

It seems to me that there are apparently an abundance of coaches in Williamsburg. Maybe the administration at Williamsburg should open the position up to some of the parents. It seems as though they have the whole situation figured out. As for the rest of the Bluegrass prep nation that actually wants to talk basketball instead of bashing a coach, I believe that Williamsburg IMPROVED in coach Robinson's second tenure as coach. Their record may not be indicitive of such a statement, but they played several teams very close. They will continue to improve and be very surprising when December rolls around. Williamsburg needs to continue developing their younger talent, and find a few more players that are willing to buy into Coach Robinson's style of play. I think that he found a very good role player in the Terry kid. As long as these players continue to improve, I believe that they will be much better.

How do you figure that this would be the best for the Colonels?

I think that our information is a little off here. I don't think those guys at Whitley are going anywhere for a while. I also believe that in reference to the top 10 13th region teams next year, that Corbin would have to be the heavy favorite due to the amount of returning players that they have, but as far as 2-10, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of flip flopping throughout the year. All of these teams are going to be pretty close as long as they remain healthy, and continue to improve in the off season :thumb: