Final from LexCath.

I dont understand this one

Pretty big surprise there. What's wrong with Bullitt East this year? They looked great at the King of the Bluegrass, but now they have losses to Butler, and a blowout by Central.

There's nothing wrong with Bullitt East. Central actually has a pretty good team that not many people are aware of. I'm good friends with Coach Bibby, and he actually has said that he thinks that they are the best team he's had since he's coached at Central (with 2 teams going to the state tourney). Over the summer Central beat Bullitt East and Oldham County by 20+ points, Taylor County by 15, Doss, Covington Catholic (in a game where Central had a 20+ point lead at one point). They've just not been healthy. There starting big made his first start of the season against Bullitt East, and is still only 80% healthy. He had a bad ligament tear in his ankle in October he's still recovering from. He's very explosive, and dunks everything around the basket when healthy. They also have a starting senior guard whose been out with a knee injury for the past few weeks. He may be back for the LIT, but I'm now sure how effective he'll be then. They also have 2 all 7th region players from last year (as sophomores) to help shape a loaded junior class in Wells and Thompson. That Manual game was just a perfect storm for them, and Central is still not at 100%.

Over the summer Central beat Bullitt East and Oldham County by 20+ points, Taylor County by 15, Doss, Covington Catholic (in a game where Central had a 20+ point lead at one point).

 

I hope CovCath can keep it close today then.

Then explain the Manual game,?

That totally jacked up my post. I meant.. How does that explain the manual game.

I said that their starting big is playing on a bad wheel, and a starting guard (who averages double figures scoring, and led the team in assists) out for at least a month. Plus Manual played great (I described this as the perfect storm earlier). Dwayne Sutton dominated as well.

There's nothing wrong with Bullitt East. Central actually has a pretty good team that not many people are aware of. I'm good friends with Coach Bibby, and he actually has said that he thinks that they are the best team he's had since he's coached at Central (with 2 teams going to the state tourney). Over the summer Central beat Bullitt East and Oldham County by 20+ points, Taylor County by 15, Doss, Covington Catholic (in a game where Central had a 20+ point lead at one point). They've just not been healthy. There starting big made his first start of the season against Bullitt East, and is still only 80% healthy. He had a bad ligament tear in his ankle in October he's still recovering from. He's very explosive, and dunks everything around the basket when healthy. They also have a starting senior guard whose been out with a knee injury for the past few weeks. He may be back for the LIT, but I'm now sure how effective he'll be then. They also have 2 all 7th region players from last year (as sophomores) to help shape a loaded junior class in Wells and Thompson. That Manual game was just a perfect storm for them, and Central is still not at 100%.

 

This is good to know. Thanks for the info. I was wondering what was going on with Central when I saw the Manual game. Your post explains a lot for me. Good luck the rest of the season. This is a good win.

This is not the same East Team from years past. From what I've seen they do not push the ball in their run and gun style any longer. Style could be the new coach (Do not know)

Was not at this one, looks like East is prolonging they're best Jeckyl & Hyde impersonation...39 pts? Consistency anyone?

Losing to teams they shouldn't lose to. And only scoring 39 points while doing it. Scraping by teams they should beat handily. Looks to be a long year for the Bullitt East fans.

Does this team have chemistry issues? Watching them play and having seen some things that have been posted on social media, it appears chemistry issues may be their problem.