Actually, the 14th is not that much better location for Estill County than the 10th was in years when the tournament is held at Knott Central, Letcher Central (this year), Perry Central, or Hazard. It's still a 2 hour + drive for the Engineers and their fans. But because we rotate our tournament,unlike the 10th region until maybe now, Estill won't have to travel very far when it is held at Breathitt County and Powell County, assuming Estill makes the tournament in those years.

 

I really feel bad for the Estill people because their location geographically would place them at the far corner of any nearby region they could be placed in. If they were in the 11th region, which they once were, they would be the farthest school toward the southeast. If they could be in the 12th, they would be the farthest school to the north. They were the farthest southern team in the 10th, and are now the farthest western team in the 14th (edging out Powell by about a 20 minute drive).

But the 14th is a better fit for them, and they won't have to travel as far in at least two years of our 6 year rotation plan.

 

Great, thanks for that breakdown, again I would say we are all happy!

Great, thanks for that breakdown, again I would say we are all happy!

No problem....glad to be of help.

Sounds like you're happy Estill is no longer in your region.:confused:

Well, we are certainly happy to have Estill in the 14th, or at least I am, and most of the folks I've talked to in our region seem to echo that feeling. However, they still have problems getting some of the schools in the southern part of the region to schedule them because of the distance. I guess Estill will always have that problem regardless of what region they're in.

No problem....glad to be of help.

Sounds like you're happy Estill is no longer in your region.:confused:

Well, we are certainly happy to have Estill in the 14th, or at least I am, and most of the folks I've talked to in our region seem to echo that feeling. However, they still have problems getting some of the schools in the southern part of the region to schedule them because of the distance. I guess Estill will always have that problem regardless of what region they're in.

 

 

Professor, you are wrong my friend, I am happy that Estill has found a home where they are not having to travel the 2 1/2 hour trip and their players are not groggy like einstein stated about the drive to the 10th regional tournament that they had to make the few times they made the trip. You have no reason to be confused.

Professor, you are wrong my friend, I am happy that Estill has found a home where they are not having to travel the 2 1/2 hour trip and their players are not groggy like einstein stated about the drive to the 10th regional tournament that they had to make the few times they made the trip. You have no reason to be confused.

Sorry.

I misunderstood your post.:thumb:

All this talk about moving the 10th from Mason County is foolish, the 40th district proved in 69' they could not host the tourney because of capacity reasons at GRC. Montgomery county wants to host the tourney but what do they do; go out and build a gym with 2,000 less capacity than Mason County. Economics and tradition will keep the tenth in Maysville, jealousy of Mason county has fueled this debate but Mason would have been crowned regional champs 95% of the time even if they had played these games with goals nailed to a telephone poles in Camargo.

Deerhunter, I have tried to get this point across in so many different ways in this thread. Welcome to the site and glad you are on board. Glad to have you on board!

Welcome to BGP, DH!

All this talk about moving the 10th from Mason County is foolish, the 40th district proved in 69' they could not host the tourney because of capacity reasons at GRC. Montgomery county wants to host the tourney but what do they do; go out and build a gym with 2,000 less capacity than Mason County. Economics and tradition will keep the tenth in Maysville, jealousy of Mason county has fueled this debate but Mason would have been crowned regional champs 95% of the time even if they had played these games with goals nailed to a telephone poles in Camargo.

 

I agree with alot of this deerhunter but I think that 5% of the time that Mason Co. wouldn't have won it on the road make it worth rotating. There are kids that dream of going to Rupp and that 5% chance may be all it takes just once.

All this talk about moving the 10th from Mason County is foolish, the 40th district proved in 69' they could not host the tourney because of capacity reasons at GRC. Montgomery county wants to host the tourney but what do they do; go out and build a gym with 2,000 less capacity than Mason County. Economics and tradition will keep the tenth in Maysville, jealousy of Mason county has fueled this debate but Mason would have been crowned regional champs 95% of the time even if they had played these games with goals nailed to a telephone poles in Camargo.

Mason only wins the region when they have the best team,last year at the end of the year they were the best team the young kids had matured.Even if they movr the region next year they will not beat mason because they will have the best team and talent.

Mason should win it the next two years hands down. Clark and maybe Brossart are the only teams this year who could knock them off. Next year nobody.

Mason only wins the region when they have the best team,last year at the end of the year they were the best team the young kids had matured.Even if they movr the region next year they will not beat mason because they will have the best team and talent.

 

 

If they played PC 10 times in a row at the end of the year, PC would have won at least 6. They only had to beat them once though.

Here's my argument on this topic, Mason county wins the 10th often because of talent and the resources they allocate to basketball pure and simple. Maysville/Mason county has the Tom Browning's Boys Club, the Ymca and numerous park locations with basketball courts that have been very kind to fostering basketball talent. I realize other 10th communities have these type of facilities but not to the degree that they are designed and coordinated precisely to establish a feeder system for basketball. Ask the folks from Adams, Bracken, Brown, Fleming, Lewis and Robertson counties that also take advantage of these facilties and programs to the benefit of there teams. Mason's method should be copied by any community that takes basketball seriously not labeled as unfair for having the visonaries in place in the 1960's to build a gym for people of all neighboring communities to enjoy. A couple of other points, is the Fieldhouse really such a home advantage for the Royals in March? Pendleton county played in the Fieldhouse 7 times during region winning year of 05 with Montgomery county playing there 6 times. The Mason officials are liberal with sharing there gym with all comers. Take a poll among Devilman, Polar Bear 1994 and others on what the percentage of fans from Bracken and Robertson counties make up a Friday/Saturday crowd at the Fieldhouse and I'm fairly confident they would say it's staggering. The 10th region tournament transcends the particular matchup of the night but gives fans from all the schools a chance to see a great basketball and file great memories. It would be a shame for two schools and jealousy to ruin it for the other communities. One other and final point in my opinion Harrison county is the only school that can measure to Mason; from Kellar Works, the Jenkins brothers, Jerry Fogle on to Rob Ogden the Breds have won the 10th often. I never hear one argument from there fans and for good reason, they have won the tournament many times and with continued success at the Fieldhouse. Well, I'm wrong I guess they did have an unfair advantage in 97' when they had to stay at the Maysville Ramada due to the flood in Cynthiana. With some of the stuff said today I suppose there commute to games wasn't long enough so they should give back there trophy!

Pendleton County's record in the Fieldhouse dating back to Biggs' first year(2001-2002) is 14-7, a winning percentage of 50%.

Pendleton County's record in the Fieldhouse dating back to Biggs' first year(2001-2002) is 14-7, a winning percentage of 50%.

 

 

....and that is pretty darn good

Pendleton County's record in the Fieldhouse dating back to Biggs' first year(2001-2002) is 14-7, a winning percentage of 50%.

 

 

7-7 would be 50%. 14-7 is very good.