McCracken County 61 Christian County 44

[Hoptown b-ball fan]

Bad night for the Colonels at the opening of Mustang Madness.

 

District 8 appears to be up for grabs. Tuesday night at UHA will be massive.

[coachlee]

I do not recall a year when the 2nd and 4th regions have been so down. The 1st region is making a case to be the toughest out in Western KY this year. I like Paducah as the #1 team in the west.

[Hoptown b-ball fan]

I think the issue with the 2nd region and specifically the 8th district is that the # of transfers to create "super teams" has dropped dramatically. There is a reason for that but it's not worth getting into here. But the fact is, Hopkinsville took a senior or in most years, seniors from UHA or Christian County for about 4 straight years significantly bolstering their roster.

 

This year there was no movement other than Jordan Johnson From UHA to Christian County and that was a very unique circumstance. Would UHA like to have him, I'm sure they would. Is he making a big difference at County? Not really.

 

My point is this. The three teams in Christian County are fairly balanced this year. That's why you don't have a better "top" team in region 2 right now.

 

I'll say this though. I worry about UHA. From what I've heard, they are playing much better defense. They stuck with a really good Bryan Station team with perhaps their two best players ailing. Tandy was sick at the Lexington tourney and played very limited minutes the last two games and played through sickness against Bryan Station and McGowan was still suffering from his injury which made him miss significant minutes.

 

So... Watch the UHA vs. Madisonville game tonight. If they win that, it could be UHA's region to win. And when you have a top guy like Tandy you can beat anybody. As Tilghman found out. UHA gave them a heck of a game.

 

Last thing about Christian County. My team... I think a big part of our early success was teams not having a good scouting report on Ware. Now that teams know his deal, we are struggling a lot more. The fact is, we need Trice to be better than he ever was before his injury. We need him to be "that guy" . I just don't know if it's in his dna. Great kid and athlete, just not sure how great of a basketball player he is...

[sweet16]

I do not recall a year when the 2nd and 4th regions have been so down. The 1st region is making a case to be the toughest out in Western KY this year. I like Paducah as the #1 team in the west.

 

the top teams from the 1st region are solid then a real drop after that.