No, the rules are not different but how they let you play is different from region to region. Lex officials let you play much more than 2nd region refs.

 

I dont care where they are from or how they let you play.....if you pay attention early you should know what adjustments to make depending upon how it is being called....anything else is just an excuse.

No, the rules are not different but how they let you play is different from region to region. Lex officials let you play much more than 2nd region refs.

 

Every team has to make the adjustment to the refs.

Nice Win! Congrats Conner!

Congrats to Conner they made plays when the HHS kids didn't. I just hate to see a game called by refs from out of region. Why play all year long with your regions refs and then the most important time of the year lets get people we have no idea how they call. With 2 minutes to go Conner had shot 16ft to HHS 0. I guess Conners man defense is not as aggressive as HHS zone. I think the final total was 20FT for Conner and 5 for HHS 3ft for HHS with 20secs to go. I would say Conner is the runner up to ND. HHS kids didn't seem to handle the pressure of being the favorite very well at all. Just make you think how BC and ND do it every year as the favorite. I cant see how its wasn't and upset. But good luck Conner you earned it tonight.

As was mentioned several days ago it is harder to win when you are SUPPOSED to win. That happened tonight. I really didn't care who won, but I think some HHS fans on BGP made some statements that would have just fired me up if I played for Conner, especially the one about HHS having to have a "complete breakdown" to lose to Conner. Also, I suppose the Adler sisters had to have felt some extra pressure playing against their former team.

Congrats to the Lady Cougars.

Birds did an excellent job of using the full court press to get back into the game. Hodges, Kremer, and Long did a nice job of making big shots down the stretch to pull the Cougars back in front.

 

Big win for Conner who should be a heavy favorite in the first semi-final Friday.

 

Favorite-yes

HEAVY favorite-Not against a team who just beat you by 15 points on your floor two weeks ago.

Any stats?

Birds did an excellent job of using the full court press to get back into the game. Hodges, Kremer, and Long did a nice job of making big shots down the stretch to pull the Cougars back in front.

 

Big win for Conner who should be a heavy favorite in the first semi-final Friday.

Don't get ahead of yourself about being a "heavy favorite" Friday. I agree it would seem that way, but I'm sure some HHS fans thought they were a big favorite tonight. Funny things happen in March.

Congratulations Lady Cougars! A great defensive effort by everyone and some big baskets kept Highlands from getting back into the game.

As I have said many times before, anything can happen at tournament time. Congrats to both schools.

CHSalum07 told me. Congratulations Cougars, and good luck!

 

Should I say I told you so.

 

Conner vs. Boone in the finals:p

Good win for the Cougars. It's tough for a team to beat a team 3 times in one season.

 

On the bright side, Highlands is sophomore and junior dominated. They'll be back next year and likely win the region with the majority of the better teams graduating a lot.

Congrats Cougars and good luck the rest of the way. And congrats to the Lady Birds. While the last game was disappointing, you had a really strong season and have a lot to be proud of.

I too did not have any problems with the officiating, I thought it was solid. It was humorous to watch the HHS fans yelling at the refs about making calls both way and looking up at the scoreboard to see it was 7 and 7. Conner played the better game!

The officiating was not very good, but it didn't cost Highlands the game. Congrats to Conner on a well played game.