North Oldham 87 Oldham County 62

[ColonelMike]

Final.

 

North Oldham evens the series between the two schools at 4 games apiece.

 

The Mustangs raced out to a 13 point halftime lead at 41-28, and sealed the deal by outscoring Oldham, 24-12, in the third.

 

Both teams used their benches extensively in the up-and-down affair.

 

North's dominance on the glass was a key factor in the game - with the three-man rotation at center of 6'5" Dale Tingle, 6'6" Kyle Feuquay, and 6'6" freshman Devon Rowan leading the way, the Mustangs outrebounded the Colonels, 40-28. Oldham County did not have a starter taller than 6'3".

 

North was led by Alex Foley, who hit 11 of 18 shots, including 5 of 10 beyond the arc, and 6 of 6 at the line for 33 points. Chris Menefee had 11, Rowan and Feuquay each had 9. Feuquay also had 9 rebounds to lead North in that department.

 

The Mustangs shot 51.5% from the field and 41% (10 of 24) beyond the arc.

 

Oldham placed three players in double figures, with Brandon Mason, Calvin Davis, and Eric Dunlap all scoring 10. Nolan Denise and Kiley O'Bradovich had 9 apiece, but Oldham shot just 34.8% from the field and 23.1% beyond the arc.

[Mr. Athletics]

CM, how's the seeding shaping up in their district? I know they all only play each other once (of which I do not understand since they are seeding).

[True blue (and gold)]

CM, how's the seeding shaping up in their district? I know they all only play each other once (of which I do not understand since they are seeding).

 

Why do you need to play each other more than once to seed?

 

Currently, NO is 1-0 in the district.

 

Trimble beat OC, who beat SO, who beat Trimble. Assuming NO wins out, NO gets the 1 seed. Each of the other three schools would be 1-2. The Lit rankings will be used as a tie breaker.

 

If NO loses a game, you could have 2 teams 2-1 and 2 teams 1-2. Each set would use the Lit ranking to break the tie.

[ColonelMike]

Why do you need to play each other more than once to seed?

 

Currently, NO is 1-0 in the district.

 

Trimble beat OC, who beat SO, who beat Trimble. Assuming NO wins out, NO gets the 1 seed. Each of the other three schools would be 1-2. The Lit rankings will be used as a tie breaker.

 

If NO loses a game, you could have 2 teams 2-1 and 2 teams 1-2. Each set would use the Lit ranking to break the tie.

 

That's not quite correct. Lit rating is only used as a second tiebreaker. If there are two sets of teams tied (two at 2-1 and two at 1-2), then head-to-head will break those ties.

 

When the seeding was started in this district, none of the schools wanted to tie their schedules up with 6 district games, as the 31st and 32nd do. It's too restrictive to the schedules.

 

Standings right now:

 

North Oldham 1-0

South Oldham 1-1

Trimble County 1-1

Oldham County 1-2

 

North has yet to play South Oldham and Trimble County. If they were to win both - as they are favored to do - the other three would decide the three-way tie using the Litkenhous ratings, which are currently:

 

South Oldham 75.9

Oldham County 67.1

Trimblel County 47.8

[sportsmaniac]

I do not like the Litkenhouse or Cantrell Ratings as a tiebreaker because teams are tied to a base (starting) rating and it is hard to get away from that number. Also, competition plays into the ratings and Trimble is at a disadvantage because they have to play all the A's of the region (maybe just as good but not rated as high as some of the opponents that Oldham and South play).

[Mack The Knife]

I agree with Mr A. Seeding should be based on home and home matchups.

[budman0209]

Tell us more about the Devon Rowan kid. How much is he able to contribute at the varsity level?

[ColonelMike]

I do not like the Litkenhouse or Cantrell Ratings as a tiebreaker because teams are tied to a base (starting) rating and it is hard to get away from that number. Also, competition plays into the ratings and Trimble is at a disadvantage because they have to play all the A's of the region (maybe just as good but not rated as high as some of the opponents that Oldham and South play).

 

Trimble County was the school that proposed using Litkenhous as the second tiebreaker. Other options considered - and deemed far more onerous - were average ppg, and average ppg allowed. Nobody much cared for those options.

 

As for Litkenhous holding smaller schools back...well, Elliott County is number 1 according to Litkenhous, with 325 students and an overall low-level schedule...it can be done.

 

Home and home matchups were discarded as too schedule restrictive. The matchups are set up so nobody ever plays three home seeding games. (and sometimes not even two...Oldham and North Oldham played their seeding game on a neutral court - South Oldham's - last night) Although I can see the point - nobody can claim home court advantage made a difference as two schools get two home seeding games and two get just one - nobody has ever complained about this. If an issue, it was felt that it didn't override the desire to keep some scheduling flexibility.

 

Quite often, these teams also see each other in a tournament. If so, tournament games are not counted as seeding games.

 

Tell us more about the Devon Rowan kid. How much is he able to contribute at the varsity level?

 

Devon began playing with the NOHS varsity as an 8th grader late last year. He is an aggressive rebounder, has considerable size (6'6", about 250), and surprisingly good hops (vicious slam in the North JV loss to Oldham prior to the varsity game). He currently plays the JV games, and then about 15 minutes in each varsity game I've seen. He's the third center on the roster, but gets his time in, and also can play as PF.

 

He's got a remarkably smooth move to the basket, which few players his size can match.