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Jim, Using that same analogy about the mountain regions, can you explain why it is that the power conferences just about always win the NCAA Championships, I mean they are all college kids aren't they?

"NL's SOS was one of the top in the state, most knowledgable basketball fans place emphasis on this" Riot I just looked at NL's Schedule and your right about it being an extremely strong schedule, most of those losses were to one of the top 4 or 5 teams in different regions. The only bad part is that they have lost to clay twice, Corbin and South once within the last part of the schedule and those are the teams they are most likely face during regional time. But heres wishing them all the luck in the regional. scott

Les, North Laurel 1756 1798 13 - 15 - 0 4 - 5 - 0 1 - 2 - 0 Lost 8 of the last 12 and you have them the 4th best team in the region, some teams I guess need not win, to stay up in your rankings. scott

What I stated was that "Pineville is the weakest 20 win team in the 13th region" Lets see if this stands up. The 4 teams with 20 wins in the 13th are Barbourville,South,Clay, and Pineville. Rank them anyway you want. So how did Pineville do when they played any of these teams? They only played Barbourville 2 losses. They played Eastern out of the 7th region lost. They lost to Garrard county whos record was 5-19. How about other teams within the Region with winning records. Corbin 17-9 Lynn Camp 15-10 Jackson County 15-14 Berea 15-13 11th Region. Bullit East 14-13 6th Region That counts for 5 of the 22 wins this season the other 17 wins were against teams with losing records. Evarts x2 3-21 Red Bird x2 12-14 Williamsburg x2 2-18 Bethlehem 4-22 Whitley 6-21 Knox 6-20 Model 7-19 Oneida 10-16 Middlesboro 11-18 Cumberland 9-14 Harlan 13-13 3 wins vs teams from TN unsure on their records. So after all that I would have to say that Pineville was the weakest 20 win team in the region. No malice intended. scott lewis Bahrain

Pineville is the weakest 20 win team in the 13th region, their schedule really set them up for failure in a post season where its win or go home. Most of the college coaches have figured out that the stronger a regular season you have, even with some losses will pay big dividends when it comes to the post season. Congrats to LC also. Scott Lewis Bahrain

Forgive me If this thread has already been talked about, but I was just noticed that Bell County moved from the 51st District which they have won since as far back as 1999, didn't see any other records further back than that. But my question is what determined that they would move? Just wondering Scott Lewis Bahrain

Not that any loss is good, but this one should definately get the focus of SL's team back where it needs to be. SL should win the 13th, but I don't necessarily think it will be as easy as some think it will be for them. That statement got me thinking about how a loss can help motivate a team come playoff time. Remember the 95-96 wildcats Going into the SEC tourney that year UK has lost 1 game all season and were just killing people on the court. But lost to Miss ST. and went on to win the NCAA Championship. So a loss at the right time can really motivate a team. scott

As an after thought what does your Rankings look like? scott

using the formula that les has this season I guess Pineville should be Number 2 team in the region. Accoring to the regional standings P-ville is number two and they only have lost to Barbourville twice and Clay once this season. Not to mention with the one remaining game they should be 22-5 by seasons end. Doesn't all that matters is win's and losses? Scott Bahrain

What people also need to remember is that In 84 Lone Jack and Bell County intergrated. Before that year Bell Football wasn't very strong. We kept the Name and we took Lone Jacks colors. Since that merger Bell has dominated middlesboro in football. When was the last time P-ville and Bell played football? It use to be a good rivalary also but to be pretty one-sided. scott bahrain

I remember my senior year at bell with him as coach the team we started out with was pretty darn good, by the end you could have taken the people who quit and beat the starting 5 easily. Too much division on the team. So sorry for being so hostile. scott

UKBells problem is pretty much the same as mine, we have pineville at the bottom of the mountain and we beat them like a drum year in and year out in basketball, period and its not really open for any discussion. If you look at p-villes schedule its as soft as can be. Not to mention I went to school at bell when Coach strange was their and still have to many bad memorys of him on the sideline. Middlesboro well they are on the other side of the mountain. There are currently 4 other teams with worse records in the region. They have scored 1800 points but given up 1900, difficult to put together a season with no defense. Hopefully Bell can get a little love if they win 2 of their last 3 games. scott bahrain

I reffed alot of games up in Zion Illinios while I was stationed up there and I toss a parent for the use of profanitys, everything else I would let roll off my back. I did have to stop one game in particular when the parent started heckling the kids on the other team. One comment in particular got under my skin he yelled Foul number 21 he cant shoot, put him at the line every time down the floor, when the other team started following his instructions I stopped the game informed the coaches he had to leave before the game would resume. I had one ref as a partner who got so fed up with the stuff he just left and never did ref for that league again. These were 5th and 6th graders playing keep in mind. scott lewis USNavy Bahrain

Where is the 52nd district played at? Can Cumberland win this district? Not really, they already lost to cawood twice, split with middlesboro and once to bell, they can split with bell with a win. scott bahrain

Kinda suprised that you dropped Bell county so far down in your list Les, I know they have 6 losses on the season, 2 of those from out of state opponents. They dropped your number 3 teams and have completely dominated your number 5 teams for the last 10 years, losing maybe one game over that time span to them. I guess we get to see how good they are when they play your number 2 and 1 teams in the last two games of the season. scott bahrain