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Nothing like playing on your home floor. Glad that's finally going to change next year.

Very surprised at the margin of victory. I thought it would be a better game. Maybe the game of the night.

Steven K. had another nice game for the Birds. He always seems to be in the right spot to score. Again, I agree the officiating almost ruins the game. I don't know how the coaches keep their cool. I'm not talking about the tough calls, blatent traveling and missed goal tending calls. It's hard to believe all 3 officials can not see it.

They will also pursue going DI as soon as possible. Great Venue for our region. It will help our teams playing in a sweet sixteen type atmosphere.

If Newport can hit shots early and gain confidence, they could stay will Highlands for a while. If not, it will be over quickly. Highlands by 7 or 30.

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Why would Beechwood not want to host the tournament? Wouldn't happen in football.

POY and being the best player aren't always the same. Sorrell is a good player who had a great year. Led the Region in both scoring and rebounds. He should be POY. Greg McGraw is the best player however.

I've seen all the best players in the 9th Region and Greg McGraw is the best. No question.

Didn't CovCath beat Holmes in the District final only to lose to them in the Regional last year?

Lipscomb couldn't knock over Hurtt on his best day, it was a flop and a terrible call.

What happened to officials coming from a different Region during post season play? That would seem to take away some of the favoritism. It's only human nature to like or dislike a coach or player or even a team if your a ref that has worked in the Northern Ky area for years. Some refs that have a bad history with a particular coach or team can easily make the close calls go against them. I don't believe the refe cost NCC the game by any stretch, but it would have been nice to have seen a fairly refereed game.

Miller will get it, isn't he going to play for UK.

I think you mean too physical on the perimeter. If NCC has an advantage it might be inside. Dustn Giesler needs to control the paint if NCC has a chance. Highlands has very physical guards and defend the 3 well. It might just come down to the refs, if they let them play out front, it will be to Highlands advantage.

I'm sure the students will be there for a game against the Breds. The game should be played at NKU however. There's going to be fans that won't get in. Remember, the same two girls teams play right afterwards.

Impressive. Great post.

NewCath would have to be a distant second because they only show up on really big games.

Moved to Friday night.

You can't go by a one game head on head match up. Henderson had a lot of help on defense that Sorrell does not. Remember Dolleman dominated Neltner in a game their senior year and Neltner won Mr. Basketball.

Are we not talking about the player of the year and not the best player? Both Henderson and Sorrell will probably be players of the year in their division. McGraw might be the best player but in my opinion won't get or deserve player of the year because he's missed so many games.

The only problem I see in getting all 3 would be that they all play about the same position, and unless NKU has some big guys that they're sure to get, they need size.

What's so tough about reporting stats? It makes me crazy.

NCC did not slow the ball down, that's how they always play. With Holmes good defense it takes a while to get a good shot off.

Just based on very good stats(26 and 14) , Sorrell might be the best all-around player. It's difficult to compare say Simpson and Henderson since they really play different positions. If Henderson was a point guard he might go D1 also. McGraw in my opinion is the most difficult player to guard because he is so quick and strong and can hit the 3. Can't we just all agree that they are the best 4 players. Sorrell does get my vote (if I had one) as player of the year however. He's been the most consistant and fortunatly has not been hurt.

No excuses although I'm sure they're looking ahead. And what a tough place to play. Nobody shows up for the game. NCC has exams all week, maybe it's the same for Ryle. But with 1700 students at the school, you would think some would show up. Ryle had more cheerleaders there than fans.