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Final. Yellow Jackets controlled the paint and that was the difference.

27-22, Williamsburg leads after 1.

Barbourville defeated Bell County earlier.

Halftime. Williamsburg leads by 5.

Who wins, by how much, and why?

Games have been postponed until tomorrow night, so still some time to get your picks in.

Bump.

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At work right now, but I'll answer tonight once I'm off in a longer post unless someone beats me to it. I think the best answer for it is "it depends", though I know that isn't really satisfying the question.

Speaking in relative terms, I'd say that Lexington Catholic and Wayne County each have a fair amount of on-ball action. Lexington Catholic has a lot of screen action in general, though the majority of it isn't "on ball" per se. From what I've seen of them, I'd say that Covington Catholic has a fair amount of screen action in their sets as well. Tates Creek had a fair amount of ball screens too (at least in years past when they had more talent, namely in the Fucci/Barksdale years). I don't know if any of those are what someone would consider to be overly prevalent, but definitely there and in larger quantities than lots of others that you see.

Though it's kind of opposite of what I prefer, I still think there's a lot of validity in what you are saying. I'd just rather keep things simple by having my guy fight through the screen. If he can't do that though, then you have to make an adjustment somehow. Definitely lots of good debate here. Are there any methods of defending that are pretty common that I left out?

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Agree. The lower the level, the more inclined I am to want to try and trap and sweep. Regardless of the level, I'm more a fan of not switching and leaving it up to my defenders to fight through on their own. If nothing else, I want to switch and show as little as possible. If I could choose my personnel, then the above is what I'm looking for in terms of what I want and expect from my defense.

Kind of a coaching philosophy question, but how do you do it if you have your way? Do you go over and only help off when absolutely necessary (my preference)? Do you hedge and show help, then let your guy fighting through the screen recover (I don't like it, because if he can't get through the screen, that says something about him defensively, but is it a necessary evil)? Do you switch, especially if the other team is quicker than you? If you switch, do you switch most everyone (unless it means an awful mismatch) or do you have rules on who you switch? If you have rules, what do you base them on? Do you trap high ball screens and let your defenders sweep passing lanes? If so, what positions on the floor or tendencies in players do you look for in trying to do it? What level of plays do each of your answers change? The NBA is sooooooooo dependent on the high screen-and-roll action that you'd think your answers would change as you go down each level. What I'm going for here first and foremost, how do you do it in high school if you have your druthers? How would it change in college?

Wasn't Waggener supposed to be talented this season, at least coming in? Not sure that this is a huge shock because I thought both were very good teams. I don't follow the 7th like some of our other posters, so how big of a shock to y'all was this? I know St. Xavier is really good and capable of winning games, so I'm not trying to discount them at all. I'm just trying to assess what Waggener is capable of going forward. Ballard made a statement tonight and I think the 7th runs through them, but can Waggener hang with them or Trinity (if T wins what I'd consider an upset)?

I believe we were talking about a hypothetical where someone could sue a school for asking kids to remove swastikas. If you want to know why they could sue, ummm.... Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District??? Just because you don't agree with it (and I don't) doesn't mean a public school can go regulate something like a private school can. Only point I was trying to make. Finally, you want to know what was said? Dude, get real. I don't have to tell you what was said and don't know why it's an issue or why you think you have some right to know. You said you were there, so you probably know anyway. Besides, it'd be in poor taste if I did say it and don't know why it's an issue. LCA is the one who should be embarrassed, no one else. Now it's just a dead horse to bring up a week later, ironically a night before Lafayette plays in their regional opener. Why not just drop it, well... unless there's an agenda...

I'm out on this one since I'm running it, so I need some people to jump in on it. Come on everyone, if nothing else use my rankings in the 11th, but I have a feeling someone can come up with a better set than I did earlier.

Best teams in the State, I'll agree there. The best team doesn't always win though and they have a fairly tough run at State once they get past the first one. Henderson Co., Central, and Lafayette have all clipped Trinity this year. People won't fear them like they did the 2012 team. Maybe that's a mistake and people are overly dismissive toward them, maybe it gives teams confidence they wouldn't otherwise have either.

Guru has been kind enough to offer up a prize, so here's how we'll do it. Try to pick the winners of each game, semis, and the finals. Let's do this, but do it a bit differently from some of our other contests, so pay attention to the rules. Prizes are linked HERE. Here's the criteria: #1 . If you pick a first round upset, then it's going to be incentivized, and you won't get just a point. In fact, it's 4.25 points per game in the first round. Go chalk if you want, but be the person who correctly picks the right "dawg" and you'll see your points jump. #2 . Semi-finals are worth 6.5 points. #3 . Finals are worth 10.75 points. #4 . First Tiebreaker: Total combined points in the ENTIRE Semi-Finals. #5 . Second Tiebreaker: Total combined points in the FINAL game. #6 . Final Tiebreaker: Time of entry. List entries in the following format: 1.1 - Madison Central/Bryan Station Winner 1.2 - Franklin County/Lafayette Winner 1.3 - Henry Clay/Model Winner 1.4 - Lexington Catholic/Woodford County Winner 2.1 - Winner 1.1 vs. 1.2 2.2 - Winner 1.3 vs. 1.4 3.1 - Winner 2.1 vs. 2.2 Tiebreaker #1 : Total Points in Semis Tiebreaker #2 : Total Points in Finals

Don't think it's fair to say that. The winner of that one will be a favorite no doubt, but still plenty of work left. Lots of teams can say they've beaten Trinity. Not so much for Ballard, but the fear of Trinity and their aura of invincibility won't be there like it has been in years past.

Damn right.

Sounds like a war. Just got in from work. Any details? I thought this one's winner could well be the team who wound up in the finals out of the bottom.

I don't know the specifics of either's situation and as such, think it's unfair to speculate, especially as they are both still high school kids. Neither has played the past couple of games for their teams, and the only thing that I think it's fair to say is that most of the chatter is that neither are expected to be back before season's end.