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I don't see the problem with having a 1:00 shot clock. It would rarely be a factor, but would keep a team from completely stalling.

When I was a sophomore in HS, my school's regional championship team was nearly beat in the first round of the district (16-12 win) because a team took 'stall' to an entirely new level (and did so within the rules).

I think that Coach Spurlock will be around another season.

I haven't heard anything to the contrary.

I think people talking of him leaving are just trying to "stir the pot" so to speak.

FYI: In the first year at the BOKC the Ninth did the same thing and had the same problem of fans sitting in others reserved seats! This year all the tickets are being sold as "General Admission" ($6.00 in advance $8.00 at the door) and I have not heard one single complaint about seating this year.

 

Now after commenting above, I am waiting to see what happens this evening, when I think there will be the largest HS crowd in the History of the Ninth Region Tournament attending these two games!

Understood. I would have no problem with general admission seating if that's what the tickets I bought were for.

However, it seems like some type of false advertisement to sell a reserved seat and then have the arena do nothing to enforce the reservation (and even go so far as to deny someone their request to sit in the seat they've bought).

After attending the HC/NL game myself, here are my observations.......

 

1) The concession prices seemed fair. I bought a large (32oz) drink @ $2.50 and a small popcorn @ $2.00.

 

2) My biggest complaint is that i purchased reserved seating for my family from ticketmaster at $9 each (6 tickets total). When i arrived our seats were occupied. When i went to an usher hy told me that "everybody was pretty much sitting where they want to". If i wanted general admission, that's exactly what i would have purchased. I expected my seats to be there for me when i arrived at halftime of the SL/Knox game..........

 

3) It didn't really feel like tournament atmosphere to me. I guess i'm just to old school and think that the crowded gyms, standing in line, flat soda and way too salty popcorn :popcorn: is just part of the tournament atmosphere and experience........

I am in complete agreement with #2. Buying a reserved ticket means you are entitled to the seat described at the time of your purchase. Otherwise, what's the point in buying reserved. This should be fixed. I'm guessing it wasn't easy to find six seats at the same level as the ones you paid for either. I've never been to a venue where I've heard "everyone is sitting where they want to", though I wish this were the case for plenty of UK games I've watched in Rupp :irked:.

The tickets for the region are cheaper than tickets for the Sweet 16, so that should not be a problem.

I stand corrected. I looked at the price on an old Sweet 16 ticket... this year's tickets are $16 per session.

However, I had to pay $28 for a pair of tickets from Ticketmaster last night. To the best of my knowledge, my home school was selling tickets for students only. Since I am not a resident of the Corbin area, I did not have the luxury of driving to the arena to pick them up in advance but wanted to have a decent seat and to know that I had a ticket in hand before driving down from Lexington. I ended up paying $14 per ticket once convenience charges, etc. were added in.

So I guess the point is, they ended up being $2 less than what I would have paid for a lower level ticket in Rupp that I could have had a family member pick up at my home school. :isurrender:

My biggest problem with the Arena is paying more for a pair of tickets to watch a regional game than I pay to go watch a Sweet 16 game in Rupp.

88-80, Corbin wins. 4 Overtimes.

Thanks for the update. I've been looking for a score/blog on the 6th Region online with no luck.

I would have thought Clay County's gym held more than the 3,800 listed at capacity.

Nice draw for Christian County.

Best wishes to Rogers. Hate to see someone who plays as hard as him go down with another injury. He's a fun player to watch, and one of the few players who seems to be able to goof around in a way that isn't offensive to the other team. Hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery.

Article from the Herald-Leader sounded like Guyn had a huge game tonight. He finished with 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Not a bad stat line at all.

I guess I just get the overall sense that you feel Sewell has opportunities that other players don't, and I don't understand it. I think he has a fair chance to win it. And I don't necessarily think that if he doesn't it's because he's from Trinity. But, I don't understand how anyone thinks it was easy for him to even enter into consideration, let alone be one of the top contenders. When you think basketball schools in the state of Kentucky I'd say Trinity is WAY down the list of first schools on anyone's list. And, to top that, I don't think it would be easy for ANY player in the 7th region to win, especially if much hinges on getting to the state tournament. There are a lot of great players in the 7th, and there always are. So, the fact that he's standing out among them seems like an incredible accomplishment to me. And that he's won 3 major tournament MVP awards as well.

 

But, the kid doesn't seem to let the Mr. Basketball award be the end-all of his success. He's already stated that his goal is to lead Trinity to success. To me, Mr. Basketball or not, he's a winner.

That's exactly my point--- Sewell has opportunities that others don't. However, not all of these are positives, nor are all negative. I just wanted to point out that playing for a private school in Louisville has its upside.

Each player going for the award has aspects of their candidacy that are advantageous and disadvantageous in their own ways. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just how it is.

I have never implied that Sewell was undeserving of the award, or that he didn't work hard to get where he has. Anyone even considered for the award has undoubtedly worked very hard to get where they are.

East Jessamine versus West Jessamine (@ East Jessamine) would be mine for the 12th.

As for the competition: I think it maximizes a player's potential when they are able to go against other players who push them on a daily basis. Sewell has been given a great opportunity to prove that he deserves Mr. Basketball by playing against it.

As for the exposure/AAU: That's easy to say, but it's not invalid to think the resources available to a student at a school like Trinity make them more probable of making a shorter drive to attend AAU practices and events than a student in the middle of Southern Kentucky where the drive to the closest major city (Nashville) is 2 hours away.

By the way, the last private school Mr. Basketball was St. Xavier's Mike Silliman in 1962; Also, Louisville schools account for 13 of the 55 Mr. Basketball award winners (two in 1958). And you can't make up statistics, you can only misconstrue them. Either way, I can look them up.

Sewell should have a fair chance at winning Mr. Basketball, I have a really credible source who leaked some info to me today that the state agreed to end their conspiracy against private school players in Louisville. :isurrender:

No, I think that they have far more talent than you're giving me credit for. I meant the 2nd in the state comment as a way of saying that Trinity has talent other than Sewell.

I think that Sewell and Epley are extremely talented, and they have a solid core of players around them who get the most out of their talent by buying into the system and giving it their all.

I was just referring to the talent debate more in terms of a way of gauging Sewell against Watts given their supporting casts.

From watching the game, it looked like the only one that could slow down Branden Burdette was standing in the Coach's box.

I need more help understanding this one.

 

Possibly Sewell has more talent around him. Although, I must say, it's funny that the words "Trinity" and "more talent" and "basketball" are all in the same sentence together. :lol:

 

I think the exposure is due to the toughness of the region, the tournaments they've played in more than anything. It's not like Trinity is everybody's "go to" basketball program.

 

Competition..do you mean games or practice? I'd definitely say that the competition Sewell and his teammates face has to rank right up there with the best in the state, give the 7th region and all.

 

Anyway...can you help by expounding further?

Competition... games and practice. He goes against better players daily regardless of the situation.

Exposure... he plays in the Louisville area, and I'm willing to guess that the area has more AAU/travel opportunities than Stearns, KY.

Talent around him.... Trinity is second in the state for a reason. I've seen both teams play and I wouldn't trade Epley for anyone not named Sewell or Watts.

I'm not saying Sewell shouldn't win Mr. Basketball. Right now, I think he should.

But the 'no respect' card because he's from Trinity doesn't fly with me. I haven't seen an article in one of the state's largest newspapers that touts anyone else as deserving Mr. Basketball with a few weeks left in the season.

I think of the Sewell/Watts debate like this:

Over their careers, would there be much difference if the two had traded places? Remember that Watts has put up some nice numbers since his 8th grade year. I think that considering this, it looks like more of a push. Sewell's teams have certainly done better, but he has more talent around him to get it done with, more exposure, and more competition to push him day-in and day-out.

Whitley County over South Laurel (@ Corbin) would be mine for the 13th.

Final from the 43rd.

When the NCAA brackets their 64(65) team tournament, no conference can have more than 2 teams in each bracket of 16, so that those teams cannot meet until the regional final. Let's say that for this Kentucky Sweet 16, that no more than two teams from a region can be in the tournament so that they cannot meet until the State Final. What two teams from the 7th region would be in and how would that bracket look? I know it is comparing apples to oranges, but I am just curious to see what you come up with.

I thought this one would be fun to go by. I stayed true to NCAA form and have a play-in game even. Some of the match-ups couldn't accurately reflect exactly where I thought the teams were considering that teams had to be in opposite brackets. Anyway, I tried to make this one in consideration of having as much separation as would be reasonably possible in making the first round match-ups; i.e. a match-up between Christian Co. (2) and Shelby Co. (8) was more attractive than a match-up between Christian Co. and Warren Central (4).

Anyway, here goes::banana::banana::banana:

1. Trinity (7)

16. Play-In: Corbin v. Knott Co. Central (13 v. 14)

8. Clark County (10)

9. Warren Central (4)

4. Holmes (9)

13. Iroquois (6)

5. Scott Co. (11)

12. South Oldham (8)

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3. Lexington Catholic (11)

14. Boone County (9)

6. Christian County (2)

11. Shelby County (8)

7. Shelby Valley (15)

10. McCreary Central (12)

2. Ballard (7)

15. Bowling Green (4)

I was surprised with Knott Central seeing them play Hazard at the WYMT in person, and then seeing them play Shelby Valley the next night via online stream. They were bigger and more athletic on the interior than what I'd expected of them. They also had a couple of shooters that looked capable of complimenting Cox and Stamper.

Seeing each of the powers in the 14th play once, I'd give them a slight edge. I think this is one of the closer regions though-- KCC, PCC, and Hazard all seem to have a legitimate shot at winning it.

I wouldn't say that. I dont think Scott Co will go away without a fight.

Until district tournaments are finished, I think it's very objective to say that anyone is definitely a favorite in the 7th or 11th.

As of today though, regular season play has probably given the edge to Lexington Catholic as a 'favorite' in the 11th. However, I think that once we see who wins each district and how each team draws in their regional tournament, it becomes far more clear as to who will most likely take home the regional crown. As of right now, Lexington Catholic has to face a tough Lafayette team to open their district, and win three games in four days to advance to the regional as a winner. Even if they do so, they could play Henry Clay/Scott Co. in the first game of the region. In my opinion, the draw is a huge factor in determining who goes to Rupp in some of the more balanced regions of the state. :popcorn:

Top to bottom, the 43rd district could be a little stronger with Lexington Catholic, Lafayette, Tates Creek, Lexington Christian, and Dunbar.

I just say this because Waggener seems to present an easy first round matchup for someone, but the 43rd will send two good teams home early.

The talent at the top of the 27th is better though, as I'd probably rank the teams something like this:

1. Ballard

2. Trinity

3. Lexington Catholic

4. Seneca

5. Lafayette

6. Tates Creek

7. Lexington Christian

8. Waggener

9. Dunbar