dryz93

Even with the recent upset it's hard to not pick Holmes here.

While those two teams in 06-07 were great I wouldn't say that there's never been a year when there weren't two great teams like that. The '99 team for Ballard and Scott County were absolutely incredible, both teams being nationally ranked. They basically only lost to each other, they weren't even on each others schedule and managed to meet each other 4 times that year in tournies with of course the biggest of all being meeting in the City of Palms title game which featured a 16 team field with 5 nationally ranked teams that didn't include Ballard being ranked at the time.

Campbell got a lot of open looks in this one early and just couldn't connect. After that though they just couldn't handle the pressure which I'm guessing they don't see a lot of against 9th and 10th region teams(the full court press that is).

Also, Scott County is just starting to look like hands down the best team in the state and Manning didn't even dress tonight. The other freshman Ivey got the start and had a solid game.

I'm not gonna lie, although I do hate the blind draw, it's nice knowing that only one of those three teams will be in the regional tourney.

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IMO that would be a bad guess. Because Both SC teams and Pickering Canada would be top 50 in KY.

This is doubtful, mainly because i've seen plenty of South Carolina teams and most of them play terrible team ball.

Agreed the '07 Scott County team did something that hadn't been done in a very long time running the table with state competition. And that was a very talented Ballard team they beat in the finals.

Also throw in the '08-'09 Scott County team who only had two losses and climbed to number 5 in the country after winning the city of palms, they lost both games to Ballard however after beating them twice that year too, and of course the one loss was for the state title.

And of course that same Ballard team was nationally ranked too after the state title and were ranked nationally the following year.

Tamron Manning played on the varsity team last year for Scott County last year and did see plenty of playing time. I'm not sure if he was still playing for the eigth grade team though.

I think the team that is most likely to be in the state finals in the champion of the 7th region. The have the best draw in the State Tourney.

 

Whoever wins the 9th, 10th, & 11 have an extremely tough road to get there.

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Okay , Elliott County fans , I said if you won one of these two games this week you would get my respect. Knocking off Ballard and Mason in the same week and doing it pretty handily is a great job. You have my repsect now and I'll be pretty excited to see Elliott play in the State, I'm pretty sure you can go ahead and punch your ticket there.

I'm thinking Franklin County and Tates Creek have given Scott County the most trouble this year. It's always gonna be a tight game at Lexington Catholic and on a neutral court Scott County will have a little bigger edge than last night's game.

That being said, good win for Scott County, it's always a battle in that game and to win at Lex. Cath. is always a good win.

Maybe im biased but this is without a doubt the biggest rivalry game in the state. These are the two most hated teams in the state and the hatred between the two teams is insane. If you could only make it to one game all year this would have to be it, the atmosphere is what Kentucky high school basketball is all about.

This game has a tendency to be close even if the matchups aren't all that even, there's only been a few big victories in this series. With that said, i'll take Scott County by 9 in another good Scott County/ Lexington Catholic battle.

Just because you beat someone in a head to head matchup doesn't mean you get to be ranked ahead of them, maybe Corbin is better than Lex Cath. but they don't play the same schedule so I would quit complaining about that. Trust me I'm not defending Lex Cath. in any way here either.

As far as the Boone Co. thing goes that was a great win and they may be a good team, but you don't just come flying into the top 10 because of one win. I'm sure Holmes is getting everyone's best shot every game this year so it was very possible that one of the decent 9th region teams would knock them off.

Let's also remember that Manning doesn't play freshman or even JV ball.

The pace of the Ballard/Elliott game should have zero effect on Ballard. This is a team that plays some of the most athletic teams in the state and continuously performs well. I don't know whats gonna happen next week, but playing this kind of competition against two of Kentucky's best programs is going to be a major task. If they come away from this 1-1 i would be impressed and give them the credit they deserved.

I'm from Scott County and I would have to agree with Eta, if anything is gonna bring Scott County down its gonna be there lack of depth. However, those first 5 are so good and if they are really playing hard they're gonna be tough to stop.

As far as last night goes, I think both teams looked a little sluggish from not playing an actual game for over a week. While some of the posters are right, there is a chance that Franklin could knock off Scott County along with a couple other 11th region teams, there's also the possibility that if Scott is playing there "A" game they could run over the region by 15-20 in all 3 games.

Way to go Holmes, it's always nice to see Kentucky teams ranked.

I know these two teams play every year but I wouldn't call it much of a rivalry game. I don't think the Scott County fans look at this game every year as a big one like Franklin County probably does.

Scott County by 15.

Wow, this is one incredibly low scoring game. Is this because of defense or just an extreme lack of offense by these two teams?

So maybe at the beginning of the year when Scott County wasn't meshing together

yet, Jackson didnt look as good as the two Holmes stars, but right now he looks like the best true point guard in the state. Also, he's an extremely versatile player , he can play the point , or go post a man up. He scores at will when he feels like since no one can really defend him and hes the most unselfish player on the team.

I'll eat my words if i'm wrong but Chad Jackson is gonna be the best college player out of this junior class. Who doesn't want a point guard as good and as smooth as this guy. His size and build is great for this position too. I guess only time will tell, but on a team loaded with talent, Chad Jackson has started rise above the rest of the team and he will be the key to Scott County's run at the state title.

Well anyone who has been watching Scott County would know that while Dakotah may not be the best player on the team he is the best shooter unless Austin Flannery can ever get his confidence up high enough to ever be able to shoot during a game. So this isnt a big suprise, it was fun to see Dakotah have a good game though tonight.

Let's just hope for the sake of the a good saturday game that the 7th, 9th, and 11th aren't all bracketed right together.

Chad Jackson showed his strength late in this one, once again it just seems like when he feels like taking over a game he's able to do it with ease. Good hard fought win Scott County.

Also, number 32, i guess that's Tyler Rogers, this kid looked really good.

Like i said before the game, when these teams meet it's always a blowout for someone.

Great game Scott County, this is what happens when these guys really come to play and work together. Also Chad Jackson looked so smooth tonight, i think when he's playing well its gonna be hard for anyone to defend him.

This should be a great game, I see it coming down to the wire, but it always helps to have the home crowd behind you in a tight game. Mason County by 3.

I was referring to the title of most discussed team on BGP.

Sorry about that man, just making sure the facts were straight.