Uphill Battle

Who was Meyer/Conner guarding?

Is "flagrant" more along the lines then?

I was having this discussion with a friend yesterday... Is there a difference in the three, or are they all by definition pretty much the same? What are the differences if there are differences?

Two teams having above average seasons... Predictions?

He played high school ball at Highlands where he won a few state championships. Then I know he served for 4 years as a "manager" or whatever they call it for UK football. I think he went right to the Dayton staff from that as the line coach for two years before Lickert left, then he was hired at Dayton.

Kraft and Massey were both probably what you would consider the story of the game because they had both been struggling lately. It was important for those guys to get back on track. http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090122/SPT0302/901220400/

It's really a shame because teams like that at a small school like that don't come around very often. They competeted toe to toe with a team that went to multiple state championships and had multiple DI athletes. From a single A school that is unheard of. I don't know that anyone quite appreciated the Cru and what they were doing enough that year until we look back on it...

Probably was supposed to be a jab saying that Beechwood, who has been the district 4 seed since they joined the district, was better than CCH who is traditionally a tough game...

Respectfully disagree... Have you seen Holmes play defense? You don't see that stuff in pick up games or down at the street court... And half of defense is knowing where you are supposed to be and effort... I don't think he's as good a coach as Faust but he is a good coach...

Not like last week. Ludlow led after three, but Dayton kicked up the intensity and pressure and pulled it out. Dayton played sloppy, but give Ludlow credit, they game planned well and made some changed and played a lot better. Dayton will have to play much better Friday if they want to play with Newport. Williamson seemed like he had another big game, he's been a lot more active lately. And the Hall kid hit a couple more big threes for Ludlow. Ludlow gets their best PG play out of Betz. I'd have him handle the ball more than Stegmoeller and Orr. Massey had a good game for Dayton. Also Kraft hit some shots when they needed key baskets....

From what I understand, Lloyd led throughout and let it slip away. Anyone have any other details?

I have often thought that had the 9th drawn away from the tenth that season St. Henry would've been in the finals... They were the second best team in the state that year...

I actually am going to agree with ES here... While Snyder and and Smith are great defensive presences for Beechwood, neither are guys that you would expect to give you a big offensive output. Maricle, Moore, and Sawyer weren't bad defenders and each of them could go for 20 on any given night. I would be very surprised to see that out of Snyder or Smith.

I made some comments... And as far as what I'm looking at up there ^, I think each of those teams are very comparable...

Dayton had three in double figures again in Eastin, Lovell, and Turner with 21, 17, and 10 respectively... It looks to me as if Williamson from Ludlow has regressed from the past two seasons... Dayton now at 8-5. Ludlow to 3-13.

Probably because that is a realistic goal for some(most) DIII schools. Yeah, most DIII schools seasons revolve around two things, winning conference and making some noise in the All A classic. What do you want them to shoot for? Beating the likes of Holmes, Boone, Highlands, etc. and going to Rupp? Not a realistic goal. They don't have the horses to make it through that race and they know it. It keeps teams competitive because they are playing teams comparable to them and they are always playing for something. I'm sure the bigger schools would like to schedule the DIII schools. Everyone needs to put a few teams on your schedule that you know you are superior to. I think that almost all the DIII schools like playing each other twice. Maybe if a team thinks they are too good to play all the DIII schools twice they should move to DII and let the rest of the DIII teams enjoy the good competition and conference race...

How can you be so sure? And I'm not exactly sure what you are implying. What exactly was "petty" about it if they did? And I think that it is necessary to keep teams competitive most years that they play twice a year. That would be 7 more games that they had to schedule and many of the DIII teams simply aren't capable of competing with DII and DI schools. The other option for scheduling would be to schedule out of region teams, but with many teams budgets being cut, not many teams can do that either... So what I guess I'm saying is I'm not sure that I like it, but do feel that it is necessary...

I'm about 99% sure that Hall was on the DIII all conference team, but didn't win POY. Why exactly is it that you think the DIII coaches are petty?

Actually, not really with this group. There is only one current basketball starter that played football this past season in Turner who was a wideout that started football after summer basketball ended. In that real "core" group of juniors that are playing hoops right now, he and Thornton, who was primarily a return man, were the only footballers. Now, they do have some of their JV guys that I hear are possible threats on the football field. The afforementioned Rogg sees a few varsity minutes a game on the hardwood and could be a gridiron threat, and from what I understand TR Smith was an extremely explosive wideout and return man for the freshmen/JV team last season.

7-5...

They are not permitted under the basket.......not sure it's illegal for them to cheer, however during foul shots as long as it indeed is "cheering". After all, they are "CHEERleaders":p

Its not as much about their height as it is about their length...