The Hook 2009

Players from the 12 thru 16 Regions were invited Ethan Faulkner had 48 pts and I was told he had close to 20 rebounds and 10 assists. Evan Faulkner 29 points Timmy Knipp won the dunk contest

Coach Cal will get the best players possible. It would be nice to have Kentucky high school players, but if they are not good enough that won't be coming to UK anymore. The Hood's and Miller's will still get to play at UK, but it will only be top 100 recruits in my opinion.

Zollo, D. Ferguson, Hood and Orton are still coming as far as I know. But every other player has decommited. I know there is an article on Vilarino where Calipari called him. He told him that he liked bigger guards and pretty much said he wouldn't get to play much if he came here. I know that Vilarino really wanted to come to UK. But you can not expect Calipari to keep players he doesn't feel he can win with, when his job is on the line. So I don't blame him.

I nominate Les. :laugh:

It looks like Dakatoh Euton will not be attending UK or at least reopening his search. http://ukbasketball.bloginky.com/2009/04/02/euton-parting-ways-with-uk/

They had a great run all year long, not only in the Final Four. They proved all year long that they were a top 5 team. This Elliott County team beat Christian County last year I believe, maybe the year before. They returned about the same players from both teams. No team was going to give Elliott County much problems with the press, if Ethan Faulkner was in the game. You will see that next year at NKU, too. Congratulations, Les this is one of your few posts that wasn't a "good post to someone else" by you. :dancingpa

Then you haven't watched much high school basketball this year. Shelby Valley was a great team and they will challenge Holmes and Scott County for he state title next year. Elliott found a way to win with a much large Shelby Valley team. Dunks don't mean everything in the state tournament. The last I check 3 pointers were worth more than dunks anyways.

Wasn't your team sent home?

Both are top 5 teams and I really like the Justice kid. But way that game was bigger than this one, this is the state tournament. Keep believing what you want to believe but your season is over.

Well Batman, I guess Elliott was the better team on the big stage. Sorry sidekick Les.

There were 20,000 fans tonight saw that Shelby Valley got the better of the calls tonight and Elliott still prevailed. Elliott is the better team, like I said many times before. Shelby Valley is a good team and will have to be one of the favorites next year with Holmes. But Elliott was the better team this year as they proved on the big stage. :ylsuper:

Well Justice told one of his coaches that Faulkner did nothing to deserve the intentional foul. I would that the kid that got hit on the play would know. So it was not the right call.

:thumb::lol::lol:

You are a great side kick. Jim says: to the bat mobile Les.

It is apparent that the only Elliott game you have watched is the Shelby Valley game. I hope that both teams are lucky enough to get a rematch. Justice is great point guard, but Elliott has a great one of their own. I wouldn't trade Ethan Faulkner for any other point guard in the state.