Reality Check

I am not sure how they handle it but I would say if you don't play a district game then you don't have a district win therefore you would be the bottom seed.

Yeah but that team is gone and there is a new team. The Tigers can't sleep on Dayton or Villa this year or that will change quickly.

I think the best teams should have the opportunity to compete for the region. I don't like the draw, I think it should be seeded. This would avoid your two top teams in the district meeting each other in the first round. The small schools and lower ranked teams will have the same opportunity to win a game and make it to the region. Small schools have their time to shine, if they are good enough they can make it. Look at Beechwood last year. Their district was seeded and they beat Cov Cath to make it to the region.

I heard they all went out to Porcini's for dinner last night to celebrate the early victory.

Funny all of you work from home guys and gals have an awful lot of BGP posts!

I feel like you miss a lot of good articles when you read online. They can get buried in the rest of the content. I still prefer the paper.

What about Justin Doellman? Went on to Xavier from Ryle High school and had a pretty nice college career.

I think on occassions it is okay. Like most have said, gym time is precious and sometimes this is the only time that they can get it. Many people exercise in the morning and it helps you throughout the day. Also I think most kids would rather practice in the morning than practice on a Friday evening.

Beechwood brings back Nick Hall and Jon Pohlgeers, they were the only two how saw the floor in a significant amount of quality varsity time. They did have a pretty strong JV team. I am pretty sure the JV team won most of their DIII games.

This is a top notch event. Last year's tournament matched Holmes vs. Mason County in the premier game. They nailed it again this year with Clark Co. and Holmes. Should be a lot of fun.

I would say that most of us on here don't know these kids just know how they play the game. I am sure the assesment of Eastin is based on someone's opinion from watching him play. I don't think the statement was made to say that Eastin is a bad kid. Of course this stands for all teams. I think Dilts has done a tremendous job with the kids at Dayton and if they keep their focus they should have a good season.

I still dream about Rendezvous ribs from Memphis. Any big rib fans should try these or at least pick up Rendezvous spices online. Amazing! Best I have ever had. This is making me really hungry. I throw spices on mine wrap and foil and throw them in the oven low heat for a few hours then finish on the grill.

Thoughts and prayers with you and your wife. Hope everything is okay.

7- Carroll Co. 5- Holmes 3- Beechwood 2- Dixie Heights 1- Cooper TB- Holmes

Oh man, that's bad. What are you thinking Steve?

From what I saw this summer, I think Calvary will be rebuilding this year.

Good assessment. Beechwood is doing it all with youth which is different from years past. It will be interesting to see how they handle adversity. I think Bellevue has the weapons to make this a game. I hear a lot of Beechwood is Beechwood. If Bellevue looks past the name on the jersey I think they can compete. Should be a fun game, IMO its up in the air.

Dayton should be real strong this year. They bring back some experience and some really scrappy players.

I would definately think the NCAA will have something to say about the actions of Mr. Bryant in those pictures.

I agree with what a lot of people are saying about the talent level that NKU is chasing these days. Seems to be a bit beyond NKY talent. But they did use Scott Bibbins a lot last year at PG, and they have Sorrell as a red-shirt freshman this year. So Bezold is keeping the Holy Cross pipeline alive. Pelle was way better than Bibbins during his High School days and is showing by becoming a pre-season DII All-American at West Liberty. I am not saying that NKU should recruit only kids of NKY, but they don't seem to pay a whole lot of attention to players who could contribute.

If they televised my team's first practice of the season I don't think it would be very entertaining either! BBM gets a lot of hype, but you just have to remember what it is. It about the intro's and the hype.

Saw them play in a team camp at NKU over the summer and they ran a lot of zone. I would imagine they will do the same all season. It brought them some success in that camp but I don't think teams were ready for it.

NKU never won the Championship on the men's side with Shields but he did get them to the game in 96, and 97 with a lot of local talent. The '97 team had 11 players from Cincy/NKU schools on it.

Wow, wonder if anything will come of this for WVU? I understand you can't control what your fans chant, but they could have made them take down all of those signs. I am not sure how big of a rules violation this can be. But there was an awful lot of printed material on a college student budget.

Pelle was a big miss from NKU IMO, if I remember correctly he wanted to go there as well. Not sure, that was always the rumor.