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I have to agree! Coach Miller has done a wonderful job of cleaning up the mess the previous two coaches left him to deal with. Coach Miller and his coaching staff do a great job. WV you should be proud and good luck at Diddle.

Word is down here he was the head coach at Walton a few years back, then the administration decided to go a different direction. We have heard that he is heavily involved in building the "feeder system" as people at Walton call it, if ya know what I mean.

Congrats to Mary and Jasmine. Two exciting players to watch.

Erica is a great kid. I wish her a very speedy recovery. We will miss her the remainder of the season.

Has there been a current rules change that I'm unaware of? Last I checked you get 5 fouls per game. Hopefully for Waltons sake Dixon gets well soon. Obviously she carries them on the inside most nights.

Great job South! Jasmine Whitfield and Mary Dye are really playing good right now.

I believe you could make a very strong case for Gayheart, Whitfield, or Wainscott to be player of the year. They all three put up big stat numbers along with playing great defense. All three are completely well rounded players on both ends of the floor. They are all key players that make their team successful. Remove any of them from their current team and South, Owen and Simon are not very successful. South has the most depth beyond Whitfield, and the best chance to still be successful without her. Simon would probably win about half their games if they did not have Wainscott. And Owen would be well below 500 without Gayheart.

Seems like SK might be the real deal. I must say I expected this one to be much closer. Looks like a very low scoring game. Does anyone have any details.

If Walton has Dixon (which is a beast), and two D-1 players in Sandlin and Judy (as advertised earlier this year) then the way this team is currently playing is completely unacceptable. I have heard about transfers etc. etc. etc. Either Walton is not as good as they thought they were or they have the worst coach on the planet. Thoughts?

What happened to the "Best" team in the region? All we heard two or three weeks ago was how great they are. Now they are struggling to win a game. Could it be that they were over confident or over rated? Could it be their coach was over confident or over rated? That might explain why they only had one practice leading up to the game against a strong Owen County team. The coach must have thought they were returning to their usually week schedule and was not concerned. As a wise man once said "That's why we play the games". From what I have seen Walton is not near as good, or deep as they think they are. I only witnessed them having two or three offensive scoring threats, then after that you could play anyone off the bench and it would not make a bit of difference. I still maintain that South is the "Best" team in the region. I also think four or five teams have a shot to win it. It should make for a great tournament. Go South!

Not sure what game you were watching. I have not seen so much home cooking going on in one place in a long time. I had to check and make sure I was not at Cracker Barrel. That was one of the worst officiated games down the stretch I have ever witnessed. Three officials and not one blew the whistle when your big girl clearly dribbled it out of bounds. Are you kidding me? If that call is made the game is over. Not to mention the make believe intentional foul. Wow if you can't see that it might be time to get your eyes checked, and take those officials with you to when you go. The officials completely controlled the outcome of this game. It is OK to admit it we all know. There's no shame in admitting it, its no secret.

South wins this one. They will press and this will make Brown a non factor. Should be a great game, one in which I have been looking forward to.

Congrats to Jasmine. You are an exciting player to watch each and every time you step on the floor. You deserve everything you get. Lord only knows you have put in the time it takes for so long. It makes me happy to see all the hard work pay off.

Guard problems at Walton? Who would have thought? It seems as Walton has been struggling a little lately. They got an absolute gift from the officials at their place against South. Then got blasted by NCC last night. It seems as though things might not be going very smooth for the lady bearcats right now. Not a good time to be falling apart with the all "A" tournament approaching.

If that is the case, Walton should win rather easily.

South Oldham took a pretty good beating against Boone Co. this weekend. Unsure if they are worthy of their ranking right now. I look for them to get it turned around prior to the start of the season.

[quote=Cannon Crazy;3942730Now one other thing that I totally disagree with is strength of schedule. All I hear is that Walton played a weak schedule last year, so lets state the facts: Anderson's opponents record was .577% from last year Simon Kenton's opponents record was .524% from last year South Oldham's opponents record was .504% from last year Walton's opponents record was .52% from last year So how does everybody keep saying that one or the other has a tougher schedule? Look at the teams that each played. If Walton played South Oldham or Anderson County's schedule, my guess would have been 12 - 15 wins. Most of the teams South and Anderson played were much larger schools where the talent pool is greater. Most of the teams have an abundance of athletic players on them. That is something Walton lacks. Walton seems to have nice basketball players with good size, but lack the overall athletes and speed that other teams may have. Coach Miller did a great job molding his team into his system, but when they come up against a quick athletic teams like a South Oldham or Anderson that will pressure them and force the tempo, Walton will have issues. JMO.

On the 25 games that Walton won, their opponents were a combined 315 wins and 348 losses (47.5%). Of these wins, 4 were against Carroll Co (14-14)., 3 each were against Owen Co. (17-10), Gallatin Co. (13-12) and Grant Co. (10-17), 2 wins were against Williamstown (9-18) and 1 each against Connor (12-13), Holy Cross (12-16), Dixie (6-19), Henry Co (15-10)., Dayton (12-15), Trimble Co. (6-17), North Oldham (14-10), Owsley Co. (18-8), Lloyd (5-22) and Simon Kenton (21-9). In their 5 losses, their opponents were a combined 111 wins and 41 losses (73.0%). Looks to me Walton's schedule certainly played into their favor.

South Oldham has a real good chance to cut the nets down in the region come March. Very athletic and defend well. It is going to be an interesting year in the 8th.

Carroll has an outstanding coach. If they can get some scoring help for Devine, they can have a very good season. L1, are you saying some schools don't have "home grown" players?

Some are optimistic while others are fanatic.

Walton does return just about everyone and as someone else says adds Judy and Clinkenbeard back from injury. That should give them Dixon, Lay, Slavey, Ginn, Hoffa, Taulbee, Sandlin, Judy, Clinkenbeard and Mullikin sharing minutes. What is going to happen when "Little Sally" is sitting on the bench not getting to play. How will the Walton faithful react then when their own may not be playing as much as they think they should be?

I have seen Dixon play, and she is one of the top "big girls" in the region, but the region is dominate on guards and wing players. I feel some of these players are a little better. That is just one person's opinion. The top 7-8 players are all very good and one could make an arguement for any of them as being the best.

Teams - Shelby Co. is too high. I would add Williamstown into the top 10. Players - Dixon too high, Whitfield too low. Willhoite and possibly Hill should be on the list replacing Bryant and Sandlin. My top 10 would be: 1. Sydni Wainscott 2. Jasmine Whitfield 3. Aaliyah Wells 4. Rianna Gayhart 5. Eriel McKee 6. Kelli Dixon 7. Tori Willhoite 8. Hannah Devine 9. Brooke Hill 10. Sydney Brown