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Thanks. What kind of size do they have?

Gotcha. I was hoping you'd be able to give me a description of Lafayette's team and style of play.

Curious if you've seen either team play this year?

2015 TOYOTA CLASSIC ROUND 1 The Franklin County Flyers face the Scott County Cardinals in the opening game of the Toyota Classic, at Scott County, Wednesday night at 7:15. The Flyers come into the game with a record of 4-12. The Cardinals enter this game with a .500 record on the year (9-9). Who wins and why?

2015 TOYOTA CLASSIC ROUND 1 The Lafayette Generals square off against the Red Colonels of Dixie Heights in the opening round of the Toyota Classic, at Scott County, at 9:00 PM Wednesday night. The Generals are coming off two tough road losses and stand 10-8 on the year. They are currently ranked the 4th best team in the 11th region and have an impressive win over LexCath (56-45) on their resume. The Red Colonels will put their 10-game winning streak on the line and stand 13-4 on the year. Winning the Ashland Invitational over Dunbar (62-47) in the championship game marks the Colonel's high point of the year. Who wins and why?

Why?? Seriously, why?

They may start 5 "guards," but none of them are good ball handlers.

Judgement calls are tough to evaluate, because its their judgement based on the angle they have. Refs each have their "area" that they are supposed to be watching, so if a play happens underneath the basket and the ref on the baseline does not have a good view and the other 2 are watching something else, then sometimes the call is not made. What frustrates me is when one ref is letting a certain style of play go uncalled and one of the other refs looks into that refs "area" and makes the call that the ref in the area is passing on. They need to be on the same page in that particular game. My brother is a varsity ref and he gets mad when this happens to him. Its hard to have a consistent game this way. There have been a couple of games where I've seen calls/non calls on simple things that left me scratching my head. One game Team A shot the ball, it bounced off the rim, then bounced off the top of the backboard and then went over the backboard where a player from Team A caught it on the baseline. No whistle. Another head scratcher happened this weekend. Player #12 from Team A committed a foul, but the refs gave it to #42, who was clear across the floor when the foul happened. The coach from Team A was pointing it out to the refs, but they didn't budge. I was there watching Team B and couldn't believe it.

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Who will have more dunks? Henry or Avery? I like the Bulldogs to win a close one.

CovCath wins big. Conner really lacks ball handlers. The Blue Colonel press will eat them up.

Bracket:

The 2015 Toyota Classic, hosted by Scott County, kicks off this Wednesday, Jan. 21st. Schedule for the first round: • Wednesday, Jan. 21 Scott County vs Franklin County 7:15 PM Dixie Heights vs Lafayette 9:00 PM • Thursday, Jan. 22 Shelby Valley vs Casey County 7:15 PM Wayne County vs Elizabethtown 9:00 PM Here is a link to the website with all the info: Toyota Classic | iHigh.com - The Global Youth Network

Didn't we hear this last year?

Same here! Always nice to put a face to the name.

I saw fatigue in the NCC team's big 3... especially Pangallo. His cramps (looked like both legs, as I saw him pulling on each foot) were a symptom of the bigger floor + having to run more due to the face guarding and double teams. CovCath again showed the rest of the coaches in NKY how to beat NCC... take Pangallo out of the game. CovCath pressed at first and the went to a junk defense. They were face guarding Pangallo with Flood and the other 4 players were in a 1-3 zone. That zone would morph into a 1-2-1 diamond zone with Flood chasing Zack. When Zach would catch the ball CovCath would immediately send a double team. It was very effective. nCC's rythym was disrupted and Zack was frustrated. Zack having to leave the game had everything to do with what CovCath was doing to him on the bigger floor. Flood really stood out... congrats to him. After 2 years of Ruthsatz showing other coaches the blueprint to beat NCC, will the other coaches pay attention and take heed? My personal game scouting of CovCath: - take away Cooper going right to the basket. Dare him to shoot outside shots or go left... you will be happy with the results - lenhoff is ONLY going to shoot from the perimeter... he will not drive - slack off Romes... he does not look to shoot... dare him to shoot a lot of shots over the course of the game - play real good defense... as best you can, on CVH and Flood. - dare Bo to shoot a lot of shots I do agree that CovCath got away with a lot of "use of the hands on D"

It was nice to say hi to you again

It was nice to say hi to you again

Good for Andrew! I hope he enjoys it.

Lol... I'll give you half my kids pretzel

Welcome back AME1981! I just learned that Dixie will be without the services of Mr. Hedger tomorrow (college visit)... so, there will be one less big body to worry about for Conner. I'm guessing Mitch Bolin will slide back into the starting lineup?

Very solid road win!

If you're at the game look me up and I'll gladly explain it

NCC is as good as folks say they are. They were as good as folks said they were last year too. Ruthsatz is as good as advertised too as a coach. He showed that to the state. So, even if NCC loses, it does not mean they are not as good as advertised, because they are.

My older son thinks NCC will win. While my younger son only cares if he can bring a friend and have pretzel money.