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The Trains really hurt Villa when they sped up the tempo. Miller is quite a shot blocker in the middle for them as well.

What directory? Silver Groves seating is certainly more convenient... Majority of St Pats seats are behind the one endline.

And I'll go ahead and throw it out there for the 10th. I have not been to all of the 10th region gyms, but I would guess that St. Patricks has to be the smallest don't they?

In the 9th, I don't know the capacity, but it would have to be Heritage Academy... they recently did an expansion that got them from 2 row of bleachers to 5 rows of bleachers!

If I'm counting right, that's at least 18 freshman that can obviously play... That's kinda a shame, because I'm going to go ahead and guess CCH won't keep 18 kids from one class.

They built them that big because the biggest gym held their sectional tournaments! So it was always a race to the biggest gym!

Just throwing this out there, but shouldn't the kid from Boyle County be on this list? I mean he's going D1 right?...

I'm sorry, but if you give the coach no credit for wins and all blame for losses, you lose credibility with me. Just my opinion. You may have some points to what you are saying, but you lose credibility and become bias when you make that statement. Sorry.

So far, I've not commented, just read. But c'mon man. You just said that when they won (last year regional upset) it was because they kids played great. Coaching had nothing to do with it. But when they lost (the many games you've mentioned this year) it's been all about the coaching, none about the kids.

What it sounds like he's saying is that the tournament should not be based on the 'smallest 125 schools' but rather an arbitrary number of male enrollment. Everyone knows that when it was first started it was meant for the truly small schools to see who was the best of the small schools. Because they were all comparable in enrollment size and therefore all competitive, etc. Now it's become something where the money is more important. If not, why do they have to stay at 125 schools? Pick a male enrollment number... Say 150. All schools with a male enrollment of that or less should be eligible for the tournament. If you have to 're-region' to make it work geographically, then do it just for this tournament. But is a school with two hundred and twenty some odd boys (NCC, in this instance) really a small school comparative to a school with sixty or seventy boys? (Villa, in this instance). It's just not in the spirit of what the tournament was created for. But this is probably all debate for another thread... Congrats to NC. They are big and can really shoot it. Congrats to Villa for fighting to the end.

My guess would be because HC was initially scheduled to play at Bellevue when they are hosting games on their site.

To build on that...Reineke... Pouncey...

It used to be on a vote. Now it's on a rotation. Usually the same teams volunteered to host, and the votes went to the Newport a lot as one of the bigger gym or Dayton because of tradition (and a similarly big gym). I think it was at Dayton in 2000 but I could be wrong.

Here's the thing. The top of the 9th is pretty darned good. The problem is after about the top half dozen or so, it falls off a cliff. Still overall, the 9th are better than a lot of regions

Not a foul, but in all reality, if we had this view on many games and could slow down film we would all see fouls that did and did not happen.

Realistically, this isn't even an A school tournament anymore.

Solid game. 6 point game going into the 4th.

I understand your point but Ludlow had a nice run of a couple years in the 2000's with the names like Wise, Arnold, Penick, etc. I'm sure it was sweet nonetheless... Always a thrill for any of the small schools to beat the red Tigers

Ludlow is a solid team. Can really defend and shoot it.

A bit closer than expected. Anyone with details?

Score?

That's not correct... That looks like last years bracket.

Bracken v Dayton John McGregor (Canada) v Carrol Villa v Berea Bellevue v Menifee 1.5 hour intervals Then there are 8 games the following day I believe with the finals at 7:30.

I don't really understand this statement... Why would it be open enrollment for anyone but Newport or Dayton?

Might be minor because it's bottom of rankings but Villa beat Dayton already this season.