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David Simmons will be Mr. Baskeball without a doubt as long as Henderson makes deep run at Rupp.

New hot thing....its EARLY...slow down cheeto

DeSales.

2nd this

This is the lull of the season. After the holiday tournaments and before the LIT and region push teams are bound to let up. They saunter in against teams they think they will smoke and those teams don't just agree. I'm learning predicting hs basketball games is like picking a winner in a 2yo maiden race at Gulfstream in January.

Believe it. I've seen it 3 years in a row now. His system spreads the floor and simply gets open looks for his team throughout the game. Watching their consistency of execution, you wouldn't know if they were up 15 or down 15 without a scoreboard. Even in the Manual blowout, they got plenty of looks. They just didn't knock them down and it got away from them. All the players are open floor players and somewhat similar in skill set this year...maybe they are missing the knockdown shooter. I can see why more individually successful players might get frustrated in that system...they play a true team system and don't seem to cater to anything based on their personnel. Some could consider that a negative....including me.... but fun to watch. Manual has more talent 1-7, and one particular special player, but they don't know who they are yet. 7th region is in a league of their own. Oh, if anyone has the clip of Suttons dunk in the 3rd qtr...please post it. Filthy, filthy stuff.

How about a Manual/Henderson rerack.....cmon lloyd

Matt Rose is the best "all-around" player in the state this year which is why I believe he should be Mr. Basketball. At 6'7" and 200 lbs., he is equally adept at playing on the perimeter or with his back to the basket. He plays the 2 thru 5 positions very well and has even played the point for Lexington Christian at times on a limited basis this year. He can guard the small guys on the perimeter and he can also catch the lob and finish with a dunk. He is a better shooter than the bigs and he rebounds better than the guards.

 

He does not always have to have the ball in his hands to be effective and he has the size for rebounding that Justice and Bolden lack. While both are great shooters, Rose is quicker and has more athletic ability than McDonald. He is a much better and more consistent shooter than Sutton, Perry or Matlock. He is a legit 3-point weapon playing the 5, unlike Spalding and Holman. Rose also has a greater upside than the others as he will be enrolled and playing basketball in college next summer while still only being 17 years old.

 

While most of LCA's games are played against teams from Lexington or the 11th Region, LCA has played 2 games so far this year against the teams of other players mentioned as potential Mr. Basketball candidates. In those games, Rose went for 25 & 7 against Trinity and 21 & 8 against Manual, posting better numbers than both Spalding and Sutton.

 

While his stats are comparable to or better than the other contenders for Mr. Basketball, his versatility is unmatched by any of them, which is why Matt Rose should be Mr. Basketball in Kentucky this year.

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Great thread

I'll go with this crew and take all comers to win today

G - Weaver - Doss

G - Perry - Ballard

G - Harness - Manual

F - Sutton - Manual

F - Rose - LCA

F - Elkins - Boyle

C - Gaskin - Southwestern

Like coach Dale said.....My team is on the floor

when does avg. 11 points mean your having a fantastic year

Take your favorite player above. Trade him for D. Sutton. Win more games. Mr. Basketball/Mr. Schamsketball.

Exactly. Thats why the thread title is ambiguous. The initial post attached to the title is really just his observations about selected players not the top performers in the tourney. Like I said in my post if you are talking about the top performers then Schuh, Ramser and Hawes should replace Elkins, Thieneman and Levitch on his list.

And Dwayne Sutton could have been slotted in the 1 spot! Not a single player in the tournament I would take over him. I don't think many people in attendance would disagree.

Exactly. Thats why the thread title is ambiguous. The initial post attached to the title is really just his observations about selected players not the top performers in the tourney. Like I said in my post if you are talking about the top performers then Schuh, Ramser and Hawes should replace Elkins, Thieneman and Levitch on his list.

No question....as to tourney performance.

I would still put Trinity at number 1. I have a feeling they will be the hardest team to beat when all the chips are down later in the season.

That's not what the ranking should be imo. It's not who you think has the best chance of winning it all. It is who has earned the right to be called #1 at this time.

I think regardless of ranking, most would agree that any team in the top 10 could beat any other.

1. Ballard

2. Knott Co Central

3. Henderson Co

4. Trinity

5. Manual

6. Taylor Co.

7. Lex Catholic

8. Doss

9. Boyle Co

10. NCC

Missed the final. Both benches unloaded at about 220 mark.

56-37 Manual end of 3rd. Press was effective. 30 pt qtr.

34-29 manual......449 left in 3rd

26-24 Manual at half. Rams went cold.

20-12 Manual end of 1st

Manual up 16-8 w 114 left in 1st. Harness hot early with 8

HC is solid. They didn't even play their best. But Manual played so below their ability. Congrats on a good win. Would love to see that one re-racked.

And #11 was key. Big shout out to his court vision.

Well I packed a lunch and then watched manual lose. They are a good team but Henderson is the most under rated team in the state.

HC is solid. They didn't even play their best. But Manual played so below their ability. Congrats on a good win. Would love to see that one re-racked.

#11 was huge for HC. Agree they didn't play their best, but Manual really laid an egg. Hope they learned a lot.

Henderson played better as a unit. They kept finding the open man and hit enough shots to win. Manual had an off night and got beat by a good solid team.

Elkins....bc's most important player. Hagan really nice. Bell and Eli a bit overrated.

All IMO of course

Manual will win this one..............................

I guess Manual "should" win. It is hs bball after all.