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Largest school in the region once again denied a trip to Rupp

I’ll take Simon Kenton tonight . . . especially if they shoot 26 more free throws than their opponent like last night!  Should be a good one!

42 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

 

That all-important No. 1 seed in this district! 😂

Is there a livestream?

Reed Sheppard is doing OK for University of Kentucky 😂

Evangel no longer “unbeaten”.

13 minutes ago, LouHSJunkie said:

Glad to see Ballard down there where they should be!

Would love to see a Ballard - HIghlands Latin matchup . . . 😂

Spencer County was the favorite to win the 8th?  They’re not off to the best start  with a tough week ahead in the KOB. 

Two years in a row Male let a winnable game slip away.

One of the hardest things for coaches to do in practice is to simulate “game speed” against “game competition”. Small schools face a large challenge in the practice setting - they just don’t have the depth. Look at players 8-14 at Owen County and compare them to players 8-14 at the larger schools. There’s usually no comparison. It also shows up when a starter or two gets in could trouble. You can have a stud or a great starting five, but depth usually wins out over time. 

3 minutes ago, LongTimeReader said:

This is great! I really enjoy high school social media jabs. 

Two of Trinity’s starters played last year on different teams that went to the Sweet 16 . . . and those two teams are returning this year!

A lot of “underlying storylines”, transfers, etc. in this game . . . and what a game it was!  So hard to predict the makeup of teams year-to-year in the 6th and 7th regions. This Male team is much different than the team that went to Rupp last year . . . as is J-town!

I would think Max Green, and Oldham County, would be district favorites next year. 

8 minutes ago, 4 Quarters said:

I personally would like to see the out-of-region referees discontinued.  I have been to the 8th, 9th, and 11th region games this year and I can't really say anything good about the officials.  I watched the 11th semifinals Saturday, they had the 9th region officials.  They were actually 6 of the better officials from the 9th, neither game imo were greatly called games.  I honestly don't feel the favor either team, but they call the game differently than they do all year long.

Also think its strange that they assign region referees before the Sweet 16 bracket is drawn.  If I'm a 13th region ref and I know my home teams may play someone from the 8th region at Rupp early on, that could have an effect on the way I approach an 8th region game (I'm not saying it would affect 100% of refs, but even one or two could make a minor difference).

My sense is that out-of-region referees have a slight tendency to favor the underdog.  Last year North Oldham was not the favorite going in to the 8th region tournament; this year they are.  They'll need to play a clean game to beat Woodford County.

Fatigue leads to poor decisions and turnovers . . . that cost Owen County late in the game.

A few stats from the KHSAA stats from last night's game that jumped out:

Grant County was 2/19 from three (!!) and 9/11 from the line

North Oldham was 2/8 from three and 7/16 from the line (!!)

Tough finish for the 8th Region coach of the year. 43 points isn’t going to win to many games. 

Seems like both games had a lot of fouls called with teams getting to the bonus quickly. What region is officiating at Henry County? Plan for long games if you go!

Utter made up for his turnovers with his defense on Dallas Roberts, it just seemed like most of Grant’s TO’s came in the crucial 4th Q. 

Kidding . . . seems like we hear that every year!

Tigers are just a year away . . . 

2 hours ago, Mojocat said:

According to info on the KHSAA website, these are the 5 biggest schools in the state:

1.  Lafayette

2.  Madison Central

3.  Eastern

4. Henry Clay

5.  Ballard

If that was the only data point, a reasonable person would be skeptical about the relationship between enrollment and basketball success.  But I'm resistant to that skepticism, for some reason......

 

* for all-male schools like St. X, Trinity . . . multiply their enrollment by two?

I think this game comes down to Green for OC. In the South Oldham win, Green scored 36% of OC’s points in a 19-point win. In the North Oldham loss, Green scored 64% (!) of OC’s points in a 21-point loss. If he gets his teammates involved, has a few assists, Amburgey is healthy and stays out of foul trouble . . . then OC pulls it off. 

Watch the referee take out a Gallatin County player at the end of the video!

Block or charge?!