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10 hours ago, The Double Deuce said:

Absolutely uneducated question from a distance:  did North Laurel peak too early?

I think people have found the formula to beat NL. Put all your attention on Reed and make the other guys beat you playing slow. Unfortunately for Clay, that's what happened last night as a young man came off the bench for North and went 4-6 from deep. 

Heard Mercer missed 14 straight free throws in the fourth. Brutal. 

Thought Jeff Davis did an incredible job this year and should have been 13th region coach of the year. Losing 3 of their top 4 scorers and the heartbeat of their team in Cromer many probably didn't see them winning district this year as well as going 13-3 in the region. 

Can Rock make some noise or was this just a true upset? 

What's SK got coming back? 

3 minutes ago, addout said:

I think the key to this game was defense. Ashland kept Shepard under control and defended the rest of the team too.

Agreed. Ashland took away the fast break rather well too. Noticed NL likes to leak out and get the break started. When Sellars nailed one, stole it, then nailed another in the first quarter you could tell it was going to be a long night. 

Sellars was the best player on the court. NL played sloppy defense and Ashland made them pay. Ashland shot lights out but the majority of those were wide open. 

6-4 or 7-3. 

4 hours ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

You can make faces all you want @nikeman49 but when it comes down to it, Allen just really only does one thing well right now and that's stand still and shoot.

I think he will add quite a bit more to his game, even going into next year, but right now, he just isn't that good and if he wasn't from KY, no one would be begging for him to get more time.

Hit the nail on the head. 

Don't know about 2019 that Cov Cath team was nasty.. but for sure should've last year IMO. Almost got beat in the region championship. Anytime you have a team with as much talent as they do not winning it all is kind of a let down. 

3 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

It's also a local rivalry game. Are you advocating Corbin drop Whitley and play Beechwood?

Not at all. I was referencing the statement of being a cancellation away from the 1 seed. 

Corbin would get more though from Beechwood than Whitley. I predict Whitley does worse next year than they did this year. 

As long as Elkhorn and Franklin keep up their success it's going to be tough for Frankfort to keep those kids. Seems like FC is getting all the kids in Frankfort right now. 

2 hours ago, Cheese said:

Corbin had a heck of a year last year and even with that loss to Beechwood was a cancellation away from having the number 1 overall seed in last year’s tournament the way it was going. I would like to have kept that Beechwood series on the schedule myself. This team will have a lot of talent ready to play this schedule. Some nice matchups and I look for Corbin to have another great year. 

Whitley was 2-5 with teams like Bell, North, South, and Hazard on their schedule (bad records for opponents opponents win percentage). I believe that game could have lowered their RPI. 

I'd like to see it go back to cross district for the first two rounds. Then the region championship be based off winner from sister districts so it's a true 'region' championship. Round 4 be based off of RPI. 

7 hours ago, gbballfan21 said:

You need to win to boost that RPI, Corbin lost 3 out of 4 games to Beechwood. 

Also true. A win over a 2A school doesn't do a lot for your RPI was the point I was getting at. But yes, you have to win your games to boost RPI. 

9 hours ago, Jason Bucklen said:

No Beechwood anymore. 

Campbell and Simon Kenton much better for RPI boosters. Beechwood good for playoff preparation but hurts you in RPI where they’re 2A

1 minute ago, Purple88 said:

He sure would!  He's a quality young man and has his kids best interest at heart.  Would hate to lose him at BG.

Love what he’s doing with the Boys to Mean leadership group. You can tell he’s all about the kids, gotta love it! 

Tyreon Clark would be a great choice. He’s doing a lot of great things for the youth over that way. 

1 hour ago, FormerColonel92 said:

Hearing Paintsville’s Joe Chirico name being g attached to the job? If so that would be a great hire, he’s an excellent coach.

Heard the same. His daughter goes to Centre, would get him closer to family. 

This was a great game to watch. 

I know North Laurel has been impressive thus far but people forget Knox Central has won the last two regions. I wouldn't be surprised if they 3 peat. Jevonte Turner and Isaac Mills are two great on-ball defenders. 

2 hours ago, Bert said:

Doesn't UK have another good LB from Michigan coming?

Yep transfer from Michigan State! Things are shaping up well. 

5 minutes ago, cincydragons said:

Cats get a commitment from Trevin Wallace a consensus 4-star LB out of Georgia.  Picks UK over Georgia and Auburn among his many offers.  Big-time pickup for the Cats in a position of need.  Wallace is the 4th highest ranked recruit in the Stoops era behind Justin Rogers, Landon Young and Jager Burton.  Kentucky finishes off this class ranked #31 in the nation while only taking in 18 commits.  Including all the transfers this is a very solid class coming in.

Huge get today for the Cats. #2 ILB in the country and top 40 player in the country. He's the real deal. 

8/21 Tates Creek at Mercer

9/3 Danville at Home

10/8 Lex Cath at Home

10/22 Bourbon at Home

Reed with 50. Ryan Davidson with 29. Reed also had a triple double. Believe it was 10 boards and 11 assists. 

1 hour ago, Purple88 said:

Does anyone know if Somerset streams their games?  If so where?

 

Thanks!

Some games are streamed from Lake Cumberland Sports on Facebook. If you get on any given night you can possibly catch a Somerset, Pulaski County, or Southwestern game.