The Professor

Powell should win this one. When the Pirates are clicking on all cylinders they are as good as any team in the region. They’re an excellent shooting team but there have been games this season where the shots weren’t falling and when that happens they can struggle, as illustrated by a 40 point win over Wolfe in Stanton and two weeks later a 3 point loss to the same Wolves in Campton.

Most of the favorites should win their regions but with that said it never works out that way. 😄 The 6th and 7th are always tricky to pick. The 16th comes down to Ashland and Boyd. In the 14th where I live Hazard has been big favorites the past three years and didn’t win any of them. They’re favorites again this year. Tonight’s Bulldog game at Knott Central will be interesting as the Patriots and Powell Pirates are most likely the biggest threats to knock them out of postseason. Getting to Rupp will be the reward but facing the 6th region, most likely JTown, will be a tough task. Martin is likely to win the 15th but Pikeville could as well. The 11th is tough too, but I feel Madison Central will emerge from that one. GRC will be the favorite in the 10th but Montgomery is capable of knocking them out like they did last year.

This is surprising!

Okay. I’m getting my tourney dates confused. That is what age does to one. 😁

That is a little odd when one considers Montgomery drives the ball to the basket often in their offense. Sometimes free throw counts are lopsided because one team attacks the basket and the other takes mostly outside shots, but that is not the case with MoCo. 31-6 is a big differential!

I’m going to give MoCo praise for not being afraid to play teams like GRC and Ashland. Losing in OT by 1 point to a highly ranked Cardinals team in Winchester, and by 11 to an exceptionally hot shooting Tomcat team on a neutral court, is nothing to hang their heads about. I’ve always said the season games are to prepare teams for the post season play—-when it really counts.

They even wear close to the same uniform colors. I remember they played each other in the state tournament back in the ‘90s and that was two of the largest fan bases I’ve ever seen in Rupp Arena for the Sweet 16.

I know this, it seemed as if Ashland couldn’t miss a 3 vs Montgomery. If they consistently shoot like that the through the post season they will be difficult to defeat. Reminded me of the Cole Villars led teams from a few years ago.

I listened to it on Ashland’s radio broadcast. Ashland made nine 3s and Sears was the only player to make a 3 for MoCo. The radio guys said MoCo had open looks but just couldn’t connect. Jarvis and Terry combined for 40. Either Neel or Smith of Ashland had 29 but I don’t recall which player it was.

Is the Montgomery County-Ashland Blazer game at 6:00 going to be streamed anywhere?

Who is the lefty for GRC that made several 3s? He was big for the Cardinals tonight. Made some clutch shots when they really needed them to keep his team narrowly in the lead throughout most of the game.

Was Montgomery out of timeouts after the last basket? There was almost 5 seconds remaining and they allowed time to run out. That’s not a lot of time but anything might happen on an inbound play.

OT

63-63 5.6 seconds GRC ball

GRC making some big 3s throughout this game. Some are are finding a lot of rim but still going in. 56-50 GRC with 3:38 left in 4th.