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If those are your top 5-7, I have no idea who your bottom 5-7 would be. :scared:

Welcome to BGP! Why don't you give us your opinion on the top 5-7 officials, that's what the thread is about, and we'd love to hear your opinion.

I agree. Last night I could not tell who the head coach was. There were 2 coaches who stood and yelled for most of the game.

I have to admit, this one was much closer than I thought it would be. Congrats to Corbin for the win, and to Jackson County on a good effort. I bet it was a physical one!

No excuse. He shook Coach Parrott's hand only, then bolted. Should have done what every other coach does, and shake the hand of the opposing team. I stand by my previous comment. IMO, PCC lost a class coach with Al Holland.

Just because one officiates college games does not make him/her a good official. Trust me, there are poor college officials too, there's even poor professional officials as well. Remember the NBA gambling scandal involving an official last season? As for Ashhurst, I've watched him call at least 100 games- He always wants to be the star. Paducah Tilghman mean anything to you? Ask anyone in Rupp the day that he took their trip to the Sweet 16 finals away from them, and see what they think. Glenn Gray is back at it now. As for Philpot, imo he is much better than the other 2 you mentioned. If you want a legit opinion on the officials in the 13th, ask a visiting out of region team and see what they think.

London.

NL wins on a Nick Shannon 3 a the buzzer. NL was up by 12 in the first half, but PCC battled back in the third to make it a close one. Interesting fact: NL did not shoot a FT in the second half. Could be the first time I've ever seen that. PCC's coach showed a lack of class by not shaking hands after the game.

Could not disagree more. IMO, of these 3, Mike Philpot is the only one worth anything, the other two are subpar, and that is being nice. Best in the 13th is Glenn Gray, hands down.

I think the free throw discrepency was due to Dixie's style of pressure defense. They overplay every player with a lot of pressure. I've seen some very lopsided officiating this season (some in NL's favor), I even mentioned in a thread or two. I did not notice any bias towards the home team in this one. I did notice some extremely biased officiating against NL by one of the three officials. Until the last 30 seconds of the game, every single whistle that he blew was against NL. At a crucial moment of the game he even gave Dixie a time out without posession of the ball. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. On a more positive note...Seidel has been unbelievable for NL this season. Yet another buzzer beater to either win, or send the game into OT. IMO Adrian Wardrup's emergence, and understanding of his role, has been a big key in the way NL has been playing. That, along with the improvement of their late game press, could make a very dangerous team come tournament time. Also: 32 for Dixie is a player!

They draw, and since Jackson County is the swing vote on whether to vote or seed, I would love to see the draw cost them a trip to the Regional Tournament.

I thought Stenzel went our with a little over a minute left in the game. NL was down 7 with about 3:30 left in the game, began pressing, and GRC didn't handle it very well. What a shot by Seidel to send it to overtime. It was about a 25 footer, with 3 GRC defenders all over him. They actually could have called a foul on the shot.

I am not a "Corbin Hater" as you would state. I live 3 hours from here and was in town visiting and decided to watch a game between two good teams. What I saw, IMO, was lopsided officiating. I know alot of people who would agree with that assumption. Corbin is a good team, like I said before. Since you insist on calling me a "Corbin Hater" I can't help but question your fanhood, because you are obviously a Corbin fan stating these comments. The 13th Region is better this year, but like you said, they have plenty of good teams. The 11th have 3 to state title contenders.

Anyone have Friday's schedule?

I agree, but I also think this is much easier said than done.

I thought you didn't watch it? Madison Central could compete for the 11th if they had a shooter or two. I've watched them play the last two nights, and haven't noticed anyone who can hit the 3 with any consistency.

Did you watch the game?

Not true. The officiating of both of the late games at NL tonight was embarrassing. Very lopsided in the favor of Corbin. And as get@em said, there was one particular official that made 90% of the bad calls. He did the same thing in the NL Rock game. It was truly sad.

SL's coach Steve Wright blamed the NL loss to his teams poor "foul line defense", saying they didn't guard NL's FT shooters very well. I'd blame this one on SL's transition defense, because Corbin ran them completely out of the gym. I guess it could be the "wazoo curse", since SL is 0-2 on wazoosports.com.

With or without Crawford, Corbin wins this one. I'd say Corbin by 5.

This was a great game to watch. Typical game played at JCHS, very physical play. NL made an excellent comeback after being down a bunch early. Officiating went from nearly out of control, allowing all sorts of contact, to very tightly called at the very end. Brumback is an animal, and uses the glass like an old school player. I really like watching him play. I don't know why JC quit going to him for such a long stretch. I like NL's chances a lot in a rematch in the District Tournament, which I believe is at NL.

Anyone want to bet he ends up playing for Happy at Georgetown? I bet in time that is exactly where he ends up.

I go way back and don't recall a player wearing them.

NL didnt have a player with rec specs 2 years ago. Seidel wears them now, but this is his first year wearing them, and last season was his first at NL

I don't see it. He's huge, yes, but I don't wee where all the hype is coming from. His attitude takes him out of too many games. I know he's young, maybe he'll mature into a good player.