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Any relation to Justin Housley? Started at CCH and (I believe) ended up at Holmes?

I'm with Mexitucky. I'm glad that they let the kid play. I wasn't there to see what happened with the technical, but I think that they got this one right. It is the state championship game, he didn't get into a fight, he probably just reacted on instinct, and didn't make it very far anyway. Holmes should have nothing to complain about. Also, If I was a player for Holmes, then I would have wanted to beat Mason at full strength. Congrats to the Royals.

I would have liked the game to go down to the wire; since I made the trip from Lexington the weekend before finals. With that being said, I wasn't disappointed with the game at all. This is the second game the I have seen Darius play this year, and he is the real deal. I feel like he plays with a confidence and an awareness similar to Patterson. Many players have the athleticism to be great players, but lack the patience. I'll be excited when he arrives in Lexington. Also, when the rest of MC is knocking down shots, it helps Darius to be selective. In reality though, he looked like he could have taken over whenever he wanted to. CCH is a very solid team, but Mason County was simply too "long" for them. It was very difficult for CCH to have success driving to the basket because of MC's height. MC plays solid team defense and in order for CCH to win the game they would have had to shoot excellent from 3-point line, and draw defenders out. As for the crazies... I absolutely hate that I love to watch them.

I personally think there should be heavy influence in to how the players perform in the big games. It's true that there are many of us that cannot get out to see all of these players. I don't feel like the stats can be reliable because of the different competition, and also because there is a different statistician for each team (one persons .325 can easily be a .375). People score each game differently, give the edge to the kid who pulls through in the clutch.