[Old School Hound]

End of 1st:   Corbin lead by  10

End of Half :  Corbin lead by  14

End of Third:  Corbin lead  by  11

Less than 3 minutes to play :  Corbin lead  by 8


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[jetpilot]

led

[Gridiron_Raid]

ouch, I would say this one stings tough. There’s no feeling like having that winning feeling stripped away in the last few minutes like that. Getting the early lead was impressive I thought when tracking the score. Blowing a lead is sometimes worse than never having it on player psyche.

[Granny Bear]

Leading by 8 with 3 minutes to play? What in the world happened??

[Black Bear Cuz]

Sounds like the Hounds stepped up in a big way last night, but the determination of this SL team never died and they somehow found a way to pull out the win over a notably young Corbin team! Hats off to both teams in this one, but I know the late game meltdown hurts a lot…. Region tourney will have a really strong field of 8 top to bottom this year, every team better lace up their works boots and be ready to bring it from night 1 on…..

[Old School Hound]

Leading by 8 with 3 minutes to play?  What in the world happened??

Didn't take care of the basketball. Turnovers in the fourth quarter were their undoing. Corbin took a one point lead on a Eli three with ten  or so seconds left and then Mabe hit a three with about four seconds left for the winner. South never led in the game  until very late in regulation by a couple or three.  The Red Ryder had a great look to win it in regulation for the Hounds.  Corbin led for most of the overtime. Game should have never gone to extra time. I'm sure something you always told your girls is you have to value the basketball. Corbin got sloppy and didn't value the basketball down the stretch . It's really a sin that great players like Mabe will force you to have to pay penance for.

[shottaker23]

Tony had a great game plan, this was vintage Tony. Hold Mabe and make everyone beat you. Corbin shot lights out from 3 and Akins was a full grown man. Cards were down big at half saw several people heading for the door--it was at this point Mabe made the Jared Lorenzen comment "you all are gonna miss a helluva game". Corbin much like SL doesn't have a true PG and it showed in the 2nd especially late. But make no mistake these where the 2 best teams in the 13th at least for 1 game. Kudos to Corbin and big comeback to SL. Hard to say anymore that a game was worth the price of admission but this one definitely was. Region is gonna be a War!

[Old School Hound]

Win your district tournament...

Your prize???    You get Corbin or Bell in the first round of the region.   :woah:

[HenryHankHill]

Can’t remember a collapse bigger than this one.

Honestly you go straight to Tony and lay the blame. Corbin has one of the best 4 corner stall/offenses ever. Why did he not use it with 2:31 left and an 8 point lead??? My guess would be EGO. Even OSH will agree that Jeff Davis just as a matter of routine out coaches and owns Tony.

Just another year in the 50th!!

The big question how you going to get this youngsters away from Whitley. Because if Corbin or South doesn’t get one or two of them. Good chance next year one of them will be sitting at home.

[KYHoopsFan71]

Win your district tournament...

Your prize???    You get Corbin or Bell in the first round of the region.  

Even Clay and Knox Central are tough quarterfinal games.

[Old School Hound]

Can’t remember a collapse bigger than this one. 

Honestly you go straight to Tony and lay the blame.  Corbin has one of the best 4 corner stall/offenses ever.  Why did he not use it with 2:31 left and an 8 point lead???  My guess would be EGO.  Even OSH will agree that Jeff Davis just as a matter of routine out coaches and owns Tony. 

Just another year in the 50th!!

The big question how you going to get this youngsters away from Whitley.  Because if Corbin or South doesn’t get one or two of them. Good chance next year one of them will be sitting at home.

Not sure why, other than he didn't have the confidence that his team could hold onto the ball long enough to get to the foul line, and if they did get fouled, that they could hit the free shots. More than ego, it seemed like he didn't trust his kids down the stretch, and they responded to that lack of trust by giving up the ball, and the lead. This has not been Tony's best season. He had a good plan all game and then the last two and a half minutes the plan apparently changed to throw the damn ball all over the place. Yes, I agree, Jeff has pretty much owned Tony , especially in recent years. Tony had a good plan in the game at Corbin, and again last night. His kids put the game away at Corbin; they gave it away last night.


Post-game remarks: 

1. How long am I gonna have to say it until it happens? ---  Forcibly remove Johnny Crawford from the bench and, once and for all, toss him into the dustpan of historical irrelevance, where he belongs for eternity. His sour, sad face, weathered by decades of grotesque mischief, disrespect, and ill intent, needs to be permanently barred from court side.

2. The Corbin radio broadcast is as bad as I can ever remember. It really is in the F -minus range.  Embarrassing that WCTT and CHS allows a product like that to air. Corbin has a history of some of the most elite and professional broadcasters you will ever find at any level. First and foremost, you have the Hall of Famer(yes, he's a jackass, but a helluva radio voice), Don Estep. Then you had the great(yes, he killed a man, but he was a helluva radio voice) Chet Maggard, and then the terrific Dave King , who did Redhound games and University of the Cumberlands games. Those were three of the best you could find anywhere.

This clown crew they have now is an embarrassment, not just to those who appreciate good basketball play-by-play and commentary , but even to the casual fan who parks his beat up Ford pickup in the Root Beer Stand parking lot to listen to a quarter hear and there.  The one guy with the raspy, awful voice who screams constantly is an embarrassment to even a town like Corbin , that has frequently embarrassed itself over the past 100 years. The guy is the worst I've ever heard on air. If you haven't listened, he is the equivalent of that fat, loud, obnoxious fella that's in the stands of most every HS gymnasium, yelling at refs and fans  at every call that doesn't go his way , and smelling like beer , crappie and night crawlers. 

Also, the quality of the sound on the broadcasts is horrible. Much of the time you can't even make out what is being said(which, actually , might be a good thing) and it's not uncommon to lose the broadcast entirely, and get switched back to the station for ten minutes of "In Pain, Call Shane" or Pennington Chiropractic("I Won't Twist Your Neck") commercials.  When Mabe hit the three with four seconds remaining, it was a good 15 or 20 seconds before I knew if he made or missed the shot.  Just a terrible, terrible broadcast collaboration.  And it's not much better for football. Several games last year, including the semifinal at Paducah, we got to listen to Shane Romines commercials or retro rock music at the station, for extended periods of time. Eubanks Broadcasting should be ashamed . All of Corbin should be ashamed but, I guess, most of us have become desensitized to the embarrassment.

[859]

I wonder if this says more about South or Corbin at this point. I know many had crowned South as regional favorites, but they found themselves in a really bad spot late against a young Corbin team. I don’t think they win in this situation against the top tier teams in the 13th. On the other hand, Corbin put themselves in position to win against a legit contender and even dominated for parts of the game. The talent is there for them, but I wonder how far that can take them. With their path to a regional championship, it’s going to take consistent, high-level play.

[shottaker23]

Your main players for Corbin are 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman. That is  not a Young team, other than their best player is a freshman. They are experienced and tested . Not taking anything away from them they played a great game and when they are hitting from outside they are as good as anyone in the region. But make no mistake they are not wet behind the ears etc, their core has played together for a while. And yes Old school the radiocasts have been awful for most of the season but if you think the boys crew is bad take one listen to a girls broadcast on wctt it is horrendous. I honestly have turned it off and rolled the window down to hear the tires whine before. Smith done a ok job on the boys although Worley only droned on about his own kid last year and not better this year. Obviously its a cost cutting measure but they definitely lost me as a listener.

[859]

Your main players for Corbin are 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman. That is  not a Young team, other than their best player is a freshman. They are experienced and tested . Not taking anything away from them they played a great game and when they are hitting from outside they are as good as anyone in the region. But make no mistake they are not wet behind the ears etc, their core has played together for a while. And yes Old school the radiocasts have been awful for most of the season but if you think the boys crew is bad take one listen to a girls broadcast on wctt it is horrendous. I honestly have turned it off and rolled the window down to hear the tires whine before. Smith done a ok job on the boys although Worley only droned on about his own kid last year and not better this year. Obviously its a cost cutting measure but they definitely lost me as a listener.

I probably should have clarified that. I meant their main guys were young. Akins is a great player that I’ve been a fan of for a long time, but he is new to this role as of this season. Ellis, if I remember correctly, had not played in a district championship before this one.

These guys have played in a good amount of games, just not in a ton of tournament-style games in the roles they have now.

[Old School Hound]

Your main players for Corbin are 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman. That is  not a Young team, other than their best player is a freshman. They are experienced and tested . Not taking anything away from them they played a great game and when they are hitting from outside they are as good as anyone in the region. But make no mistake they are not wet behind the ears etc, their core has played together for a while. And yes Old school the radiocasts have been awful for most of the season but if you think the boys crew is bad take one listen to a girls broadcast on wctt it is horrendous. I honestly have turned it off and rolled the window down to hear the tires whine before. Smith done a ok job on the boys although Worley only droned on about his own kid last year and not better this year. Obviously its a cost cutting measure but they definitely lost me as a listener.

2 ; Red Ryder and Dawson Farmer

[Old School Hound]

Your main players for Corbin are 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman. That is  not a Young team, other than their best player is a freshman. They are experienced and tested . Not taking anything away from them they played a great game and when they are hitting from outside they are as good as anyone in the region. But make no mistake they are not wet behind the ears etc, their core has played together for a while. And yes Old school the radiocasts have been awful for most of the season but if you think the boys crew is bad take one listen to a girls broadcast on wctt it is horrendous. I honestly have turned it off and rolled the window down to hear the tires whine before. Smith done a ok job on the boys although Worley only droned on about his own kid last year and not better this year. Obviously its a cost cutting measure but they definitely lost me as a listener.

I literally couldn't get through 1 minute of the girls broadcast. Would rather listen to two cats fornicating.

[shottaker23]

Your main players for Corbin are 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman. That is  not a Young team, other than their best player is a freshman. They are experienced and tested . Not taking anything away from them they played a great game and when they are hitting from outside they are as good as anyone in the region. But make no mistake they are not wet behind the ears etc, their core has played together for a while. And yes Old school the radiocasts have been awful for most of the season but if you think the boys crew is bad take one listen to a girls broadcast on wctt it is horrendous. I honestly have turned it off and rolled the window down to hear the tires whine before. Smith done a ok job on the boys although Worley only droned on about his own kid last year and not better this year. Obviously its a cost cutting measure but they definitely lost me as a listener.

2 ; Red Ryder and Dawson Farmer

Opps forgot Farmer. But still your 8 man rotation has some veteran leadership. And if you weren't there you missed one of the best games of the year so far this season. No reason for anyone to be down on this one, and personally I thought Tony had a helluva game plan but they missed a true PG at the end. Its both teams achilles, you have Shooting or Combo guards playing the position and it showed. In my opinion the only true PG in the 13th this year is Thompson from Pville. Much like center it seems to be a dying position.

[Old School Hound]

Your main players for Corbin are 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman. That is  not a Young team, other than their best player is a freshman. They are experienced and tested . Not taking anything away from them they played a great game and when they are hitting from outside they are as good as anyone in the region. But make no mistake they are not wet behind the ears etc, their core has played together for a while. And yes Old school the radiocasts have been awful for most of the season but if you think the boys crew is bad take one listen to a girls broadcast on wctt it is horrendous. I honestly have turned it off and rolled the window down to hear the tires whine before. Smith done a ok job on the boys although Worley only droned on about his own kid last year and not better this year. Obviously its a cost cutting measure but they definitely lost me as a listener.

2 ; Red Ryder and Dawson Farmer

Opps forgot Farmer. But still your 8 man rotation has some veteran leadership. And if you weren't there you missed one of the best games of the year so far this season. No reason for anyone to be down on this one, and personally I thought Tony had a helluva game plan but they missed a true PG at the end. Its both teams achilles, you have Shooting or Combo guards playing the position and it showed. In my opinion the only true PG in the 13th this year is Thompson from Pville. Much like center it seems to be a dying position.

It was an exciting game, and one that I wanted to be at, instead of having Hillbilly David Dean screaming at me over my car radio. Just disappointed that the Corbin kids literally threw the game away in the last 2+ minutes, after leading big , nearly the entire game.  I think Tony feared his kids couldn't close it out at the line, which is a damn shame. As a result, we had to be horrified by lot of sloppy, unforced errors, late. The Red Ryder and Middleton were knocking them down well from the charity stripe. I think Corbin holds on from the foul line, if they had forced South to foul, instead of throwing the ball away like a drunk Elly Dela Cruz. Tony will remember those last 151 seconds for a long time.

[Keystone12]

South upped their intensity and Corbin folded. Outside of Eli P and Akins, i didn’t see anyone for corbin who was strong enough with the ball to withstand that onslaught. Corbin threw the ball all over the gym that last 2:30. Akins was swarmed and i feel corbin shouldve found a way to ensure he controlled the ball when the redhounds were in the bonus. Ive said corbin has more talent but south has a bunch of gamers as well as a dominant player in jordan mabe. The freshman taylor and rawlings were big in the second half for the cardinals. I expected more from evan ellis. He hit three three pointers and had some nice assists but he needed to be better in that game for corbin to win. It didn’t help that corbins other freshman dawson farmer had two points. The freshman Ryder Akins is a special talent. And by special i mean trent, reed, andrew taylor and Maddox huff special. I felt the same watching him this game as i did a couple times with reed and noah. It’s still hard to believe he is a freshman. He blocked rawlins off the backboard and his hand was at the top of the square. I can’t believe the list of talent this region has had for the past 6-8 years.

[shottaker23]

South upped their intensity and Corbin folded. Outside of Eli P and Akins, i didn’t see anyone for corbin who was strong enough with the ball to withstand that onslaught. Corbin threw the ball all over the gym that last 2:30. Akins was swarmed and i feel corbin shouldve found a way to ensure he controlled the ball when the redhounds were in the bonus. Ive said corbin has more talent but south has a bunch of gamers as well as a dominant player in jordan mabe. The freshman taylor and rawlings were big in the second half for the cardinals. I expected more from evan ellis. He hit three three pointers and had some nice assists but he needed to be better in that game for corbin to win. It didn’t help that corbins other freshman dawson farmer had two points. The freshman Ryder Akins is a special talent. And by special i mean trent, reed, andrew taylor and Maddox huff special. I felt the same watching him this game as i did a couple times with reed and noah. It’s still hard to believe he is a freshman. He blocked rawlins off the backboard and his hand was at the top of the square. I can’t believe the list of talent this region has had for the past 6-8 years.

Akins is a bad man, absolutely shot lights out from 3 in this game. Had what 7 3's? And I know two of them after SL put who I think is the best defender in the state on him. I genuinely hope for the sake of the 13th he stays because as you said the talent list is making the 13th relevent again.

[Old School Hound]

South upped their intensity and Corbin folded. Outside of Eli P and Akins, i didn’t see anyone for corbin who was strong enough with the ball to withstand that onslaught. Corbin threw the ball all over the gym that last 2:30. Akins was swarmed and i feel corbin shouldve found a way to ensure he controlled the ball when the redhounds were in the bonus. Ive said corbin has more talent but south has a bunch of gamers as well as a dominant player in jordan mabe. The freshman taylor and rawlings were big in the second half for the cardinals. I expected more from evan ellis. He hit three three pointers and had some nice assists but he needed to be better in that game for corbin to win. It didn’t help that corbins other freshman dawson farmer had two points. The freshman Ryder Akins is a special talent. And by special i mean trent, reed, andrew taylor and Maddox huff special. I felt the same watching him this game as i did a couple times with reed and noah. It’s still hard to believe he is a freshman. He blocked rawlins off the backboard and his hand was at the top of the square. I can’t believe the list of talent this region has had for the past 6-8 years.

That's exactly what I was thinking, as well.  Red Ryder was knocking them down from the line last night. The ball should have stayed in his hands as much as possible the last couple of minutes. 


Where do you see Red Ryder in three years in this region? You think he will be right there with a Rick Jones, Andrew Taylor, Trent Noah type talent???

[shottaker23]

South upped their intensity and Corbin folded. Outside of Eli P and Akins, i didn’t see anyone for corbin who was strong enough with the ball to withstand that onslaught. Corbin threw the ball all over the gym that last 2:30. Akins was swarmed and i feel corbin shouldve found a way to ensure he controlled the ball when the redhounds were in the bonus. Ive said corbin has more talent but south has a bunch of gamers as well as a dominant player in jordan mabe. The freshman taylor and rawlings were big in the second half for the cardinals. I expected more from evan ellis. He hit three three pointers and had some nice assists but he needed to be better in that game for corbin to win. It didn’t help that corbins other freshman dawson farmer had two points. The freshman Ryder Akins is a special talent. And by special i mean trent, reed, andrew taylor and Maddox huff special. I felt the same watching him this game as i did a couple times with reed and noah. It’s still hard to believe he is a freshman. He blocked rawlins off the backboard and his hand was at the top of the square. I can’t believe the list of talent this region has had for the past 6-8 years.

That's exactly what I was thinking, as well.  Red Ryder was knocking them down from the line last night. The ball should have stayed in his hands as much as possible the last couple of minutes. 


Where do you see Red Ryder in three years in this region? You think je will be right there with a Rick Jones, Andrew Taylor, Trent Noah type talent???

Same body as Taylor

[Keystone12]

In three years I see Corbin's Ryder Akins as a high level Division 1 prospect. I have followed him closely since seeing him drop 35 against HC first game. He possesses the elite athleticism required to be a D1 guard (I refer you to block off the backboard against Rawlings in SL game). He also has decent size for a PG at 6'3. He gives you that "different" thing you saw when watching Reed and Trent. Even if he has a bad game you still can see the potential. Whether it's catching an alley oop dunk over the 6'8" kid from Evangel or something else. He has that opportunistic way of playing defense like Reed by getting in passing lanes and stealing the ball. He plays very unselfish and is always trying to get other guys going. This Summer he is playing with one of the top AAU programs (Team Loaded Virginia) in the country. They play on one of the best circuits in the country. He will be seen by many high level D1 schools. At this point he has miles to go before reaching the levels of a Trent Noah or Reed Sheppherd. I even think it's improbable. I do think he has a shot though.

[Granny Bear]

I think he has more than just "a shot". But that's just my opinion.
I've only watched him in 3 games, but he has that intrinsic factor that's difficult to describe. He has what it takes to win games. How that develops is most important.

[-STAT-]

Congrats to South Laurel, was glad to see them win this game. Also would love to see them back at Rupp, and they're playing really good at the right time.