[Black Bear Cuz]

Tough game to watch, the 15th region refs were obviously determined to call almost NO fouls. One would think that would benefit HC considering they only play 5 players unless they have foul trouble or injury, but it allowed North to be really aggressive guarding Huff early without any fouls called and that made it tough for him to get in a good rhythm. HC rebounded from probably their lowest offensive out put for a half in years (18 points) and took a 9 point lead late in the 3rd qtr then North hit a big 3 to cut it to 6 going to the 4th qtr and that’s when Mr Davidson took over the game and made several baskets and and a few fts…Having the defensive assignment on 6’7” or 6’8” Davidson I thought had to take a lot out of 6’2” Huff, but HC maintained a 2-4 point lead until we made 1 of 2 fts and gave North a chance to tie it with a 3 which they did. HC still had plenty of time to get off a shot to win the game and I would like to have seen a TO called to set up a play, but like many coaches do including a philosophy used by John Calapari Jones chose to let the players play and let Maddox try to win it. A drive to the rim didn’t go and we had OT on our hands and North had momentum clearly on their side and they seized on it and pulled out a huge win for them. Davidson is a tremendous player and Jervis is a pretty clutch little guy, North played very determined to get the win in OT, hats off to the Jags on the win and hats off to Coach Jones and the Black Bears for a pretty amazing 2 year run with these Harlan County kids………..

[Old School Hound]

Tough game to watch, the 15th region refs were obviously determined to call almost NO fouls. One would think that would benefit HC considering they only play 5 players unless they have foul trouble or injury, but it allowed North to be really aggressive guarding Huff early without any fouls called and that made it tough for him to get in a good rhythm. HC rebounded from probably their lowest offensive out put for a half in years (18 points) and took a 9 point lead late in the 3rd qtr then North hit a big 3 to cut it to 6 going to the 4th qtr and that’s when Mr Davidson took over the game and made several baskets and and a few fts…Having the defensive assignment on 6’7” or 6’8” Davidson I thought had to take a lot out of 6’2” Huff, but HC maintained a 2-4 point lead until we made 1 of 2 fts and gave North a chance to tie it with a 3 which they did. HC still had plenty of time to get off a shot to win the game and I would like to have seen a TO called to set up a play, but like many coaches do including a philosophy used by John Calapari Jones chose to let the players play and let Maddox try to win it. A drive to the rim didn’t go and we had OT on our hands and North had momentum clearly on their side and they seized on it and pulled out a huge win for them. Davidson is a tremendous player and Jervis is a pretty clutch little guy, North played very determined to get the win in OT, hats off to the Jags on the win and hats off to Coach Jones and the Black Bears for a pretty amazing 2 year run with these Harlan County kids………..

I didn't get to listen the game. So I appreciate the nice summary. Congrats to the Bears. They've had a great run with Trent , and now Maddox. I hope Maddox has a great college career. Been fun watching him display his talents.

[Strikeout King]

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[Gridiron_Raid]

The 15th officials have been quite inconsistent game to game. The first night they let the boys scratch and crawl and punch and bite. The second night there is 51 free throws in game 1 and over 40 in game 2. The semis has game 1 be a slaughter on both ends. There is really no way to tell how a game will be. I was hoping they would ref every game like they did the games in night one but I was sadly mistaken.

I hope the game tonight is called like this game was, it will make it more interesting as a fan perspective. I cannot watch another 51 free throw game ever again. When there are more free throws in the first 3 quarters than minutes there is an issue.