[gapman]

Has a lot to do with it since people are downplaying an amazing accomplishment by saying "it was a good draw". So what? you still have to play the games and you still have to win to advance. Rowan COunty had no say in who was in their bracket.

Secondly, my bet is that Ashland will turn the ball over at an alarming rate when faced with good pressure from quality opponents, especially if Bush is the choice at PG. And I do not believe that either of the other two you mentioned are viable candidates for that position either. Your point about Hunter is a good one...however, at 6'2 Gregg's best asset is his passion for the game; nobody plays harder. That said, the 16th region doesn't have a dominant post player so although RC's lack of a true post player may hurt them on the state level, I do not believe it to be an issue in the 16th.

Teams don't rely soley on guard play to get the ball up under pressure these days. Your guys were no exception to that last year even though you still had the sevices of Mr Cross. I don't know how you can slam Bush for his ablility to get the ball up the court, if you are a Rowan fan you've seen him have a lot of success on your court handling the rock.

Rowan only won by 6 at Johnson Arena last year and it was ANYBODY'S game with a minute thirty left and Ashland was actually up 1. About the only thing I see that qualifies as being alarming here is the memory gap you seem to be suffering from.