[Mister B]

The Sweet Sixteen is the best high school basketball tournament in the nation. It is an all inclusive tournament in which the parity is so great that the little guy still has a chance. Everybody loves an underdog and it seems as though a new one arises every year even if it is just for a game or two. The variability is so great you have teams stretching from the mountains of Eastern Kentucky to the flatlands of the Mississippi river. You have teams all the way from Paducah to Pikeville and Covington to Williamsburg. You throw in Louisville and Lexington and you have the powerhouses and favorites. But that is what makes this tournament so great is the fact that a Shelby Valley can beat a Ballard on the biggest stage and win, "The State Tournament", a win for the little guy.