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Long is a prospect. He's bigger and stronger yet more mobile than I expected, and his touch on FTs was really soft. As for the rest of SC, I was a little under impressed. Gilbert's a good shooter, but JC actually looked like the more athletic team - and that's something I never thought I would say at a state tournament game about the 15th region team. Scott County is well coached, but if they play and Trinity play like the teams I saw yesterday, they're gonna get buzz sawed. JC would have too.

Gilbert is a great shooter. Scott County being well coached is an understatement. It's hard to "buzz saw" a Billy Hicks coached team. He has a way of getting his team prepared for the biggest games.

I have watched Billy Hicks' teams since he began coaching at Evarts. No matter what happens tomorrow in the state finals, this team may be his most over-achieving team since the 1982/83 team at Evarts.