[Peaches]

Lawrence is very good and compares to some of the better 15th region teams over the years. Paintsville had some good teams in the 90's.

Lawrence County may be in comparison to some of the other teams in the 15th Region over the years but they are not even in the same stratosphere of the mid-to-late 90's Paintsville teams. Those Tiger teams brought a lot of size and athleticism to the floor that will most likely never be seen again in Eastern Kentucky. 6'10, 6'9, 6'7, 6'3 and 6'1 was the size of their starting 5.

In that starting 5 you had a Mr. Basketball with over 40 D1 offers from the likes of Kansas, Indiana, Marshall and Florida that would end his career as a member of the Marshall University Hall of Fame. Another individual was selected in the 6th Round of the MLB draft by the Orioles only to go on to be an All-Conference Basketball Player in the MSC after hanging up his spikes. He would share that collegiate All-Conference honor with two other guys from that high school's starting 5 rotation. Another had given a verbal commitment to Clemson for both basketball and baseball only to switch to UK after a strong showing in front of Tubby Smith. A very, VERY good collection of talent during that time. I made the trek to Paintsville or wherever they were playing many nights during that era because it was something to behold.

Again, Lawrence County may be comparable to some teams over the years but I would never put them and those Paintsville teams in the same conversation when it comes to talent, ability, success or anything else should someone try to make an honest, historical comparison for this Lawrence County team.