[rojas]

Wow!! I agree that the 13th region officials are the worst. But, to complain on behalf of Corbin is laughable. The officials in the 13th will not allow a player to guard the Taylor kid...period! If you get close to him, it's a foul. With that said, it's the same thing for the Broughton kid...will not allow him to be guarded. Everyone knows that North, South and Corbin get all the calls....especially Corbin.

You're not telling me anything. What's worse than the way Lex Cath was treated at Corbin tho, is the way 13th region officials treat local kids when you play Corbin. And, believe me, it doesn't just happen when you play Corbin at Corbin. If you play them anywhere that our 13th region officials are calling, you will get screwed. If Corbin gets out of the region, which they might, they will get throttled at Rupp.

Corbin has a good team and is capable of beating anybody on the right night. I like the way Corbin plays. If I had to pick a team to come out of the 13th today, I would choose Corbin,

Even though Lex Cath got homered in a major way at Corbin, it's hard for me to feel sorry for Lex Cath. You talk about home cooking, it seems sometimes that Lex Cath owns the Bluegrass Officials Association. There is one specific official whose family is a major financial contributor to Lexington Catholic, even to the point that Lexington Catholic has put up a big brass plaque honoring the family in their corridor. This official seems to get every big game Catholic has and it seems he gives Catholic every call.

The official problem in the 13th, and other mountain regions, goes back decades. I can remember some of the top officials were caught gambling and running sports book on games at the state tournament by the Lexington Police. They continued to get games and even continued to get assigned to the Sweet 16.

Just a couple years ago an email chain was intercepted between the assigning secretary of 13th region officials and a 13th region head coach collaborating on which officials would call which games.

A couple decades ago several 13th, 14th and 15th region officials were caught participating in the big Hazard Sweet 16 pool. The pool would some years have as much as $80,000. Now, you tell me if an official that is calling the finals of a regional tournament and the outcome of the game could determine if he has a chance to win $80,000, would that official wouldn't be influenced?