[wooderson]

First of all the Belfry team that Pikeville beat in '87 was in no way the third best team in AAA that year. That ranking stemmed from Belfry being in the championship the previous two years. In my opinion that Belfry team lost a lot of talent from the previous year thus were in a rebuilding kind of year. Example-think of their early exit in the playoffs that year, NO region championship. Now on to Pikeville. The '87 team was one that you had to see to understand. They put up stats that didnt tell the whole story. I dont think they had a starter play the second half in any game but one the entire year. Let the starters play most of the minutes and we would be talking about stats that would never be matched. Do I think any of the previously mentioned teams could beat Pikeville? Probably not. Its nothing but a hypothetical question but IMO, and Ive watched almost every state finals for the last 20 years, there have only been a handful of teams that could have handled the size and speed that this Pikeville squad could throw at you. Best of all time? Maybe or maybe not. But one hell of a team that could have competed in any class during any year.