[zaga_fan]

There are a lot of factors that go into attendance and I don't have all the answers, but I can tell you having the best teams in the best location seems like a good move.

When the 14th was home to the best basketball in the mountains the attendance was better. If this thing was in Laurel County and you had the big teams in the 13th, maybe invite one or two Pulaski County schools and then pull a couple from the 14th and 15th, you would have had a banger tournament and WYMT could stream the whole thing and it wouldn't put a dent in anything.

The 12th Region doesn't have reps because they aren't in the scholarship program, but I would go ahead and get some sponsors for scholarships and add the schools in the coverage area to the program. Hell, do that for the 16th and bring in teams like Ashland and host in the 15th every so often.

I know this is doing things differently than what has been done in the past and some people may not like it, but this used to be one of my favorite weeks of the year, and this year we have 4 teams from the 14th in a dry spell for the region and arguably the best teams from the 13th and 15th aren't there.