[Old School Hound]

I believe the sweet 16 Rupp Arena crowd would love to see the HC team once again this year with 4 of our top 6 players back including our first team all stater and our crowd favorite Reggie Cottrell along with the passion these kids brings to to floor with them. HC/Bell in the district championship game at Harlan City, the winner of that game should have the best path to Rupp so let’s see what happens………

I love my team but anyone that says beating Harlan County is a given is crazy so don’t even give them the time of day. Harlan County beat Bell in round 1 this season, although it was at home and Bell decided that threes weren’t important for some reason. If the cats keep the threes flying, the numbers speak for themselves. I will go ahead and say again that the Bell/HC matchup is the best shooting team in the KHSAA vs the best SHOOTER in the KHSAA. 

I would of course cheer on the Black Bears til the end if they made it to Rupp, but I hope this year they don’t get the chance to get on I75 and the new reign of the cats begins. It’s amazing we have two dominant teams in our little neck of the mountains!!

Of course, the Bears could win matchup four or five with Bell but I'm not counting on it. I think Bell is the better team. We'll see what BGR basketball scholars are saying when Bell High is playing for a state championship in a few weeks.