[Tomcat91]

For anyone saying good draw, bad draw, it comes down to two things. Does the team matchup better or worse? For instance, there is three teams Bell County does not match up against position wise: GC, StX, and DCA purely on size and athletic ability.

I seen where sports “analysts” were ranking the draws for the regions, but they go strictly off their own blind rankings. I do not see how anyone can say the 14th got a good draw. Let’s say Hazard wins, Bell wins, and GRC/Montogomery wins their respective regions, does Hazard match up with anyone of those teams? Not at all. I say that because of style of play and being on a neutral floor. Also a bigger floor, which means you have to guard athletes after giving them even more spacing. The slow, tight, defensive game that relies on rebounding and getting to the line 31 times like they did on ashland doesn’t happen at Rupp.

The 16th got a great draw regardless on boyd or ashland. Especially Ashland. Calloway and Marshall are good teams, but Ashland matches up great against both. However the elite 8 with Warren Central/BG is a different story.

I agree, mostly. And, I can even agree that BG isn’t a great matchup for Ashland. But, it’s a team that Ashland CAN beat & should’ve beaten. BG won by 6 on a neutral floor, but, it was a close game, throughout & Ashland led for a decent amount of time. They didn’t play particularly well in that game, either. But, it’s possible that BG didn’t play their best, too. That is the only game I’ve seen them play this season, so, I have nothing to gauge it against. I think the addition of Neel takes Ashland up a tier once they’re all comfortable. That kid is a playmaker on both ends.