[Redneck]

Really disappointing end of the season for JC. You can't give up 94 points at home with a chance to play in the regional tournament on the line. Hats to Lawrence County they played with tremendous focus, effort and it seemed like they didn't miss any open looks or free throws in the 2nd half. Chandler Thompson may be the most underrated coach in the region and you could tell he had his boys ready to play. I think Lawrence had a little bit of a chip on their shoulder after being upset by Pburg in the district tournament.

I think a lot of people (myself included) saw the end of last season and thought with everything JC has coming back they will take that next step this year. They definitely improved some this year, but they never really got in a rhythm to play a consistent level of really good basketball. The same issues were there all year long: really inconsistent effort on defense, sloppy turnovers, and never really developed the depth outside of the starting 5.

The good news for us JC fans is that this team returns 4 starters (3 sophomores and 1 freshmen). They are still a really young team, but they have some pretty big flaws they need to sort out in the off season. Mason Mckenzie really started to blossom by the end of the year, and I expect him to be even better as a sophomore. He just has to cut the silly turnovers out of his game, and I think that will naturally occur as he gets more experience on the high school level.

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This was the first game I watched of JC's all year.  They play a lot like PBurg with Keathley. Just give Slone the ball and he going straight down the lane to get a layup or foul. They had the Rose kid who's being guarded by a kid I'd guess 6 inches shorter than him and they didn't post him not one time while I watched. And not to mention JC was terrible on defense.  They just let LC get layups and wide open 3's the whole time.

First time I watched JC was against Magoffin earlier in the week. Sane thing then with the Rose kid. I don’t recall seeing one offensive set that was designed for him to get the ball.

Makes no sense. He’s taller than a red oak on a creek bank and gets to the rim pretty fast for dunks.

I agree that JC could have utilized Rose more in the post this year. He had a size advantage against almost every team in the region. The problem is that Rose doesn't really have a go to post move other than dunking. He also is a 27% free throw shooter. If he could get his FT shooting to 50-60% that would be a total game changer.

And that’s crazy considering the best big man to come out of EKY, and arguably the best to ever come out of KY, is one of his coaches.