[More Cowbell]

Yes, I was refering to statewide and the Sweet Sixteen. This is a website that is available to anyone and everyone and when I make references unless specified it is a statewide reference. I agree, SV will easily be the best team in the 15th. And I, as a fan of and resident of the mountains, I wish them the best at Rupp.

You may have meant statewide, but your statement was not so clear about that, and it could have been interpreted multiple ways. Yes, this site is open to anyone, but the majority of the members are from the mountains, and most H.S. basketball discussions involve how good said team will be in their own region, or possibly amongst all the mountain regions.

And we appreciate that you will be rooting for SV should they make it to Rupp. I am also a resident of the mountains, and I always root for all the mountain teams to do well at state. I was extremely proud of how well Paintsville represented our area last year.

Getting back to discussing SV in '08/09, this will be an interesting year. Not often is there such a heavy favorite to win region at the beginning of the year, so I wonder how well they will handle that responsibility? They will be the target of every team in the 15th, taking everyone's best shot at knocking off the favorite. SV has faltered in this role before (in '03/04), when turmoil within the team led to a huge, first round, upset loss in a regional they were favored to win.