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First, the only place this game has been hyped since '07 is SV. EC has NEVER been compared to SV, it's always been the other way around. A question for you.....If you are SV, playing the #1 team in the state (per Herald Leader), and the team that beat you 2 years ago in Rupp. Don't you think you are gonna be more jacked up than the team ranked #1 that beat you?????? Enough of that though, SV outplayed us in this game and deserved to win! I said in my prediction post that SV would win if they controlled tempo. I'll also add this.....If they meet again in Rupp.......SV will not win, because EC will meet thier intensity level.

No, Elliott and SV have been compared to each other on here numerous times. And it's not just the SV fans, either. I have read countless posts on here from Elliott fans describing how they are so much better than SV, and how SV could never hold a candle to them. If that's not comparing Elliott to SV, I don't know what is.

Elliott had plenty of reason to be fired up for the game, as I mentioned earlier. You don't think the chance to play for the All-A state title was motivation enough? Or the chance to knock back some little pest of a team that dares to challenge their eastern KY supremacy? I'm sorry, but EC had just as much reason to want this game as SV.

And I'm not knocking Elliott's team. They are still one of the best teams in the state, and are pretty even with Shelby Valley in my book. Before the game, I thought EC was definitely the better team, but I was wrong. The two seem evenly matched, and if they meet again in Rupp, either team would have a good chance to win. I will say one thing, if SV gets a 15 point lead on Elliott, don't count on 10 straight missed free throws again...

What I am knocking is the posters trying to throw out the "they weren't motivated" excuse for why EC lost. That's bull. SV was the better team Sunday morning, plain and simple.