[More Cowbell]

Cottrill drops 43 and all I see is excuses that he got a lot of his points from the line. Usually when a kid gets fouled it's because the other team can't guard him. Last time I checked, getting to the free throw line was a good thing.

Justice scores 37 and has 10+ dimes but a certain poster or two try to downplay it because he isn't on scholarship. I don't care who the competition is, that is an impressive game.

Both players are very good at the high school level, but there's a reason Cottrill is ranked where he is. He has more COLLEGE POTENTIAL. Justice may be just as good of a HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER as Cottrill, but one translates to the next level better than the other which is why you see the difference in the two as to where each is regarded amongst college coaches and scouting service.

To the overzealous SV and EJ fans though, let's not go overboard. Some of you are the reason that people bash your team and EJ. You try to think of any and every excuse of why Justice is the better player or does this or that better than anyone he goes against and then get defensive if someone points out a flaw in his game or says something that doesn't praise him.

Well, I agreed with your post until the very end. It seems both players performed very well. And I also agree that Cottrill is ranked higher because he has more college potential of the two (largely due to EJ's height, IMO).

But then you had to throw in the little dig at SV fans at the end. The reason why so many on here get so defensive about EJ is because there are so many others on here that love to put him down. And I'm not talking about someone just pointing out the flaws in Justice's game, there's nothing wrong with that. I'm talking about people making nonsensical statements like "he couldn't compete at the NAIA level" or something to that effect. And you seem surprised when SV fans rush to his defense? If it happened that someone said "Ricardo Johnson is overrated, he'll never get off the bench for Ohio", wouldn't you do the same? Of course you would, and deservedly so.