Today is typically my favorite episode of the year for The Joe B and Denny Show, when, in years past, they've broadcast from Rupp Arena in the two hours before the first game in the state tournament for high-school boys' basketball. Both Joe B and Denny are, indeed, on the air with Tony Cruise, but, alas, I've heard no 2012 PNC/KHSAA Boys Sweet Sixteen® Basketball Tournament talk thus far. This is a huge, huge letdown, as Cynthiana's Joe B always sounds so happy and thankful to be amid all the hoopla. Now it feels like we're going to have the Olympics without the opening ceremonies.
Today's first-round games:
-- Rowan County Vikings of Morehead vs. North Laurel Jaguars of London, 11 a.m. Central.
-- Southwestern Warriors of Somerset vs. Hopkinsville Tigers, 12:30 p.m. Central.
-- Bullitt East Chargers of Mount Washington vs. Trinity Shamrocks of Louisville, 5:30 p.m. Central.
-- Apollo Eagles of Owensboro vs. George Rogers Clark Cardinals of Winchester, 7 p.m. Central.
Tomorrow's:
-- Bowling Green Purples vs. Oldham County Colonels of Buckner, 11 a.m. Central.
-- Boone County Rebels of Florence vs. Knott County Central Patriots of Hindman, 12:30 p.m. Central.
-- Marshall County Marshals of Draffenville vs. Scott County Cardinals of Georgetown, 5:30 p.m. Central.
-- John Hardin Bulldogs of Elizabethtown vs. Johnson Central Golden Eagles of Paintsville, 7 p.m. Central.
You can find links to the KHSAA audio and video here.
Well, this appears to be, by far and away, the place you want to go to listen to the Sweet Sixteen, but I can't get it to work on my Apple.
ReplyDeleteUrgh.
ReplyDeleteOK, OK ... I think--I think--Tony Cruise might've just said, as today's Joe B and Denny Show was ending that the show would be broadcasting from Rupp Arena tomorrow and Friday. I so hope this is true. It might've been some sort of ear oasis on my part, however. Honestly, this has been a pretty bleak morning at the Kentucky desk.
ReplyDeleteThe first shot of the 2012 Sweet Sixteen is a made three-pointer by Rowan County's D.J. Townsend.
ReplyDeleteAll of these games should be on KET.
ReplyDeleteThey absolutely should be on KET.
DeleteAnd there should be huge, viewing parties at every Kentucky state park. In fact, it occurs to me that all of the Kentucky state parks should be identified in their names by their basketball regions.
ReplyDeletePennyrile Forest Second Region State Resort Park of Dawson Springs.
ReplyDeleteIf I ever run for governor, here's my campaign slogan: "State Tournaments, State Parks ... Life, More Life!"
ReplyDeleteHalf: Rowan County 28, North Laurel 15. And Rowan's Adam Wing (zero for three on three-pointers) hasn't gotten hot yet.
ReplyDeleteOK, here are my predictions for the tournament. I know this is late, but I was going to pick Rowan County anyway:
ReplyDeleteDay 1:
Rowan Co. over North Laurel
Hoptown over Southwestern
Trinity over Bullitt East
Clark over Apollo
Day 2:
Bowling Green over Oldham Co.
Boone Co. over Knott Co. Central
Scott Co. over Marshall Co.
John Hardin over Johnson Central
Day 3:
Rowan over Hoptown
Trinity over Clark
BGHS over Boone Co.
Scott Co. over John Hardin
Day 4 (morning session):
Trinity over Rowan
Scott Co. over Bowling Green
Day 4 (evening session):
Trinity over Scott Co.
I'm for Rowan, Hoptown, Trinity, Apollo, Marshall County, Bowling Green and Johnson Central (if J.J. Jude is on the team).
DeleteWe have a woman doing commentary on the official KHSAA radio broadcast. I think that's a first.
ReplyDeleteRowan County up 15 through three quarters. They've gotten 22 points, on eight-of-11 shooting, from the coach's son, Tyler Thacker.
ReplyDeleteGrant Stevens in The Morehead News: "These are the moments you live to remember, ones that you simply will never forget in your time on this Earth. I can see that I do not have to tell you to support your team, as this is something you already do with such passion and pride."
ReplyDeleteEasy win for Rowan County: 64-46.
ReplyDeleteNorth Laurel's first trip to Rupp doesn't last very long, but the radio folks think they could be back next year.
"SWEET SIXTEEN FINAL - North Laurel falls to Rowan County, 64-46. They still deserve to be congratulated on a great season. They represented the Tri-County well. For complete coverage on this game and other Sweet 16 match ups, see tomorrow's edition of the Times-Tribune."
DeleteI've moved over to WHOP, as I understand it is supposed to be on the air from Lexington any moment. In the meantime, the DJ just said that Adele is "quickly becoming the voice of her generation." I think that's what she said, anyway. She also read an ad for the Kentucky Bunco Bash. Bunco is fun.
ReplyDeleteCameron Mills, as usual, doing the color commentary for the second game on the KHSAA broadcast. I don't know what he does the rest of the year, but he's great at the State Tournament.
ReplyDeleteThrough one quarter: Hopkinsville 7, Southwestern 6.
ReplyDeleteAfter sleepwalking through the first quarter, Hoptown is starting to roll. The Tigers lead the Southwestern Warriors 17-8 with 5:39 left in the 2d quarter.
ReplyDeleteWait, Hoptown's gone back to sleep. Their lead is now only 17-15 with 2:09 left in the first half.
ReplyDelete12-0 run for Southwestern to close the half, and it's 20-17, Warriors, at the break.
ReplyDeleteAnd Southwestern ends the half on a 13-0 run. They lead 20-17 at the break.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was just a 12-0 run. I thought they said 13-0 on the radio.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how annoyed the WHOP guys are now.
Eric, is Hopkinsville more of a WKU town or a Murray State town?
ReplyDeleteThis is a good question, and I appreciate your asking me. The answer is that I don't know. My guess is that it's more of a WKU town than a Murray town--but so far and away a UK town that it doesn't really matter. I always feel like everywhere in Kentucky except Murray, Bowling Green, Richmond, Louisville and Morehead and the communities within, say, 30 miles of each are solidly UK towns. I would say that even Murray, Bowling Green, Richmond and Morehead are probably 40-percent UK towns and that Louisville is probably 25-percent a UK town.
DeleteMarion, meanwhile, ...
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6:21 AM - 15 Mar 12
Hoptown is playing terribly right now. They are losing 28-19 with 4:20 left in the third quarter.
ReplyDeleteHoptown has made 16 turnovers in this game, compared to 9 for Southwestern.
ReplyDeleteHoptown loses 52-41. For a team that went 32-2, this was a terrible performance. Hopkinsville went:
ReplyDelete15-53 from the field (28.3 percent)
6-13 from the line (46.2 percent)
and they committed 25 turnovers in a 32 minute game. Those are just terrible numbers.
And yet Hoptown's loss was the closest result of the day.
ReplyDeleteEvening-session results:
Trinity 52, Bullitt East 32
The George 56, Apollo 36
Today's first-round games were decided by 18, 11, 20 and 20 points.