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Old 04-22-2014, 10:02 PM   #17
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Re: King of the Hill (Kentucky HS basketball dynasty) (FBCB)

So Knott County Central, a real life Sweet 16 team this year won the 1981 King of the Hill Boys Basketball State championship.

The team was led by senior Tony Patrick, who we will recreate and put into the college game and follow his recruitment.

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 #31 PF Tony Patrick - Knott County Central - Senior
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 Height:       6-6
 Weight:       223

 Stat Averages:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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   1978  35  35 26.8 10.9  3.1  7.2  2.1  1.0  2.06  0.5  0.3  2.4
   1979  31  31 27.5 16.3  3.6  8.0  1.5  1.8  0.79  0.3  0.5  2.8
   1980  30  30 28.5 16.6  4.5  9.9  2.3  2.2  1.03  0.9  0.7  2.7
   1981  36  36 31.2 18.5  5.3 11.4  1.9  1.8  1.06  0.5  1.2  2.8
 Career 132 132 28.5 15.5  4.1  9.2  1.9  1.7  1.06  0.6  0.7  2.7

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 Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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   1978  4.4  9.8  .446  2.1  3.0  .714  0.1  0.2  .286 1.12 12.86
   1979  6.5 14.1  .461  3.2  4.5  .719  0.0  0.0 1.000 1.15  5.61
   1980  6.6 14.2  .464  3.3  4.9  .680  0.1  0.2  .600 1.17 13.07
   1981  7.5 15.5  .481  3.5  5.1  .698  0.0  0.1  .333 1.19 12.31
 Career  6.2 13.4  .465  3.0  4.3  .702  0.1  0.1  .438 1.16 11.05
 
 Stat Totals:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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   1978  35  35  937  383  110  251   74   36   19   10   83
   1979  31  31  854  505  111  249   45   57   10   17   88
   1980  30  30  855  497  136  298   68   66   28   20   80
   1981  36  36 1122  666  189  410   70   66   19   44   99
 Career 132 132 3768 2051  546 1208  257  225   76   91  350

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 Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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   1978  153  343   75  105    2    7  450
   1979  202  438  100  139    1    1  174
   1980  197  425  100  147    3    5  392
   1981  269  559  127  182    1    3  443
 Career  821 1765  402  573    7   16 1459
 
 Career Highs:
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 Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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 Season     30   14   19    5    2    4    7   13   30   10   12    1    1
 Career     34   14   19    6    3    4    7   14   30   11   14    1    2
Here are the 1981 Award Winners:
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Old 04-22-2014, 10:35 PM   #18
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Re: King of the Hill (Kentucky HS basketball dynasty) (FBCB)

Added one more player to next year's recruit list. A 3-star PG out of Woodford County HS who was first-team all Region this past year.

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Old 04-22-2014, 11:57 PM   #19
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Tony Patrick signed with Ohio State. John Ebner signed with Kentucky A&T.

It's tournament time again. Let's see whose made it to Lexington in pursuit for a state title!


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Old 04-23-2014, 12:23 AM   #20
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Thought a guy liks Ebner would find get more love from Div I schools.
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Old 04-23-2014, 10:43 AM   #21
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For those who don't know here, Kentucky A&T are a fictional school I made up in my college league, along with another school Central Kentucky University. Both are mid-majors. Kentucky A&T plays in the WAC and CKU is in the OVC. Ebner being three-star, Kentucky was actually on him, but seems like A&T must've offered something else. Will be interesting to see how he does there, he'll surely get more PT than he'd have gotten at Kentucky probably.

Meanwhile, Ohio State has their 2nd straight elite Kentucky recruit to come to Columbus. Wonder if it'll be a trend over the next few years.

Looking at this year's Kentucky State King of the Hill Boys Basketball Tournament (Sponsored by Kroger) TM bracket, here are some storylines I'm looking out for:

Do you believe in Lions? Elliott County HS are making their fourth straight state tournament appearance after claiming the Region 31 championship once again. For a solid program, they've never advanced past the Elite 8 in school history, but I think this year might be different. They've got three scorers who average in double digits. Don't be surprised to see them break through and make their first Final Four. They're not heavily favored, but after what Ballard did last year, I think we're bound to see a lower ranked team from a region we don't normally expect break through and go on a title run.

Guess who's back? Ballard Memorial, my pick to win it all last year is back again and this time as one of the top four seeds in the tournament. I'll repeat what I said last year, only with more emphasis -- do not sleep on Ballard. They've got so many different ways to kill you with their roster, so...it'll just be a matter of these guys can put it together for four games when it matters most.

STOVALL COUNTY REPRESENT: The announcement of a 4th high school for the rapidly growing metropolitan area of Stovall County (aka, the county I've made up) is led by the first time a Stovall County team advances to the state tournament. Stovall North boasts a real play maker in Jimmy Higgins. I doubt they'll get far this year, but at least they've put everyone on notice that you can't ignore the boys from County 121 anymore.

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WELCOME TO THE BIG SHOW: Whitefield Academy is making their 2nd state tournament appearance out of Region 12 since 1957. Apollo out of Region 5 are making only their 2nd state tourney appearance in school history, the last one came in 1973. Warren East is back in the big dance for the first time since 1960 and only 4th ever appearance. Beth Haven out of Region 11 is making just their 2nd appearance in the tournament ever, the last time? 1933.

TAKE YOUR PICK!: If I had to pick someone to win it all? Ludlow has won ten championships and I think they're hungry. Having lost just one game this year, I think they're going to emerge victorious. It's not an underdog pick, but...the field this year seems as wide open as any year I've seen it. Nothing would surprise me. But when in doubt, I tend to expect chalk in this tournament and I think we'll see a top seed like Ludlow emerge in at the end.
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Old 04-23-2014, 11:09 AM   #22
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Re: King of the Hill (Kentucky HS basketball dynasty) (FBCB)

No one had Apollo in the office pool headed to the Final Four. NO ONE.

Let's see how they got here:

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APOLLO  Schedule

  Date        Opponent                    Record  RPI  Result    Score       Record
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  11/17/82    Bardstown                     7-22  182       W    93-52          1-0
  11/23/82    LaRue County                  8-21  124       W   101-65          2-0
  11/26/82    at DuPont Manual              28-6   19       L    75-60          2-1
  11/28/82    Hart County                  15-16  107       W    87-75          3-1
  12/01/82    Beth Haven                   20-13   59       W    87-61          4-1
  12/06/82    Bullitt Central              12-18  125       W   114-73          5-1
  12/08/82    at Green County               22-9   75       W    79-63          6-1
  12/13/82    at Magoffin County            24-9   37       W  114-106          7-1
  12/20/82    at #11 Pulaski County         30-4    6       L    89-88          7-2
  12/23/82    at Doss                       24-6   54       W   102-95          8-2
  12/27/82    McCreary Central             15-15  163       W    99-72          9-2
  12/30/82    Central Hardin               19-12   47       W    86-65         10-2
  01/04/83    at Fairview                  22-10   36       W    84-62         11-2
  01/08/83    at Louisville Holy Cross      22-9   74       W    92-80         12-2
  01/15/83    Owensboro Catholic           16-14   60       W    92-66   13-2 (1-0)
  01/19/83    Daviess County                6-23  247       W    77-68   14-2 (2-0)
  01/22/83    Stovall South                 25-7   33       W   102-84   15-2 (3-0)
  01/26/83    at McLean County              9-20  185       W    67-60   16-2 (4-0)
  01/29/83    at Ohio County               11-18  183       W    99-93   17-2 (5-0)
  02/02/83    Muhlenberg County             22-9   11       W    96-91   18-2 (6-0)
  02/05/83    Owensboro                    11-18  206       W    98-66   19-2 (7-0)
  02/07/83    at Cumberland County          24-8   24       L   100-97         19-3
  02/12/83    at Owensboro Catholic        16-14   60       W    76-75   20-3 (8-0)
  02/16/83    at Stovall South              25-7   33       L    86-79   20-4 (8-1)
  02/19/83    at Daviess County             6-23  247       L    79-77   20-5 (8-2)
  02/23/83    Ohio County                  11-18  183       L    82-79   20-6 (8-3)
  02/26/83    McLean County                 9-20  185       W    91-67   21-6 (9-3)
  03/02/83    at Muhlenberg County          22-9   11       L    84-75   21-7 (9-4)
  03/05/83    at Owensboro                 11-18  206       W    72-56  22-7 (10-4)
  03/09/83    vs. Muhlenberg County         22-9   11       W    70-69         23-7
  03/10/83    vs. Stovall South             25-7   33       W    86-78         24-7
  03/20/83    vs. Shelby County             25-7   34       W    96-88         25-7
  03/25/83    vs. #5 Jackson County         30-3    9       W    88-77         26-7
  03/27/83    vs. #1 Ludlow                 32-2    7       W   101-74         27-7
  04/02/83    vs. DuPont Manual             28-6   19

A program with no pedigree and no real depth of stars rode a bonafide 5-star recruit and a kid who is a three-star on his best day to the Final Four. They had to beat two Top 5 teams just to get here and there's very little in their regular season resume that'd make you think they had this in them. The team is led by Robby Trott, a 60-year old alumnus of Apollo HS who began coaching his alma mater in 1969 after 21 years as an assistant at other Kentucky high schools. He's the winningest coach in school history and the only coach to take the team to the state tournament, now having done so twice. This run will canonize him in local lore.

The engines that could on this team? Two guards. Senior Daniel Rodgers transferred to Apollo from out of state two years ago from Colorado and has been a monster. Look at these numbers:

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 PLAYER DETAILS

 #41 PG Daniel Rodgers - Apollo - Senior

 
 Stat Averages:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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   1981  30  30 31.6 23.5  2.0  5.4  5.7  4.1  1.39  2.9  0.3  3.3
   1982  34  34 31.5 24.1  2.4  5.8  6.6  4.8  1.37  3.1  0.4  3.0
 Career  64  64 31.5 23.8  2.2  5.6  6.2  4.5  1.37  3.0  0.3  3.2

 Shooting Averages:
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 Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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   1981  8.4 18.1  .461  2.5  3.2  .771  4.3 10.9  .396 1.30  6.83
   1982  8.4 18.4  .457  2.8  3.4  .810  4.5 11.3  .396 1.31 11.21
 Career  8.4 18.3  .459  2.6  3.3  .792  4.4 11.1  .396 1.30  9.16
 
 Stat Totals:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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   1981  30  30  948  706   60  163  170  122   88    9   99
   1982  34  34 1071  818   81  198  224  164  107   12  103
 Career  64  64 2019 1524  141  361  394  286  195   21  202

 Shooting Totals
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 Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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   1981  251  544   74   96  130  328  205
   1982  286  626   94  116  152  384  381
 Career  537 1170  168  212  282  712  586
 
 Career Highs:
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 Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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 Season     47   10   12   12    7    2   11   19   30    9   10    9   20
 Career     47   10   12   13    7    2   11   19   30    9   10    9   20
Let's take a look at SG Brian Pace who surely should get some interest from school after the tournament and who we'll be bringing over to the college game for sure after this run:

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 #55 SG Brian Pace - Apollo - Senior
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 Height:       6-3
 Weight:       217

 
 Stat Averages:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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   1979  29   0  4.2  1.4  0.1  0.2  0.3  0.5  0.67  0.2  0.0  0.6
   1980  27   0  5.1  1.7  0.1  0.5  0.3  0.6  0.44  0.1  0.1  0.6
   1981  30  30 30.9  9.9  0.6  1.8  3.2  3.1  1.03  1.3  0.1  3.1
   1982  34  34 30.7 16.2  0.6  1.9  3.6  3.3  1.09  2.0  0.1  3.0
 Career 120  64 18.6  7.8  0.4  1.1  1.9  2.0  1.09  1.0  0.1  1.9

 Shooting Averages:
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 Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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   1979  0.4  0.9  .462  0.3  0.4  .818  0.3  0.6  .500 1.58 -0.24
   1980  0.6  1.0  .536  0.1  0.3  .500  0.5  0.9  .542 1.68  0.07
   1981  3.4  7.7  .444  1.2  2.0  .607  1.8  5.3  .346 1.28  5.53
   1982  5.5 10.4  .527  2.2  3.0  .728  3.0  6.7  .450 1.55 10.76
 Career  2.6  5.3  .495  1.0  1.5  .683  1.5  3.6  .418 1.46  4.39
 
 Stat Totals:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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   1979  29   0  122   41    2    5   10   15    6    0   18
   1980  27   0  138   47    3   13    7   16    4    2   17
   1981  30  30  926  298   18   53   95   92   40    3   94
   1982  34  34 1044  552   21   66  121  111   69    2  102
 Career 120  64 2230  938   44  137  233  234  119    7  231

 Shooting Totals
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 Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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   1979   12   26    9   11    8   16   -7
   1980   15   28    4    8   13   24    2
   1981  103  232   37   61   55  159  166
   1982  187  355   75  103  103  229  366
 Career  317  641  125  183  179  428  527
 
 Career Highs:
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 Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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 Season     35    3    5    7    6    1    7   14   18   10   11    8   17
 Career     35    3    5    8    6    1    7   14   18   10   12    8   17
Take a look at their season scoring:
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They've got four double-digit scorers, two rebounders who average double digits on the glass, as well as a point guard who distributes the ball well too. This is as talented and balanced a team as I've seen.

Their path to getting here in the state tournament? Showing multiple ways to beat you. Here's how they knocked off Jackson County:

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Four different guys in double digits and 18 rebounds from Gar Garry to boot. They were trailing at halftime, but managed to shoot 41% from 3-point land and outrebounded Jackson County to notch the W over the heavily favored team.

The Ludlow game is the one that surprised me and why they're getting such attention. Understand that Ludlow probably has six kids who will get D1 scholarships at least. This team had lost one game all year. Apollo didn't just win, they BLEW THEM OUT OF THE GYM.

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They shot 63% from the free throw line and 55% from three-point land. Seem like everything they threw up was dropping. Brian Pace, that little engine that could was out of his mind, Daniel Rodgers had a double-double and it got so bad even the bench guys got a bit of play in this one. Ludlow's shooters came up cold, but it didn't matter because Apollo can apparently play up tempo when they need to or can slow it down and beat you that.

They're the scariest team left in the tournament, but will the magic run continue or will it end with two games to go? Should be fun to find out. The bracket that's posted is updated live as I sim the games, so..you can see the results as they happen even when I haven't written up about them yet.
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Old 04-23-2014, 11:20 AM   #23
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STATE SEMI-FINALS

Now that we're invested in Apollo's run, let's see if it continues. Defending champs Knott County Central (32-3, R27) knocked off Danville to advance to the title game for the 2nd straight year. Knott County Central hasn't lost a game since January 20th and have won 25 of their last 26 games including the post-season.

Apollo took on DuPont Manual, the latter who were heavily favored. The two teams actually met during the regular season with Manual winning at home 75-60. Interesting fact though, Apollo had the #1 strength of schedule this year in the entire state. Part of that is due to playing in a extremely tough Region 5

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 Team                  Record         RPI  vs. 1-50  vs. 51-100  vs. 101-200  vs. 200+  SOS  Projected
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 Apollo                  28-7    .663 (1)      10-5         6-0          8-1       3-1    1      KHSAA
 Muhlenberg County       22-9   .597 (11)       5-7         3-1          8-0       6-1    8        Out
 Stovall South           25-7   .572 (33)       2-5         5-2          9-0       9-0  150        Out
 Owensboro Catholic     16-14   .542 (59)       2-9         2-1          9-1       3-3   22        Out
 Ohio County            11-18  .467 (183)       2-7         1-3          2-5       6-3  147        Out
 Owensboro              11-18  .460 (206)       0-8         1-2          4-5       6-3  130        Out
 McLean County           9-20  .467 (184)       0-9         1-2          5-5       3-4   65        Out
 Daviess County          6-23  .434 (245)       2-5         1-3          2-9       1-6   85        Out
Just for context, the only Region 5 team to advance past the first round of the tournament is Muhlenberg County. Until now. That program has 25 Sweet 16s on their resume, 8 Final Fours and 2 titles in 37 appearances. So no matter what, Apollo is battle tested. But can they manage to finish the job over two more games?

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It's so funny seeing Ludlow as a powerhouse in your dynasty. I love it!
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