[WALL2WALL]

Official practice is getting closer. I can't wait till this season starts. With the new addition to Knott, and Jaysean at Perry, and these new boys at Cordia, with Buckhorn and that Senior dominated team, with Letcher who will be right there competing with every team, I am so pumped because I am a basketball fan. 14th Region is going to be something special this season.

If Zach Davis stays healthy for the Patriots, don't count them out. With Justice at PG, Seth Adams can shoot the basketball, and Davis could be the best player in the region besides the transfers at Perry and Cordia. I have never liked BB as a coach but these players love him and they will play hard for him and playing hard will allow them to be in many games at the end.

Perry in preseason #1. Perry is just scary good. Dalton Cornett is the best big man in the Region(IMO). When I say that I mean true big man. Kyle Huff will be a key for the Commodores this season, they will need him to show up every game. Braxton Beverly is a player beyond his years. He plays so calm and collected but still plays with so much energy it crazy, this kid is the real deal. Then with the addition of Jaysean, just puts them IMO as a contender at RUPP. He was a top ranked player in New York, he will be a top ranked player in Kentucky, he gives Perry dept at the big positions.

Buckhorn is such a Senior dominated team it funny to say. After these players graduate they really won't have much. This team has stayed together since they were in elementary school. They have so much chemistry together, and because of the fact that they have this chemistry, because they have a player like Matt Day, and a PGlike Blank, and a deep team like they are going to have, they could very possibly turn some heads this season.

With the addition of Chris, Keem, Khalil, Owens, and they kid from Canada, it puts Cordia right up their with they other teams in this Region. I am not saying that these kids are automatically state contenders because they are not, but they are no worse or no better than Perry or Knott. Losing Marcus Sumner will hurt the Lions this season, but in the long run it will probably be a blessing for them. Because the fact that they lose him, players such as Josh Mullins, Owens, Austin Combs, and several of there bench players will have the opportunity to get more playing time, which will allow them to get better. But as far as this season goes, their chances at winning the Region would have been better with Sumner. With teams n this region averaging like 30-40 ppg, I am very interested in seeing this fast pace basketball that Rhodes is wanting to bring in.

Letcher is Letcher, hardly anyone picks them to win but they are still their at the end of the year. They only lost Roark from lastyears team, so I see this team turning some heads this season as well. I look for Logan Johnson to have a big year for the Cougars

These are the only teams that I see having a shot at winning the 14th region. Man am I excited about basketball.