[Head_Viper]

North Laurel is very beatable but I don't think Pikeville is the team to do it. I don't like North's DNA if you are talking about being one of the top four or five with the best chance of winning four straight-- too weak on the glass and too reliant on three to four of their kids around Sheppard winning the three point lottery.

Will be for them, but if you have an elite athlete that can keep Sheppard from dropping more than 35 on them while you aren't running lots of help at him, you are golden.

If you have a kid who can really help at the rim (i.e., an elite shot blocker that he'll have to be looking for in the paint), you'll be fine.

If you came out if the 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, or 11th and were considered to be an above-average rebounding team in your region, you'll be great so long as their role players aren't all on fire. Rupp Arena isn't the Corbin Arena, and it has a long history of swallowing up small teams that need to rely on spreading the floor and having a lot of different players making threes, especially so for teams who haven't played there before.