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[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1179825" timestamp="1329486787"] Best 1st round matchup in TEXAS will be held Monday night!! Wheatley vs. Yates, Delmar Stadium, 7:30 pm, Monday, February 19th....Oh boy, oh boy!!! I will stick with my pick...Wheatley (#4 seed) over Yates (#1 seed) 102-97... ;)....calling it early! [/quote] Ha! Not only are you calling it early, But if you get there on the 19th, You will be getting there early! Bring your overnight camping gear.

This is gonna be great!  I'm stuck in the Woodlands next week, so I'm going to just shimmy on down to Tomball can catch a good ol' fashioned butt-kickin! Go Lady Hawks!

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1180116" timestamp="1329512589"] [quote author=12gage link=topic=96056.msg1180037#msg1180037 date=1329504423] i hope they do make the playoffs , but 4-6 and tied for 3rd with 2 other teams in a 6 team district does not make for a bb powerhouse , now if several players did not bolt to other schools , they might have made a serious playoff run, but we all know when people QUIT for greener pastures what happens [/quote]isn't that the American System?  ;) [/quote]Be that as it may, but when you consider that 4 of those losses were against the 4th and the 5th ranked teams in the State.  Take those out and you are rolling with a 4-2 record.  On that note, you gotta give Orangefield kudos for turning a 1-4 first half district record into a 3-2 second half record.  That's a pretty good turnaround!

[quote name="vp32" post="1180118" timestamp="1329512830"] Where is the game gonna be played at? [/quote]Kountze.  So the team that wins is gonna be the first team to shake the dreadful feeling of being previously wiped out in the venue.

[quote name="NB-Dawg" post="1180123" timestamp="1329513788"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=96046.msg1180114#msg1180114 date=1329512475] [quote author=NB-Dawg link=topic=96046.msg1180092#msg1180092 date=1329511116] Go HJ! [/quote]Dawg, don't fall for it. Go Nederland! ;D [/quote] ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D [/quote]Sorry, GreenDove.... Dawg is drinking the Kool-Aid! BTW, have we mentioned how great HJ is lately?  Go Hawks!

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="1180095" timestamp="1329511327"] [quote author=team first link=topic=95984.msg1180091#msg1180091 date=1329511112] I bet if u asked the central kids what they wanted, they would have choose to play. [/quote]Do you REALLY want decisions like this to be made by a bunch of teenagers?  Im sure the kids would want cake and ice cream every day all day.  Does this happen?  Yall are killing me. Its just a freaking seeding. [/quote]And once one team loses out while the other stays in the play-offs, the District seeding will be a non-issue.... a moot point.... a big goose-egg..... a red herring.

[quote name="NB-Dawg" post="1180092" timestamp="1329511116"] Go HJ! [/quote]Well done, Grasshopper, you are almost ready to snatch the pebble from my hand.

[quote name="NB-Dawg" post="1180067" timestamp="1329507536"] [quote author=FanintheStands link=topic=96046.msg1180059#msg1180059 date=1329507376] Wow, way to stay on topic, guys! How about ya'll hash out the 4A standings for next year on another thread! Besides, it's HJ fans who are supposed to be hi-jacking threads, not all of you "up and coming" teams!  ;) [/quote] Sorry! Just learning from the best!  ;) [/quote]Well, you have definitely learned well!  This discussion is carried on what, 2 or 3 current threads!! Hang in there, Dawg!!!  ;) Now, back to praising the accomplishments of those High-Flyin' Hawks!

Wow, way to stay on topic, guys! How about ya'll hash out the 4A standings for next year on another thread! Besides, it's HJ fans who are supposed to be hi-jacking threads, not all of you "up and coming" teams!  ;)

Dawg, I agree and I know that they are a good team. but it looks like they're big guys are not very good. and that is what it's going to take to beat the tigers.

My thoughts are that Tuesday WOS was expecxting to blow OF away by 30 points (give or take a few) like they did last time. In other words, they weren't mentally prepared for the battle that they were in. The Coach at WOS will have the players' attention when he tells them to gwt redy for a dogfight. WOS by 10.

It's simple. A coach wants his team to go as deep in the play-offs as possible. As mentioned, a district title means little when the district runner up goes deeper in the play-offs.  The fans may want to see a district championship, but they want to see a Regional run and even a State Far More!

[quote name="NB-Dawg" post="1179929" timestamp="1329494220"] [quote author=bmrm link=topic=96046.msg1179772#msg1179772 date=1329451442] [quote author=lamar73! link=topic=96046.msg1179214#msg1179214 date=1329400191] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=96046.msg1178769#msg1178769 date=1329338201] [quote author=lamar73! link=topic=96046.msg1178748#msg1178748 date=1329337311] Silsbee conceded their way around Ricky Seal Jones. He is nasty! [/quote] Yes right into a Brookshire Royal team that has two '6"6 post players and swept Jones' Sealy team in district by scores of 101-81 and 86-70. ;) ::) The concession had more to do with Silsbee wanting to lineup a particular warm up opponent and prepare them for some match up problems than the route thru the brackets. [/quote] [u]Brookshire Royal[/u] Ray Johnson 6'6"  [b]ppg 10  rb 6  bl 1[/b] Kenton Sams 6'5"  [b]ppg12  rb 4  bl 1[/b] [u]Sealy[/u] Ricky Seals-Jones 6'6" [b]ppg 32  rb 14.7  bl 2[/b]  :o [/quote] HJ will have their hands full should they have to face Seals-Jones & Sealy. [/quote] HJ will be fine against Sealy. Brookshire Royal beat them by 20 at home and 16 at Sealy. If Royal is 18 points better than Sealy, then Sealy should not be much of a threat. Sounds like the big kid carries them in most games. He had 38 and 36 in both losses to Royal. You average 37 against a good team and lose, that shows you don't have much help, IMO. [/quote]My goodness, if you score 38 points against those Twin Towers from BR and you gotta wonder if those two guys are any good. I'm liking Silsbee's chances against those guys if that is the case.

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1179824" timestamp="1329486760"] 50/50 right now. [/quote]boy, you really went out on a linb on that one, Dove!

[quote name="5 on 5" post="1179778" timestamp="1329455650"] Not playing the game to avoid injury?  IMO Central simply wanted to go into the playoffs coming off of a win. Yes I know, Central has beat Ned 2 out of 3 games, but ask any coach how hard it is to beat a good opponent 3 times in one year. Valid arguments for playing or not playing, but IMO you always play this game. [/quote]well, it would seem that the great minds at HJ and Silsbee would disagree with you.  More often than not, in recent times, they have bypassed this game.

[quote name="PoppaBearstarr" post="1179541" timestamp="1329423693"] Dont leave grad out he is envious too.... :) [/quote]Maybe so, but he's got a Calvin and Hobbes kind of sense of humor. He can't be all bad!  ;D

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1179396" timestamp="1329412984"] [quote author=FanintheStands link=topic=96056.msg1179373#msg1179373 date=1329411065] [quote author=stevenash link=topic=96056.msg1179360#msg1179360 date=1329409187] I have recent personal experience/exposure to this situation and I can tell you that the team that won it all won 2 games back to back. [/quote]And I've been around long enough to know that this is not the way it always happens.  We have no clue what is to happen, but in my opinion, HF will have the decided edge, should OF and WOS have a nailbiter game. [/quote] iTS playoff time. All those [s]excuses[/s] .......rules go out the window. [/quote]And just how many of these players have ever been in a play-off game????  Let alone, been a winner in a play-off game??? There are two wild cards that have just been added to this mix.  One of these 3 teams is going to step up!  Orangefield won the last game against both the other teams. Are they going to prove it was no fluke, or will the real play-off team play-off team please stand up! Hmmm....... ???

Buna will murder them!  Buna will pulverize them!  Buna will destroy them! Buna is fixing to bring back the glory days of the 1960's that brought them so many state titles!  You heard it here first, folks!

[quote name="stevenash" post="1179360" timestamp="1329409187"] I have recent personal experience/exposure to this situation and I can tell you that the team that won it all won 2 games back to back. [/quote]And I've been around long enough to know that this is not the way it always happens.  We have no clue what is to happen, but in my opinion, HF will have the decided edge, should OF and WOS have a nailbiter game.

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1179349" timestamp="1329408618"] OMG  ::) :-X [/quote]Admit it, you're so envious of HJ, you should have been named "GreenDove"  ;)

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1179344" timestamp="1329408424"] [quote author=FanintheStands link=topic=96056.msg1179334#msg1179334 date=1329407573] [quote author=Lt. Dangle link=topic=96056.msg1179325#msg1179325 date=1329406756] [quote author=WOSgrad link=topic=96056.msg1178864#msg1178864 date=1329342444] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=96056.msg1178861#msg1178861 date=1329342362] Ok, it's finally settled. 21-3A play in games: WOS vs. Orangefield, Friday night, 7pm  PNG winner vs. Hamshire-Fannett, Saturday 3pm  PNG [/quote] We think so, anyway! ;D [/quote] Why would HF agree to play the winner on the same floor/rims that they played on the day before? Almost like playing a team on its home floor.....they at least have a one-game practice on the floor. [/quote]Maybe its to offset the fact that HF gets to sit on their tushes and watch the game Friday night, instead of running up and down the court all night long! [/quote]At this juncture playing the next day isn't that big of a deal [/quote]Although that may be true, the fact that you only have to win one game, whereas the other two teams have to win two games to make the play-offs.......  That's a big advantage. But on a side-note.  Condition-wise, they may be able to play two games in 24 hours, but what if the Friday night game is a double overtime nail-biter?  How will the winner of that game be able to get up for a Saturday afternoon game?

You know, on another note, I've been amazed at Hardin Jefferson's consistency this year.  What do I mean?  Well, look at the scores of the teams that they have played more than once, but more importantly, look at the repeatability of those deficits against the same team. Little Cypress-Mauriceville, 55-34  (21) Little Cypress-Mauriceville, 59-47  (12) Little Cypress-Mauriceville, 75-37  (38) Little Cypress-Mauriceville, 52-38  (24) Hamshire-Fannett, 74-41    (33) Hamshire-Fannett, 84-53*  (31) Hamshire-Fannett, 82-48*  (34) [color=red]Silsbee, 56-59*  (-3)[/color] Silsbee, 79-74*      (5) Orangefield, 74-29*  (45) Orangefield, 75-39*  (36) West Orange-Stark, 77-45*  (32) West Orange-Stark, 76-48*  (28) Feb. 10 - at Bridge City, 78-43*  (35) Jan. 24 - Bridge City, 82-46*  (38) Other than Little Cypress Mauriceville, these margins have been rather consistent, in my opinion.  I think this says something about how well they are prepared for each game.

[quote name="Lt. Dangle" post="1179325" timestamp="1329406756"] [quote author=WOSgrad link=topic=96056.msg1178864#msg1178864 date=1329342444] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=96056.msg1178861#msg1178861 date=1329342362] Ok, it's finally settled. 21-3A play in games: WOS vs. Orangefield, Friday night, 7pm  PNG winner vs. Hamshire-Fannett, Saturday 3pm  PNG [/quote] We think so, anyway! ;D [/quote] Why would HF agree to play the winner on the same floor/rims that they played on the day before? Almost like playing a team on its home floor.....they at least have a one-game practice on the floor. [/quote]Maybe its to offset the fact that HF gets to sit on their tushes and watch the game Friday night, instead of running up and down the court all night long!

[quote name="vp32" post="1179306" timestamp="1329405309"] [quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=96072.msg1179273#msg1179273 date=1329404053] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=96072.msg1179269#msg1179269 date=1329403915] Y'all are hilarious this  morning!  DV, you sure know how to get it stated!  ;D [/quote] Gets my day going! The best part of waking up, is DV in your cup!! ;D [/quote] I don't care who you are that right there is funny! Lmao! You should put that as your signature dickie. [/quote]Ha! You're just lucky he hadn't thought of this last week when he was trying to decide what a certain pirate fan should use as his signature for an entire year!

Good Lord, was that necessary?!?!? How about exploring two options before forfeiting!!!! 1) Play in a gym with no fans. 2) Talk it over with the other team (who instigated the original fight in football) and settle it over a coin-toss!  Or, to make it interesting, "Rock, Paper, Scissors"!!! But don't cancel your play-offs over bad blood with another team!  What message does that send out!