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Huffman won't beat themselves. The difference in this game will be the Tigers ability to play above the rim. You just can't game plan for that. I look for the Tigers to advance to regional tournament but I don't see the blow outs like they have been registering.

Great job ladies

Huffman doesn't have a big inside presence. Silsbee can play above the rim but they don't like to slow it down .

Huffman will be very fundamentally sound and very well coached. They can shoot lights out. Size will be their downfall .

79-69 final. Good job Hawks

59-54 Yates end of 3

Heckuva 1st half. No one in serious foul trouble. Tempo will be the key.

HJ 16 Yates 15 end of 1st

Guard play wasn't the biggest factor last year on Silsbee beating Yates. The Yates big man spending over half the game on the bench in foul trouble and fouling out early in the 4th was the biggest factor in last years regional final. The Hawks are gritty and have played Silsbee twice, Pt Arthur Memorial, Lufkin, WB, and several more ranked clubs. I look for them to show up and play well.

I know for a stretch Big Sandy was short a couple of players. If they got those kids back you can't look at records and previous matchups. The guy on the end of the bench at Big Sandy is as good as they get in high school hoops. Coaching is extremely important but you still gotta have the pieces on the floor, no better example of that than this years Kountze and Anahuac squads. Two great coaches with a shortage of players this year.

Kicking back the recliner, this might get interesting Lol

The Yates matchup should be a lot of fun to watch. Yates loves to shoot the long ball which can be a blessing or a curse. HJ is certainly battle tested. Playoff basketball, gotta love it!!

The last 7.7 seconds Woodville had two fouls to give to put Buna in the bonus . They would have had to foul immediately on the inbound and then hoped for a missed free throw but it would have at least been an option. In the coaches defense he was calling for his team to do this but some of them were frustrated it appeared and didn't respond. My only question would have been use of timeouts. Overall it was a good ballgame to watch.

He's a solid player but let's not get carried away. Bush is definitely in the top 3 conversation along with Adams and McCain.

Good lord!

I've seen a lot of basketball games where the 5 best athletes didn't win the game. In the Lumberton vs WOS matchup Lumberton had to control the tempo to win which they did. If the game had been a fast paced one I would have liked WOS chances. From what I saw this year if you put both these clubs through an athletic combine the Mustangs I think would score the highest. That's JMO, that and a dollar would buy you a cup of coffee.

What time do they tip?

This will be a great game. Shelbyville has a really good club. The key to this game is depth. Advantage EC and I think they win by 10. I wish it was closer

HJ subbed 5 in 5 out at the 4 minute mark each quarter. It looked like it could have been whatever they wanted it to be.

I didn't see that in this one. I can remember when HF was competitive. The score at the end of the first quarter was 30-2. They have a lot of kids on their teams and the Freshman group looks pretty decent. I hope they do get their program turned around. They did start a pretty young group so that should help.

I agree with no shot clock 100% at the high school level. I guess it's just different strategies but if I e got one of the best offensive players in the district and the five best athletes on the floor I think I would have pressured the basketball and tried to get as many possessions as possible.

I'm not a fan of a high school shot clock at all . I do know WOS has one of the best players in the district, I'd want the basketball in his hands as many times as possible in OT.

You're being nice

I haven't seen Warren but twice this year and lord knows I can't get a handle on them. In the Woodville tournament they had all their players in a game against Woodville they had every chance to win and they lost by two. Against Hardin they were short handed and behind and won a game they should have lost. Then they get blown out against Kirbyville, I can't figure this group out.

HJ has a pretty good looking Freshman group, not sure what they have in Junior High. That being said you don't often see ball players like Bush, Adams and McCain all come together in a school the size of Silsbee. It may be a long time before the Tigers put a trio like this together again.