TxHoops

I anticipate that they WILL get a lot better. They will play their best basketball at the end of the year. And they will win their district based on competition. In the old district, it would have been a three way dogfight.

They almost hung a hundred through three quarters. I remember going and seeing Silsbee play Concordia a few years ago, and I stayed for the Houston Christian - Yates game. Sahvir Wheeler (now starting PG at Georgia) was breaking that JY press by himself (that was the Mitchell Serialle/Jock Hughes Yates’ team). Miller Kopp had more dunks in that game than he had in his career up to that point probably. Moral is, when you play elite guards, you do a lot more dying than living by the press.

Sounds like knife through butter...elite guards see back court pressure and their eyes light up like a fat kid eyeing a Big Mac. Run the clock for Pete’s sake.

Yeah any time you play up 2 levels (I.e., a 4A playing a 6A), you should expect to be tested at a minimum.

Yessir

I agree. So I’ll take Silsbee and you get the field. How much?

Slacker

My experience too. I look for this Silsbee team to progressively get better, peaking at the end of the season. I haven’t seen anything this far that would change my opinion going into the season. They are going through Sig’s typical predistrict gauntlet which is a tried and true method for success for the Tigers.

I think we can throw OF in that group of teams after Silsbee competing for 2-4 in that district...

Negative. 3rd on depth chart. Hard to be the guy when you throw up all over yourself every time you have the ball or a chance at the ball In the biggest of moments. He will make someone a nice transfer. He’s not in the same hemisphere as Bijan Robinson and I will take Roschon over him as well.

WB 64 Dobie 55 F

You may be right. First time I’m seeing them. They have 15 in uniform. Their big man, Dews, has had a nice game. Still would like to see him stronger with the ball and attack the rim more when he gets it inside.

Dobie has a couple of kids that can play but they are a very young team (have three freshmen playing varsity who start or log meaningful minutes). West Brook is clearly better, but I would classify as “okay” overall. The drop off from United to West Brook is significant, to say the least.

WB 45 Dobie 38 End 3

WB 31 Dobie 29 H

WB 14 Dobie 12 End 1

Deflections aren’t just for DBs. Or perhaps start a thread about how EC has actively recruited Beaumont players to boost the otherwise pathetic talent pool in Winnie? See how that works?

Can we start a Dave Bliss thread too? I mean Baylor has proven almost as adept at covering up murder as rape after all. We should equally applaud both I would think...

That kid from Nebraska Mcneese has was 2nd in the country last year in 3 pt percentage. He was 9 of 13 for 28 pts the other night in that Dallas Baptist game.

Nice! I assume he was dinged up or sick their first game because he wasn’t in the box score. I was wondering what was going on.

It’s always been Silsbee dominant on this board, primarily because they’ve been the gold standard for basketball for awhile now. Just like on the football board, WOS has always dominated the talk.

If so, they are just one horseman away from running this state in basketball too buddy.

But I do agree this year he would help silsbee a lot more than he would hurt United. Arceneaux is easily the best player in the area and either Yates and Porshia would be the best player on Silsbee’s team.

I get that they would still be the best team in SETX without him since they probably have 3 of the best 5 or 6 best players in the triangle. But considering he would be a significant contributor on virtually any HS team in the state, to say they “wouldn’t miss a beat” is inaccurate. They wouldn’t be near the team they are with him and would lose all the blue collar, lunch pail, dirty work he gives you night in and night out. I agree they would still likely cruise to a district but their chances of getting to SA are significantly reduced without him.

[Eyes rolling out of the back of my head.] I am quite certain Coach Green would disagree vehemently with that statement. Speaking of, question - has Buzz called you yet for your opinion on Hefner?