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I will just say he needs to be more consistent. But top 5 is an understatement.

Let me rephrase, potentially second best. With his size and skills. If he plays hard and avoids silly plays, he’s as good as anyone not named Bush in that district.

Told someone earlier this week that BC was going to surprise some folks and drew kind of a funny look. They can flat out shoot it and play extremely hard. That district is going to be fun to watch this year.

The McClure kid from L’town might be the second best player in that district. Seriously.

Not sure if the Cole/Clarksville game would count as 3A or 4A since it was 3A at the time but would be considered 4A now. All time record is shared by guy from Buna in the 50s that was 50+.

One article I read had Shaq with 19 & 26 that game. I thought he had 30+ that game. 6-8 Kid from Clarksville dropped high 30s that game as well. His name escapes me.

Oh ok

You sure about that? I know he didn’t finish his middle school years at Silsbee. But I was sure he began playing middle school ball in the same class with the Adams, McCain, and Tyler group.

Does this Aggie Bill post on this site? The comments are hilarious:

I will believe the hype on that 8th grade class when I see it. You guys remember when last year’s class was in 8th grade, they had McCain, Adams, Tyler and Bush. That group with a few other pieces competed on the national stage with most teams in the summer. All four of those kids will likely play D1 college ball (getting rave reviews about Landyn in the Jayhawk juco conference - that league could compete with many D1 conferences on the talent level). Not saying they won’t be as good or better but I think some of it might be a little wishful thinking.

Heater! You make picks like those guys on tv that steal money from suckers CLAIM they can.

We’re missing a couple of cha chings. That was a solid day my friend.

Exactly. It’s frustrating to play the team that’s favored to win a NC to the wire, beat teams that just miss the playoffs like drums two years in a row, and then lay eggs against teams you should beat. Could be worse I guess. You could be completely outmatched and lose by 40 when you play those games. But our standards are different I guess.

And it’s not on LJ. He plays a different game in the summer - he’s coachable.

If you are a basketball aficionado, watching Ranch play will drive you crazy. One of the best guards and bigs in the state but the coach has no idea how to use it. Just rolls it out there and tells LJ to go get up 30-40 shots. Good thing rumors about a Silsbee kid going there weren’t true. He would have been relegated to a corner a shooter or had to steal the ball from Cryer to get touches...

You beat them by half as much as we did. Congrats? At least we know Texas Aggy is better than Oklahoma Aggy and Mississippi Aggy. So being the best Aggy has to be worth something...

The crazy thing is it is a really competitive district, even with the gap that has been there at the top. And I agree, the battle for playoff spots is going to be crazy this year. The bakery has been closed - no cupcakes...

Let’s not miss the bigger picture that if anyone for the past few years would have said HF should be ranked at all, they would have drawn a lot of laughter. That the debate is not if, but where they should be ranked is amazing to me. I said when they made the hire that program would be much improved. This quickly is shocking even to me. And of course the pecking order in that district is still Silsbee and HJ at the top. And I wouldn’t be surprised at all if those two split the district games. Might be more surprised if they don’t.

They put on camps this summer at 4 sites to take away a live period from AAU. They flew the kids who were invited (about 200 or so per site over the course of a week) along with a family member. If you chose to drive, they paid mileage or a rental car. They put all the families up in the Whitehall downtown for the Houston location, fed the families, and gave debit cards for about a hundred a day over the 3 day periods. Some Houston kids I knew had parents staying at the Whitehall, driving rental cars. But they definitely needed Wiseman’s money. My favorite was when the movie Hoosiers was made. Those kids (some of whom were d2’s) ended up not getting declared ineligible, but the NCAA took their movie money (which wasn’t a lot - they got paid whatever the minimum scale was).

That was not an atypical night for Pierce Hellums. Was at that game and saw him hit about 30 in a row without touching the rim in warm ups.

You can drop off some egg nog at least.

Benson Williams - I loved his game as well. Did a lot of the little things too that don’t show up in a box score. His brother (?) JoJo, who played the post, was as scrappy as they come as well. That whole team played with such a high basketball IQ it was a beauty to behold. And I don’t think it was any small part due to the person about whom this thread was started.

I bet he doesn’t forget to take out the garbage next week... I kid, I kid...

Ditto. He’s one of the best.

Aggies with a pretty impressive early signing group (depending on recruiting service): #1 WR in Texas #1 DB in Texas #1 QB in Texas #1 DE in Florida #1 LB in Missouri #1 DE in New Jersey #1 WR in North Carolina #1 DB in Illinois #1 OL in Arkansas