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ST413 is cold blooded. And I love it.

Spoke to at least a half dozen “basketball guys” at the Delmar today, NONE of whom are affiliated with either school. Most were at the game, two were veteran referees. ALL agreed it was a bad call and most said it is a call you just can’t make regardless.

And shoutout to @DannyShapiroBE for his coverage of this regional. Loved the postgame interviews.

Mitch is heckuva player. SFA got a steal in signing him. But I’ve seen him multiple times over the past couple of years for the Lions and never felt like they ever found a way to get him as involved as he should be. I never thought he would be the difference maker today.

So proud of Silsbee today. Wanted to be there but didn’t want to miss Memorial either. Going to see the Celtics end this Rockets street tonight so Delmar was a lot closer than Huntsville. I will say this about this group of Tigers. They are talented but they also have a tremendous amount of heart. Let’s be honest, most people other than us SETX folks thought Yates would be too much. Deeper bench, more size, endless stream of blowouts. But this tiger bunch is not one you want to make feel disrespected. In a classic battle, they wouldn’t be denied. They have two more dogfights left and I have no doubt they will be ready. Here’s hoping they find the will twice more and add a little back-to-back flavor to Tigertown.

I get what you are saying about the offense for sure. Coleman is a ball-centric PG and the plan is to create shots by him being able to break a defense down. Sometimes works better than others with a freshman. We don’t shoot it well enough to effectively run motion. This group would probably be best running back screens like the old Pete Carril Princeton teams. But you aren’t going to ever get top talent running that.

His job was safe this year if they lost out. They are playing a 7 man rotation, 2 of which would be playing spot minutes if they had all the players they started the season with. But it was a huge win and I will say it again, this team is all heart. And Shaka deserves some credit for that as well.

Way to go Tigers!!! Great season Yates. To be the man, you gotta be the man. And as I predicted, you ain’t beating the man with that kind of press. What you might do is give up a 120 piece...

PAM 67 Elkins 58 F Titans going to state.

Jamyus makes both 67-55 Titans.

Elkins makes 1. Jones now shooting 2 with 19 secs.

Misses both and fouls. 22 secs left

Valsin with another rebound off miss of 1 and 1. Shooting 2 up 11 with 26 secs left.

Makes both 65-54

Wesley with a steal and is fouled. 63-54. :34 left. Shooting 2

Wesley with rebound. Fouled makes 1. 63-54

Makes both. 62-54

Makes 1 of 2. Clover with huge steal. Jones fouled shooting double bonus leading 60-54 1:02

Elkins makes 3 and then Wesley and Valsin with 2 huge baskets. Tre Keller fouled after Clover rebound leading 59-54 with 1:13 left.

Memorial with a steal and a timeout. 2:05 left.

Makes 1 or 2. 55-51

Jomard fouled on a drive shooting 2 with 2:32.

Missed front end but Elkins throws it away against press. Timeout Elkins

Elkins answers 54-41. Wesley fouled on drive. Shooting 1 and 1 2:51

Jomard Valsin is a dog. Man I love that kid. Getting every rebound among the trees. Fouled on a putback attempt. Makes both 54-49 3 mins left.