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Franklin BBQ. Worth the wait.

It's nice to not be poor like those Tigers. Maybe we can loan them part of our $1 billion in holdings of gold...

OF lit up the scoreboard with 4 whole points in the first half...

You just beat HJ by 30. You aren't allowed to complain In all seriousness, this isn't a Silsbee team of the last few years. They have several threats from outside. IF they make it to State or win it, a big part of it will be the 3 ball. Agree with you on Devon. But what separates him from most guards who can break you down off the dribble is his exceptional vision. He is outstanding at drawing help defenders and finding the open man. A lot of times it's someone on the perimeter.

To be fair, he's not that far off topic. Sharing the wealth (I.e., minutes) contributed heavily in the outcome of this one...

All about matchups. If the SATCH that played API shows up, I would favor SATCH. Ozen is all about the guards and they don't have anyone that can hang with JJ Caldwell. Which is not a knock, most don't. I would think they would matchup better with Concordia though, even though Concordia beat SATCH.

Very true. I don't think I would favor Concordia over Ozen either. But I do think it would be a highly competitive game.

I get the point. I was just saying I can't in good conscience vote teams above a team that would beat them by 30-40 points or more. Which is all but maybe at most 4 to 5 teams in that poll...

Agreed. Anyone who has seen HJ's JV and freshman teams play knows that "down years" aren't in their foreseeable future...

Yes, but 4 teams in that district would be playoff teams in any district in this area. However, no other district has 4 teams that would be playoffs teams in that TAPPs 5A district. A gain, just my humble opinion. I'm not saying Kelly would or should be ranked if they were in the big school poll. But to not rank them in the 3A and under poll is to base rankings on something other than who is better than whom. Which is fine. People have different views on polls and I'm apparently in the overwhelming minority.

And scoring is maybe the least important part of what he brings to that team. It's all the other things he contributes that they miss the most IMO. I would guess if they kept up with it, he would lead the area in triple doubles, which is remarkable considering that almost all of the Silsbee players play maybe half a game. And the intangibles he brings cannot be overstated..

It's all how they view the polls. Obviously Kelly would mop the floor with almost every team in that poll (Big Sandy and MAYBE one or two others excepted). However, most apparently vote on records or recent activity and not who is better than whom (I assume anyway). I still have them second behind Big Sandy which is the only reason they were even 12th I guess...

And to clarify, by "toughest" I mean number of high quality teams. I am not suggesting other schools in this area couldn't compete or win that district.

Didn't St. Thomas beat Concordia earlier this week? And yes, Kelly plays in the toughest district of any team in this area.

Man, maybe I'm wrong but just not a fan of Kennedy. Teams feed off of coaching and they just look uninspired most of the time. I think he's a really good guy and hopefully I am wrong. But I just don't see it. On the other bench is Avery Johnson, someone who would have loved the Aggie job.

HF 59 OF 52 F/OT

I think the hope is they will both be ready to go early in the playoffs.

HJ without Parquet and Bernard. Silsbee without Michael McCain

Yep. Buddy Hield is a gamer. No two ways about it. Don't like losses but Horns dictated the way the game was played. Have a feeling they are going to be a team no one wants to play from here on out.

It's not the prettiest basketball you can watch but Shaka sure knows how to coach defense.

Not even close

According to Vegas, about a 1 in 3 chance. Carolina was a 2 to 1 favorite.

Zero wins in 20-4A. Ask Huntington...

Wade is one of the best DCs in the biz. I think they said 21 teams filled that spot before he got hired by Denver last year? Crazy.

Agreed. Makes Brady's late game heroics even more impressive.