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The better teams are the better passing teams, same as most basketball. The local kids have been playing summers since 6th grade or earlier and the Houston kids are blending in better every day. Very unselfish kids. Which is one of the main reason they are as good as they are. As for the older kids, catch a JJ Caldwell game sometime. He's a 4 point, 17 assists a game kind of PG. Super strong and quick with the ball. He gets to the paint and has a field day dropping dimes.

Practice twice a week. The benefit for the 15s is they practice with and against the circuit 17s. So twice a week they are running against JJ Caldwell, Greg Shead, Kameron McGusty, TJ Atwood, Jeremy Peck, etc. You can't find that kind of competition locally. After that, playing up against 16s doesn't seem that bad ;)

I caught the Defenders 17u Circuit team's games against Franchize last night and Nike Pro Skills EYBL team this afternoon. Sick amount of talent in those games. And the size you saw from the 5A and 6A teams from Dallas at state.

Jaylon Williams - Cleveland Jomard Valsin - Kelly Jakobe Dill - Kelly Trey Keller - Memorial LiJon Smith - West Brook Alex Catt - Orangefield Other players are: Hunter Quick - 6'8 - Brazosport; Jordan Mays - 6'4" - Houston; Damay Jones - 6'2" - Pasadena Dobie; and Tayjon Martin - 5'9" Cy Fair

Defenders 15u circuit team is 3-0 so far playing up in 16u. Just beat a team by 33 that lost earlier this weekend to Dwight Howard 16u on a buzzer beater. Jaylon Williams from Cleveland is a straight up beast.

I hear you. I did the same thing with the SEC in my college bowl pick ems. Colossal mistake!!

Looks like it. I didn't even know you could do that!

Where is team first? Date night with the Cuzzo?

Correct call I think. Let's go Jacks now!

Wow. What an ending for ucla!

Barnes halftime adjustment: Everyone spread out and watch Isaiah go one on one. Every possession. The whole half

When I used to go to Vegas every year for opening weekend of March Madness, this is a game I would have put 25% of my gambling money on, even though it's day 1. Butler getting points? Gimme a break.

Implosion in progress. Anyone remotely surprised?

😂😂😂

I need Connor Lammert to stop jacking 3s...

You got a huge jump on a ton of brackets if the Mustangs get by UCLA and UAB.

That messed up a LOT of brackets. I told someone other day that they used up all their lives in the Big XII tournament.

Definitely agree our bigs are better. But I am confident we will be able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...if we don't accomplish that today.

Preach, Dale, preach! [Hidden Content]

Not sure what's up with them today. Hopefully that carries over if we beat Butler. They beat Duke twice so it's not like they haven't been successful against size.

Jordyn, Devon, and Braelon are all playing with the Defenders again, 14u.

Me either. But does help the kids with college looks. I do trust my own eyes though ;)

Man I hope you're right. If that happens, may have to go watch again camouflaged in my Kentucky blue.

Ditto

Lol - even if we were better than Butler, Notre Dame, and Kansas, we can't pass up 3 opportunities to choke!