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I said this last week: There always seems to be a team (recently) that this style just doesn't work against. I personally thing that the SeTx staple of (run em into the ground) is a thing of the past when it comes to winning it all. It's been a decade or so since all you had to do was scare a team into turning it over and win a state championship. I'm not saying Silsbee isn't good enough to win it all...or that they won't. I'm just saying that there will come a time in the season where they'll have to play basketball and not press a team into oblivion. We will see if I'm correct or not. It's looking to me like Silsbee will have to pull out their half court game.

In theory. However, if a defense is sound then they'll be able to double/triple a post player and close out to the ball well enough and/or rotate well enough to at least pester a perimeter shooter. If nothing else...force an offensive player to hesitate just long enough for the defense to get back into position. Perhaps BH has leaned too heavily on their UConn commit post player too many times in tight games. Which would be understandable. I don't know. Perhaps Canyon isn't 30 points better...I'll give credit to the man that is now coaching for his 19th state championship as a head coach. I would think that someone with that much success will know exactly how to prepare his team for any kind of star player.

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I didn't say they won't. I was just disagreeing with a previous statement of turning the game into pressing and layup drills. I think that it will take more than THAT to get it done.

Let's agree to disagree. There always seems to be a team (recently) that this style just doesn't work against. I personally thing that the SeTx staple of (run em into the ground) is a thing of the past when it comes to winning it all. It's been a decade or so since all you had to do was scare a team into turning it over and win a state championship. I'm not saying Silsbee isn't good enough to win it all...or that they won't. I'm just saying that there will come a time in the season where they'll have to play basketball and not press a team into oblivion.

It is possible to triple team someone when they have the ball and still be able to cover all 5 players when that one person doesn't have the ball.

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I'm not saying he's best player. But I think I can make an assumption that the coach had him starting for a reason. And if he is indeed committed to Baylor then that reason is justified. I think I can also make an assumption that if that particular kid is taken out of the lineup then the team will not be quite the same. I think that's a fair assumption. If Baylor University loses a starter then they are not quite the same team....and every backup they have is a D1 player. So..

I don't know who the backup is. I'm assuming that when the Baylor commit was suspended that A) he was a starter. and B someone is now playing in the game instead of him. Unless they are running 4 on 5. Which...I doubt they are. So whoever was on the bench when the Baylor commit was on the floor that in now on the floor...was the backup. I don't know these kids...you tell me.

Saw that. Very impressive to have multiple kids with major D1 offers on the same 4A school. If they don't win it all within a year or 2 then there is something very wrong.

Never mind...just found it.

Where is Jordyn Adams going to play his college ball?

No offense to you, the kid, the team, or anyone...but you're basing results on what they have done without him and what his backup has done without him against teams that aren't very good. What will happen when/if they see a team that gives them a game is yet to be determined. Saying a team is pretty much the same team without their best player is just not true. I know this is high school...and circumstances are a lot different. But I like to use the Miami Heat as an example for a situation somewhat similar to this. They went from NBA finals (multiple times) to not even making the playoffs in 1 year's time just by losing their best player. Same coach...still had D Wade and Bosh (NBA All Stars). Take 1 person out of the lineup and they go from best in the East to 9th or worse in the East.

There's no denying that Silsbee is good. And there's no denying that Silsbee probably has a very deep bench. I'm just saying that Silsbee hasn't had to play their "top 5" players in 2 months. All thru district and even thus far in the playoffs Silsbee could've played any combination of 5 players at any time and still won by 50. Now I'm not a betting man...but if I were I'd bet that Silsbee has their best 5 on the floor of a close game down the stretch of the game. They haven't had to do that in 2 months....like I said. But the last time they DID have to do that, there's a good chance that their Baylor commit was in the game. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong...but I doubt it. So there are 2 points to my argument here: First point is that they haven't had to use their "top 5" for a close game situation in 2 months. Second point is that they are missing one of their top 5 players. I don't care how deep their bench is...that's gonna make a difference. Will it make enough of a difference? Yet to be seen.

How exactly did you determine that I was comparing anyone to anyone...I said that Silsbee beat them at a point in their season that they were used to winning close games. They haven't played a team good enough to give them a close game in 2 months. And if you think that being down a D1 commit won't have an impact on ANY high school team then you don't know very much about basketball.

I'm not saying what will happen one way or another. But...Silsbee beat Lincoln by 6 early in the year at a time when Silsbee was used playing and winning close games. Since then they've had 2 months of beating the crap out of bad teams...and Silsbee is down 1 Baylor commit since then. just saying.

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The year that HJ had a great season (like 3 rounds deep) didn't they have several kids that played college ball? Like Rice (D1)?

Bill Belichick would've gone 0-10 with that team...with that schedule. He may schedule some schools preseason that are "easier". But they're in a bind district wise unless they get some talent. Even if they go back to the northern district...Ok so replace LM, HC, HS...with Kville, Wville, Coldspring, Buna....yeah good luck. Better off where they are. At least LM is falling apart (relatively speaking).

Lots of schools in Tx would love to have Coach Barbay at the helm. I hope he leaves.

I heard that he didn't agree to the Sup's terms that they discussed. So...leaving?...

I'm no mathematician... but it seems to me that they ran out of talent in about 2010. Relative to the opponents on their schedule anyway. The school is 28-36 since 2010. Not very good....but if he went 20-9 in district games in 4 years then that's pretty decent.

This happens all the time...all over the state. This just happened to have been all over the "news".

He needs to bounce....in about June. It seems like what they deserve.

Sarcasm.