JimThorpe

It's unwatchable. Trying something else. They say they're going to have the Faith Family/Van Alstyn game and the United game at 7 It's been frozen now for about 5 minutes. I saw a little bit and these two don't play like we do. And the atmosphere is SOOOO different. Looks like about 50 people on each side.

NFHS is carrying the game and the camera is turned on so I guess it's true. Players just came out for early warmup and now the image is frozen so yes, it's NFHS

Like when he gets a rebound dribbles the length of the court under pressure and takes it to the hoop between two defenders and scores and gets fouled? One of those times?

NHFS claims they will carry the Center game tonight. Might be true. Lot's of interesting 4A games around the state. I'm curious about the Faith Family vs. Van Alstyn game. The Maxpreps robo-genie-handicapper has them at No. 1 and No. 2. Kind of a prelude to 4A state. Can anybody, Argyle, Silsbee, Carter, Boerne, anybody at all hope to compete with the Dallas Area 4A All Star Team? And of course our own LCM will be taking on the HISD 4A All Star team out of Washington High.

NHFS claims they'll have the game. Also the Nederland game. Maybe it's true.

They may pull it out anyway, even shooting like they are now. Intensity has a value all it's own. The will to win.

It was feedback from the team. They pegged the intensity meter. The most exciting regional quarter final I’ve ever attended.

Tiger shooting was off from all ranges but especially in close. When Yates went up by 4 I was afraid it was slipping away like the nightmare Regional final in 2018. Seemed like it was pure force of will. Silsbee was not to be denied. The Tigers had one extra gear in the last three minutes or so that the Lions simply didn’t have.

Anybody have any questions about how good WOS was?

52 48 Yates. This one is slipping away. Tigers are ice cold. It’s absolutely insane.

41 41 at 5:16

If you’re looking for Yates to get tired forget it. Coach Wise was substituting liberally all through the first half.

Never seen so many missed layups and 3 footers. Silsbee is shooting poorly from everywhere. Unless they can turn it around this will be it.

26 - 19 after 1 both teams have settled down.

Silsbee has missed about 32 layups but Yates is not shooting well either.

I’d be a broadcaster. But oboist could stand it.

Lots and lots and lots and lots of people here. Sold out.

I'm still going with Silsbee by 6. I think Yates will play better and harder than they did in either game against Washington. They lost by only 8 last time out. Any kind of a win for the Tigers is a good omen because I think Yates will play Washington right down to the wire if they win tonight. I suppose the logical conclusion of my thinking is that WOS, at their best, is a team more like the one that lost to Silsbee by 3 than the team the lost to Silsbee by 33.

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It's not an absolutely terrible matchup for LCM. They had a good game against Navasota and they have some size and some leaping ability. Teams like that that hang around get better at each outing. I don't think LCM is quite the same team right now that Silsbee beat by 32 and then by 37. There's been improvement. But they'll have to have every break and play better than their best against what amounts to an HISD all star team. A team which, by the way, shot 50% from 3pt range in their last game.

3 of the top 4 in the coaches' poll in the finals. The fourth team being No. 10. Pretty good picks if you ask me. Hope it's the same story on the boys side.

Silsbee will have to really take care of the ball. WOS got rolled 16 - 2 in the first first few minutes in a run that was in no way indicative of the way the two teams matched up. The score at half time and the final score were proof of that. The Tigers need to be ready from the tipoff.

That would be a shocker! Unranked vs. No. 1? Might not be the last chance to see United play locally. Nederland could win. That would be an upset too but now as monumental.

It's purely a matter of taste. The Tigers prefer to play a little closer to the ground than some of the others.

It's not going to get easier. So here's my prediction, a 6pt Tiger win in overtime.