JimThorpe

Great win! And now it's on to face Washington. It doesn't get easier. My hopes and prayers go with you!

Me too. The matchup against Yates is better. They aren't as big and strong as Furr. But really their just as good as Furr. They traded wins with Furr in district. Yates lost by only 8 to Washington in their second district game. Yates came in 3rd because they lost a close game to Wheatley.

Furr is a great defensive team. Rarely seen guys who got back on defense so consistently. Only a few easy baskets for the Tigers.

Furr is running a power play like in hocky. It’s 8 on 5.

The only bounce that went Silsbee’s way in the third was a missed two foot shoot at the buzzer. The tigers got their couple of 3’s from Cartwright and that’s the difference.

For a minute I thought Furr was getting tired but I was wrong. They looked stronger than us at the buzzer. Tigers are going to have to get a couple of threes from somewhere.

Furr is back on the court warming up with almost 7:00 left in the break. All the coach had to say apparently was keep it up

Silsbee is 1 for 6 from three. They had a bit of a run at the beginning of the second. But got really sloppy and gave it all back + 1. Not very impressive. Now Furr thinks they can win. Dangerous situation for the Tigers.

15-13 Silsbee at the end of one

I wish it could be Barbers Hill instead of Channelview. What's so magical about Channelview? We would still have to drive further but we wouldn't have to worry about plant traffic.

Sounds reasonable. If both teams have a good night or if both teams have a bad night it's about a 20 point game.

I just thought of something else that's kind of interesting. Neither team had a dunk. Nobody even attempted one that I saw. I guess it's just the happenstance of the way it was played.

WOS refused to go quietly into the night when I though they were about to. Lots of respect for those guys. Mustangs forwards got in foul trouble and had to sit for a few crucial minutes in the 4th. I didn't see WOS hit a single 3 all night. Might have missed one but I don't think so. Both teams had quite a few but WOS had a few too many.

They aren't showing the clock on the feed.

About 3:30

I hope we get the chance.

The Mustangs don't have a single 3. They haven't taken many.

WOS takes the lead at the half 39 - 36! I'm just sitting here feeling so proud of the Mustangs! Remarkable turnaround.

Watching on NHFS. The Mustangs are just running around throwing the ball way. 23-10 at the end of the 1st. This is going to get ugly.

It was only 33 but it could have been a good deal worse. A lot of kids got a lot of playing time for Silsbee. They were trying different combinations. The stating 5 were on the court as a group quite a bit less than usual.

They are a good team and imo could be ranked at the low end of the top 20. But it is a down year. They had an off recruiting season. Booker T Washington stole their best prospects. I'm being facetious of course. Washington is an attractive option for kids in HISD. They have a brand new campus and an a fine art magnet program. No surprise that it might attract kids from all over the community. Yates has several very interesting magnet programs including maritime logistics. They have a simulator lab that's like the bridge of a ship. I support the magnet and charter schools concept. It just seems unfair that they can draw from huge urban talent pool for athletics. Not surprisingly considering the demographics of Texas it impacts basketball. But if it's good for the kids' educational prospects I can live with it.

WOS seems to be kind of bipolar. There are the "got it together" Mustangs and if they show up tonight they will win by double figures. Then there are the "pretty much a mess" Mustangs and if they show up they will probably be blown out. The "got it together" Mustangs lost the 2nd ranked team by only 3 and beat the 11th ranked team by 16. The "pretty much a mess" Mustangs lost 3 of their last 6 regular season games losing to every good team they played. The 3 wins were unimpressive and included a 2 point win over Lumberton and 4 point win over Vidor. I hope the "got it together" Mustangs show up because a quarterfinal between WOS and Silsbee at the Montagne would awesome.

The Furr - El Campo highlight reel is up on Furr's MaxPreps page. Based on that evidence, which admittedly has lots of holes, it was nip and tuck all the way. Nobody had much more than a 4 point lead the whole game. Furr shot abysmally. 23% FG, 33% FT and only 7% 3PT. El Campo did little better except for free throws where they shot 73%. A lot of it was good defense. Lot of blocked shots. From the highlights it looks like they were evenly matched. You see El Campo's mistakes on the Furr reel but Furr's mistakes which were probably about as numerous. These Maxpreps clips are broad brush stroke images that are more propaganda than documentary. But you do get to see the score progress through the game depending on how well they're spaced out. Furr plays pretty good defense. We'll have a better chance of scoring 100 against Yates or WOS than Furr. Depending on the breaks we won't get out of the 80's. But I don't see how Furr can even get out of even the 70's against the Tiger's swarming defense. I bet the margin is less than 20. It'll be more competitive this time unless the Tigers break out and put on a show, which can always happen. Like one of those patented 35 point quarters.

I think the Drum was vastly superior to the Alamodome.... once you got inside. But getting inside was tricky. The best parking is in San Marcus. And like the man said, Austin is effectively closed on that weekend. At least it's closed to things that really matter like the UIL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT!!!! San Antonio is fun to visit and Alamodome access and parking are okay. You do have that long walk under the tracks with the stinky bats. The thing is that the Alamodome as a basketball venue is terrible. The tournament needs to be played in an arena built for basketball and not on a football field. How about the Ferrell Center in Waco? if you can stand that much green it would be great. Tournament tickets would be no problem. It seats 10,000 for basketball. Tons of parking with no bats or trains. Waco is fun to visit too. Chip and Joanna might show up. There is a problem with accommodations. Just like in San Antonio, most of the rooms in Waco and San Antonio are gobbled up by people going to that ridiculous thing in Austin. Back in Austin they've replaced the Drum and now we have the new Moody Center..... they built it on top of the only good parking for the Drum. I guess they'll tear down the Drum next to make parking space for the Moody. But the best parking will still be in San Marcus. Or you could park in Waco at the Ferrell center parking lot.

Go Mustangs! I foresee a quarter final game at the Montagne! Wouldn't that be great? Monday and Tuesday of next week appear to be open. Cardinal men play on Wednesday. I'd like to go see that game. Would it jinx them for Tiger fans to show up in support!