JimThorpe

It was a pretty good holiday crowd. First time for me in the gym in over a year. Very entertaining game. Seemed like it was faster paced than the final score would indicate, lots of action. The Hawks were just totally spent at the end of the 3rd and their offense sort of collapsed. The Tigers on the other hand seemed just as strong at the end as they were at any point. Relentless.

Music to Coach Perkins ears.

Harvey is trying to force too many shots. Understandably. Looking for a little run, I hope.

I hesitate to bring it up because this is not what this thread is about but... If Huff wins it makes the Tigers look that much better! They only bowed out to the eventual champion. And now I'll stop.

I wouldn't count Huff out. Not with Harvey on the court. I'm a believer.

Yea, but they were primed to fade and Harvey picked them up personally and put them back in it. Leadership.

It is gratifying to know that the Tigers could certainly have been competitive at the state semi's.

I don't know. Could either Huff or Boerne score on Argyle?

This game reminds me of another game. Hmmm. When was that?

15 fir FF at the half? I don't believe it.

An occasional 3 pointer going in would have made a WORLD of difference. The young Tigers confidence level would have been much higher. At the beginning of the second they looked as down as I've seen them in the playoffs. They were psyched out. They battled back and it was a contest right up to the last couple of minutes. They had looks that were just about as open as in the Connally game but nothing fell. Was it the open gym? Whatever. What we saw was the best possible scenario for Huff and I think the Tigers being ice cold is the only way the Falcons win.

That sounds reasonable. Boerne is a slightly better version of Huffman. And I think the winner will play the FF/Argyle winner a good game.

Faith Family will reload every year. If they aren't top notch it's only because the coach didn't get the chemistry right. Talent and size won't be an issue.

Silsbee cleared the way for Huff by taking out Yates. A championship is beyond them but winning the semi-final is a definite possibility due to the seeding. Whatever they're going to do they better do it now because Harvey is a senior. They wouldn't have won this game without him at the helm. Every Falcon played like they knew he was on that court and he was. He never sat down. He couldn't. Now if they want to advance again he's going to have to play the game of his life. On paper Boerne is a kind of copy of Huff but a little bigger and a little better. I think he and they have it in them. We'll see.

37 33 The Tigers have kept themselves in it. They have a shot. Yes, it was a cheap foul. And yes, Harvey is all that. He is the difference.

No. 5 Boerne awaits our winner. I think that either of our teams can be competitive.

Maybe we shouldn't publish it here. Next best thing. Here's the link to the Huffman web site which anyone is free to visit. It might be of some help to you. [Hidden Content]

Connally has better players than Carthage. Silsbee played a better game against a better opponent on Tuesday.

I get it now! The LaPorte high website directs you to the Same LaPorte ticket site that Silsbee ISD directs you too. But they have a different passcode! The only thing you did different than me was use the Huff password instead of the Tiger password! I just did what you did checked it out 5 seconds ago and apparently tickets are still available under the Huffman password. Who knows for sure but if there's some kind of distancing thing still in effect I bet they'll try to direct you to the Huffman side.

That's interesting. The Silsbee website directs you to the LaPorte website. I wonder what's up with that?

I just checked and it is sold out.

I guess you're right. I confess I never thought about it that way but it was the "state" semifinal.

If the Tigers win we do still get to call it "going to State" right?

This is good for me either way. It's close enough and convenient enough that even if the Tigers loose I'll go on Tuesday. If the Falcons win I'll adopt them and be a Region III fan. Then I'll spend the night with the grandkids in Katy and go shopping on Wednesday.

I think it will be Argyle, Boerne, Faith Family and Silsbee seeded in that order. Which means we would get Argyle in the semi and Faith in the final. And if by some miracle the unranked Tigers claw out a championship they will have beaten the top three ranked teams almost one after another to win it. And it would be the biggest story in the history of Texas high school basketball. And a movie would be made. And Denzel Washington will play Coach Sig (he has experience in that kind of role). And I think Shan Gilder should play himself. But would it be a miracle? Not if the ranking means anything. Why couldn't it happen? The Tiger win over the Lions wasn't exactly comfortable but it was a convincing 15 point victory. And the No. 2 team is supposed to be better than the No. 3 team right? So beating Argyle certainly isn't any kind of insurmountable thing. And the No. 2 team shouldn't be that far behind the No. 1 right? So a Silsbee win against Faith would be only a mild upset. In conclusion don't think it's premature to start thinking of a name for that movie.