JimThorpe

At least 50. Region 3 is not strong this year. There are probably more respectable teams than ever before but there's only one powerhouse. I think La Marques was way over ranked, they should have been no higher than 10 at the most, all the northern teams could handle them. So that leaves Yates vs. the munchkins in 3. Now, if Yates goes up against the north and beats Argyle or Decatur or Faith Family or Carter by 60 then I stand corrected. But that's not going to happen. Yates will win comfortably and they may break 100 but it won't be the kinds of margins we've seen at the lower echelon. They'll be going against taller stronger competition excellently coached and that will change the whole dynamic changes radically. I think the Lions are far and away the best team in 4A are practically a shoe in but it will be more competitive. I wish Silsbee would have drawn China Springs. It's a better matchup for us than Life.

You are so right. We are spoiled rotten and we must sound terrible.

Yea, I see your point. We're the other big name in Region 3 even though we are rebuilding and unranked. They'll want to rub our noses in our mediocrity. Well, Silsbee ISD has a total enrollment of 2928. HISD has 214,175. Since HISD has open enrollment that means Yates has 73 times as many kids to draw from for a basketball team. If we handicap on that basis, if Silsbee scores 70 points then Yates would need to score 5121 points to be considered the winner.

Not really. We slipped to 14 as district began and then we slid down into the abyss of non-ranked status with the close game to Lumberton and the two loses. I think the performance against Brazosport was kind of like a No. 14. The performance tonight was more like the abyss.

So, No 20 beat No. 13. What was the score?

You really think they care?

What's the word on Connolly?

Silsbee hangs on 84 -83. Going back to Huntsville and that's all that matters. This ugly game is history.

Bush makes the first for the lead. Misses second. Tigers get the ball back and Bush is fouled. 1 second left. Eagles have no timeouts.

Bush to the line for 2 free throws game tied. 5 seconds left.

23.1 left

1 point game. Martin at the line for a 1 on 1.

Washington at the line 1 and 1

43.8 left Edwards at the line Tigers 3 pt lead.

Nail bitter.

51 seconds - Silsbee 3 time out.

Hang on Tigers! 1:09 3 point lead. Time out

66 - 61 Tigers. 3rd quarter goes to Washington. Abysmal shooting. Zero intensity. Washington is poised to tie it.

Yep. In a total funk. Doesn't look there's any way out of it. They just have to squeak it out. I don't think the Tigers have a single 3. It's 66 - 58

And Bush has no 3's. Makes the path much harder.

In a funk like I said. Intensity is totally lacking. Hope they can hold on.

Tigers are in funk. That's the way this team has been off and on. Washington is doing a good job of containing Bush and that's the big story of the first half to me. Fortunately, other than stopping Bush, Washington isn't playing particularly well either. The difference is that there's not much more Washington can reasonably be expected to do. I don't think this team is quite as good as Brazosport. The Tigers on the other hand can turn it up a notch if they will. But if it stays like this it will come down to the buzzer and that wouldn't surprise me a bit.

I feel pretty good about it. But I don't think we're going to win by 72 points.

It would be a big responsibility for small schools. Installing the equipment and making sure it’s working correctly is one issue. The bigger issue is the need for a fourth official at the scorers table. You couldn’t invest that responsibility with a volunteer I do think it would be fun for the kids. They’ll feel a little like they are in the big leagues dealing with the same challenges the pros have. Thats the main thing to me. Is it good for the kids. Frankly, I think it would be. A 30 second clock would divide a quarter into 8 possessions for each team. Surely that’s a reasonable thing. Within that framework you could still be deliberate. It would prevent teams from sitting on a lead and to me that’s compelling.

Jones had good minutes on Friday and contributed. He’s still very tentative though. When he gains confidence he’s going to be a force.