PrairieMan

For those that have forgotten what I originally said before I got called out about how bad my opinion was by a guy that was using "we" and "us" when talking about Silsbee. Since he did so, I was seriously just wanting to know what the Silsbee faithful opinion on the Rice kid was. I wasn't personally attacking him. The games I've watched, I was really expecting more because of what I had read on here. I don't know him at all and certainly would never mean to personally attack him. I know how historic Silsbee basketball is and there's been a ton of good players come through. I personally enjoyed watching Harris and Miller play many games during the playoffs and state the last 4 years. Which means I've been watching Rice this entire time too. Overall I haven't found him to be as dominant in the games I watched as I was expecting him to be. Kid is big with good athleticism and I hope he has 30 and 30 on Friday night. I have a high school kid that plays and I wouldn't want someone to personally attack him either. But if somebody wants to come on to a Tarkington thread and doubt his impact to his team or a game, no problem, I'm ready to have that conversation as long as we can keep it civil and I honestly never thought I went too far. He's like every other kid, he has his ups and downs. Man making things this personal on a sports message board is CRAZY. Sometimes you got to take a step back and breathe before you go all cowboy keyboard on it. I guess I should have worded my inquiry better. For those that have watched both play, how do you think Rice will do against #20 from Wheatley. They both have good size and I wonder if you think their matchup could be the difference in the game? #20 had 7 points vs Tarkington when they played and whoever noted it was spot on. He did not play in the paint much on offense which shocked me. Defensively though he covered the paint well and certainly changed shots for kids trying to score in it.

No worries. All the questions that need to be answered will be done Friday night. I will be there to watch. I couldn't care less who wins, I just like good basketball and I hope it comes down to the wire no matter who wins. I was in attendance a few years back when BU and Goose Creek played a triple overtime game there and it was one of the most exciting games I've ever been to. I'd love to see another one there.

I didn't assume, I asked. I literally said I don't know the district other than Lumberton and I know they don't have a true big. Again I just wanted to know what the Silsbee faithful thought but I'm learning fast there are certain no no programs to question on here.

Absolutely!!! But that was when #21 sat out because of foul trouble.

"Fire off"...... My exact statement was...."From the outside looking in, I find myself questioning Rice’s ability every time I watch Silsbee. For a kid with that size, I always feel like he should be doing more. What did his stat line look like for district? Just wondering because I didn’t see one district game just followed the scores." That's a bit of a stretch isn't it? I merely wanted to find out what the Silsbee faithful felt about his game. I stated that the games I've watched and from what I've seen on this message board I didn't find him to be as dominant as I'd thought he would be. But that's why I asked the question because I have a fairly small sample size. It was way more of a question than an attack. This dude just attacked a program with reference to a game that didn't even happen. Sounds quite a bit different to me.

We broke it fairly easy when #21 was in the game. When he got into foul trouble, they stretched it out a bit. Again, couldn't agree more, same thing I said, too many unforced turnovers with lazy passes and bad court awareness at times.

100% agree with you. I found it odd he wasn't in the paint more on offense. When I came in during warmups he worked on post moves for 10 mins straight then not one time in the game did he post up vs a team where the tallest kid is 6'3 maybe 6'4. I did find he was decent presence in the paint defensively though. I just wonder will he keep Silsbee's big man at bay on the offensive side? They are certainly not looking at him to help offensively.

haha. Wow, so because I gave an opinion on a thread about about an upcoming game, one team, that I've watched play in person multiple times (Silsbee) and the other team (Wheatley) I've watched play Tarkington you decide to rip a school program? Great job buddy! Way to get emotional about something and lose focus on the conversation. I won't get petty with you, but Tarkington got moved up from 3A which they went 3 rounds deep last year and finished in 3rd place in their district this year as the smallest 4a program. They have a kid that avg 20+ ppg on the season. If you'd like to actually do a little homework and have a constructive conversation, I'm more than willing to discuss the ups and downs of Tarkington basketball. If you just want to fire off criticism without any knowledge because you can't control your emotions, then there will no longer be a need to respond to you. Have a good one!

That’s a bit extreme comparison isn’t it? I mean the kid is what 6’7” in 4a basketball. That’s kind of my point, how many nights does he even see another guy his size, my guess is rarely. Especially in that district. So bragging about double digit rebound avg begins to mean less and less. us for me means Tarkington

I know this is not a message board to question Silsbee because of the number of fans on here and I promise I’m not trying to entice an argument. I’m just enjoying the conversation. So I will continue to discuss playing devil’s advocate with no ill regard towards the Tigers only because I don’t know them like y’all do. These big games that he’s had, was there an opponent with even close to his size with any skill on the court? I know the kid from Wheatley can match him size and athleticism is why I’m asking. That being said I wasn’t overly impressed with him either. He was a nonfactor vs us.

I’m going to take your opinion with a grain of salt. Especially when I start seeing the words “we” when you talk about what Silsbee is going to do. I get the passion and I feel the same way when I speak of my team. But I’ve found that the more I base opinions from the heart and emotion the more I find myself in the wrong. From the outside looking in, I find myself questioning Rice’s ability every time I watch Silsbee. For a kid with that size, I always feel like he should be doing more. What did his stat line look like for district? Just wondering because I didn’t see one district game just followed the scores.

True but I think you miss my point. They suit up 8 kids and 3 of them look like JV kids. Which did not work out well for them when their entire starting 5 got into foul trouble and #1, Sloan kid got injured and went out for 3 mins and #22 I think, their second best player went out for 2 mins with an injury. Watching 3 of the 4 teams from that district that made the playoffs there is a huge drop off between the top 3 and them. I’m not trying to take away anything from Huffman. They won district and they earned the chance to play them vs the other teams. Also Huffman played well and as always they were well prepared for them. Coming from our district, I’m rooting for them to win.

End of 3rd Huffman 59 Worthing 41

Some interesting things of note. Worthing has a D3 commit, Sloan, he’s a one man show. The rest of their team is mediocre otherwise. 18 of 36 points. Worthing only has 8 players suited. Huffman has to be shooting less than 50% from the free throw line and they have shot a ton of them.

Halftime Huffman 36 Worthing 32

End of 1st Huffman 18 Worthing 15

Final Lake 51 King 75

I’ve seen both teams play in person, IMO I think Wheatley is overall better with a deeper lineup. Wheatley 84 Silsbee 73

halftime Lake 30 King 35

Proud of the Horns. Played a great first two quarters. Eventually turnovers, lack of depth and God awful refereeing took its toll. #1 for them was a difference maker. He’s hands down the best all around player we’ve played against all year. Wheatley looked much better than Washington in my opinion.

Monday - Tarkington vs Wheatley Tuesday - Huffman vs Worthing Friday - Silsbee vs Tarkington……😁😁😁

(-12) Atascocita vs. Dickinson (-16) CE King vs. Clear Lake (-9) Crosby vs. Lake Creek (-10) Kingwood Park vs. Montgomery (-12) West Brook vs. Angleton (-4) United vs. La Porte (-3) PA Memorial vs. Iowa Colony Barbers Hill vs. Friendswood (-5) (-8) Vidor vs. Lufkin Hudson Lumberton vs. Bullard (-7) (-14) Silsbee vs. Center (-8) Bridge City vs. Madisonville (-17) Huffman vs. Houston Worthing Hamshire-Fannett vs. Houston Yates (-9) Tarkington vs. Houston Wheatley (-18) (-6) Pollok Central vs. Orangefield Huntington vs. East Chambers (-13) (-5) Central Heights vs. Buna Pineywoods CA vs. Kountze (-41) (-26) Onalaska vs. Boling Crockett vs. Hitchcock (-11) (-15) Shelbyville vs. Beckville (-10 ) West Hardin vs. Snook (-17) Evadale vs. Bremond (-26) Brookeland vs. Broaddus

He had a few turnovers he shouldn’t have had. He played much better vs them last time when he had 30 against them. This time they had more of a plan to try and minimize him with the face guarding baseline to baseline and constant double teaming. Huffman tried to do the same thing and he had 25 on them.

adding more stats #21 Calvin Ellington from Tarkington had a game high 22 points (ended district play averaging 22 ppg) it will be a shame if he doesn't win MVP or at least Offensive MVP for this district #41 Jackson Stovall from Tarkington had 17 points

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