Kountzer

OF beat LCM. Silsbee beat Orange Field quite handily. If you go by that this should be a relatively easy game for the Tigers. You can't just go by that type of logic though. Silsbee had a good outside shooting game against Lumberton. As a result I knew they should probably shoot more from the outside against WOS and thet would probably backfire. I don't know for sure cause I didn't see or hear the game. That shouldn't be a problem tonight. I'm looking forward to seeing the game tonight.

Carter tends to stumble down the back stretch.

If the game takes place as has been mentioned Silsbee's best and maybe only chance is to force turn overs from Washington's guards. BT probably will run. Running is in their b ball DNA. HISD / Houston area 4A schools have watched Yates run amok for years and they want to run too. They prolly have some half court sets featuring Lewis' shooting. All this is down the road, maybe six weeks away. The focus now is district & LC-M.

Everybody mentions BT Washington's McDermott, but their other post Lewis is their best and their go to player.

I had a feeling district play would be harder than many people thought it would be. Will Silsbee lose a district game? It is possible but I hope not. It will be interesting to see if other district teams use the same tactics WOS used. Maybe they can't because they don't have the same size front court. The next WOS game, in Silsbee, will be very interesting. It will be on YouTube. Nice.

When Silsbee won the middle school championship in Houston he hit one. He hit one against Summertree back in November. He hit this one. Could be another one I don't remember. Some players just got that big time player vibe. They have the legendary stuff going for them: they're humble, they make the big plays, hit the winning shots, make good grades, don't say much about it. Harris is a star too. When a team and coaching staff got one like that you put the ball in their hands and let them take you as far as they can.

Nothing changed significantly. FF is still the elephant in that room.

Lumberton's B Fuselier laid down a nifty lay up. Good athlete.

It is all good. Get your celebration on. It happened a few years ago when Lumberton beat Silsbee lite while some key Silsbee b-ballers were still playing football. I even saw Yates celebrate when they beat Silsbee in 2019 playoffs. Then again Silsbee did some celebrating too when they beat Yates.

I was at that game when Boulwen got hurt. It was against Episcopal in that 2nd showcase the day after thanksgiving. He was in a lot of pain. I'm glad it was not a season ending injury, so that he can play again this season.

That has happened before. Lumberton tends to celebrate when they beat Silsbee in basketball.

Tristan Dean has been working on his outside shot, and it shows.

Nice form on his jump shots. Respect.

I was following Silsbee basketball as early as 1967. I even remember seeing some Waldo Matthews HS games. I really didn't think about winning state until Kountze did it in 1969. That is when the end the frustration set in for me. Then I found this msg board and had to endure listening to HJ, Kountze Beaumont and Pt Arthur fans talk about their various championships. Anyway, we won not just one, but two. Could of been three.

Silsbee ISD should consider developing a journalism program. Train students to do play by play broadcasting. Digital journalism, vlogs, blogs, podcasts that what's up these days.

Gotta be Peyton Jones.

The tigers need a nice quiet but strong run through district. No injuries no suspensions, none of that. Then roll the playoffs ready.

I'm not saying this because I live in Houston and BT Washington is not that far away. Also not because I kinda know their coach. I"m saying put some respeck on BT Washington's name. I've seen Silsbee 3 or 4 times this year. I have not seen Washington. That should tell you where my loyalty lies. Washington has good height their best big man Lewis has a reputation as a good player. Silsbee's press is not as good as it usually is this season. Every dog has it's day. If I have to eat cheese if when Silsbee wins regional so be it. I don't bet so I don't have any tangible skin in this game.

You gotta remember that last championship team in 2018 had 3 star guards And they had 3 or 4 really good guard like players: Langdon Tyler, Chris Martin, Kalon Barnes,. and some good bench players. This team does not. have that kind of depth. All the guys on this team are appreciated just the same.

There is sports psychology to all this. Last year Silsbee had some solid seniors. They had Baltrip who could jump and rebound. They had Gilder who hustled and hit timely 3s. Then they beat Yates. Yates was making it on name inflation. they were good but not as good as their ranking. The tigers beat them and we enter this season # 2. Maybe they really should be # 4 or # 6. We beat some then ranked 6A teams and the teams confidence is high. We were confident enough to beat Madison on our turf. Then we come to the DISD tournament in Dallas. Dallas is like the Mecca of high school ball. There's talent all over the state. BU proved that. Still, there is basketball mindset in the Dallas area that is like no other area. Then you play Carter. You get behind but you can't comeback and beat them. At that point the team is down, not depressed but sort of questioning themselves. But they really didn't have time to recover cause they got beat soundly by Bishop Lynch at 6pm that same evening, yesterday. They beat Wilmer Hutchins only to play Madison again. They came back and beat Mad. before in Beaumont but this time they are in Dallas. D Madison is out to settle the score. So now the tigers go home. Get some rest. Get some practices in and start district play. They should be wiser and stronger. They should easily make the playoffs. How far do they go? Who knows?

Tim Bush.

Did anybody see that Silsbee v Bishop Lynch game? What was so special about Lynch? Were they tall? Did they all shoot really well? Or maybe Silsbee just had a let down. That could happen too.

Everyone says the rankings don't mean anything, but we all follow the rankings just the same..

All those private schools probably messed Lincoln up. Schools like FF taking the talent. Kimball getting some. Duncanville. MADISON. Speaking of Madison I heard Josh Lamb on his BU broadcast intimate that Madison prolly won't come back to the YMBL because the refs home cooking helped Silsbee to win. I remember the play in question toward the end of the game. B4 ya'll jump I'm just repeating what I heard. I luv dem two championships as much as anybody. Can't take them away. That's history. With that in mind the tables are turned. We on Mad's turf now. Silsbee got to deal with their type of refs. They're probably a lot like the refs in the Carter game. I finally got to see that Carter game from yesterday. Those refs were calling it really close, almost tacky tacky. Carter has adjusted their game accordingly. They really like to take charges. Come to think about it they set up for a lot of charges in that championship game in SA. A lot of them were charges. One dude jumped in front of Miller and his feet were not set, but Dre got the charge anyway. I don't think the ref was cheating. Sometimes you miss a call. Perhaps the tigers learned from all that and will act accordingly.

I watched the two Silsbee championship games on NFHS. It was good; had a clear picture. Maybe they used their best personnel for the really big games. As far as what I've experienced with them during this tournament, nah I'll just go to the games or read about it on a message board.