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[whsalum]

High school basketball is all about matchups. Vidor doesn't have a bad club but they don't matchup well with Shelbyville. That's not a knock on Vidor. 

[whsalum]

High school basketball is all about matchups. Vidor doesn't have a bad club but they don't matchup well with Shelbyville. That's not a knock on Vidor. 

[Hagar]

15 hours ago, whsalum said:

I got to watch over 20 hours of high school hoops in 3 days. I make it a must see every year! 

If you’re a basketball junkie, you could end up in the ER.  I see why they call it a Marathon.  Well named, and well run.  And on a side note, only one Ref that needs to be drawn and quartered    Overall, the officiating I saw was well above average.

[GoFundMe]

22 hours ago, whsalum said:

Yes #5 was the little guard who made the engine go. #15 and #24 were legit as well 

Where are you from ? Warren ? So, what are you doing at Hardin Jefferson basketball games / marathon every year ?  Do you coach there or are you a coaches dad ?  I am just curious....

[no-look]

I thought HJ closed the doors to the public. Open only to coaches and parents? whsalum, you and I are a dying breed. Lol

[whsalum]

I go to the Big Sandy tournament and the EC tournament every year as well. Went to every Lamar game for years. Throw in the regional high school and state high school tournaments and you got me. I'm a basketball junkie. I even have an all tournament team scribbled out on the front of my tournament program but they never ask for my opinion 

[stevenash]

Because I know whsalum and no look personally, I believe those two ought to meet each other.  I need to arrange that.

[whsalum]

I'm not sure but I think we probably met years ago when Coach Hand was in this part of the country. 

[stevenash]

26 minutes ago, whsalum said:

I'm not sure but I think we probably met years ago when Coach Hand was in this part of the country. 

:):):)

[Hagar]

4 hours ago, stevenash said:

Because I know whsalum and no look personally, I believe those two ought to meet each other.  I need to arrange that.

You know a lot of unscrupulous people  

[BS Wildcats]

On 12/9/2018 at 1:05 PM, Reddog44 said:

IMO,

Shelbyville could’ve just as easily been in the championship. Little chance Vidor could hang with them on any given day, starters or not. 

Hard to believe they are 2A, wow!

Big Sandy lost to Nederland in champ game in 2015, and avenged that loss the next year to win it all.  Love to see the little man succeed against the big dogs.

[whsalum]

Kid from Big Sandy that year put on one of the best shooting exhibitions I've ever seen. I think his name was Angel. 

[TxHoops]

32 minutes ago, whsalum said:

Kid from Big Sandy that year put on one of the best shooting exhibitions I've ever seen. I think his name was Angel. 

Angel Bullock.  He was some kind of player.  

[GoFundMe]

10 hours ago, TxHoops said:

Angel Bullock.  He was some kind of player.  

And was the 2nd best "player" on that team.  That team was very unselfish.

[ST413]

47 minutes ago, GoFundMe said:

And was the 2nd best "player" on that team.  That team was very unselfish.

Saw that team several times.  That is a tuff statement.  Maybe he was second best all around, maybe.  The way he shot the ball makes it tuff to say he wasnt the best.

[TxHoops]

2 hours ago, ST413 said:

Saw that team several times.  That is a tuff statement.  Maybe he was second best all around, maybe.  The way he shot the ball makes it tuff to say he wasnt the best.

I wasn’t going to comment because sometimes it’s tough to say who is the “best” player on any given team.  Sometimes it’s obvious.   Take Silsbee this year - I honestly couldn’t say who is “best” because you have a few who do different things exceptionally.   Nice problem to have.  

Similarly, that Big Sandy team was loaded.  I think he is probably talking about Benson Williams who was a great player as well.   I even really liked the kid who played post on that team (JoJo I think).  One of my all time favorite SETX teams to watch.  

[whsalum]

I would have probably taken him first but I'm kinda new to this You're right about the team being unselfish, they were a lot of fun to watch. 

[OverTheBack]

Never saw a team shoot the ball quite like them. One game, I think against Kountze, in the Big Sandy Tour '16 they shot something like 16 or 17/29 from the 3. Some teams hope to do that from the foul line.

[oldschool2]

2 hours ago, TxHoops said:

I wasn’t going to comment because sometimes it’s tough to say who is the “best” player on any given team.  Sometimes it’s obvious.   Take Silsbee this year - I honestly couldn’t say who is “best” because you have a few who do different things exceptionally.   Nice problem to have.  

Similarly, that Big Sandy team was loaded.  I think he is probably talking about Benson Williams who was a great player as well.   I even really liked the kid who played post on that team (JoJo I think).  One of my all time favorite SETX teams to watch.  

I saw that team several times over those couple of years.  Angel could fill it up..no question.  But if I were picking a team I'd take Benson first.  Several weapons.

How is the Shelbyville team this year in comparison?  Good players?  Athletes?  Speed?  Size?  Mixture?  I am always intrigued when a small school has a run of basketball talent.

[GoFundMe]

4 hours ago, oldschool2 said:

I saw that team several times over those couple of years.  Angel could fill it up..no question.  But if I were picking a team I'd take Benson first.  Several weapons.

How is the Shelbyville team this year in comparison?  Good players?  Athletes?  Speed?  Size?  Mixture?  I am always intrigued when a small school has a run of basketball talent.

Benson was the better player.

Angel was the better shooter.

Exactly.

Im hearing Shelbyville is stacked with athletes 

[Fergton]

On 12/11/2018 at 3:16 PM, oldschool2 said:

 

On 12/11/2018 at 3:16 PM, oldschool2 said:

I saw that team several times over those couple of years.  Angel could fill it up..no question.  But if I were picking a team I'd take Benson first.  Several weapons.

How is the Shelbyville team this year in comparison?  Good players?  Athletes?  Speed?  Size?  Mixture?  I am always intrigued when a small school has a run of basketball talent.

Shelbyville has all IMO speed good height for a 2A School all the 7 that start most of the time can shoot from outside 3 can post up down low. Made to final 4 last year with most of team back this year . Point guard that can score almost at will. All good athletes 1 sign D1 in baseball another committed to D1 in baseball. 

[whsalum]

I would give the Big Sandy club the edge if comparing them to this years Shelbyville club . Both could really go but the Big Sandy club that years shooting was unreal. 

[Hagar]

53 minutes ago, whsalum said:

I would give the Big Sandy club the edge if comparing them to this years Shelbyville club . Both could really go but the Big Sandy club that years shooting was unreal. 

Both really good teams.  Seen them both.  Who Wins?  Who knows?

[CATMAN]

On 12/11/2018 at 9:18 AM, GoFundMe said:

And was the 2nd best "player" on that team.  That team was very unselfish.

Benson was just as good

[Hagar]

I’d be happy with their fifth man, whoever that was.  They didn’t have any slouches.  Really hated that the gym at the Alamodome (I think that’s where they played the SC) didn’t fit their eye.  My feeble memory tells me they missed more 3’s in that one game than any other 3 games, but I could be wrong.  And still only lost by 5, 77-72.  They were way to good to lose. Insert sad emoji.

Evadale came the closest to beating them in District.  Score was a nailbiting 71-37.