ShayneBasketball

So what is the difference between winning by 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and maybe 100 points, nothing? High school teams do this all the time. Just pick up a news paper or get on SETXSPORTS.COM and look at all the 40 and 50 plus point blowouts that happen throughout the year. All I hear about is class, are you serious. Not too many people in this world have “CLASS.” Understand that you are witnessing greatness, yes I said greatness. This group of young men is doing something that has not been seen since the 85’ Madison team, which is dominate their opponent. I got a chance to see them play against Friendswood last Friday and the fans said some pretty bad things about these young man. I heard Friendswood fan say things like “Ghetto Ball” and some other things I care not to repeat. These were not the people from Yates but from FRIENDSWOOD. The Yates players don’t trash talk; they just play and play very hard. We are talking about a high school basketball team, not some thugs robbing and killing someone but a great basketball team. There are more important things going on in the world today to be wasting all this time talking about a so call terrible classless coach and a bunch of so call thug athletes. People hate to say it but race plays a significant part in this discussion. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were I documentary made 10 years from now about Yates and all the criticism.

You right about that Bluedove3...

Ozen struggle last year in the beginning of the season losing 5 or 6 games before January and that was  with Coach Boutte. This is a rebuilding year for Ozen and Coach Boutte said that Ozen wouldn’t be as good as years past no matter who coach this year.

I said he was a great coach but not a legend at Lincoln. In my opinion, he became a legend at Ozen building a program from nothing. Once again, he was a great coach in the beginning and became legend at Ozen. When you think Lincoln the first coach that comes to mind is Coach Gamble, not Boutte or Price. On the other hand, when you think Ozen the first name that comes to mind is Coach Boutte.  All these coaches are great people and great leaders with legendary careers.

It is true he was a great coach before he got to Ozen but the knock on him was could he build a program. He inherited a great program with great players at Lincoln, which he did a great job. Coach Boutte knew he had to build a program to be considered a legend. At Ozen he started with nothing and produced greatness, which made him into a legend. In my opinion, Coach Boutte is the 2nd greatest coach behind Coach Gamble in southeast Texas History. I didn’t forget about Coach Williams he would be number 3 in my opinion. 

Ozen first varsity season they went 16-14 with Coach Boutte losing in the second round. People were saying the same thing back then. For example, people would say why Coach Boutte playing those young guys and he don't know what he doing. The next season Ozen went 23- 7 losing to T.J. in the quarterfinals by one. People were saying Coach Boutte should be fired. Then in 2001 those same young players lead Ozen to their only State Championship. Then Coach Boutte became a Legend. I will give you another example of a great coach needing some time to win a championship. Coach Gamble went about 15 years before he won his first championship at Lincoln and people were saying get him out of town. So just relax and calm down.

I forgot to mention the 1981 Hebert team that went 35-2. They were loaded and Coach Boutte played on that team.

2003 Ozen was 34-1

My top 5: 1. 1986 P.A. Lincoln- 33-1 2. 2001 BMT Ozen- 36-0 3. 1995 P.A. Lincoln- 35-3 4. 1991 Hardin Jefferson- 37-1 5. 1984 P.A. Lincoln- 32-3 All State Champions

They lost 50 to 46...

Nederland freshman are good but on a neutral site OZEN would win 80% of the time. Ozen played Nederland 3 times at Nederland and only one time at OZEN. The first game Ozen played Nederland the best player was benched and he had 30 in the final game. Trust me the refs played a major part in those wins and the one game OZEN won at Nederland the ref’s wasn’t from the area. Ozen beat Silsbee by 50 and Memorial by 65. I’m not taking anything from Nederland because they are a great team with a promising future.  In my opinion, Ozen freshman is the best bottom line. 

Ozen Freshman team is the best freshman team in this area...District Champs 20-2

Central played hard and took that game from OZEN. Hopefully both teams do well in the playoffs...Congrats Coach Lee and central coaching staff for having your guys ready...Ozen will bounce back and make a good run in the playoff's, TRUST ME...

Nobody talking about Ozen and what Coach Saveat is doing over there.

I got a chance to see Yates play this weekend and I was impressed. They have a lot of discipline on that team. They run sprints at half time...WOW...

That was the best perfomance i have ever seen in High school...If he keep his head on right OZEN can make a deep run in the playoff's...I know everybody on Yates right now but if OZEn keep improving as a team its possible...

Top 15 in Ozen History!!!!!! 1. BIG Perk (All Everything) 2.Kena Young (3rd team All American, All State, All region, and All District) 3.Kris Richards (All State, All region, and All District) 4.Albert Marshall (2nd Team All State, All Region, and All District) 5.Mac Randle (All State Football and Basketball, All Region, and All District) 6.Breon Johnson (Honorable Mention All State, All Region, and All District) 7.Joe Lamb (All State, All Region, and All District) 8.Demond Cooper (All Region, and All District) 9.Mike Thomas (Honorable Mention All State, All Region, All District) 10.DeCarlos Frank (All State, All Region, and All District) 11.Rod Bellard (All Region, and All District) 12. Brandon Chapel (All Region, and All District) 13.Willie Jefferson (All Region, and All District) 14.Andre "P-NUTT" Boutte (All Region, All District) 15.Tigee Ridueax (Academic All State, and All District) This is based on individual players making their team better...

This is a little something about so call great coaches and teams doing it the right way... ... Seven of the Dirtiest Teams in College Basketball History There's a fine line between building a championship team through hard work and building it by handing the keys for an SUV to a nineteen-year-old. These are the teams that have crossed that line. By Sean Cunningham PrintEmailRSSShare UCLA, 1964-75: Wooden's Little Helper "If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny Jerry Tarkanian and his players have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national titles and be on probation for the next 100 years." Who would so slander UCLA, particularly during the era of saintly coach John Wooden? Their own legendary center, Bill Walton. Booster Sam Gilbert funneled so much money to players that NCAA probationary poster boy Jerry Tarkanian quipped, "The only team with a higher payroll was the Lakers." The NCAA didn't take action until 1981, by which point Wooden and his ten titles had been retired for six years. North Carolina State, 1973: The King in Exile College football is notorious for seasons in which the top teams don't play each other, leading to national champions seemingly determined by monkeys and/or sportswriters throwing darts. In 1973, college basketball got in on the act. Led by star David Thompson, the Wolfpack went 27-0. But recruiting violations kept them out of the NCAA tournament, leaving the championship to UCLA (who would never stoop to such measures). Eligible again in 1974, NC State took the title, knocking UCLA out of the Final Four along the way. Memphis State, 1985: The Least Fairytale Ending Ever When Memphis State reached just their second Final Four in 1985, it was a magical story. Unfortunately, they ran into a story boasting more magic, as Villanova beat them before stunning Georgetown in a legendary title game. Then everything went to hell. Players from Memphis State would go on to commit a murder-suicide, die in an unsolved carjacking, and serve a still-ongoing prison sentence — former Detroit Piston William Bedford is scheduled to be released in 2013 — while their coach would be jailed for tax evasion, after first being fired for recruiting violations that resulted in the NCAA vacating the Memphis State (now known as the University of Memphis) Final Four run, meaning none of it ever happened (except the bad things). UNLV, 1991: Rebels Without a Pause It was a busy year. Banned before the season even began, defending champs UNLV managed to get reinstated and rack up a 45-game winning streak that ended with Duke's upset in the Final Four, inspiring allegations both of point shaving and officials biased in favor of the Blue Devils. Oh, and there was a photo on the front page of the Las Vegas Review-Journal featuring three players in a hot tub with a man called Richie "The Fixer" Perry. Nevertheless, coach Tark the Shark got the last laugh in 1998, when the NCAA paid him $2.5 million to end an epic legal battle that ultimately involved the Supreme Court, numerous lower courts, multiple state legislatures, and even Congress. University of Michigan, 1992-93: The Flawed Five They didn't win a title — not even a conference title — but the Wolverines sure captured our hearts. Freshmen Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson came out of nowhere to reach the 1992 championship game and returned in 1993, when Webber infamously called a timeout he didn't have. But that wasn't his only questionable decision; in 2003, he pled guilty to criminal contempt for lying about his dealings with booster Ed Martin, who gave Webber at least $280,000 (Martin's lawyer called that sum a "low, low estimate"), erasing the Wolverine achievements. Happily, the Final Four is in Detroit this year, and in its honor the quintet plan to reunite... at the Motor City Casino. So suck on that, NCAA Infractions Committee. UCLA, 1995: The Bruins Are Back How quickly the stained can become clean and then stained again. In 1981, the NCAA finally ordered UCLA to cut all ties with Sam Gilbert, leading to fourteen mediocre seasons. In 1995, however, coach Jim Harrick won the school's eleventh (and first non-Wooden) title, with nary a hint of scandal even allowing for star Ed O'Bannon having transferred from UNLV after the Rebels went on probation. A year later, Harrick was fired. Why? He lied to the university about an expense report. Carrick quickly lost all sense of ethics and settled at Georgia University, where it was revealed his son Jim Jr. taught players a class featuring exam questions like this one: "How many points does a three-point field goal account for?" Even worse: It was a multiple-choice test. The players got A's, while Harrick received a $254,166 severance package. University of Massachusetts, 1996: Dust in the Wind It was a dream season for UMass: They woke up and it was gone. Coach John Calipari assembled a No. 1-ranked team that reached the Final Four. Unfortunately, success came at a price: $40,000. That is reportedly the amount star Marcus Camby took from an agent, leading to yet another vacated Final Four appearance. Though UMass ceased to be a national power, Coach Calipari bounced back nicely. He reached the 2008 title game with Memphis, which has put its dark history behind it and now focuses on existing as a place where kids like Dajuan Wagner and Derrick Rose can receive an education for up to a year before turning pro. Go, college basketball! Read more: [Hidden Content]