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[quote name="PoppaBearstarr" post="1363579" timestamp="1358257314"] [quote author=ST413 link=topic=108173.msg1363085#msg1363085 date=1358051549] This one is should be interesting as always.  The Tigers have probably 7 of the top 10 players in the game,  while HJ has the top 2 if not 3 shooters on the floor.  Coaching is about a wash. The big key may be who plays better as a team.  I know at times this year it has seemed that the Tigers  haven't  played near as well in that respect as they did last year.  I also know that their has been rumors on here of some problems in that respect for the Hawks as well, I don't know  if thats true or not.  I do know the Tigers have begun to get better in that respect.  They just need to play good solid defense in this one and not let those shooters have open shots.  Depth from what I have seen is on the side of the Tigers as 10 or 11 players get regular playing time. The few games I saw the Hawks play they only went 7 or 8 deep.  That may have changed by now.  I feel that my Tigers will pull this one out in the end.  Lets just hope for a good game with no injuries. [/quote] why is silsbee only playing 7 of there top ten... [/quote] I think ST413 was stating that Silsbee has 7 of the top 10 players combined with HJ. Meaning of the top 10 players combined, Silsbee has 7, HJ 3.

[quote name="Stevenash" post="1363567" timestamp="1358253456"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=108173.msg1363542#msg1363542 date=1358220697] [quote author=Stevenash link=topic=108173.msg1363540#msg1363540 date=1358220358] [quote author=BMTSoulja1 link=topic=108173.msg1363530#msg1363530 date=1358213638] Silsbee takes this game.  Seems that H-J had trouble with other athletic teams.  Silsbee has plenty of athletes. [/quote] Soulja- did you find Longview to be athletic when Central beat them by three just a couple of weeks after HJ beat them by 17? [/quote] The majority of Longview players are "football athletic." [/quote] So does that mean the Longview players were football athletic when they played HJ but were basketball athletic when they played Central?  Odd- I was always under the impression that athletic abilities could be applied to all sports endeavours [/quote] According to Coach Goffney (head coach Longview), his team was "night and day" in comparison as to how they played the week of Dec. 6-8 (HJ tourney) and when they played the Gamble tourney Dec. 27-29. Longview just got their football players the week of the HJ tourney and had not won a game coming into that tourney. Billy told me they had 1 practice with those players who now make up 3/4 of the varsity team. When I spoke with him at the Gamble tourney, he said that the three weeks of play along with the practices since the HJ tourney had made a world of difference. They were playing much better basketball at the Gamble. I saw Longview play a game at HJ tourney and saw all their games at the Gamble. I agree with Coach Goffney, night and day.

[quote name="Stevenash" post="1363566" timestamp="1358252902"] [quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=108173.msg1363558#msg1363558 date=1358225418] [quote author=Stevenash link=topic=108173.msg1363551#msg1363551 date=1358223044] WO is very athletic.  But perhaps some additional information might provide some more meaningful insight.  WO won the game.  WO outrebounded HJ handily.  HJ post man missed more than half the game in fould trouble.  Hj shot 33% from the free throw line, 28% from the field, and 10% from three point range.  In spite of that HJ had a shot to win the game at the buzzer on WO home court.  Therefore, I respectfully suggest that WO athleticism was not the main problem for HJ.  However, I fully understand just how "enlightened" it sounds for some Monday morning quarterbacks to say that.  My guess is that HJ is not likely to repeat the above stats when they meet WO in Sour Lake but I fully understand anything is possible. [/quote] I spoke with WO-S head coach the next morning after that game. Those numbers you posted are accurate, but WO-S shot the same low percentage from the field as HJ did. WO-S did make some free throws down the stretch, but had they shot a descent % from the field, it probably doesn't come down to a last shot for HJ. ;) [/quote] Maybe it would be interesting to compare WOS season shooting numbers to that night and then do the same for HJ [/quote] Jason told me that was about as low a shooting percentage as they have shot all season.

[quote name="Stevenash" post="1363551" timestamp="1358223044"] WO is very athletic.  But perhaps some additional information might provide some more meaningful insight.  WO won the game.  WO outrebounded HJ handily.  HJ post man missed more than half the game in fould trouble.  Hj shot 33% from the free throw line, 28% from the field, and 10% from three point range.  In spite of that HJ had a shot to win the game at the buzzer on WO home court.  Therefore, I respectfully suggest that WO athleticism was not the main problem for HJ.  However, I fully understand just how "enlightened" it sounds for some Monday morning quarterbacks to say that.  My guess is that HJ is not likely to repeat the above stats when they meet WO in Sour Lake but I fully understand anything is possible. [/quote] I spoke with WO-S head coach the next morning after that game. Those numbers you posted are accurate, but WO-S shot the same low percentage from the field as HJ did. WO-S did make some free throws down the stretch, but had they shot a descent % from the field, it probably doesn't come down to a last shot for HJ. ;)

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