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6 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

The majority of the coaches across the state wanted it. Sups backed them up so UIL made the change.

I hate it. It is completely unnecessary. Shortens the playoffs by one game, no more regional tourneys and now just the championship games at SA. Some of the sites played last night for semifinal games were a joke.

If they had to go to divisions, then UIL should have waited till next realignment and just did divisional districts like football. But I am hearing they won't do that at all and will just leave it to splitting after district play ends. That is stupid.

Football needs divisions because of the numbers. All other sports do not need it.

As for state tourney at Austin? I certainly do not miss it. Traffic along with astronomical prices for hotels because of SXSW was just too much. I am so glad UIL moved it to San Antonio. So much better there. 

I guess I do miss Schulze's beer garden but that's all I miss. SA has much more options on the drinking and eating front.

Keep it in SA and no more divisions!! That's how you make it great again. lol

I could live with that 

What in the world initiated separate divisions in small school high school basketball?? I can see it in 6A where there may be huge differences in enrollment numbers but this format seems to cheapen the accomplishments of the smaller schools. Also other than the traffic in Austin it was hard to beat the State Championship Tournament weekend. This one day stuff is for the birds. Bring back the championship to its rightful place, Nothing like easing over to the beer garden between sessions. MBGA- Make Basketball Great Again 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

Good lord. Kirbyville should have just forfeited this one and played horse 🤦‍♂️

Oh no !!!! Quite a character. Condolences go out to his family. Much to young , RIP Dickie V

Congratulations Eagles 🦅 on a great run. Young club, future looks bright for our neighbor to the north. 

Never saw this in my trips to HJ

It'll be strange walking in to the HJ gym and not seeing Clay working the sidelines. I wish him well, he'll be a tough one to follow. HJ is a great school district to teach in and the community supports their Hawks. There will be some top notch applicants for this position. 

We have been fortunate to get to watch one of the best coaches  in the state. Thanks for the memories Coach Foster

Millers size would probably give him the advantage in the 5th spot. What a great dilemma to have, choosing between these 2 guys. 

I know the all district selection argument has always been “it’s about recognizing the kids” which is true. Personally I think it should be recognition of the very best. A reward for hard work and performance. Selection of 20 all district players in a 7 team district waters down the award for the players who are actually deserving. Pick 5 players on 1st team and include them as the superlative players. Pick 5 on the 2nd team and you’ll actually start recognizing kids for their accomplishments again. Under no circumstance would I open the selection process to parents and slide shows and stats. You’d have lil Johnnys Little Dribbler game winning shot on the projector. JMO for what it’s worth as a fan.

I gotta ask the age old question, is there anyone who doesn’t make all district?

1 hour ago, TxHoops said:

This game definitely has levels…

Absolutely 

This was a great season for the Lions. They are still young for a team making it to the regional finals. Congratulations to em on an excellent season!!

On 2/14/2024 at 1:48 PM, cfont4222 said:

Yes, double header @ EC on Friday.

What time does the first game start and who’s playing in it? 

Congratulations Hawks!! 

I think both teams will shoot it well. Turnovers are the key here so I’ll pick Kountze by 8 at home 78-70

Congratulations Coach!! 

They could shoot it last year and were quick but pretty small. This year they are bigger which in turn makes them awful tough on the defensive end. They are going to be much improved.

I left before it was over. I’d say the officiating was not good. I didn’t see it real one sided , just not very good. In a game where the 2 teams had each won 1 district game they probably weren’t real high on the list. Very entertaining game through 3 quarters .I think Warren finished the season at 5-5 which is a huge improvement over recent seasons. 

Another one not listed but one of the best coaches in our area is the gentleman up in Big Sandy. Kevin Foster is the most overlooked basketball coach in the area.

On 6/14/2023 at 7:41 AM, BBfan061 said:

Than Donahoe? No way …. IMO

Ryan Donahoe was one of the best high school players I ever saw. He was a completely different kind of player than Zjori Bosha but both of them were great, Bosha probably had the edge as a shooter but Donahoe just refused to lose. Jarvis Bernard was also a great player over there.

On 5/27/2023 at 12:16 PM, Eagles12 said:

Dusty Collins Hardin

Daniel Marsh and several of the Reescano's would be in this conversation

On 10/14/2023 at 9:57 PM, AggiesAreWe said:

I get that.

I just point out that there are other teams to consider. Sometimes I think some of our members completely disregard what our coverage area is when it comes to ranking teams.

I just have a different mindset when it comes to rankings and this website. Had to be this way when we actually did the rankings for many years.

I gotta confess I haven't seen some of the teams on the edge of the coverage area enough to rank them. My rankings were just the teams I saw last year

8 hours ago, BBfan061 said:

Good list… but Orangefield ahead of HF? I thought HF was supposed to be pretty good this year

I think OF and HF are gonna be really close. OF made a really good hire in the off season that I think may give them a little advantage.

No disrespect to any of the kids mentioned but personally I’d take Bush as the best player I’ve seen come through Silsbee in the last decade. There all great players but Bush made everyone around him better