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1 hour ago, Football_Fan11 said:

Why wouldn't it be? Didn't they win the district last year, and bring back a top 2 player in the district? 

I think it was like a 3 way tie wasn’t it? I think I remember a multiple play in type scenario. Kountze was really YOUNG and is on the verge of having something special, EC graduated 1 player. For this hire to make Buna the favorite it would have to be a tremendous upgrade which I don’t know much about coach Wilson . Whitmire was good one but the guys in EC and Kountze are special. 

32 minutes ago, ballismorethanLIFE said:

they better watch out for OF 

Wasn’t sure what OF graduated or I would probably have had them 3rd

On 5/13/2022 at 9:39 PM, Cherokee88 said:

So does this now make Buna the favorite in this district?

Is this a serious question? 

1. Kountze 

2. EC

3. Buna

4. OF

On 4/28/2022 at 9:04 AM, Jerry West said:

Don't know if many of you have read the book King Cotton.  It's a great book on Buna basketball and how legendary Coach Cotton Robinson led them to 7 State Championships.  I don't know if Buna will ever see another State Championship again.  Is considered an elite high school coaching position amongst coaches these days, or just a small town that had a good run in the 50's?  

Great Read “ King Cotton”. 

It ain’t been to many years they had one of the best AD’s in the area and Lawrence was taking em on really deep playoff runs. I guess success didn’t agree with em. 

11 hours ago, 5GallonBucket said:

5 on 1st team

5 on 2nd team

 

 

 

 

Everyone else go to work in the off season and get better 

9 hours ago, The Observer said:

montagne was full house a rocking during those days 

Yes sir after the move from the civic center. Lord I’ve even seen over 10k in the Montagne for the women’s games. Hard to believe we went from hosting an NIT tournament game to what we see in the stands these days. 

13 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Silsbee alum and United HC David Green was the point guard for McNeese during that time.

I had forgotten about that 

6 hours ago, Bulldogs92 said:

I remember that. Tech had some great teams back in those days. It was almost always them and LU at top of the old SLC. USL, NE Louisiana and McNeese had pretty good programs back then, too. That conference was deep...

Yes sir Dumars was at McNeese, he was special.

37 minutes ago, Bulldogs92 said:

It's sad. I watched every game that KFDM had on the air and there was usually a nice crowd and a huge home court advantage. There's no energy at Montagne anymore. Tubbs was a program changer. How do they find a guy like that?

I think they have taken a step in the right direction with Coach Brooks. I’d like to see em go after Larry Tidwell as an AD. 

6 hours ago, The Observer said:

alvin brooks was on team too - he was so quick

Oliver amazing shot but his def needed help - i think he’s in prison in carolina area - so sad

davis/perkins big men 

all the time blends together now and i can’t remember as much as i like too 

but had the experience to get to play with/against those guys - great games 

abd they let you know how good you ain’t with their talent - lol

great players and teams 

Anthony todd came in and left. talent from area started going else where.

beat  phi slamma jamma in first round nit just one yr after they was in finals but lost to gerald wilkins (dominique brother) chattanooga next round

same yr had joe dumas at mcneese and karl malone at la tech in conference 

la tech ranked 4 in nation and victory at home against them

wish we could get local talent to stay and bring lamar back 

I remember being in the civic center the night Louisiana Tech ended our home court winning streak at 88 games I believe it was. We had the longest streak in the nation. ESPN was in the house. Karl Malone and Wille Simmons ( I think that was his last name) were just to much on the block. Great teams 

11 minutes ago, Bulldogs92 said:

James Gulley was almost unguardable on the block most nights. He and Tommy Sewell were my two favorite Cardinals back in those days. I wish I could have seen those Billy Tubbs teams, but Foster's teams were a lot of fun to watch, too. 

I don’t think I missed a home game during the Tubbs/Foster era. Lord how far we have fallen 

8 hours ago, snakehead26 said:

Kenneth Perkins was on those 80 to 84 teams as well. Lamar beat Missouri in 1981 and in 1983 smoked Alabama 73-50 before losing by 60-58 to Villanova.

I know there was a story on Olliver. It may have been against Weber State in 1980 where he was standing about 35 feet from the basket by the bench and the opposing coach said don't guard him that far out.  Well he hit one from about 35 feet and the opposing coach was yelling "guard him, guard him". A good many of his shots would have been 3 pointers where he normally shot from. They had Olliver and Clarence Kea on those teams because the Carolinas weren't interested in them.

Mike Oliver was one of the best pure shooters I ever saw 

Dang you’d think I asked for the nuclear launch code 😂😂🏀

1 hour ago, oldschool2 said:

The way that it SHOULD be done is that there are 5 on 1st Team and 5 on 2nd Team.. and your MVP, Off MVP, Def MVP, and Newcomer come from those 10 that are all district.  That's how college and profession teams do it.. because a basketball team (that is on the floor) is 5 players.  If coaches insist on having more than 10 then there needs to be a 3rd Team All District.. or load up the honorable mentions..

All of this 9 on 1st Team and 11 on 2nd Team and co-this and co-that is literally the epitome of "everyone gets a trophy".   It's disgusting to me... just give everyone something and admit that you're scared of your parents.

AMEN!!!!!!

13 hours ago, UNT-AggieMan said:

his entire team was full of juniors that had playing time the previous year and a few of them have been playing on the varsity since they are freshmen  

He still graduated heavy. He lost the best player in the district . Those kinda players are hard to replace. 

46 minutes ago, bigboss667 said:

Those sophs are cats who can flat out go, Silsbee has tons of talent 

Yes they do but they don’t just walk on the floor and know how to play. Silsbee is the perfect example of players and parents that buy in to a system and are successful as a result. 

Anyone have a complete list of these guys? Never saw one posted and this group has been finished for awhile. 

15 hours ago, Boneyard Boys said:

You guys care way too much about all district teams, what does all district even mean besides making a few kids feel good about their season and contribution. You don’t get a scholarship, just your name in the paper. We know the really good players make all area teams or all state. By your criteria Vidor would not have a player get recognition in the past decade. Is that fair, probably not some of those kids could play and carried a heavy burden on overmatched teams. If we’re being honest about taking the best basketball players you could probably take the Silsbee starting 5 and sprinkle in a few from Orange County just about every season.

Many years ago the all district teams were chosen to reward hard work, talent and success on the court. These days not so much. Looking at these picks there are some great players and coaches but the awards should be for the best of the bunch. In a 7 team district 35 players would be starters. This list has 26 players that’s 5 complete teams plus 1. I may be old fashioned but that’s a little watered down. The coach looks like a no brainer. The guy who took a team of sophomores and went undefeated would be my choice. 

It would be easier these days to post those that didn’t make it . 

Best example I’ve seen recently of letting an undisciplined player ruin a season!! 

I hate to even bring this up but there’s a pretty good coach on the bench in Winnie. He graduated heavy and still managed to share a portion of the district championship but that’s a discussion for another time. 

3 minutes ago, bigboss667 said:

So jacks who won over 400 basketball games isn’t a b-ball coach? Pace who was a college coach isn’t a b-ball coach? 

Jack’s is a helluva coach!! 

15 minutes ago, TxHoops said:

He is just a junior, right?

The suspended player was a senior but I believe there is a younger Sears returning along with Melvo and Samaha. The cupboards aren’t bare in Sour Lake