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That wasn't a great Duke team. I agree with your statement but it goes both ways. Sometimes a team not so great plays up to the level of the better team. See Nicholls State versus UNC earlier this season.

Then in 2000, Michigan State won the national championship. Lamar played MSU in East Lansing, Michigan in 2001 and lost 80-71 (9) pts to the defeating national champions on their home court.

It works both ways either playing down or playing up. Hopefully Jan. 1 Lamar will play up to Texas Tech's level. Guess we'll all have to wait and see.

I guess I'm not a true hard core Lamar believer. I arrived in the area during the late 1980's and every year the Lamar program would promote/hype  their players & coaches as if they were potential champions. I'm just in a Missouri state of mind now; show me!

I get the impression that Soccer is not a high priority on the AD's list.

Cy Springs stuns nation's No. 2 basketball team

Panthers hand Florida Montverde its first loss in two seasons

Houston just improved to 2-0. Cypress Springs defeated Montverde Academy (Florida) 65-59 at Houston vs. the Nation at the Campbell Center on Friday afternoon.

Kingwood defeated De La Salle (Minnesota) on Thursday to kick off the three days of basketball.

Montverde was ranked No. 2 in the nation by ESPN prior to the game. The Eagles hadn't lost a game in two seasons and came in a perfect 11-0.

Cy Springs (19-2), fresh off winning the Houston ISD Jaycees/Reebok Tournament last weekend, pressed the Eagles from start to finish and relied on scoring from wings Phillip McDonald and Erik Williams to get the job done.

"We came in really confident and we weren't intimidated by their ranking or record," McDonald, who had a game-high 26 points said. "We were just ready to get out here and play."

After the first half, Cy Springs led 30-29, but was having trouble rebounding. Montverde boasts a roster full of height—only three players are shorter that 6-foot-3— and the Eagles were controlling the offensive glass.

"That was an adjustment we had to make at halftime," Cy Springs coach John Harmatuk said. "We were going to be outsized, but we like to press. If they run their offense the way they want to, they will just grab rebounds and get putbacks. We really improved on stopping that in the second half."

Williams added 23 points and seven rebounds for the Panthers, while Marcus Capers led Montverde with 16 points.

Another example of why ranking sometimes don't mean a thing. Sometimes you can think your rankings will do the playing for you. Bad mentality to have.

According to original plans, Lamar will start Softball in Spring '09 playing at Ford Park.  I haven't heard anything about it in a while, and I would think that's impossible now (recruiting should have already started for '09).  Even so, Lamar Softball is certainly in the plans.

yEP, thats what I heard from "horse's mouth" about two years ago. It makes sense. Maybe the recruiting won't be so difficult the first season. I'm sure there are plenty of local talent around to fill up a team.

BYU is a better team than Tech and LU lost to them by 22 with the score being much closer than that for most of the game.  Tech causes a lot of TOs but I think McThay and Dawkins can handle that.  Nwevo and Nabors need to have good games (especially rebounding) for LU to have a chance to win.  It would also be nice if the real DHop would show up and play.

The one thing many people don't consider is that a lot of times, good teams playing lesser teams tend to "play down" to the lesser team's level. A good example was when Lamar played ( Duke?) a few years ago in the NCAA tournament. By the half, Lamar was behind by only a few points. The intensity level for Duke was not there until the 2nd half. In fact, you could see the intensity level was entirely different in the second round after Duke(?) went on to play Kansas(?). I remember hearing people say Lamar played Duke (?) a good game. Well, Duke wasn't going all out.  Lamar can beat Texas Tech as soon as they feel some belief thst they can win against the big D-1 schools.

You've got to remember DeCarlos is only a soph. this kid is the real deal and is very good.

Thats true, he is young and by the time he is a senior, he may be as good as JoCovan (sp?) Brown at Memorial.

I'm really surprised about how serious the football talk has been going. I was told we would have softball before football would be considered. Hmm? You never know how this will turn out.

If Al Barbe was coaching Lamar, then I would predict a win for LU. Otherwise, I have to be realistic and say Tech wins. ;D

The thing I keep remembering when questions like this come up is the kid from Hardin-Jefferson last season. His name kept popping up as one of the better players in the area. But based on recruiting news I received, there wasn't a big interest in his basketball skills from the big D-1's. I guess this is one of the downfalls of too much publicity over shadowing your skills. Obviously Brown may be the real deal.

I just started watching area high school games, but I always hear Brown from Memorial Port Arthur and DeCarlos Franks from Ozen. I've only seen Franks play, but you can get into his head and disrupt his game at times.

Keena Young (Ozen 03) and Brandon Chappell (Ozen 02) are playing professionally in Europe....Brandon's picture is on the side of buses and a few billboards there too!! ..Both of these young men were great kids and I am very proud of them both, along with Kendrick...They represented us well!!

Brandon is a good example of how hard work pays off. The kid went to Vegas and did his thing in front of the scouts. I'm really proud of him.

I made the game and I seriously doubt there were 3100 fans there.  That must be tickets sold, not actually attendance.  LU played good in the first half, but I was beginning to sweat it out in the 2nd.  Still, LU won by 17 against a D1 team, so I'll take it.  We also got some free t-shirts and my youngest son won the half-time musical chairs contest so it was an enjoyable night!!

wELL, don't forget about those who get in free with their I.D. cards. I was sitting there mentioning to someone else that there isn't a lot to do in Beaumont, and you would expect more fans out. But I have to admit, this was my ist game this season after attending the final two games last season.

Thoughts on the officials? They sucked!!!!! At one time in the second half LU had7 fouls and Rice had 2. Why can't I see a game called well in the Montagne Center? Crazy!

Well, I saw in the 2nd half a call made against one of the Cardinals for a  blocking foul near the basket. The crowd booed their disapproval, but it wasa good call by the ref. Players tend to throw their hips in instead of moving their feet to play defense. And yes, Rice basketball is terrible.

sislbee wasnt the only team missing starters......hf was missing three of main players also

HF-1 what do think needs to happen in order to help better the basketball program at H-F?  The one thing I did notice is that I saw H-F guys playing in the local summer tournaments. That was good.

LU really needs this win!!

Anyway, I will try and be there to cheer them on. I do hope we win.

A win over Rice won't prove anything but a win against a weak D-1 basketball program. Bottom line is this, we all expected Lamar to do better this year. We fell for all the hype once again.

Obviously Sam Houston is making it known that a Southland Conference team can compete on a national level in this day and age. It also looks like they are playing good basketball programs.

It was good to see U of H do that to the Cats. My how the mighty Cats have fallen. Hopefully Penders can keep it together and get the Cougs in the Tourney this year.

Penders has a history of being a winner. I think the mighty Coogs have risen again to be the powerhouse they are accustomed to.

I believe Jeremy Johnson missed this game also.

I hope it wasn't Silbee's bench that played most of the game. Sheez!

Almost as exciting as Phi Slama Jamma!!!!!!!!!!!!  Go Coogs. But I still can't get over the N.C. State lost. I'v tried but it still hurts.  Go Coogs!

Well maybe he can start coaching the basketball team.

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Everybody has, why not try him out too

Tough loss, lesson learned, means big trouble for the next opponent.

HJ is a good team. No need to fear. Sometimes a loss wakes up a sleeping giant.

Silsbee played a great game last night beaten HF by 51 point. But not to lie HF did play great too. I wasn't expecting HF to be playing that good of a defense agaisnt Silsbee offense and while Silsbee was on defense,HF moved the ball down the court pretty well alot. #3 of HF is a beast. Silsbee is still commiting too many fouls. THat gonna hurt in the long run. 

HF played great? ....  "HF moved the ball down the court pretty well alot." Didn't Silbee have two of their starters missing? I predicted a 40 point blow-out. I was wrong in my prediction.

It's hard to beat a club by 40.Silsbee wins easily but it will be closer to 20 than 40.Hampshire has some pretty good looking atheletes but they sure don't look like they know the game.

If I can find two legit big men who are 6th or 7th graders for hampshire-Fannett...err Hamshire-Fannett and work them out, I guarantee we'll have a team  in 3-4 years we would be proud of. I'd take the two big men and my guards and play them all over Southeast Texas against bigger guys. By the time they hit 9th grade, we'll be prepared to make the run to the next level.

It's hard to beat a club by 40.Silsbee wins easily but it will be closer to 20 than 40.Hampshire has some pretty good looking atheletes but they sure don't look like they know the game.

Hmm, lets see! I said by 40 and I was off by 9 points. I gotta start predicting better on these scores.