TxHoops

On 6/20/2025 at 8:47 AM, thetragichippy said:

Trump sometimes gets in his own way.......

While he may be right about too many holidays, timing is everything....

And as a bank employee who gets all federal holidays off......I would sure hate to see them go

They have around 20 if these in the UK/Ireland.  Some aren’t even for a specific holiday, just called a “Bank Holiday.”

I really wish they would bracket the teams at the CWS based on seeding.  I get LSU and Arkansas were the 3 and 6 seeds but they also the two highest seeds remaining.  Just seems like they would make for a better overall tournament not having arguably the two best teams remaining play in the first round.  

9 hours ago, spidersal said:

I think I know exactly what a blow out is

The truth for this past season for Lamar

Football even though they were only 7-5, it was still their best season in many years

Mens basketball had their best season in many years 20-13 with only 2 blowout losses to 2 very good teams A&M and Tech. All other losses were close, even the 3 losses to McNeese that had an excellent year and a win in the tournament were close

Baseball had a very good regular season record 40-15

In fact the only major sport that did not do well was softball(I don’t count VB as a major sport)

So yes Lamar athletics had a very good year

I think the biggest disappointment was baseball losing 2 straight in SLC tournament against teams they had defeated in conference. I just don’t know why women’s basketball and baseball do not do well when they get to the conference tournament 

so yes I do know what a blowout is!

Thank you for your admission that you have just been trolling this past year and that you do, in fact, agree with those of us who think the powers that be have Lamar going in the right direction.  Kind of a weird thing to troll about but to each his own. 
 

No one has said there isn’t room for improvement (there always is) or that the Southland conference is a juggernaut (although we all agree Lamar is situated and competing against schools it should be competing against).  But I believe Jeff O’Malley was a home run hire unlike some of the previous ADs (certainly including his immediate predecessor).  This is also directly attributable to Lamar President Jaime Taylor who I also believe is the best Lamar has had at that position in decades.  
 

I too would love to see Lamar win their tournament and get to play a game in March Madness (they aren’t upsetting a top 20 team like McNeese did unless they get a few million a year to go out and buy players like the Cowboys are able to do), or get to play in a regional NCAA baseball tournament.  But just because you don’t finish first doesn’t mean your season is a failure.  “If you ain’t first, your last,” after all, was the mantra of a fictional character in a comedy that was premised on what an embecile he was. 

1 hour ago, spidersal said:

Txhoops, you may know a lot about basketball, however you don’t seem to understand that Lamar did not win the conference championship or SLC tournament   I agree that the SLC is the one they should be in, but don’t try and tell me that the SLC is a strong conference  It is one of the weakest in D1 of the NCAA

No one once has said the SLC is a strong conference.  You’ve been having that convo with yourself, specialsal

8 hours ago, spidersal said:

The subject matter is simple. Did Lamar win the conference championship?  Did Lamar win the conference tournament?

Obviously the answer is NO, so who are the clueless ones?

The sad news is y’all think they are good and let’s remember that they are in one of the weakness D1 conferences in  the NCAA

I do agree that they belong in the SLC and that they have improved, however they are not what I would call good

I am discovering that you 2 don’t really care if they win just as long as you get to watch them play

If I am clueless, y’all are really clueless, because it appears that I am the only one that realizes that THEY DID NOT WIN in any major sport!

We have poor specialsal reeling now that he’s been exposed as a clueless mom in the stands.  It’s okay little guy.  We all can’t know everything about everything.  I know you probably have your areas of expertise too…I have no doubt you would destroy us in Real Housewives trivia.  

10 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Meaning= I lost the argument because I am so clueless to the subject matter.

100% 😂

1 hour ago, spidersal said:

Yes Lamar is improving in football, basketball, and baseball until they play in the conference tournament Then they tend to stink it up. Your goal should be to win conference championships and make it to postseason games. Yes they are improving 2nd or 3rd is better than 8th or 9th, however you are judged by making it to postseason play and as of today it is not happening 

For Txhoops 63-54 in basketball is a blowout 

That game was 3 points at half and was nip and tuck in the second half until late when Lamar was forced to foul and free throws widened the final margin.  AS IS OFTEN THE CASE IN BASKETBALL.  Anyone who has any knowledge of the game, or actually knows what they are looking at when watching the game, knows this.  Someone who likes to wager on the game, has benefitted or been screwed by late game free throws in an otherwise very tight game routinely.  That’s basketball.  Which you continue to make very evident you have virtually know understanding of.  I am guessing you also ask the person sitting next to you at a game, if you have ever attended one, why free throws are free?

1 hour ago, spidersal said:

They haven’t competed well in conference tournaments basketball included Mc Neese blew them out in the tournament and obviously everyone knows there is no tournament in football 

Did football make it to a postseason game NO Did men or Women’s basketball make it to the ncaa tournament NO did men’s baseball or softball make it to a regional tournament NO

The answer is simple, they DO NOT COMPETE well in the SLC TOURNAMENT If they do in your opinion, why are they sitting at the house every year after the tournament!

Tell me you didn’t watch the game without telling me you didn’t watch the game.  You obviously don’t know basketball from the hollow space between your ears.  Thanks for confirming 😂

1 hour ago, spidersal said:

Did they win the conference championship and did they win the SLC tournament The obvious answer is NO. The post was about winning championships. Just maybe you are the moron since you are struggling to understand that they did not win either in basketball, baseball, or football.

You said they certainly don’t compete well in conference tournaments, which was just a flat out idiotic statement to make when you grouped in basketball specifically.  And obviously football doesn’t have one so super dumb there too.  Honestly I can’t decide if you are actually really slow or just a bad troll.  Either way, thoughts and prayers sport.  

23 hours ago, spidersal said:

He may be a great AD, however the Lamar athletic department and administration settles for mediocrity Football, basketball, and baseball showed improvement, however as of today they can’t win championships and certainly do not compete well when it comes to conference tournaments 

Losing in the finals of the conference tournament and finishing second in the regular season to a team with a $2-3M payroll and a coach who earned over $1M this past year, while also playing them close 3 times.  Are you actually a moron or do you just play one online?

18 hours ago, spidersal said:

Commissioners cup award and they can’t win a conference championship and sure can’t win in the conference tournament Must be getting that due to the minor sports tennis and golf, it is sure not for football, basketball, and baseball  Let’s see, did football make it to a postseason game, did basketball make it to the ncaa tournament, and did baseball make it to a regional tournament? I think the answer is NO

I will give all 3 of those teams recognition for their season’s improvement, but their not there yet

My point is absolutely true again, the SLC is an extremely weak conference!!!

Well duh!  Do you expect a college in Beaumont, Texas to be in a major conference?  They are competing at the level they should be, against schools in similar market.  The “big” sports finished 3rd, 2nd, and 3rd in a 12 team conference.  I guess if your only definition of success is winning the conference tournament so you get a bid to the NCAA tournament, no one would ever meet your expectations.  
 

Texas won the similar trophy in the SEC and will likely win the Director’s Cup for the best athletics program in the country yet again.  This is in no small part to Chris Del Conte being the best in the biz imo.  Jeff O’Malley is not a good AD, he’s a great one.  I would not want him in charge of the athletics department at a school I didn’t like, that had real money pumped into their athletics department. 

Man, if only Lamar would hire an AD like Sally Boy, they might actually compete!  Oh wait…

17 hours ago, Big girl said:

Do you think that he was worse than Trump?

By almost every quantifiable metric, he’s the worst president of the last 75 or so years, probably longer.  He did some nice things in the Middle East but the economy was the worst it has been since the Great Depression.  His biggest flaw was hiring the help. 
 

As a person though, it’s an even farther divide in my opinion.  The other way. 

17 minutes ago, baddog said:

I had a person with which I associated that turned out to be real creep. Everyone who knew him, including myself, disowned him. I won’t go into details, but it was bad. It’s kinda like the serial killer’s next door neighbors who were most surprised when he was caught. I would guess that billionaires run in the same circles and have mutual acquaintances. If you find one to be a bad apple, you discard him. Trump knowing Epstein is no secret, but I believe it was before Epstein even owned the island. If I am wrong and Trump was involved, then get him. I could never back anyone who would do such a thing. Carter may have been a good man, but for a president, he had no backbone.

Yes he may have been the worst president of my lifetime.  He was also easily the best ex-president.  No one did more good with their time after being in office than that guy.  If I could bet on one ex-president for sure being in heaven, it’s that guy. 

16 hours ago, baddog said:

With all the lies and fake charges that the dems threw at Trump, including assassination, do you truly think that if they had Epstein evidence on Trump that they would not have already released it themselves? Do you really believe that or does it just give you a warm feeling to post it?

Trump long has ties to Epstein.  He’s definitely traveled with him, we just don’t know if he’s been to the island.  And I’m just as confident there have been plenty of Dems on those flights as well.  Trump being a perv shouldn’t surprise anyone.  Dude has given off perv vibes his whole life until he “became a Christian” right about the time he wanted to lead the country.  Likewise, hair-smelling Joe Biden is creepy as hell too.  The only president of my lifetime I would confidently say wasn’t a perv was Carter.  And he might have been the worst in office.  But also probably the finest man we elected.  I tend to think W is a pretty solid guy as well.  The rest of them I definitely wouldn’t trust around my daughter. 

6 hours ago, Reagan said:

He knew this was going to happen a long time ago.  So, why get upset about it now.  Unless, like I said before -- it's just a game to give people and the media something silly to talk about!    

Those with TDS and TWS (worship) amuse me equally.  Ted Cruz doesn’t dine at my house and I’ve never met the man. But someone close to me who often entertains him and others like him will tell you, and has been nicely telling the rubes naively hoping this goofy theory is true, that it assuredly is not the case.  But I get why you would want it to be. 

58 minutes ago, Reagan said:

No he's not.  If he was, then they would have used this instead of having to make up the fake Russian dossier, which Hillary paid for, and collusion.  I still think Trump and Musk are playing a game.  The media will fall for anything!  We shall see!

Yeah that must be it 🤦🏻 

Let’s see.  Elon donated almost $300 million in the last election.  The bill they are arguing about (allegedly because Trump is back to spending money like a drunken sailor in a cathouse) also cut heavy subsidies for EV manufacturers.  Someone remind me how Elon made most of his money?  C’mon fellas, we don’t need Sherlock to solve this riddle.  And Elon for as brilliant as he undoubtedly is, apparently didn’t do much research.  This man has a history of stiffing people, even when it’s in writing.  He should be pissed at himself for thinking a handshake/ wink wink deal was fool proof. 

Just now, bobbymcgee said:

This kind of is similar to when WO-S replaced Thompson with Hickman. One of the top programs in the state replacing a legend who won multiple championships with a coach from a lesser program.  Will be interesting to see if he forces his grind it out defensive style or keeps what has been working.

Very similar.  Worse for Hickman though, he was replacing back-to-back Hall of Fame coaches.  But replacing any HOF coach has got to be tough, and Sigler is a lock for that.  Good news for Coach Brown is he will have two of the best assistants you can find sitting beside him.   

I’m probably the only one this fascinates but there are no subjects on this website that move the needle more than WOS football and Silsbee basketball. 
 

Good luck Coach Brown!

4 hours ago, baddog said:

Can his being arrested put his job as a police officer in jeopardy? 

Yes

On 5/18/2025 at 11:06 AM, BADSANTA said:

I say let the young man go to United. I hate to see him leave Silsbee. I will still cheer for him and Coach Green. Silsbee will be back in a year or 2. Get your licks now folks. Silsbee has a 7th grade group, a few 8th graders, and I heard some in that 5th and 6th grade that can really hoop. My hope is that Ira or Jacob are given the job. This would be very important to Silsbee and the community. 

I agree with every sentence in this post!

On 3/10/2025 at 6:46 PM, BBfan061 said:

Does anyone have the list ?

Sells was MVP for the 7th year in a row 😉

I’m joking but it seems like it.  Not many have been that prolific for 4 years.  Braelon Bush recently was but obviously was on much deeper teams, especially his first 3 years at Silsbee.  

8 hours ago, Gocats90 said:

Game 1 

Bridge City 4

La Grange 

Final

4-2