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I get the point. I was just saying I can't in good conscience vote teams above a team that would beat them by 30-40 points or more. Which is all but maybe at most 4 to 5 teams in that poll...

Agreed. Anyone who has seen HJ's JV and freshman teams play knows that "down years" aren't in their foreseeable future...

Yes, but 4 teams in that district would be playoff teams in any district in this area. However, no other district has 4 teams that would be playoffs teams in that TAPPs 5A district. A gain, just my humble opinion. I'm not saying Kelly would or should be ranked if they were in the big school poll. But to not rank them in the 3A and under poll is to base rankings on something other than who is better than whom. Which is fine. People have different views on polls and I'm apparently in the overwhelming minority.

And scoring is maybe the least important part of what he brings to that team. It's all the other things he contributes that they miss the most IMO. I would guess if they kept up with it, he would lead the area in triple doubles, which is remarkable considering that almost all of the Silsbee players play maybe half a game. And the intangibles he brings cannot be overstated..

It's all how they view the polls. Obviously Kelly would mop the floor with almost every team in that poll (Big Sandy and MAYBE one or two others excepted). However, most apparently vote on records or recent activity and not who is better than whom (I assume anyway). I still have them second behind Big Sandy which is the only reason they were even 12th I guess...

And to clarify, by "toughest" I mean number of high quality teams. I am not suggesting other schools in this area couldn't compete or win that district.

Didn't St. Thomas beat Concordia earlier this week? And yes, Kelly plays in the toughest district of any team in this area.

Man, maybe I'm wrong but just not a fan of Kennedy. Teams feed off of coaching and they just look uninspired most of the time. I think he's a really good guy and hopefully I am wrong. But I just don't see it. On the other bench is Avery Johnson, someone who would have loved the Aggie job.

HF 59 OF 52 F/OT

I think the hope is they will both be ready to go early in the playoffs.

HJ without Parquet and Bernard. Silsbee without Michael McCain

Yep. Buddy Hield is a gamer. No two ways about it. Don't like losses but Horns dictated the way the game was played. Have a feeling they are going to be a team no one wants to play from here on out.

It's not the prettiest basketball you can watch but Shaka sure knows how to coach defense.

Not even close

According to Vegas, about a 1 in 3 chance. Carolina was a 2 to 1 favorite.

Zero wins in 20-4A. Ask Huntington...

Wade is one of the best DCs in the biz. I think they said 21 teams filled that spot before he got hired by Denver last year? Crazy.

Agreed. Makes Brady's late game heroics even more impressive.

Very fitting. Definitely a defensive championship and probably the best player on that defense.

He would have my vote. Especially after that one.

I don't know how that equates to winning percentages, but I was thinking 15 points without Eli. But I wouldn't be shocked either by an HJ win and thought they had a great shot at winning the one at home before the injuries. Goes back to depth. Silsbee is deep enough to compensate for an injury or a grades absence, especially in district. HJ has some depth but losing a Saladin or a Parquet or a Roberts is tough to overcome against Silsbee. But if Saladin and Roberts both have outstanding games with key contributors, who knows?

Read my mind

By the way, South Carolina is a pretty good club. Not as good IMO as the Iowa State team the Ags beat last weekend in the same building but good enough to beat you if you aren't playing like you are capable.

Hope they do too. I've never been a huge Kennedy fan in terms of coaching but they've made great strides this season. Maybe it's just a slump and they will get the ship righted. It's a young team in a lot of respects.

He's injured. I think the Hawks hope to have him back by the playoffs.