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Negative. They believe in manipulating the rules to not allow a kid to play for a public school for which he zoned. And where he has lived for many years. You continue to try to justify their cowardly vote, even after admitting you knew little to nothing of the faces. In essence, you are calling this young man’s father @Cardinal 1, who is also an educator, a liar. It is a breath of air all right; a breath of west Texas air when the air is blowing just right from the fertilizer plants.

Surely not. They don’t even believe in players switching schools who have always lived in a particular district.

It is just a better conference with more money and exposure. But with the three best athletic programs in the conference bolting, the Southland drops to the bottom of the barrel. Lamar is fortunate to get the fourth invite (ala Baylor working its way in the Big 12 with Texas, A&M and Tech). Word also is that the WAC is looking to move back to FBS in the near future, which would up the money considerably obviously.

Lol

Lamar beats McNeese today for the season sweep. In so doing, they not only qualified but earned a first round bye in the conference tournament. Great job Cards and Coach Price!

Completely agree. There are levels to this game. That’s the right level for him. As I’ve said on here many times, the college coaches generally get it right.

Pretty impressive Cole is back in the semis after losing their all world 7 footer to La Lumiere in Indiana before the school year started. If Vince were still there, he would have been the best big in the state, regardless of classification.

Looks about 5-9. Not sure what he’s listed at. As far as weight, no idea but he’s not scrawny.

He would have a lot more options for sure.

He signed with Trinity - D3.

Gilder did last night with 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores.

I thought New Waverly would be a solid favorite against EC. I guess they might have been.

BU 77 Glen 51

Last nights battle of the titans between defending 6A champ Duncanville and #1 ranked Waxahachie took place in Waxahachie’s own gym. D’ville coach David Peavy and Wax coach Greg Gober flipped a coin to decide who would host the regional final, with Waxahachie obviously winning that toss. Unfortunately for the Indians, it wasn’t enough as Duncanville advanced to the state semifinals for the 3rd straight year. It got me to thinking - although this is highly unusual it isn’t unprecedented. The Mojo of Odessa Permian used to love flipping for home or home in the football playoffs. It is an interesting concept vs two teams fan bases traveling to Houston area (as happens here occasionally). Peavy’s logic is kids today are used to playing in gym’s all over the country so there’s no such thing as home court advantage. I suppose as long as tickets are equally divided (and your kids are high level players like D’ville - I.e., playing all over in summers), he may be right. Certainly last night he was.

Exactly. Nijal played great but Toe was doing whatever he wanted before he blew that knee. Kimball had no answer for him. That was a huge blow to the team’s psyche when he went down.

Idk - they had the toughest opponent in the regional final and led by almost 20 going into the 4th quarter. And they puked it up. You could have put them 1 or 2 but they were definitely one of the top teams in the state. Unfortunately for them, they picked a bad time to lay an egg.

No one can convince me the Jags wouldn’t have won if Toe doesn’t go down...

I know. That’s why I’m saying the semifinal will be the de facto championship game. Best two teams left playing squaring off.

I agree. That’s just what happens sometimes when you have 4 starters who are underclassmen. Again, this Huffman team reminds me a lot of that Big Sandy team from several years ago. That would have been a heckuva game. And I agree. They have a good shot at winning one more. The stars have aligned for Class 4A region 3 this year. Region 1 and 2 are in another class though. If Argyle wins, and Huffman wins, could be a good game. Huffman plays a lot like Argyle, Argyle just does it better IMO.

Shooting 2 for 28 from 3 pt land and being in the game in the last minute is crazy in any game. To do so in the regional final is pretty much unfathomable.

State championship game.

THIS! Any team that shoots 2 for 28 in a regional final you would expect them to get run out of the gym. And most years, in most regions, they would. If they had gone 2/28 against Yates they would have lost by 20-30.

Blow Sand Blow! I think (and hope) United takes it as well. My only concern was a veteran Pg like Lancaster’s Taylor giving them fits. Feel a lot better with them out. I like the Wolves against Kimball or Amarillo.

One thing about the Metroplex, they always have a plan B, and sometimes a plan C. Usually at LEAST 2 teams there perfectly capable of winning it all.

Kimball wins 77-75 in OT!