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And your statement on other big men is exactly correct. Others don't have those two, and I am not sure they had anyone comparable to either one like I said I don't know what plans the coaches had there or if they just wanted to play good defense all around,. But I definitely could see them trying to limit the outside duo since our height was going to make it harder to do so on the inside one. Like has been done many times take one or two of those top choices out and make the other beat you.

That last statement is easy, we didn't get open lay ups. As I stated Roberts did real good down low. You may not want to believe it but I was told by more than one in the locker room that was exactly what we wanted to do in at least a large portion of the second half. And if I remember correctly it was stated earlier in this thread we shot 18 3s in the first half but only 7 in the second,. I would say that's significantly less. AAW stated that just shortly after his stats. And yes that strategy was counterproductive as far as point spread but it did finish off the win.

As for Roberts, we definitely didn't have the answer for him last night. I will be interested to see what approach and if there is any difference in the next game. I know we have done better jobs on some big men in the past. I wonder if we were more geared to limit Saladin and Parquet in this game. Kind of a pick your poison type thing. Try to limit the three balls and keep those two from rolling and take your chance with him. If so he took full advantage and had a great game. Not sure trying to focus on him would be the best move because of those other 2. That's a job for the coaches before that next game. Either way he impressed me way more last night that when I saw him last year.

Of course reducing possessions for the other team limits your possessions but with a 20 pt lead and less than a half lead, you would be basing that strategy on being able to score on an ample number of your possessions to not allow that opposing team to have enough chances to catch up. It worked we still won by 10. I can admit it frustrates me when we do this because our leads do tend to dwindle against good teams however I am not the coach and his strategy still worked. That strategy and good defense in the second half definitely limited the Tigers output and dropped our shooting numbers. I am like AAW, overall I don't think we shot bad at all,. I do think we shoot better though in transition like in the first half. For both reasons of just getting in a rhythm and the defense having more trouble getting to the shooters.

I don't disagree with that. I can admit to being happy with the win but I can also admit that I would love for once when we get that 20 pt lead and put the game away!!

This we can agree on. I have been real impressed by him and Adams as freshmen both with their play and attitudes. Yes they may have reaction to a call or something but haven't seen anything major from either one. Excited to watch how their high school careers pan out.

I am not going to get into the HJ part of this. I do agree with your statements on the Tigers. Height is a worry inside. I know we have been working on ways to deal with it. As far as a go to guy,. I would have to say I agree with the other statements I would put the ball in Devon's hands or Grubbs. The good part is they can handle the ball but if we need a shot they have several that they can dish it too and they are both two of the better finishers going to the basket.

Hmm lets see I have said our defense had some effect on HJs shooting by maybe speeding up the shots. I also said in the second half HJ did a good job staying with our shooters basically doing the same thing. I have no idea where you came up with the statement that our shooting in the second quarter was just because we are better. And stating that we slowed our offense down was not only visible but a statement from within the team. Was it the reason we "didn't win by 20" not really but it could be a reason we didn't win by more than 20. HJs defense in the half court had a lot to do with us not scoring as much in that half. It sounds like you have a problem with the Tigers. First you think that losing a three year starter and if I remember right an all stater last year doesn't have an effect and now all of this. It must be awful to be o. Your side of things.

I agree the officials were good only a couple of what I thought may have been missed calls that I can even remember. One for each team I could hear the slaps up in the top of the stands. And yes there was a sequence in that JV game that was horrible.

Definitely shocking!

I don't know if I would say we let up. We slowed down on the offensive end. I believe that was on purpose. HJ did a good job staying with our shooters in the second half and we couldn't get to the basket too well with Roberts inside.

Good balanced night by the Tigers.

Roberts really impressed me tonight. I know last year I am not sure how much he got to play last year against the Tigers. It seems like he missed one if not both. But I did see him a few times early last year and he seems to have made great progress. I don't doubt that he had a triple double tonight.

We have plenty of talent but yes he is missed. He makes us another player deeper. He is on one of those two rotations, of which you could start either one. Now in no way am I knocking any other player, but you do miss one who has been starting since his freshman year. But he is out, so next man up!

No but not a big surprise to me. If Diboll is playing well they can hang around and beat you.

Definitely, I think most of those shots were rushed a little more than usual.

Once again in this series a tale of two halves. Yes Bullets HJ won 3 quarters but if the Tigers are playing well,. HJ doesn't want to play at the pace of that first half. It looked like in that second quarter HJ was a little winded and the Tigers took advantage. In the second half it looked like the Tigers slowed the pace on the offensive end, which was in HJs favor. Parquet getting hurt was big. He was definitely the top choice to have to dribble through pressure. Him out of the game also took 1 of HJs three big scoring threats and the Tigers were doing a good job on another. Roberts did a great job controlling the inside. Many blocks and altered shots as well as a real good night on the offensive side. Like Brady said I would like to see these Tigers get a little better killer instinct. Let's also remember the Tigers were without Michael McCain and will have to get used to playing without him this year. Yes Parquet is more valuable to HJ because of the depth issues but Michael has that ability to take over if he needs to. The biggest downside for the Tigers is that second half gave HJ some confidence going into the second game. Like I said in the Pregame thread, if the Tigers hit the 3 ball like they did in that first half it could get to be a little lopsided. If they aren't hitting those and forcing those turnovers and quick scores no telling what can happen, ala the second half. Congratulations to both teams on another good game. Looking forward to round 2.

Haha!! I understand that!!!

Like I told someone earlier,. Get your priorities straight!

I don't like making predictions especially on high school games that have 2 good teams with history and a rivalry like this. I definitely feel my Tigers are the favorites but will not be surprised by anything. This game has many variables that I am waiting on seeing how they play out. If the Tigers shoot the long ball like they did Friday,. I could very well see a larger margin of victory as I could if HJ doesn't handle the pressure very well. more than likely we will see another good game that can go either way. The biggest thing I want to see my Tigers control their emotions and play hard.

Tiger fans get there at 4:30 HJ fans 8:30!!

Or many other nfl teams.... My point exactly!!

Get your priorities straight!!

I have,. But on here I was referring to many in the past that Soulja was being compared to. I

Hmm I see someone pretty close to you, making my same statement towards cowboy fans. I guess it works when it benefits you......