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Just going on what I have heard........something like a couple of hundred people a game!!!!! That won't cut it especially with the team that they are putting on the floor and being the #1 ranked team in their league. Attendance has been poor that is why I asked the question. It seems the get a good amount of press. They seem to advertise pretty well. They seem to run a pretty good production. They are doing things in the comunity. They play in a nice arena.They are winning games (some are blowouts but most have been competitive)......so what do you think it would take to more fans? Two things in my opinion are strikes against the team. * The way the Drillers (imploded) and Wildcatters (turmoil/scandal) left the area. * Ford Park The community never has excepted it.

Why do you think they have poor attendance? I have been to a few games and in my opinion they have a good team. The front office seems to be doing a pretty good job of advertising.

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12/21/08: Mustangs win their 4th straight Sunday, Dec 21, 2008 @10:29pm CST The Southeast Texas Mustangs (5-1-#4 in the Nation) won their 4th straight game on Sunday afternoon with a hard fought 102-90 victory over the Mississippi Blues (1-3). The Blues who traveled from Nashville, TN, where they lost another physical and hard fought game 120-104 to the #1 Ranked Nashville Broncs on Friday night started slow in the first period of play and were held to 9 total points the Mustangs defense. Southeast Texas had a cold hand in the first quarter and finished with 16 total points and led by 7 points at the end of one period of play holding a 16-9 lead. In the second period things heated up for both sides. The Mustangs were led by Anthony “Lump†Lumpkin and Rookie Currye Todd, who both scored 8 points in the quarter. Sandrell Spann’s physical inside play and baskets kept the Blues close though and Southeast Texas went into halftime leading 44-34. The Blues found their range in the third quarter and picked up their defense. Daniel Price scored 11 points in the quarter to cut the Mustangs lead to 6 heading into the fourth quarter 76-70. In the fourth quarter Mustangs point guard Tim Pledger, veteran power forward DeRon Rutledge, center, Jamaal Davis, and Lumpkin came up big for the Mustangs scoring crucial baskets both inside and outside each time Mississippi would make a run at them. The Mustangs pulled away in the end and controlled tempo to clinch another important divisional win! “We have beaten a very good young team home and away in the last two games and we anticipate another tough game tomorrow night. Mississippi is a good team and they are very dangerous! You have to be ready to play against them every time you meet them. I have great respect for them and for the way they play the game.†said Mustangs General Manager/Head Coach Steve Tucker. The SETX Mustangs had six player’s score double figures with Rutledge leading the way with 19 points. Pledger added 18 points and 7 assist. Todd continued his stellar play by pitching in 17 points. Lumpkin chipped in 14 points, while Davis and Donald Harris finished with 10 points each respectively. Price led the way for the Blues with 23 points, while Spann and Ronald Ellis added 10 points each. The Mustangs and Blues will square off again on Monday evening at the Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX with tip-off scheduled for 7:30 PM. For further information on tickets or on the SETX MUSTANGS call #409/951-5500 or go online to www.setxmustangs.com or www.abalive.com. You can purchase your tickets directly at the Ford Park Arena Box Office by calling #409/951-5440. GET YOUR MUSTANG SEASON TICKETS NOW, FOR SEASON TICKETS ARE STILL ON SALE!!!

Depends on what you mean by followed and enforced... Do we get ALL our players MPRs in? Absolutely, but more to make sure players and parents are getting their moneys worth. at the end of each game the opposing coach signs our MPR sheet. Now do we keep it on the opposing team as well? Not really. I pretty much leave it up to him if he doesn't get them in it's up to him to look the player in the face and explain it to the parents. I have heard that most teams keep the MPR on only their team only. Do many teams get challenged on participation?

I think the Mustangs maybe the best the ABA has to offer.

I like the idea of extending the cap for the junior division. While were talking about rules. My question is do you (love to hear what the coaches say) think the player participation report is being followed and enforced?

1000 freebies most of those had to have gone to Lamar football recruits and parents. The recruiters were working hard tonight.

Both teams played a great game and they should be proud of what they have done this season. I agree I was disappointed in the way some of the WOS fans (parents I guess) acted sing the "good bye song". At this age we need to show sportsmanship. Cheer for both teams (maybe a little more for your team ) but never try to make the kids the bad guys.

I have gone to that forum. Maybe you know me from the Driller games ... or maybe the post office walls.

I hate making predictions on YOUTH sports. My son's team Nederland gold has played (cough and lost cough) to both Pee Wee super bowl teams. Lumberton has a very difficult offense for young players to defend. They run a very few plays but they run them very well. The misdirection and big O line make it very hard for defenses to pick up the ball. WOS has speed at most every position and a swarming defense. So this game may come down to who can hold onto the ball.

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Hoop what do you think about the team/organization? What do you think is needed for this team to be successful off the court?

Yea that "lite brite" was pretty small.

1. Hamshire Fannett @ Hardin Jefferson 2. Deweyville @ Buna 3. Livingston @ Nederland 4. West Brook @ PA Memorial 5. Galena Park @ Dayton 6. Central @ Ozen 7. Lumberton @ PNG 8. Vidor @ LCM 9. Jasper @ Carthage 10. Bridge City @ WOS 11. Orangefield @ Silsbee 12. Kirbyville @ Woodville 13. Newton @ Hemphill 14. Anahuac @ Kountze (silsbee) 15. Hardin @ Warren 16. Chester @ Burkeville 17. Colmesneil @ HD 18. Evadale @ High Island 19. Cleveland @ Tarkington 20. Splendora @ Coldspring 21. Liberty @ Shepherd

1. Nederland @ Central 2. West Hardin @ High Island 3. Dayton @ Barbers Hill 4. Baytown Lee @ West Brook 5. PA Memorial @ Sterling 6. PNG @ Vidor 7. Ozen @ Lumberton 8. LCM @ Livingston 9. Huntington @ Jasper 10. WOS @ Hamshire Fannett 11. Silsbee @ Bridge City 12. Hardin Jefferson @ Orangfield 13. Hemphill @ Kirbyville 14. San Augustine @ Newton 15. Woodville @ Shelbyville 16. East Chambers @ Anahuac 17. Warren @ Deweyville 18. Kountze @ Hardin 19. Burkeville @ Evadale 20. Hull Daisetta @ Chester 21. Sabine Pass @ Colmesneil

BYU @ Washington Oregon St. @ Penn. St. Ole Miss @ Wake Forest West Virginia @ East Carolina South Florida @ Central Florida Miami @ Florida Texas St. @ SMU Houston @ Oklahoma State Texas A&M @ New Mexico Rice @ Memphis

Dayton at Friendswood Livingston at Bellville Houston St. Thomas at Vidor (Fri. 7pm) Hamshire-Fannett at Liberty Cleveland at Bryan Rudder Coldspring at Madisonville Houston Kashmere at Huffman Shepherd vs. Caldwell at Sam Houston State Splendora at Needville Hardin at Tarkington Anahuac at Danbury (Fri. 7:30pm) Warren at Trinity Timpson at Burkeville Baytown Christian at High Island (Status Unknown) Hull-Daisetta at Tenaha Sabine Pass at Galveston O’Connell (Status Unknown) *SATURDAY GAMES* Chester at Beaumont Legacy (Sat. 12pm) Diboll at Silsbee (Sat. 6pm) Kountze at Bridge City (Sat. 6pm) Beaumont Kelly at Hitchcock (Sat. 6pm) Colmesneil at Price Carlisle (Sat. 6pm) Little Cypress-Mauriceville at West Orange-Stark (Sat. 6:30pm) Buna at Orangefield (Sat. 6:30pm) Port Arthur Memorial at Beaumont Ozen (Sat. 7pm/Babe Zaharias Stadium) Barbers Hill at Lumberton (Sat. 7pm) Port Neches-Groves at Crosby (Sat. 7pm) Deweyville at Evadale (Sat. 7pm) Hardin-Jefferson at Woodville (Sat. 7:30pm)

SS#10 Woodville at SS#5 Kountze BS#3 West Orange-Stark at BS#4 Nederland BS #5 Jasper vs Gilmer at Tyler’s Rose Stadium (Thur.) BS #8 Beaumont Ozen at BS #2 Beaumont West Brook BS #9 Beaumont Central at Port Arthur Memorial BS #6 Port Neches-Groves at Barbers Hill Bay City at BS #1 Dayton BS #7 Lumberton at BS #10 Hamshire-Fannett SS #3 Beaumont Kelly at Vidor Bridge City at Liberty Hardin-Jefferson at Cleveland SS #4 East Chambers at Orangefield Silsbee at Houston Davis Crockett at Coldspring Huffman at Willis Magnolia West at Shepherd Stafford at Splendora Tarkington at Huntington Diboll at SS #1 Kirbyville Corrigan-Camden at SS #2 Newton Houston Kinkaid at Anahuac Trinity at SS #9 Buna Deweyville at Sabine Pass SS #6 Hardin at SS #8 Hull-Daisetta Warren at West Hardin West Sabine at Colmesneil High Island at Galveston O’Connell

Week 1 Wake Forest @ Baylor NC State @ South Carolina SMU @ Rice Southern Cal @ Virginia Mississippi State @ Louisiana Tech Alabama @ Clemson Michigan State @ California Illinois @ Missouri Kentucky @ Louisville Tennessee @ UCLA

From what I am reading the ABA is planning to expand to near 50 teams next year. Bad thing is only seven are coming back from last year. Oh and rumor has it the owner of this new Beaumont team still owes money to the arena in Rio Grande Valley. SMG is this the best you can do? [Hidden Content]

The name of the team should be "canceled". I have heard that only around 38% of the games scheduled in the ABA were played.

Their boudain balls are worth the wait.

Question on field turf fields little rubber pellets or spread over the field right? What color or the pellets? If you use green for the field and purple for the endzone won't they get all mixed up? The renovations look great I was just thinking out loud.