My State Semifinal Winners (coverage area & other)

[AggiesAreWe]

Here are my picks for the state semifinals;

Coverage area

6A D1

Atascocita by 5 over SA Brennan

5A D1

West Brook by 7 over Leander Glenn

5A D2

United by 8 over San Antonio Veterans Memorial

3A D1

Orangefield by 3 over London

2A D1

Hearne by 6 over San Augustine

 

Outside area

6A D1

North Crowley by 5 over Duncanville

6A D2

Cypress Springs by 3 over Little Elm

Cypress Falls by 6 over Austin Westlake

5A D1

Frisco Heritage by 7 over Birdville

5A D2

Mansfield Summit by 9 over Lovejoy

4A D1

Dallas Kimball by 12 over West Plains

Fort Bend Crawford by 10 over Brazosport

4A D2

Dallas Carter by 14 over Brock

LaMarque by 6 over Houston Wheatley

3A D1

Dallas Madison by 14 over Brownfield

3A D2

Paradise by 12 over Henrietta

Palestine Westwood by 16 over Aransas Pass

2A D1

Waco Meyer by 6 over Panhandle

2A D2

Lipan by 4 over Gruver

Martin's Mill by 6 over Mumford

1A D1

Valley by 5 over Munday

Huckaby by 6 over Fayetteville

1A D2

Jayton by 13 over Whitharral

Kennard by 10 over Milford

 

[No-look1]

Been keeping an eye on Little Elm. I’m thinking they win by 12 over Cypress Springs.  LE has a point guard that’s signed with the Jacks.  

[AggiesAreWe]

5 minutes ago, No-look1 said:

Been keeping an eye on Little Elm. I’m thinking they win by 12 over Cypress Springs.  LE has a point guard that’s signed with the Jacks.  

Cy Springs is my upset pick of all the semifinal games.

[No-look1]

Seems there’s some household names that’s there every year…. I’ll be pulling for OF over London. London beat us in the state semi’s last year in baseball. 

[BBfan061]

11 hours ago, No-look1 said:

Seems there’s some household names that’s there every year…. I’ll be pulling for OF over London. London beat us in the state semi’s last year in baseball. 

Curious about Orangefield vs London… a lot of times the region 4 teams can be a bit over rated. 

[AggiesAreWe]

3 minutes ago, BBfan061 said:

Curious about Orangefield vs London… a lot of times the region 4 teams can be a bit over rated. 

I agree.

I watched the London/Goliad game. Wasn't all that impressed with either team. London didn't shoot well at all, particularly from FT and 3p line. London does play very physical. But in that game, they only played about 7 players.

I think Orangefield is the better and much deeper team. The key for them will be their free throw shooting because I see London fouling them a lot. Orangefield will also need to rebound the ball defensively. London likes to crash the offensive boards. I also think Orangefield can play aggressively on the defensive end because of their depth. Fouling London is not a bad strategy due to their poor FT shooting.

I honestly think Orangefield could win this game by double digits but I think it will be closer. Fairfield game was much closer than I predicted.

[Kowboy98]

15 hours ago, No-look1 said:

Been keeping an eye on Little Elm. I’m thinking they win by 12 over Cypress Springs.  LE has a point guard that’s signed with the Jacks.  

I echo those sentiments. They look legit on YouTube. It will definitely be an upset if CS wins 

[QB1]

6 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I agree.

I watched the London/Goliad game. Wasn't all that impressed with either team. London didn't shoot well at all, particularly from FT and 3p line. London does play very physical. But in that game, they only played about 7 players.

I think Orangefield is the better and much deeper team. The key for them will be their free throw shooting because I see London fouling them a lot. Orangefield will also need to rebound the ball defensively. London likes to crash the offensive boards. I also think Orangefield can play aggressively on the defensive end because of their depth. Fouling London is not a bad strategy due to their poor FT shooting.

I honestly think Orangefield could win this game by double digits but I think it will be closer. Fairfield game was much closer than I predicted.

I went back and rewatched the game with Fairfield. That game was closer than you predicted because of the foul count! The foul count at the half was 16 OF to 5 for FF. Total it was 24 OF to 14 for FF and their last 4 fouls were intentional to stop the clock. It was pathetic officiating that kept Fairfield in that game!

I did just watch the London/Goliad game too. I think Mexia and Fairfield could beat both of those teams.

[AggiesAreWe]

13 minutes ago, QB1 said:

I went back and rewatched the game with Fairfield. That game was closer than you predicted because of the foul count! The foul count at the half was 16 OF to 5 for FF. Total it was 24 OF to 14 for FF and their last 4 fouls were intentional to stop the clock. It was pathetic officiating that kept Fairfield in that game!

I did just watch the London/Goliad game too. I think Mexia and Fairfield could beat both of those teams.

Foul count was a little one sided but Fairfield attacked the rim much more than Orangefield which drew more fouls.

Not saying some fouls shouldn't have been called against Fairfield but vast majority of the fouls called against Orangefield were legit.

[No-look1]

1 minute ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Foul count was a little one sided but Fairfield attacked the rim much more than Orangefield which drew more fouls.

Not saying some fouls shouldn't have been called against Fairfield but vast majority of the fouls called against Orangefield were legit.

Same with Huntington we got a few charge calls but decent officiating overall. We were in foul trouble early fourth   I can still see that ball going into the  bucket and the buzzer sounding. 

[No-look1]

I’m thinking the Westwood/Aransas Pass game may be over after the first quarter? 

[AggiesAreWe]

3 minutes ago, No-look1 said:

I’m thinking the Westwood/Aransas Pass game may be over after the first quarter? 

AP has a fantastic coach. He will make a game of it for a half. Meaning it will be less than 20 at the half.

But in the end, I expect WW to win by 15+. Wouldn't surprise me if it's 25.

[rupert3]

All in all I think SE Texas has a heck of a showing for the state tournry.  Just saying

[Elessar]

2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Foul count was a little one sided but Fairfield attacked the rim much more than Orangefield which drew more fouls.

Not saying some fouls shouldn't have been called against Fairfield but vast majority of the fouls called against Orangefield were legit.

The officials were very good and very consistent. I think the problem here was that they approached this game with a “they need to adjust to the way I am calling” rather than a calling the obvious. When OF did attack the rim they did get the same calls, but I also think that OF played much better help defense and the helper was generally who the foul was called on. 
 

Fairfield also did a lot of Iso ball and took bad shots when the help was there and I do think that rather than adjusting to the game in front of them, they called extremely tight the entire night. It’s not very often you see a varsity boys game get to the bonus every single quarter (at least in my opinion) 

[AggiesAreWe]

1 minute ago, Elessar said:

The officials were very good and very consistent. I think the problem here was that they approached this game with a “they need to adjust to the way I am calling” rather than a calling the obvious. When OF did attack the rim they did get the same calls, but I also think that OF played much better help defense and the helper was generally who the foul was called on. 
 

Fairfield also did a lot of Iso ball and took bad shots when the help was there and I do think that rather than adjusting to the game in front of them, they called extremely tight the entire night. It’s not very often you see a varsity boys game get to the bonus every single quarter (at least in my opinion) 

100% agree

[TxHoops]

2 hours ago, Elessar said:

The officials were very good and very consistent. I think the problem here was that they approached this game with a “they need to adjust to the way I am calling” rather than a calling the obvious. When OF did attack the rim they did get the same calls, but I also think that OF played much better help defense and the helper was generally who the foul was called on. 
 

Fairfield also did a lot of Iso ball and took bad shots when the help was there and I do think that rather than adjusting to the game in front of them, they called extremely tight the entire night. It’s not very often you see a varsity boys game get to the bonus every single quarter (at least in my opinion) 

 

2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

100% agree

Ditto

[ThaGod409]

I could be wrong because  of course no team makes it  this far by coincidence  but I’ve watched the Alamo heights/SA VM game and I think BU can beat them by way more ! As well as WB matchup I got them by way more also

[AggiesAreWe]

26 minutes ago, ThaGod409 said:

I could be wrong because  of course no team makes it  this far by coincidence  but I’ve watched the Alamo heights/SA VM game and I think BU can beat them by way more ! As well as WB matchup I got them by way more also

I will not be surprised at all if West Brook and United win by double digits.