Regional history:

2003 didn't make region tourney

2004 lost first round

2005 lost in finals

2006 lost in first round

2007 lost in first round

I don't understand the tough out comment either.

 

Pretty much every one of those years Conner was not expected to make the region. (except in 2005, when they certainly were not supposed to make the finals and/or beat CovCath).

 

It is more than W's and L's (although he is impressive in that respect). Ask any 9th region player if they wanted to play Conner in the regional tournament the past few years.

The 05 team had more horses than this Conner team does. Lets not forget about that.

 

Very true. But I think Conner will win tonight. They play with so much heart. The only hard part will be containing Luke Mace. Kid is HUGE.

Conner should have Tyler Brake on Luke Mace in side, not as tall as Mace but Tyler is a big kid that will fight down inside with him. Micah Pugh will probably guard Kyle Kendall if I had to guess.

Dixie by 5.

Would someone give the Jim Hicks resume that makes his team such a tough out come tournament time?

 

I honestly don't know how long Hicks has been at Conner, but in 2000 they stayed completely under the radar all season long, only to lose by 1 in the Regional Semis held at Ryle, to the favorite NewCath in Ronnie Dawn's junior year. This would've been Marcus Johnson, Terry Johnson, and Jeremey Stevenson's junior year for Conner as well. NewCath went on to beat Holmes in the finals I believe, but not before having a nice Cougar scare from a team that came out of nowhere. The following year the Cougars were well known because the secret was out and they played well all season long now that the aforementioned juniors were now seniors. In a very competitive 9th in this 2001 season, they eventually lost to Highlands in the Regional Finals, held at Holmes, in double-overtime after having beat a tough CovCath team in the 1st round and a very strong Ronnie Dawn's senior year Breds team in the semis. Just about every year since they have had average seasons, just to come again from nowhere in post-season play to play spoiler. Sure they've missed the Regional tourmament at times for having come out of a tough 33rd district, but they've been there more than not when nobody expected them to be. This trend seems to continue so much that I'm starting to expect it, and am no longer surprised when Conner comes to the Regional Tournament with a losing record.

Very true. But I think Conner will win tonight. They play with so much heart. The only hard part will be containing Luke Mace. Kid is HUGE.

 

Hack a shaq. :sssh:

 

Mace sturggles mightily at the free throw line.

Any one with the link info