Crunch-time

Very good chance at repeating as Champs

The student section tried to boo in the second game as well, but Syd/team very quickly put a stop to it when she/they "went off" and put it away early.

Then I guarantee you'll be re-elected next year

Listening to coach Stamm and Buttels was worth the price of admission. I wish I had a dollar for every "WHAT!, NO WAY!, and NOOOOO, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! It was even funnier when I could hear a whistle...then total silence while these two were trying to figure out what was called. It sounded like I had a better chance at "guessing" the call from my home than they did sitting courtside

Bradley is just a solid role player. The stars are the Nuss's, Vocke, Staten, Davis (will be), and probably the new guy based on what I'm hearing. I'm sure I'm missing some, but that's off the top of my head.

I totally agree. Just one post is all you need "the HHS offense, the HHS defense, several subs...and let's move on"

My experience has always been that when you play 8th region teams (meaning the refs) we were ready to hug 9th region refs when we got back into town assuming I heard correctly that 8th regions refs are doing this tourney? Shock: from my experience, if Ryle plays their typical aggressive style (especially Jenna & Dawn) you better take a couple of "calm down pills" before the game starts

I don't have to wait for your posts since they are predictable. 1) Ryle's being disrespected 2) Ryle shot "lights out"...when they win 3) refs refs refs...when they lose. Everything else is jibberish! Just having fun with ya. Without a doubt you wear your team on your sleeve and love your conflict. Your same top players have basically been playing together for 4-5yrs and there used to be quite a few Ryle fans on here. Now, it's just you and the occasional "kind/wisdom" posts from Jumpball. You've driven your own fans away

I listened via the interent and Coach Stamm was beside himself at times over the officiating. I heard him say at one point during the game the free throw advantage was 27 - 9 in favor of SH. The game literally sounded ugly with the non-stop whistle's that could be heard in the background.

Jump, I have to agree with you. I saw some unnecessary stuff going on, but I didn't see any, what I would call, poor sportsmanship. I didn't have a clue what Shock meant by his "not biting" post because I now tend to just scan over his posts without paying much attention

Yep, I agree with you. It also doesn't help that it's one-n-done and a bit more pressure.

I figured they would head across the bridge...especially with the close connection they have now

How rare is it for a thread to turn its focus to HHS?

What's you definition of "lights out"? very few games where a HS team shoots lights out in any gym. I only watched one game there last year and it wasn't pretty. 2yrs ago, Ryle was done in the 1st round. Did you come back to watch the rest of the tourney? It's not what I consider "lights out", but BC shot fairly well at close to 50% (including 18-34) from the 3pt line. Not too bad considering they were not a very good team...they just got hot at the right time.

It will give them a good feel for the size of the floor, however, there's no local gym that can help adjust to the backdrop of BOK. I would be willing to bet NDA has a place to practice that comes close to BOK's backdrop...right paNDA?

I agree with your post. The odds are in favor of a BC/Ryle rematch, but I'll stick with my gut that it won't happen as I posted last week. Both of the top teams have shown they can have a letdown on any given night and can lose to an inferior opponent. Boone has a better chance of getting to the finals, but in a "one-n-done" there's no room for an off-night or foul trouble for any key players.

Did "Tom Freppon and any other 9th region refs do this draw?"

I don't think either match-up this season was called "tight". But, you are right, it's subjective and opinions fly typically based on the outcome of the game.

If it's that obvious that he "has it out" for a program then yep, I agree the coach should scratch him.

Shock...you should stop this my friend. The refs...come on! I watched the Ryle player beat Syd up and got away with a lot of unnecessary stuff. I'm familiar with it because I had to watch the same "junk" when my Daughter played'em and they got away with it. My Daughter would get text messages after those games apologizing for doing some of those things and why they did it. I know "exactly" where it comes from, but it's neither here nor there because it fired her up...seems to do the same for Ms Moss Bottom-line...Ryle went with the same game-plan as the last match-up and it didn't work. The problem is they were 100% committed to Plan "A", which BC was prepared for, and they had no Plan "B". The last match-up would have been completely different if Browning knocks down a couple of those early 3's, Jones would have taken her lay-ups when she penetrated instead of over-passing, and if they could have adjusted to take away the right side dribble-drive. In that game, Boone didn't have a Plan "B" and they paid the price. You are very well aware that I adore your Niece so this is by no means criticism. She comes into these big games and is so jacked-up. If she starts strong "look out", but if she doesn't she lets mistakes snowball. Her fouls were legitimate and, in fact, she got away with a couple. She is so athletic/aggressive and it's a strength, but she must learn to dial it down a few notches when she is in foul trouble because her team needs her on the floor. Too many of her fouls aren't necessary...1) if ya have 3 fouls and get beat, let the girl have the layup 2) when the girl launches a 3, don't knock her into the stands after the shot 3) if a 6' center is trotting down the floor, don't run over her...In college, it won't hurt because talent comes off the bench to replace her, but in HS, no one comes off the bench with her level of talent so she must be discipline. Patti had to put her on the floor with the fouls because the game was getting away and she hoped to stop the bleeding, but she played as if she had no fouls. In fairness, she has something that can't be taught and it will be effective, and desired, at the next level...however, in HS that aggressive play sticks out like a sore thumb and she needs to be able to adjust on the fly to the way the game is being called regardless of her style and how she wants to play. My gut is telling me there won't be a rematch. If so, I'll stick with my prediction from the beginning.

Also, I may be wrong, but I'm not sure I can remember the list ever being released this early. I thought it was typically released after the region. Hopefully there aren't any hurt feeling's.

Not sure what Bellevue will bring to the table, but I agree with everything you said.

The vote is done my friend so cheerleading won't matter. Of course, I have my thought's on whom I would select, but I don't have a vote. Of course, it's much easier for you...you would select a tie between the top 6 Ryle players, and the mascot, for "POY"

POY for D1 will be pretty interesting. It typically goes to a Senior, however, there's such a huge gap between Scott and Boone that I'm not sure "if" the success of the team comes into play when they vote. Not to mention the night & day schedules they have played.

I'll stand by my prediction that I've said, and posted, "all" season