Uphill Battle

How many teams in the sweet 16 have you seen? Ballard didn't make it...?:confused:

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Not true for coaching positions

It looks like that because the place holds 9,000.

I really liked it. It's a great warm up for Rupp. Only thing I didn't like was concession prices...

I think that rule is confused with the over and back rule. Doesn't the player have to have both feet established over the half court line to receive a pass from over the half court line?

Around what age is he? Any possibility he just might be done with coaching? How long has he been coaching? How long has he been coaching at Highlands? I don't know anything just analyzing the situation...

I read in the paper today about the Sandfoss girl playing with a broken hand. That has to be one of the most gutsy things I've heard about in a while. It's one thing to play after you think you've done something, it's quite another to know very well that you are injured badly and still play... Especially being a ball handler.... Congrats to Boone...

Isn't he from Dayton? Why would he leave?

I don't know, maybe... I was sitting 5 rows behind their bench and noticed it a few times but didn't think it was that bad. Maybe it was just me...

You didn't see all the screens they tried to run him off? They set a whole bunch of screens for him, the Holmes players got through them... For the record I don't know where all this talk has come from about how NC could've done better or didn't have a good game plan, etc. They didn't get outhustled, they didn't get outcoached, what they got was they got out-talented, Holmes tends to do that to folks... NC shoudn't have any regrets though IMO...

I think that was the problem... She saw the kid completely reaching around the guy to get to the ball and you can't well do that without fouling...

I, for one, thought it was a pretty good game by both teams and that the better team came out on top. I thought the dunk was big momentum for Boone, and that Grubbs couldn't be on the floor in the second half because they needed speed and ball handling to press and handle the press. I didn't think that the officials were "putrid" at all. Just because the female referee was adamant about her call didn't mean she was showing off, she was showing confidence. There were a couple calls that I didn't agree with, but every game has them. For one, that charge wasn't a charge, though that has been discussed. One that I thought made a difference that hasn't been however, was when the kid drove the basket right before Boone got the outlet for the dunk. I thought the Highlands kid got hit on the shot; thus he airballed the shot, Cotton got the runout and the dunk and all of a sudden Boone has a lot of mo.... All that said, I didn't like the bald official at all. Seemed like he was worried about he wrong things. I am by no means a Highlands fan but if I was I would have lost it when he told their coach to "stop yelling 'and one' because we can ref the game." Seemed pretty pompous to me...

Just my opinion but it seemed to me like Housely never gave it up to Pittman because M. Giesler never committed to him so he didn't stop him drive; seemed like a smart play to me... Though they probably could've just backed it out and let the clock run out...

I agree with a lot of this. After that intentional foul, they made both free throws and then got another basket to go up six. I'm thinking that on NC's next possesion Pittman pinned a lay up against the glass too for even more momentum. I too thought the officiating was pretty good. The only question I had was on that call because I thought they got some ball, but what LABS said makes sense... FWIW, I was sitting near a few NC fans at the end of the game and when Housely was going to the rim I heard "Don't let him dunk it!" If you are going to say that, then I don't think you can complain about an intentional foul. I thought that Holmes sometimes settled for jumpshots when they would've been better served to attack the rim like Rico did in the fourth quarter.

You should have seen him at the district championship... Just ask Highlands...

Jeramie Conner...

Holmes should win... But it's been said many times before on here. NC may be the most dangerous team in the region when it come to shooting the ball, especially from 3. So if they get hot, they could really push Holmes...

I understand what he's saying, but I don't care whether you're playing in the 9th region, the NCAA tournament, the NBA, or the And 1 mix tape tour. 4 points in a quarter isn't going to cut it....

It just seems to me that even though Holmes is obviosly playing good defense to hold a team to 34, they should be scoring more. Either they need to get more turnover/transition points or more points out of your offense. I looked at the scoring and it seems like I would expect between 4 and 6 more out of some of those guys a night. They could use Pittman and Rico to be around 15 or 16 a game, Riley and JJ and Dom Johnson around 10 or 12, Rice and Housely around 6 or 8, etc.

Maybe it's just me but it seems like Iroquois has too much talent to be losing this early....

I will go ahead and tell ya that I haven't seen Boone in person this year just read and heard about them through other people... And I really like their jerseys; they are sharp.... Maybe a little off topic....

There are 3 other defenders that can help. And if he's hitting from the outside he hits as many 3's as Pangallo will make layups. And I'd rather give up 2's than 3's....

He's an excellent spot shooter. Plays well off of the drive and dish and has an excellent PG to do that. For someone to put their best defender on him I think wouldn't be a smart decision. Tell a defender to not help off of him to stop the drive.

I agree with this because of their ability to hit the three ball... If they get hot like they did against Highlands they can beat anybody.