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  1. Great point. If a system doesn't allow kids from outside their district to attend school they are handicapping the coaches in that system.
  2. You have a great point and are right to some degree. I would say the issue is an even playing field. I would be fine with all schools in one class and the best team win. I am fine with the classifications the way they are right now. Whatever. as long as all the schools are operating under the same restrictions or the lack there of. And that is just simply not the case right now.
  3. High School Coaches: I don't see how they do it. Teach, fund raise, develop skill, practice plan, scout, etc... Now, with vouchers coming and open zones (school choice) they are going to have to be recruiters... I just don't see how they do it. especially the schools that don't have the money to hire good assistants (or don't allot the money). Better them than me. LOL
  4. We can agree to disagree. And I absolutely agree with you that there are D1 coaches who look transfer portal, JUCO, lower lever first!
  5. I also have South Side returning to the state tournament next season. Their district will be down. Chester graduates a lot and I don't think anybody in their region can beat them so they should be fine in a sectional game vs Region 5.
  6. Let me give a cavate... Those two guys you mentioned I am sure are great players and people. However, if they are power 5 they would be at a power 5 school. And if they are legit D1, they would be at a D1 School. D1 coaches aint passing on guys that can play and qualify to be in school. the transfer portal changed a lot but it didn't change that.
  7. Agree with all that... AND all levels of college ball is outstanding. Nothing like a Juco that develops kids!!! love NAIA ball. It is ultra competitive. D3 and D2 has all my love. But my point is Tennessee don't have a ton of D1 basketball players. Zero in the class of 2024 in the top 100. Zero in the class of 2025 top 60. So, lets not blame 4 classes of watering down the games... We just don't have that caliber of player. With that being said, lets celebrate the kids that are working their rear end off and making it to the state tournament instead of always talking about watered down this, watered down that. It is not the classifications. It is the lack of high level talent.
  8. There are a few teams that come to mind and they are all out of region 7. I think region 8 drops off unless there are some transfers (this is highly possible in memphis) Haywood will be good. I think they graduate 3 but they played a ton of kids this season. Bolivar also will be good. same situation Obion County will win the other district. they only graduate 1 kid South Gibson will be back in the mix. They started and played a bunch of sophomores and juniors
  9. Im so tired of hearing about the 4 classes "watering down" the games. The reality of it is, there is not a hand full of Division 1 basketball players in the entire state. And honestly, I'm not sure if there are any high level D1 kids. the number of classes dont have anything to do with that. There have been blow outs every year and there will continue to be blow outs every year. Bottom line - "Watered down" means that tennessee high basketball is just not that good right now and there just are not a lot of high level talented kids. So can we please stop with all the watered down stuff. In my opinion that just takes away from these kids accomplishments. they hear, "Oh these classes watered down the competition" and it sends a message of "if things were the way they use to be you would not have accomplished what you accomplished"... Can we just stop?
  10. which university? she is LSU, UCONN, SO CAR good...
  11. This was a very "Handsy" game but come on man. Let them play
  12. sure: Wrong number of player fouls on an individual wrong number of team fouls who ball on a jump ball the Douglas game vs Austin East (officials called a million fouls... anothter story for another day), Austin East should have been shooting 2 free throws and they didn't Imma just leave the SS vs Dyersburg game alone... There are multiple examples in that game.
  13. The score table has been the source of a ton of issues!!! Come on. It is the state tournament for crying out loud!! They put the officials in bad situations over and over again.
  14. There will be universities getting involved! I would not be surprised to see them go somewhere and one of them coach high school and one go on staff at a university.
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