statistician96

Bradley has 2,220 wins that are all documented and are recognized by the TSSAA as the winningest because all the wins have documented proof behind them that dates all the way back to the first girls' season at the school in 1922-23.

Correct. Bradley's last gold ball came in 1976 when they went 36-0 for the second straight year. Runner-up in 95 and have made it to the state tournament four times since 2010-11. Failed to reach the sectional only once during that stretch. They still have a pretty storied history though, being the winningest program, boys or girls, in the state.

So a couple of things: One, the slight towards Cleveland in the post about the behavior is slightly out of line. This could have happened to anyone, and I feel so sorry for those coaches and athletes who have had this reported on in a smaller media market, that continued to get reported on until the decision by the activity council. We were all teenagers at one point and made some mistakes so the best thing for everybody is to move past that and give those kids some forgiveness because they don't need to be judged more than they already have. Two, Beaverton (Ore.) was number one according to the OSAA at the time. The state association there goes by an RPI ranking, and because the two teams they lost to were out of state in Washington, and their two wins were against Oregon teams (Tigard was #1 when they played while Beaverton was #3) and won they jumped to #1. They are currently ranked two in the RPI ranking after going 1-3 in the Nike TOC. Below is the direct link to their team page on the OSAA website. http://www.osaa.org/teams/25235 Three, Bradley ended up going 3-1 and taking fifth place in the second tier bracket out of seven brackets. They were in the highest bracket out of the teams from Tennessee and lost to a very good Highlands Ranch team who went on to take third place. They did pretty well in Phoenix. They are a tough team who is deep and you never know who is going to step up and be the player for that game, making it hard to prepare for but fun to watch. Fourthly, Hohmaster. Really? Why must you consistently get on these boards and talk down the Bearettes and their head coach? You do not know those girls or the people who work with them every day. If you were to ask anybody who is around them on a daily basis you would hear nothing but that they are great kids who work hard and play hard for their coach. Lastly, thank you Americal198 for the link to the Bearette website. They have worked hard to revamp it and make it look clean and easy to read. The history is fascinating and it is a lot of fun to see the continued success of a storied program who has an all-time record of 2,212-488-9 for an 85 percent winning percentage. They are the winningest program boys or girls in the TSSAA and they continue that story with pride and grace while also honoring the history.

Oh, I'm sorry. Am I not allowed to have an opinion on things based off of the close to a thousand basketball games I have kept stats for since I was the age of 12. I have worked games from AAU and high school summer camp games, to state tournaments, and even a Men's Final Four. I thought I was able to speak my opinion. I just want to know how he hurt you, or what family member of yours he cut for you to attack him the way you do, and to go out of your way to practically comment on every post that mentions how good of a coach he is or about his successes. But oh well I guess you can have your opinion and I can have mine.

I worked all 21 games at the state tournament doing stats. Where I was placed I sat right next to the home bench, at the scorers table, and I have done so all year as I keep stats for a local high school as well to help them out. I worked probably close to 100 high school games keeping stats at the table with officials from all over the state. What I saw at the state tournament in the Bradley Houston game with the ref that called the technical was ridiculous. It started with a warning to a coach for being out of his box. When you watch the film, the play is on the opposite end of the floor. The ref who called it is on the opposite baseline, and is peeking past players as they are dribbling towards him, and stops play to call Reuter out of his box 85 feet away from him. The technical foul is the weakest technical foul I have ever seen in my life. He had not said anything to the referees up to that point other than trying to figure out what the warning was for. He gave the traveling motion, when the girl clearly dragged her foot a good two or three feet after she picked up her dribble. He had already stopped giving the motion, and two seconds later the official calls the technical. That same official had been terrible the night before in the Gatlinburg-Pitman game. As soon as I saw his name on the list for day three I was concerned. Even after he called the technical, he could be seen staring Reuter down out of timeouts, and when the play was on his benches side. He had been staring him down the entire game. Meanwhile, in the AA state final Upperman's coach is at half court, all over two officials, and I hear "Coach get back to your box, we will figure this out." Bradley was only told that there could have been better communication between the officials and coaches about giving hand signals and that life isn't fair sometimes. I find it ridiculous. I have lived in other states and in the West Virginia Secondary Schools Athletic Commission (WVSSAC), the coaches rate the officials after every game 1-5, with one being the best, and if they give them a four or five, they have to write a letter to the state explaining why they gave them that. Officials also have to fill out a report after every technical they give, and explain why they gave it, and it also has to include the two teams, score, time and quarter of the game. The TSSAA has no accountability, and I find it extremely frustrating. I will give them this. That official did not call a state championship game, but was a stand by official. At that level I feel that the TSSAA is not only the one to blame. The assigner for the Middle Tennessee association (the association that specific referee was from) should be asked why he recommended him to call the state tournament. There needs to be more accountability not just for officials, but for the TSSAA as a whole. Until there is, you will continue to have problems like this, and the way it is looking it will only get worse.