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I just found out today that this sport exited at the  high school level. I think it is great, and will provide another athletic opportunity for girls. 

9 hours ago, Marshall1969 said:

I think alot people are underestimating Marshall county.  I believe our team speed will surprise alot of teams.

1 Marshall County

2 Maplewood 

3 Nolensville

4 Tullahoma

5 Spring hill 

6 Lawrence County 

If Maplewood can make second place then that means either the coaching staff did a great job , or that the region is down this season. The Panthers were very senior heavy last season. The may have only five starters total returning this year.

"If you aint cheatin' you aint tryin."

The best way to eliminate weak 4th place teams is to have fewer classifications.  Maybe in another twenty years Tennessee will have enough schools to properly round out six classifications. 

1 minute ago, EagleOldEyes said:

Perhaps the poster is only saying the officiating is inconsistent nearly every game.  Perhaps the poster would like to just see the best refs do state games not give everyone in an area games.  Hire the best only, perhaps that is all that was being said.  Perhaps 

And perhaps congratulations can just be given to the winning team. Or nothing said at all. Because it will change nothing. Just as replying to people of your mindset is a waste of time. 

1 hour ago, TryNotToSuck said:

This was a game in where I was completely disappointed in the officiating towards the end of the game. 

First, it was clearly evident that Cheatham County's coach was calling a time out with 44 seconds left in the game. I mean, you can't miss it. However, a Cheatham County player turned the ball over, in a situation that should not have happened if the official just glanced at the coach for not even a half second. 

Second, with 26 seconds left in the game, Cheatham County #12 took a charge, that should've been a blocking foul. She was clearly moving back and I mean, clearly moving back for there was contact made. In my textbook of "what's a charge/blocking foul" that is clearly a block, but kudos to CC #12 for getting her feet set, but you moved back before contact was made.

Third, Cheatham County was winning 42-40 with 5.8 seconds where I foul occurred. A Cheatham County player missed her first free throw and a Westview player went to grab the rebound (treating it like a 1 and 1 situation), but she got confused. However, she wasn't the only one that got confused because the clock operator started the clock and it went down to 5.2 seconds, and none of the officials realized it. No excuses there. EVERY TICK COUNTS!!!!

Last, same situation as the third one, just after the second free throw was missed (5.2 seconds left). Westview #35 was jumping up to get a rebound but was pushed by Cheatham County's #3 (arm bar in the back) and was missed. You can see clear separation. Cheatham County got the rebound, was foul again and made one free throw.

If you were in Murfreesboro watching the game, you'll probably think I am an idiot. However, if you recorded this game and have the luxury and going back and fourth, you'll see exactly what I am talking about. Report card grade: F

 

Perhaps one day a perfect game will be played by the players, coached by the coaches, and officiated by the officials. 

20 hours ago, BABABA said:

Agree! Greenfield, GC, Peabody , TCA , Gleason and maybe Dresden are better than 5-6 of the other teams in Single A at state! Loretto would be the only one that “might” be able to compete with Region 7A. 

You people are so sure of your teams. But nothing is certain come tournament time. Macon County was not a certain today. Riverdale was not a certain today. And it looks as if Loretto might be some competition in your "super"region.

17 minutes ago, jn2rons said:

I'm not familiar with the TSSAA portal - I simply pulled them from  www.usnews.com

If the TSSAA #'s are anything like their refs... 

If East Nashville had an enrollment of over 1100 students they would likely be 5A in football instead of 3A.

4 hours ago, workinprogress said:

No regions have not been arranged by enrollment. Classifications yes but regions no. However, I think it was implied that District 10AA has been dominant over 9AA due to numbers. However, the numbers for enrollment were wrong. So my question is should the regions be rearranged just so for others reasons? My thinking is that a fan was frustrated because his school can't beat the metro teams. It is what it is. 

i think your thinking is spot on.  

Perhaps District  9 and District 12 can swap their district designation. That way current District 9 teams would stand a good chance winning a region game, and maybe even getting to the Sectional. But they would still have to get past District 10 ,even in District 12, to make it to the state quartefinals. 

Of course, they could always go to District 8 and avoid District 10 teams altogether. But now they would have to get past the Chattanooga teams to get to the quarterfinals.

Why did you start two threads on the same game?

22 hours ago, thenextone said:

Maybe Region 5AA is just that good?

Maybe you mean District 10 of Region 5. Teams from District 9 rarely win games in the regional tournament. 

22 hours ago, AllVolHere said:

To answer your question No our 6th place team in District is not that good but there is 6 teams in our region that are but only 2 advanced to sectionals. A couple of those teams have beaten teams from other regions that are going to State. They were also way better than the two teams that advanced to our sectionals and got put out. So if you are saying the best 8 showed up at state that would be inaccurate. There are weak districts, regions, and sectionals

Go back and read my post. I never said that the state tournament has the top 8 teams.  In fact, I said they probably aren't eight best. I then went on to suggest that they are likely no worse than top ten. 

Now you are backing out on your assertion that the 6th best team in your district could beat one of the lesser teams in the state. You now want to expand the population and say they are six teams in your region that could do it. I don't know your region. But I'm still not so sure about that. But I will give a slim possibility that a particular region could do it in a given year. 

 Finally, who beat whom in the past is irrelevant. It is tournament time. What is important is who you beat now; just like the NCAA tournament.  I'm sure there were plenty of teams last season, from strong conferences, who didn't get in the tournament but would have otherwise beaten Loyola-Chicago. But the Ramblers were the ones who made it to the Final Four. 

8 hours ago, TynerRamFan said:

My picks !!

I see you picked the "big city" school over the "county" schools. 

On 2/22/2019 at 10:21 PM, AllVolHere said:

I think it would be a awesome format. At the end the best teams are going to be there. You might have 4 or 5 from one side of the state and maybe only one from the other. It is a shame that some districts are loaded but only a couple advance then you get to state and your like the team that is there couldnt beat our 6th place team in our district. But they are there because their district, region, and sectional is awful. 

So you are saying that the sixth place team from your district is at least better than the "worst" team in the state quarterfinals?  I personally feel that the way the post season weeds out the pretenders in basketball is better than it does in football. A team first has to get through a district tournament, then a regional tournament; then a sectional match up before it make to the state quarterfinals. By the time that time I feel confident that while they may not be the eight best teams in the state, no team is worst that the tenth best. But your district is so good the sixth best team is still better than the eighth "best   team at the quarter finals. Keeping in mind that any team making it to the quarterfinal is one of the better teams from two regions/ four districts.

7 hours ago, Indian said:

That a good point, but if a region runner-up is good enough to go on the road and beat a region champ they do deserve a spot in the state. There's also the location question, if you just took region champs who would hosts. Neutral court isn't always easy to obtain. 

If only region champions were taken there would be no need to "host" The region champions will be in the state quarterfinals already as there are only 8 regions in basketball.

18 hours ago, jn2rons said:

Maplewood 43 - Heritage 37

Refs allowed Maplewood to be physical. Game.  Set.  Match.  Maplewood couldn’t hit a jumper, make a FT, or a layup. They dominated the boards and played bully ball. 

Heritage had 5 coaches on the bench, not one had a whiteboard or a clue.  You read that right... 5 coaches. Every time they get the win the coaches get all the credit and every time they lose the coaches blame the kids....not tonight! Coaches were trash. They earned that L.

 

If Maplewood could not hit a jumper, make a FT, or a layup how did they manage to score? Those are about the only three ways one can score in basketball. Moreover, how did they outscore their opponent. Maybe Maplewood was only able to make set shots, just not jump shots

2 hours ago, PEARLBALL said:

Gotta love the T$$AA. Boys play at 6 Sunday in same gym. 2 hours between games so they can clear the gym and charge the CC people admission again after the girls game. Gotta make that money...

The regular season is over. The girls and boys teams are on different trajectories.    I see nothing wrong with charging for both games. 

8 hours ago, bigredmachine said:

Yeah I get it.   But, The NCAA takes 3 weeks.  or 4 if you include conference tournaments.

I was off by a week on the NCAA. And yes. I was counting conference tournaments..

5 hours ago, ballinup90 said:

Maplewood may be the most talented team in AA. They best #1 ranked East two times this season, although they lost to Cheatham buy 20+ they still have the size and athletic ability to win game late in the season. Be on the lookout for this Maplewood team.

I was at the Cheatham Couny / Maplewood games. Although I had never seen the Panther team play before that night I got the sense that they had a bad shooting night and gave up before the end of the third quarter. They missed plenty of uncontested lay-ups and short jumpers. I think the Cubs are a better disciplined team and would beat them in a rematch. But the outcome will be closer.

8 hours ago, bigredmachine said:

How about for starts, only District Tourney Winner and Runner-up move on to Region.  Why put in 3rd and 4th?  Too many.  Baseball, Softball, and Soccer does it that way.  I guess more money for T$$AA. 

Taking only the District Tourney winners and runner-ups to region will only reduce the number of games, not the number of weeks, because each round is  basically played on a weekly basis. Football also takes five weeks. The NCAA takes six weeks. If you want to easily reduce it by a week then you can stop playing the sub state and only take the Region champion to the next level.

Now if you are really concerned about week reduction  you can play two rounds per week. In order for a team to win a Sate championship they  will more likely have to play three games in three days anyway.

On 11/30/2018 at 5:46 PM, whoop said:

I'll take  anyones beat against one team in AAA this year. You pick your team and I get the rest of the state!!! If Genius or Pioneer is interested , just reply and I'll find away to get in touch with you.

On 12/3/2018 at 11:50 AM, BallGenius said:

what?

Cutting away at the poor grammar, spelling, and syntax, Whoop is playing the field against any one team.  Outside of picking against Alcoa or Marville to win a state championship in football, it's a pretty safe bet at the beginning of each season. He's not really going out on a limb.

On 12/5/2018 at 9:21 AM, 11AAFan said:

Camden almost put another 100 on the board against East Hickman last night. i really think the Lions may be the best team in 11AA. another opportunity to show off this week against Fairview.

44 minutes ago, Swarm said:

How'd that work out for ya?  

Few comebacks are better than the sarcastic "How'd that work out for ya?".  It's simple and effective.

26 minutes ago, District12AA said:

If I am a Greeneville fan, the only reason I am making this trip is to spend some time down on Broadway and the Honky Tonks. Don't waste giving your money to the T$$AA. Greeneville names the score.

Are you the same person who kept predicting a Nolensville / Marshall County Quarterfinal game from the very beginning of the post-season?

This Stratford offense reminds of the one Maplewood had when they play Covington in the semi-finals back in 2011: One running back big and fast, another running back not as big but faster.

16 hours ago, jimb1972 said:

For these two classes its Greenville and Alcoa. Everybody else just playing for fun! Good luck to all!

GO JACKETS!

In my opinion, what ultimately separates Alcoa, Greeneviile, and Maryville is not just their execution but their quality of depth. The very top 6A schools can match Maryville's quality of depth. But very few 3A and 4A schools can match the roster numbers of Alcoa and Greeneville, and none can match their quality of depth.