Joe Quincy

Oakland 73-13 and 70-14 Siegel 44-11 and (plays LaVergne Friday) Blackman 55-7 and 61-11 Riverdale 103-10 and 81-12 Smyrna 65-17 and 62-15 MtJuliet 93-15 It's sad that any team gets beat as bad as LaVergne has this year. You have to give it to their kids for not backing down and continuing to play hard. As you can see by the scores, its not just one school it's several of the top ten schools in the state who has beat them handily. Ultimately, you cant penalize the kids on these teams playing the same every night. They want to play and get better. Most starters on the above teams wouldnt play but a quarter if you wanted to try and prevent a lopsided score(some didnt play but two qtrs in those games), but that's not fare to those kids. They want to play every game every night and not have to sit if they dont have to. LaVergne will ultimately get better in the coming years. They have produced solid talent in the past.

Rachel Bell is a great talent and worthy of Miss Basketball. Every night she's doubled and trippled teamed. She's an awesome kid and very deserving.

Ballard is no longer with the team as was noted a few weeks ago in a hoopgurlz article. The evaluations from hoopgurlz have not been updated truly since the end of summer evaluation. They are a great indication of what type of player they are and how well they played up till summers end. It's not truly reflective of how they have performed this year which is ultimately what is being voted on. It would be extremely difficult for the hoopgurlz staff to re-evaluate each of the 22 Top 100 within a high school season.

You must have missed the part about being positive in talking about who to vote for. Sending a message to a coach on behalf of not voting for a player for such a great reward is pretty immature. That makes alot of since, i'll penalize the kid. This a vote for the player not the coach. Shacobia is very talented and a great asset to any team. She's already proved she is a Miss Basketball candidate by winning it last year. If she doesnt win it this year she will for ever be Miss Basketbal as will for all those who have won it in the past.

Congratulations to Coach John Wild on winning is 400th game as a head coach last night against Lawerence County. Coach Wild has one two state championships, one with the Moore County Boys and one with the Bradford girls. Coach Wild has coached at schools such as Moore County, Bradford, Lawerence County, Franklin County, and is in his second year as the head coach at Riverdale High School. Congrats again to Coach Wild

$$$$$$$$..........AAU keps them a job working and paying the bills. Shoe Companies pad their pockets. As long as they can promote AAU just enough to keep them eating, that's all they care about. AAU doesnt mean what it used too. Not room for both, either one or the other.

I learned late last night that effective May 1, 2009, Mr. Peanut Cummins, will resign his post as State Chair of TN AAU Girls Basketball. For those of you who know Peanut he's given his life to AAU. It's a tradgedy to see his time end like this. Ultimately, based on his statement, this was his decision. His main explanation was AAU, nationally, has become a dictatorship and the vision of this dictator is unlike the principles and rules established by AAU. We wish Mary Ann and Peanut all the best.

Jr Division (16U/17U) Finals TN Team Pride 61 TN Flight Select Silver 57 15 Under Finals TN Glory 60 TN FLight Freshmen 59 Great kickoff tournament for what will be a great travel team season...Good Luck to all teams....

That's the funniest thing i've heard since NSHD's run in with a baseball a few weeks ago!!

My vote for coach at this new establishment resides in a town known for the "Worlds Biggest Fish Fry".....lol

There are alot of changes that will have to be made with a 9 team district. One is how to handle the tournament format. I like the way some middle and east tn districts do it and award the top two teams an automatic trip to the region not playing there first game till the district semis. That puts alot more emphasis on the regular season and rewards the top two for their regular season efforts. As far as hosting the district and region, you still have to keep it somewhat centrally located. It could set up for playing at a neutral site in Jackson. Something to think about.

Feel your pain!! Been there done that!!

Livingston Academy vs Westview Class AA State Semifinal Game 1 Thoughts?

My comment was made in response to another comment in an earler post. Was not directed at the kids......

Great ballgame!! Not bad for a cancer and two idiots!!