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  1. When Jenkins and the Tennessee Tigers were beaten in Memphis (by maybe 3 or 4 points) by the Hoopers and the famous memphis referees, It was the Tigers 15th game in 10 days, having already played tournaments in Indianapolis amd Louisville. Jenkins had played even more games because he went straight to Indianapolis from the Lebron James camp. Not making excuses just stating facts. Pro teams don't play that kind of schedule.
  2. I've seen both teams play in The Siegel and Harpeth play day. CPA will have to come to play against LA. LA has a deeper bench and plays with more intensity as a whole than CPA. Hunter Miller is the real deal for CPA and their most consistent player. Miller is going to need David Anderson, Will Chapman, Matt Zelnik and the rest of the team to step their game up a notch to beat LA. Has the makings of a great game or could be a long night for CPA if they underestimate LA. JMO.
  3. Bottom line they have to beat CPA who will be playing without Z Mason due to football. If they were to lose to CPA without Z Mason it would be a bit embarrassing for LA.
  4. Have Heard the following schools mentioned: Western Kentucky, MTSU, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and Virginia Tech.
  5. I saw the Ballerz play several times this summer and yes with my own eyes. I was at Tournaments in Houston, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Louisville, Memphis, North Carolina, Atlanta, Augusta, and Orlando. Were you? The Ballerz did not play in the Peach Jam, that is for the top 24 Nike teams. They played in Augusta but it was not the Peach Jam. I will say that was probably their best tournament of the year. I saw the best teams in the Nation and the Ballerz was not a top 25 team, a vey good team absolutely, but definitely not one of the 25 best teams in the nation. Again I stand by my statement and back it up by actually seeing hundreds of 17U teams play this summer all over the US, and once again the rankings you refer to were done by the Ballerz head coach. And absolutely agree on all your statements on CJ.
  6. This comment has nothing to do about CJ because I think he is a heck of a ball player, but you can not put much stock in the AAU ranking because it was the Ballerz head coach doing the rankings. There was not an AAU team in Tennessee that was a top 25 team in the nation, only because the really good players were spread out on to many teams in Tennessee.
  7. EHS 42 - CPA 14, CPA has some key injuries to their senior squad and must depend on young inexperienced players. EHS has too many weapons for CPA.
  8. GP CPA FRA - upset special DCA East Robertson Ezell Harding
  9. Thats why you are not coaching college basketball. As far as offers for Mason, you can go to Unapproved Website and see about half of them. The other half have come from seeing him play in July. Guess not everybody shared the same opinion as some of the posters on this thread. Let me see here your opinion or the collegs coaches opinion. Hmmm wonder which has more creedence. This will be my last post on this subject but I will leave Legend and other posters on this thread one more Pearl. It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a FOOL, than to open your mouth and REMOVE ALL DOUBT!!!!!
  10. Whatever, if ignorance was an olympic event you would get the gold medal.
  11. They were definitely not a bunch of no names, I know several players on that team and you show your ignorance and disrespect to those players by calling them no names. You yourself just stated they had an MTSU commit. Again even being their 15th game in 10 days, if the game were played anywhere but Memphis, the Tigers would have won. The Tigers were also without Demonte Simpson and Blake Jenkins, Josh Lee played with a broken finger on his shooting hand, Hunter Miller was playing the whole month with mono. Things arent always what they seem. So maybe before people start bashing John Jenkins and Z Mason maybe they ought to know the facts. John Jenkins has signed with Vanderbilt and Z Mason has over 20 basketball offers so evidently the college coaches don't agree with the ignoramus that started this thread. Oh and by the way Z Mason did not play in Houston against the Hoopers when they had Reginald Buckner and lost.
  12. Just to set the record straight on John Jenkins and Z Mason and the Hoopers win over the Tennessee Tigers. When the Tigers played the Hoopers in Memphis, that was their 15th game in 10 days and third city they played in. Playing in Indianapolis, Louisville and then Memphs. The Tigers did not have much energy the first half. They ended up only losing by 4, and the only thing that kept the Tigers from winning the game was the good ole players in the black and white stripes. The refs were so bad against the Tigers and on purpose and they knew it. They would go by the Tigers bench and laugh after making a riduculous call against them.
  13. No they do not have to sit out. Montesorri Academy in Nashville shut down their high school a few years back and none of those students had to sit out a year.
  14. Just maybe if you would read all the posts you would see I was not bashing anyone and certainly did not single out the Ballerz, I was merely pointing out that I thought the Tennessee teams needed to be more consistent. Sorry I should not have included the Ballerz. What was I thinking. I do think it is interesting how much press the Ballerz team gets especially for a team that supposed to be underrated, and yet they appear to have no chinks in their armor and are a destined to be a top ten team in the nation. I have seen the Ballerz play several times this year and they are a very good team and a good set of kids. I wish them all the best. They have went from an underrated team to a top national team. Several of you have put them on a pretty high pedestal. I just hope for the boys sake they can live up to those expectations.
  15. Whatever, and I was not being negative about the players at all as I did acknowledge they are playing the best ball right now of the Tennessee teams. Any time you win a state championship, it is a great accomplishment. Just not convinced of the the national ranking. But you can't really say you have a group of underrated kids if they are ranked 15th in the nation!!!! I was also addressing Tennessee basketball in general. The TN teams have to show more consistency in the national tournaments. And agree I should have started a different thread to voice these opinions. Thank you for correcting me.
  16. Help me understand Shulman's National rating system. The Ballerz have not beaten any of the top 20 teams listed. They beat the Y, who did not have Leslie McDonald, and they barely beat the Franklin Rage by 3 in the state semis. I'm not saying Shulman is biased and I agree the Ballerz have been playing some good ball, but to say they are the 15th best team in the nation. That is seriously patting ones self on the back. To be real honest I have seen most of the good 17U teams play and I don't think there is a Tennessee Team right now that is a top 20 team in the nation. That includes the Memphis Y, Tennessee Y, Ballerz or anyone else. No consistency.
  17. Leslie actually was ranked in the top 20 but was dropped to 32 in the latest Rivals rankings
  18. #20 throwing aggressive elbows all night long. Watch the game film. By your definition a cheap shot.
  19. The reason there was a foul discrepency was because DC was fouling more. It comes with playing the aggressive defense they play. The refs could have called even more on DC for several cheap shots. #20 for DC was throwing cheap shots all night and should have fouled out a lot earlier than he did.
  20. Any coach that is a real coach will fight for his team when he knew they were wronged. The ref closest to the last shot held up 2 fingers for a two and the one furthest away held up his arms for a three. They gave the three and the refs left the court. All he was wanting was an explanation of how one calls it a two and the other a three, not to mention the time clock travesty that was never explained as well.
  21. Actually Mason, Miller and Anderson have played against the memphis guys since 4th grade. They have all played against Justin Blake, Leslie McDonald, Elliot Williams, M.J. Brown, Johnnie Williams, Farakhan Hall, Gentry Hines, Greg Wooten, Marlon Brown just to name a few. So they do know what they are up against. Unfortunately in Nashville you do not have the advantage of playing many games against the kind of team speed DC has. To me it will be a matter of how quick they can adjust to it as to how they fare, if CPA handles the pressure then DC will have to make the adjustments. It should be a fun game to watch as well as a fun tournament to watch. The 2A tournament is loaded with talent and all good teams, each capable of winning it all.
  22. I will have to agree with tigerhoops. While I agree Antioch did dominate CPA's bench they by no means dominated CPA's core group of players. Miller had no problems with the Antioch pressure and he and Anderson were wearing them out from the three. I will say Antioch thrives on getting the ball up the floor and you better get back on defense, which I think for the most part CPA did again when their starters were in.
  23. At this point in the year I don't think it matters who beat who. I think this group of teams are all capable of winning the gold ball. Probably as competitive a group of teams as seen in years. I think it will come down to whos hot and whos not on a game by game basis. The bottom line is each team played and earned their right to play at state, so good luck to all.
  24. Miller was off from the 3, but only took 3 jumpers for the night, made one, was fouled on the other in which he hit two free throws and missed one. As was stated in a previous post, the game plan was obviously to get Z the ball and make Giles County stop him. CPA was able to win but I think CPA will struggle at Murfreesboro if they do not get all five starters involved in the offense.
  25. CPA needs to focus on FRA and DL needs to focus on Giles County. If they both pass that test, then we can rehash game strategy for that game.
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