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Dont forget we still have Phillip Jurrick on the bench. He is a kid from Chattanooga, he was ranked in the Rivals top 100 last year. We have redshirted him thats why he hasnt seen the court so far this year. He is 6'11 & is a great defensive presence in the paint, he will block alot of shots. But his offense is suspect thats why Pearl redshirted him, atleast thats what i heard. Next year i could see our lineup being: 1. Maze/ ( or maybe Daniel West, he stayed on campus & school to bring his grades up, & he will be able to play next year. Some people have said he is better than Maze ) 2. Hopson 3. Prince 4. Negedu 5. Jurrick

As of right now we have 1 scholarship open for the 09' recruiting class & we have already used that on Kenny Hall from Georgia i think he is ranked somewhere in the 50's on rivals top 150. He will something like a Tyler Smith mold but not as good as T. Smith. But like i previously said i think Chism or T. Smith will go pro if not both of them opening up atleast 1 scholarship. For the 10' recruiting class we have 2 scholarships open as of right now & both of those are being used on Josh Selby a guard ranked 5th in rivals top 100 for 10' & Jordan Mcrae a guard ranked in the 20's on rivals top 100 for 10'

Im not going to argue with anything you just said because i dont know enough about Seymours team or Christinas mother to know if she is reliable on what she says. But that is what was told to me by her, but i do know she has threatned to transfer Slay a few times & hasnt happened yet so mayber its another one of those scenarios. but thanks for the post & info. Ill be over there Monday night for the game against Alcoa & at the game against Grainger.

That is true. But who would Tennessee use the open scholarship on? Mabye another post player or something? Bruce wont just not use an open scholarship.

Im telling you boys Skylar needs to wait. Tennessee WILL have a scholarship come open. Either Chism or Tyler Smith will go pro if not both of them opening up a scholarship for Skylar!

Bruce Pearl doesnt think the easiest thing to overcome is the physical part. I was listening to one of his interviews the other day & he was talking about the hardest thing for Scotty Hopson to overcome was the physical part. He said the another year in the college weight training & Scotty would be ready to tear up the league. Just because Skylar played football doesnt mean he can be physical enough in college basketball. & yes your right a year in a college weight program would def get him ready.

You guys are going to tell me that he is big enough & physical enough right now to play everyday in the SEC or ACC!?! Lol thats funny. No he isnt. The college game is way different than high school. Thats the only thing he needs to work on just get bigger & more physical.

Skylar would have to improve his defense & become more physical, maybe add a little more muscle also to be able to play at Wake or Tennessee. The kid can flat out play though no question about that.

CCHS-91 JCHS-60 Wasnt a game at all CCHS took control early & coast all the way to victoy. I will say this CCHS could have EASILY scored over 100 points in this game, but Coach Evans decided to put his second unit into the game with around 4 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter. The second unit had a huge scoreless drought in the 4th & by the time they started knocking down shots their was around a minute left. So by my understanding the win over JCHS last night gives CCHS the 2nd seed & a bye in the conference tourney right?

Your right on about Seymour! I saw them play Friday night against Fulton. If any one didnt know Seymour has a girl on the team by the name of Christina Slay, she is the younger sister of former Tennessee standout Ron Slay. The girl is the real deal. Be looking for her to make some noise in the conference next year & by the time she is a Senior b/c she is only a Freshman she should be one of the best in the state. But thats if she doesnt transfer after the school year. I talked to her mom during the game & she said their has been alot of issues with race & she isnt very fond of the head coach at Seymour.

Okay, if thats the truth then where has he been at the two games they played CCHS? Because i personally know Hunter Docker & Barry Huffhines i have asked both of them their heights & neither one of them are 6'4 & when CCHS played MWHS there wasnt one player on that team as tall as Dockery of Huffhines

Im going to give Dockery being 6'3 but i think it is kind pushing it a little for me he his more 6'2 or 6'2 1/2.

They lied! Ask CCHS2 Dockery is no way 6'5. & their is not one player on West team taller than Huffhine's or Dockery!!

No possible way! Hunter Dockery who play's for CCHS is no way taller than 6'3 & their is not one player on West team that is as tall as he is. Atleast that i have seen from the games West has played against CCHS. West might have a player 6'2 but that's stretching it.

Ill be heading over to Morristown tonight for the big game in the IMAC, CCHS vs. Mo-East. If CCHS pull's out the win, they will be tied for 1st place in the IMAC. Ill give a recap when i get back.

Cocke County travel's over to Morristown East tomorrow night for a battle to claim 1st place.

We got about 2 inches of snow, but with the sun being out so far today it's pretty much gone. It was real bad Sunday night.

Cocke County - 59 Grainger - 35 I did'nt attend the game tonight, listened to it on the radio. Im sure PTSportsWriter will be on later to add stat's & analysis.

Grainger - 51 Cocke County - 49 Grainger dominated CCHS in the post tonight. Grainger to the lead 5-3 early in the first & never gave it up. CCHS was down 10 @ halftime & was down by as much as 15 in the 2nd half, Marcus Stewart stepped it up for CCHS in the 2nd half & brought the team all the way back late to tie it up with around 2 minute's to go. Game was tied 59-59 with 6.8 second's left to play, Grainger had the ball & had to go full length of the court but a foul was called on CCHS which sent Grainger to the line. They hit both to go up 51-49. CCHS called a TO, then got the ball into Marcus Stewart's hand's he drove the entire length of the floor missed a tough layup & Hunter Dockery couldnt get the tip on on the opposite side, therefore giving you the Grainger win by 2 Marcus Stewart had 26 for CCHS Humphrey for Grainger had 24 & if anyone is wondering Skylar McBee added 10.

Shannon Depew from Cocke County High School scored her 1,000th point Friday night. I think she is @ 1,009 now. She is only a Junior, she has started every game since her Freshman year.

One HUGE problem i have with the officiating in the IMAC is they let ref's that graduated from a IMAC school officiat their alma mater at time's. I have seen that done many time's over the year's.

If you guy's would like to re-read my post, NOT one time did i say the ref's cost CCHS the game. Did i say it was horrible officiating like usual IMAC game's yes i did & i wont retract that statement, but NOT once did i say CCHS lost the game because of the ref's. CCHS lost the game because they are not the better team, they lost the game because of turnover's, missed easy shot's, & free throw's. BUT when the game was cut to 3 were they some questionable call's yes especially the charge & T that was called. As for the over the back call's i will stick with my statement of saying she was climbing back's because she was! Did the ref's get the wrong call on the charge yes, look up the rule & it will say what i put. & as for the Technical foul it was on Wade & from my point of few it was a wrong call, now could i hear what Wade said no of course not but by his action's he didnt deserve a Technical. & yes i agree with you if MW & CCHS played 10 time's MW would win 9 of 10. MW is simply the better team i have'nt denied that at all, they just simply have more playmaker's & shooter's. As for as me saying MW won by 14 because foul after foul was called that also is a true statement.

Mo West pulled out the victory tonight over CCHS 64-50! It was a packed house tonight, standing room only. With the Lady Red wearing the Pink Uni's you could feel the intensity in the gym during warm up's. In the first half CCHS came out like they usually do, really flat & made a ton of turnover's, missed alot of easy layup's & free throw's. While Mo West came out knocking down wide open 3's left & right. Mo West went into halftime with a 10 point lead. In the second half the Lady Red came out fired up & made some great run's to cut the lead down to 3 at one point. Now i have been on here reading post people have put about how horrible the IMAC ref's are & tonight was'nt any different. The Hall girl for West was climbing the back's of Lady Red defender's all night after rebound's but the stripe's refused to call anything! Mid 4th quarter the Lady Red cut the lead down to 4 point's West turn the ball over & CCHS came racing down the court, a charge was called on CCHS ( which it was NOT a charge!! An offensive player must have room to come down after leaping in the air for a rebound or a pass. A CCHS player jumped in the air to catch a pass as she turned her head in air to come down Hall set up for a charge while she was in the air right under neath her ) as soon as the ref turned to make the foul call to the score's table he T'd Wester up for arguing the call which in turn lost all momentum for CCHS & from that point on foul after foul after foul was called on CCHS therefore giving you the 14 point win by Mo West. I would really like to be able to go to ONE game in the IMAC confere & be able to see a well ref'd game. I have been going to IMAC game's for year's & they seem to be getting worse & worse.

The game was @ Cocke County & it was like Dejavu all over again for West. The same thing that happened tonight happened over @ West earlier this season. Cocke County came out flat in the first 2 quarter's making stupid costly turnover's & not making easy basket's. Mo West got the lead out to 13 in the 3rd quarter but Cocke County finally got into a rythm late into the 3rd & carried that into the 4th. Cocke County strecthed the lead out to as much as 10 but West made a run with 2:00 minute's to go in the game. CCHS ended up pulling out the win 50-47. West was'nt knocking down alot of shot's tonight but neither was CCHS. CCHS's leading scorer Marcus Stewart had a off night & didnt score more than 10. As for West's post play, they dont have a guy on the team taller than 6'1 while CCHS has 3 guy's 6'2 or taller that's where the game was won tonight for CCHS was in the post.

Mo. West - 49 South Greene - 40 That's a final.