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OK. Maybe I shouldn`t have said "the reason DC lost.......". My post was not intended to take anything away from WS, but to point out DC`s play IMO. There is no doubt WS is a better team and yes they proved it Monday. I never said they weren`t. I have watched DC for years and I still say that regardless of being confused, taken out of their game, or whatever the reason, that doesn`t keep them from hustling and they simply did not the first half. Argue that point all you want, but just like you guys know Memphis ball, I know DC. J3 was by far the best player I saw on the court that day and if I could have seen him in a faster paced game, I`m sure I would have been much more impressed. Before you come down to hard on me, please look at my original post. I said that I am not used to seeing the half court game. That`s obviously the base of their "O" and they do it very well. I`m just used to seeing alot more speed than I saw at the Forum. I wish all these guys well and am sure they will rep west Tn, well at the next level.

I typically don`t sugarcoat anything. DC did play badly and got manhandled because of it. In response to your statement about being tougher, the problem DC has is that the officials in that region won`t let them play that style of ball. While I like that style of play as does DC, the refs control the games tighter by calling handchecks, chestbumps and that sort of thing continuously, not giving them a chance to play "tough". I do agree it`s makes a difference when you get into the Memphis area.

I agree with about 80% of these post. Don`t know alot about the Memphis teams other than what I saw at the Forum. Guess I`m just not used to seeing much of the half court game, but I honestly didn`t see any D-1 majors there. WS may be the best team in M, but I can`t base that on the DC game as they were never challenged. DC got beat because they didn`t hustle in the first half and they played a more than sloppy defensive game. My guess would be WS had 10-12 shots under the basket and 6-8 15 foot shots, all uncontested. DC will learn and recover from this. Good teams do. GO CHOCTAWS !!

Yea. I don`t understand that one either.

Purple, I agree as well. I think they should eitherl count all or none. The problem is giving an option which it sounds like they`re taking away. I also agree I don`t side with TSSAA often, but this is the right call.

Yes. Probably won`t be too many there for the Grizzlies game. May be able to improve on those seats also. DC has played teams with more size and some with as much speed, but they will play the bench enough to wear the opponents down in the 4th. Should be fun !

You apparently haven`t been to any of their games. He plays the bench on an average of one and a half quarters per game, meaning the starters play only a little over a half. He does this for three reasons. 1) That`s how you prep your bench players to be sucessful starters and 2) it`s a major factor in wearing down opponents 3) he knows if he runs up the score, there will be a few complainers waiting to take a cheap shot. 64, you are so right.

Hehe. I guess you the man !

Ok Bigster, you`re right, I jumped the gun a little on an earlier post. No doudt that you and some others on this board are much more informed of the overall pic than I am ! As for the Martin Tourney, I don`t have a clue what McCord was thinking except that he wanted to play there. Good enough for me. Have you guys forgotten just a week before Martin, DC played the Stearns, Ky. tourney and faired pertty well I might add. I understand your point, but let the KIDS plat ball. I sometimes think they could take on the Celtics and it still wouldn`t be good enough !

Just a tidbit of info. ESPN reported that in football, there are more 3 stars and under playing in the pros than 4 and 5 stars, so I agree, don`t get too caught up in numbers. Keep in mind these numbers are changing all the time due to kids moving, grades, injuries, the fact that some kids improve more than others, and a host of other reasons so again, don`t get caught up in the hype. Hubbs will do just fine as I`m sure the other young men will too. He does great with his studies and has his head on straight. As far as stats, most of you don`t realize he has gotten his numbers by averaging less than 3 quarters a game, just as all the starters at DC have. McCord plays a heavy bench. When you start talking about rankings, it`s as if these guys are in a personal competion with one another. Hubbs is more concerned about winning titles at this point than he is about his ranking and that`s what good players do. He just wants to play and everything else will take care of itself.

For the ones that have seen all these players, you are entitled to your opinion, but if you`re looking at numbers, don`t. Hubbs has posted his numbers by averaging less than 3 quarters a game like all the other starters on DC and by all means, this kid is far from slowfooted, but keep on thinking that.

Well I`m not sure of the two players you are talking about, but I sat with a couple of guys from Martin today and told them about your statement. I`m sure they are good guys and perhaps they had a bad day, but there was not one player on FC that would start for DC and as I said, there were fans from other teams that agreed with me on this one. Seriously ! I know you`re a BB person and I respect your opinions, but I`ll have to disagree big time with you on this one.

Now Bigster, you know better than that. To bad they play 5 on 5 instead of 2 on 2 uh?

Thats crazy. What about the over the back calls missed on WS all night and the pushing off with the forearm calls that were missed, and what about calling a foul that was a foul on Jackson and then changing it to a player that just entered the game. And you think DC got the calls. At "20 minutes down the road", you are obviously one of the DC jealous haters and that does explain your comment. DC was beaten by a really good team tonight, but there`s no way anyone could have seen the same game I did and not give the Choctaws the credit the deserve. GREAT GAME CHOCTAWS AND GOOD LUCK WS.

I would hope our Choctaws are wanting to do more than just "give them a good game". I know WS is a very good team and DC has their work cut out but these guys CAN win this game and I for one am not conceding anything. Most ppl said DC would never get out of the region. That`s why they play the game ! GO ORANGE !!!!