jaydem57

4.... correction they should beat ensworth

I agree about Christian Brothers being the Front runner they have 3 players that can score on any given night and a lot of other guys who know their roles and perform them well. Ensworth is very talented and deep although not as deep as their coach thinks they are. The whole 5-5-5 thing may work for now but late in the season there should be a top 8-10 that would make this team reach its potential MBA has played well after a shaky start i think they are around 10-2 now after starting 3-2 and they are just finding ways to win close games which is a sign of a team that can always compete. BA... the point guard is a special player and they have some other guys that can score at any given time but if the guard scores 20 and everyone else chips in 4-8 they could be tough to beat Father Ryan- as usual they are not overly talented but the coach there knows how to get the most out of his players and has them always play their best and their hardest

Saw the Box scores from the Columbia Central Tournament: 1st Round: MBA 63 Marshall County 56 Leading Scorers: Holden Mobley (MBA)- 30 Kedren Johnson (Marshall Co.)- 26. From the scores by quarters appeared to be close throughout Columbia Central 66 Madison Academy 62... Columbia- 4 players in double figures Dominique Parks- 16 and Devonta Hamlet- 15 led the way. No scores for Madison. Columbia trailed by 12 at half but came roaring back in the second half including winning the 4th quarter by 10 to win by 4 Consolation: Marshall County 54 Madison Academy 40. Kedren Johnson 26 (did not play 4th quarter probably 16 minutes). Score is closer than the game with Madison winning the 4th quarter 18 to 4 against Marshall County's backups Championship: MBA 58 Columbia 53. Holden Mobley 20- Tradarius Goff (Columbia) 17. MBA was up 11 at half but a bad third quarter allowed Columbia to get back into it although it was not enough. Also in Ensworth's Mid-TN tournament. Ensworth defeated La Vergne convincingly in the championship

I like Ensworth over MBA and Ryan but they are very closely matched. They will all start playing each other here in early January. Ensworth puts out a 15 man rotation almost every night but their main point guard is a freshman named Cornelius Elder. Very athletic and talented for a freshman but has a little bit of an attitude he needs to work on

Updated Power Rankings: 1. Christian Brothers (1)- close loss to Germantown but still feel they are the best team 2. Ensworth (3)- win over mccallie and continuing to beat opponents big 3. McCallie (2)- close loss to ensworth moves them down but they still remain a clear third 4. Father Ryan (6)- with a win over Franklin they move to fourth 5. MUS (7)- are continuing to win early in the season 6. MBA (4)- I'll keep them sixth but back to back losses has them looking like they are struggling 7. St Benedict (9)- a win over Ryan moves them up over the week 8. Baylor (10)- two narrow losses keep them from being perfect 9. Briarcrest (5)- Playing lots of games and play good ones and bad ones 10. JPII (NR)- a great win over Centennial gets them in the top 10 Drop Out: BA (7)- I'm Sure they will be on this list eventually but early in the season you need a win to be on this

I believe he is a freshman or sophmore but yes very shaky now but has the potential with his size to become a very good player. Not quite coordinated but that is something that will take time for someone who has grown so much. Not this year or maybe even the nect but after that he will begin to be a force

A team from DII AA will be in this soon enough. They don't get respect for the kind of basketball that they play more than likely will be Ensworth but other teams like MBA Ryan and BA all could crack it

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What are people's opinions on how this will turn out? My favorite has got to be Christian Brothers. Although this may not be one of their better teams they can get it done with a bunch of great shooters and a point guard who runs the show effectively. They beat MBA and Father Ryan both this weekend by 10 points Also other teams I believe that could make a run at the championship are Ensworth and McCallie. These two teams have already played a good game with Ensworth coming out on top but I feel that McCallie has a lot of growing to do and has a lot of potential. My top 10 are 1. Christian Brothers 2. McCallie 3. Ensworth 4. MBA 5. Briarcrest 6. Father Ryan 7. Brentwood Academy 8. MUS 9. St. benedict 10. Baylor Players to Watch Christian Brothers- Boughner- great shooter with size and above average athleticism McCallie- Price- highly touted young player with great strength and scoring ability inside Ensworth- very well rounded attack but i will be watching the inside combo of McFadden and McDermot MBA- proven group of seniors but to make a run sophmore Howard and Blackwell need to step up Briarcrest- have not really had a chance to see them play would like info on them Father Ryan- as it always is with Ryan defense is the number 1 priority but they will need shooters like Coursey and Rohling to be knock down Brentwood academy- Garlington- speed speed speed. this kid is extremely quick and can blow by defenders with ease MUS- also have yet to see play St. Benedict- guards that can score effectively Baylor- lost a lot after last year but need players like Born to play well This should be fairly competitive especially from the top 7 or 8. Any thoughts on teams or players would be appreciated.

also Meiko Lyles a junior at USN who is not gettin a lot of pub is a great player averaging about 26 a game and making everyone around him better

who are they?

in division II mba-ensworth

I dont know about the rowdiest crowds but i was at the mba ensworth game at ensworth last year and there were at least 2500 fans there and you could barely here yourself think. it made it better that it was a very tight game

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any suggestions?

There is quite a bit of talent in DII-AA this year. This is a rundown of how I believe everything will turn out this year. Everyone please tell me if you agree disagree or any suggestions 1. Ensworth- a couple of injuries have hurt them so far but the combination of Gary Pope, Miles Asafo-Adjei, and Tavarres Jefferson is a great trio of players 2. BA- although losing Stallings, Murphy and Reese, McHaney is a force inside and Weldon Garlington is a very talented sophmore 3. MBA- led by a great group of juniors including Holden Mobley 4. BGA- has one of the most competitive teams in recent history. even with the loss of Ryan Bristol, Daniel Parker is a great leader at the point 5. Baylor- Zane Gibson and Jordan Clark need to help get all of the team involved to be extremely successful 6. Father Ryan- Besides Breandan Connoly inside the team is very limited 7. Knox Webb- Dwight Tarwater will need to lead the team as a junior 8. McCallie- Chad Lee and Garrett Hicks lead a very balanced attack 9. JPII- with the injury to Devin Wilson, Wesley Tate is being forced to do the majority of the work by himself All DII-AA Teams: 1st team: Brendan Connonly Gary Pope Holden Mobley Tavarres Jefferson Daniel Parker 2nd Team: Thad McHaney Miles Asafo-Adjei Zane Gibson Weldon Garlington Dwight Tarwater 3rd Team: Jordan Clark Chad Lee Spencer Wise Garret Hicks Wesley Tate Please post any comment about this article

MBA- student section right behind one goal and had MBA undefeated at home this season nope they have a high school gym they play in

should be a good game Wilson Central is the most talented team MBA has face so far but MBA is playing at hoem and has everybody at full health and playin pretty well right now

well i think all of us would have counted him if he didn't tear his shoulder in football and is gonna miss the entire basketball season

im just tryin to get a rise out of all the culleoka people here

yeah but Santa Fe is the biggest joke in that Division I saw him at MBA and all he looked like was a good scorer in that game maybe he should stick to football

i saw Culleoka play MBA and I didn't see any lockdown defense out of him

Ensworth

i agree except only 1 point guard from Division II. There are some of the best point guards in tennessee basketball in D II like Miles Asafo-Adjei