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I heard today they are at 100 teams and full. Great event that showcases the best players and teams in the state. Preview of the state tournament!

I will give you my opinion and there is truly no way to know this without playing. I have had the privilege of watching every 1-A state champion since 1976 I am an old timer. Here is my top 5 class A teams of all time: 1. Perry County 1997. Shooters/scorers everywhere. Big/quick. Underrated defensively. 2-3. BGA 93-94 Pettus, Fleming, Vsn Landingham. Beat the heralded non champ Goodpasture with Maddux, Mercer, Howard. 4. 2014 Mitchell very deep team can’t remember all the names old age. 5. Tie: 1985 Bolton, 2008 Union City. Bolton Sylvester Gray of Bolton. MJ Brown Union City. Fun to watch teams. What a lot of people forget or don’t know is that Perry County team had 4 players in Haston, Jones, Brown, and Hamm that would have been the best player on any of the above teams not named Perry County. But all of those teams were fun to watch and well coached. That is my opinion and I approve it.

I asked the question to start a debate and it has definitely created discussion . I actually like both venues. But Tech should be considered I think because: currently better arena easy access off of I-40 to arena has a lot of new hotels in last 2-3 yrs average fans with no school ties will attend community will get into it, not sure still the case in the boro probably won’t move from m’boro but good to discuss

Which venue would be better as a host? Both good arenas centrally located, Tech’s gym looks better and more updated than MTSU when watching the D-2 tourney a couple weeks ago.

Which venue would be better as a host? Both good arenas centrally located, Tech’s gym looks better and more updated than MTSU when watching the D-2 tourney a couple weeks ago.

The UC reporter is great they do a great service to the athletes there. But until the Gannett news mafia with their mob boss Kreager are out of the mix of naming the finalist and winners it will remain the same. It should be a coaches vote and coaches committee that determines it. It should be handled better and there’s no question about that!

Excellent camp and very well ran. A ton of college coaches attend. They love seeing the players in this environment with their hs teams!

This discussion is very good. I looked at margin of victory for last night’s sectionals and average margin of victory was 16.7 ppg, contrast that with 2019 average margin of victory of 11.3 ppg. There were some blowouts sure, but there are every year. My feeling is that the whole state has been a little down the last couple years in boys. Some perennial powers have been just ok. Don’t see us going back to 3 classes, just like football will not drop classes to make it more competitive. Athletics in Tennessee need 4 classes across the board for all sports but again just don’t see it happening.

The best should be to come from this group. A lot of talent. Hope this isn’t like the 90’s for WC. This should be a valuable experience for them. They need a tougher schedule to challenge them. Skill work for all, and quit reaching defensively so much. But much more upside to them than down. Will be interesting to see them in a year.

This is a great question. I have seen coaches that win every year and make the state tourney regularly that aren’t great coaches but have excellent talent. I see coaches who coach less talent and are competitive against everyone but may win only 10-12 games every year. I look at these things: 1. They play with effort and purpose. 2. Fundamentally sound. 3. Player development.. 4. Game plans that give them a chance to win. 5. Their in game adjustments succeed. 6. Play with discipline. 7. Togetherness This is how I judge a coach. Championship are great but that isn’t all that goes into being a good coach.

Unfortunately we may never see the great players finish hs in state anymore. Many players and parents think it is better to leave and go to ‘prep schools’ to expand their game. Makes me wonder how we produced player like Penny Hardaway, Shawn Marion, Kirk Haston, Thaddeus Young, Trenton Hassell, etc with such poor coaching and competition. Lol it’s a different world!

Here is the issue with this thread, Cookeville and Upperman have very little history of playing each other in basketball, look back 50 years of playing rarely if at all. With Sparta/Cookeville there is a history for 80 plus years, even over 40 years ago when they were separated by classifications then they still played. I know Cookeville can’t or won’t control their student section, not many schools do. But with the talent and tradition of White County they should never back down from playing any program. It’s a failure of the leadership at both schools that they aren’t playing.

This is typical for this program. This place is unreal and will not stay out of a coaches way. Wouldn’t advise any coach to take this job, they will be unemployed again within 2 yrs

Hard to believe these teams are missing out on the BCAT camp at Lebanon this week during the NCAA live recruiting period 15th-17th. Well over 50 colleges were in there recruiting. At least 4 SEC head coaches in the house today!

The BCAT HOOPFEST team camp in Memphis June 16-17. This camp is during the NCAA live recruiting period specifically for high school teams. Some of the best teams and players in the state will be there. Games at P7 Sports Academy, Briarcrest Christian, and St. George School. Team list is posted at www.bcathoops.com