Thebballguru

This makes no sense for a number of reasons-mainly, who would SHHS play? Do u realistically want them to travel to Memphis and Nashville for games against schools of similiar size? Cause there just aren't that many schools that big around here

As expected...SHHS is several notches above all the competion in this half of the state this year-and presumably again next year barring an unfortunate injury or two

It was delayed because of tornado warnings last night...after April last year, they can't be too careful. As far as being surprised, I am not at all. CD is a solid ball team and while grainger is as well, it is extremely difficult to beat a good team 4 times in one year...especially playing on their home floor 3 of those times! Grainger peaked early this year and had some injury issues they had a hard time over coming from what I can gather...but regardless, good luck to both teams in the substate

I'm pretty sure GHS won by 10-15 points, but that is second hand info so take it for what it is worth... Also found out that Unicoi won tonight. It's shaping up for some good ballgames in the next week or so! I love tournament time!

Where did this happen tonight? Are you a scorekeeper? Or is this second hand info?

I know SG and GHS both won...any updates on the other games yet?

I agree, I can't remember the last time that D2 was "down" as much as they were this year...especially SG. They have struggled quite a bit this season and have not been the typical "lady rebels" that all of east Tennessee had become used to seeing play. GHS has been less than impressive most the year as well and CD has taken advantage of it, as they aren't exactly loaded up with talent either. I fully expected to see Unicoi and Betsy win last night and had the CD game as a toss up... It will be interesting to see how the rest of this season, and the next few to come play out.

SG and Unicoi have had a rich tradition and long history of battling in the post season, and I am quite sure that they will have many more battles in the future...unless of course the rumors I have heard about SG moving down to single A when they reclass the brackets again are true- How old are you? Just curious, because Unicoi traditionally has great girls teams with the exception of a rebuilding year occassionally...and I'm sure they will again make it to a substate and state tourney in the future

This is a question that has been asked over and over this year...and yet it still goes unanswered. I would also like to know what it is, but am not holding out too much hope of anyone answering it...

It was like 89-38 or something close to that...what a long night it was for the north girls... Boys game was a good one tho.

Well said.

Is this why unicoi beat grainger earlier this year? I just don't think that your anology is a good one considering unicoi beat them heads up...where was all the speed and pressure against them? Is grainger a good team? Yes absolutely, but so is Betsy...we will all find out who is left standing soon enough.

Ouch...is that their first conference loss?

I agree. Those top 3 have all been impressive this year, and I have no reason to think they are gonna slow down now. Science Hill is one of the most balanced teams I have seen in a while and it shows on the floor. I haven't been overly impressed with Morristown East this year in the games I have watched. There is no doubt they are light years better than they have been recently, but I think they still have quite a way to go before being a true contender. That being said, I have only seen them play 4 or 5 games and they may prove me wrong...but I just don't see it happening for the Lady Canes this year.

I would imagine it could have and should have been handled better, but even officials are human. A lot of times we as fans tend to forget that, and in a job where you are held under a microscope and have so many critics I can imagine it being stressful. This doesn't excuse bad behavior on any refs part...but I can for sure see where they could be "on edge". I normally am sympathetic towards refs because I have several close friends who are officials on various levels of the game, but there is a line that needs to be drawn. Professionalism and consistency is all that can be asked for in a ref, no matter what sport or what level the sport is being played on. Just my opinion.