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Since they been winning.

Maybe because their Coach has FIVE sons whom won a State championship 6 out of the last 7 years! You heard of the Lawsons right? Well the youngest is arguably the best! His father has a couple of state championships under his belt including last year and a undefeated team. But I'm not a Memphis "insider".

This is a typical response from someone outside of Memphis. FYI BTW has 6 seniors, 4 been at BTW since 6th grade and the other 2 since 9th grade. I understand Memphis is "different" from the rest of Tennessee. Nonetheless, 5 teams from Shelby County will see you in Murfreesboro next week, including BTW, MAHS, Wooddale and Whitehaven all from the inner city. We bringing Houston along as well.

I actually agree with some of the things that are being addressed, However I feel it is TSSAA's job to redesign becasue they do. Also they take the same $500 for those charter schools as they do every other school in Tennessee. So if you going to allow these schools into your association then you should make sure they have the same oppurtunities as every other school.

Why should Memphis have to do the job every school in Tennessee is paying TSSAA to do? Every three years TSSAA realigns the districts. What trips should you make 15aa and 16aa have always been in Memphis so now with more teams you take one district away. But I have found you guys will justify anything to fit your needs. It is amazing how grown folks don't think all kids deserve a fair chance. As long as your kids have a chance dam the rest, especially the kids in Memphis. What Memphis should do is put more into their own city tournament and pull out of TSSAA.

I'll send you the link to the youtube video when I upload. Video is worth 1000 words. Again no need to prove a point to you. You can justify so no matter what the facts are you believe you are right.

It doesn't really matter at the point for you to try and justify by saying BTW got calls in the 1st half and TCA got them late in the game tells the entire story. If I was TSSAA or anyone else I would want TCA and their 5000 fans to BTW and their 50 fans. I have the tape I will post it on youtube later. At this point Memphis has a much bigger battle they should be fighting. The injustice of having 14 teams in 16A next year where the rest of the state has a max of 9. in AAA Memhphis and Shelby county has 3 district 14AAA with 6 15AAA with 7 and 16AAA with 7. 16AA will have 10 teams in one district loosing their 15AA District next year.

Calls made in the first half are not the same as calls made in the 4th quarter in a close game. Again I'm not saying BTW or TCA should have won the game and I am a BTW fan. Im saying it should have been played out on the court FAIRLY. TCA deserves to get the win without this type of conversation about the game. BTW deserved to loose the game on a bad game plan, missed freethrows, and miss easy buckets. Don't try and justify by saying it "balanced out" no it did not, Why was those calls that you say went for BTW did not go for BTW in the 4th quarter. Did TCA stop playing aggressive? As a matter of fact they went man to man. The only time the whistle blew on BTW side of the floor in the 3rd and 4th was to call bogas offensive fouls against BTW. I will not comment any longer becasue obvisouly you are willing to justify wrong. Good luck to those kids from TCA. The kids did their part, the played the game that was presented to them.

To sit and watch grown people treat kids the way the refs did BTW regardless of who you cheer for is wrong. Right is Right and wrong is wrong. TCA is a great school with great fans and a great team. It's ashame for that game to be called the way it was called in the third and forth quarter. We try to teach kids to do the best you can and let the chips fall where they may at the end you hold your head up and move on. The humanitarian in me will never allow me to treat any kid wrong regardless who I cheer for. We all deserved to see a fair game between the two good teams that played tonight. I will not take anything away from TCA they played the game the way it was given. I would still say the same if BTW would have pulled it off. It was not fair and everyone who was there should be honest. TCA deserved to win a game that was called fair. That's my Explinatiom

"Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. " "Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men."

I just returned home from a great school with a great fan base with a really strong team that is well coached. That team deserved to win a game that was fair and just. So did the other team! Both teams are made up of kids playing a sport where the team that plays the best should win. Tonight the refs at TCA tarnished a game that should have been great. BTW deserved to play a fair game where they had the same chance to win as TCA. The refs tonight took that away and it disgraced the game of basketball. For anyone to say that game was fair and was called just, you are just as much the problem as the refs tonight. I'm not saying BTW or TCA deserved to win, I'm saying they both deserved a game that was decided by the play on the court fairly. So congratulations TCA you move on to the championship and sectionals those kids played a good game and won the game.

No the basket should have counted and BTW charged a team foul and BTW ball side out of bounds. Scott Hill played the better game and deserve to win. My only point was Scott Hill did not dominate BTW and the game was closer than the final score. You can put the poor shooting on the trip or the back drop. I will say there were several key calls that change the outcome of the game. Either way Scott Hill won and BTW lost. So maybe we will do it again next year.

The correct call was team foul on BTW and BTW take the ball out. That was the turning point of the game. With was 2 seconds left in the 1st half. Scott Hill up 3 with that play Scott Hill went into the locker room up 7. Actually BTW should have played a more athletic game and push the tempo on Scott Hill. At no point was Scott Hill 20 points better than BTW. I agree Scott Hill is much better at playing their game then BTW was at playing Scott Hill game. As for Scott Hill missing shots let’s give BTW some credit, they did have at least 4 block on the shooters. Why not go to the basket and score inside every time When BTW penetrated or got the ball inside they either scored or got fouled. Honestly BTW did more to lose the game then Scott Hill did to win the game. They made only 4 free throws the entire game. There exist a phobia with Memphis team, when they see unknown referees coming to their game that are very familiar to their opponent, they believe they will not get a fair game. So they often change their game plan to try and protect their players. Rather true or not it happens. The one great thing about sports there is always next year! Good luck to Scott Hill you have a very discipline team and run great sets.

First great job 15A on your season. Now speaking of A girls basketball in Memphis. There are several factors that play into this issue. 1: single A in Memphis is mostly made up of upstart charter schools. BTW was moved down last year because of projected enrollment. With so many high schools to choose from girls basketball talent is being scattered. 2. 16A had 13 teams this season with mandatory playing of at least one game with all teams and two with the six in your division it eliminates the chance for a team like BTW to play higher quality comp on a nightly bases. 3. The officiating in the regional tournaments is much different then the officiating during the regular season. It is the main reason you hear so much complaining for Memphis teams once they move outside of Memphis. For anyone who was actually at the BTW vs Scott Hill game the game was much closer than the final score shows. If you look at the score sheet BTW actually out scored Scott Hill in the 1st and 4th quarter. Poor offensive execution by BTW is why they lost. Maybe someone can help me on this one. If an off the ball foul is called on a made basket do the team get the ball back under their basket?