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Im more of a Basketball follower than football and like I said we play what we have, there is no going and recruiting or even talking kids into transferring…..and to rebut about Memphis teams in finals I’ve watched Memphis East and Penny Hardaway with the enrollment of a single A team play up and dominate any and all challengers for years! They aren’t the only ones either Mike Miller and son at Germantown put together that super team a couple years ago that ran through the rest of the state! Other teams from Memphis or Chatt or Nash or any large populated area pop up and are relevant out of nowhere every year because they get an influx of talent be it from a new coach or AAU affiliations it happens in football also just like any other sport! I hope these two schools that close join together and get to play the team you support, then you may see it differently! I find it funny some of you think recruiting and resources don’t matter . The county schools get very little funding also but you don’t want to get me started on that part!

Good thing we aren’t in Florida then huh? It would benefit a ton of the smaller schools that don’t have the pools of kids to choose from! They should start by policing Shelby County like they do the rest of the state! Something has to change though and TSSAA knows that!

They will and get to choose wherever they want to go without any stipulations, it’s Memphis! Don’t worry the good ones will get swooped up quick!

2000, right after you guys beat moore county for the gold in 1999 by 29. Must have graduated the a whole bunch! You guys know as well as I do y’all’s streak isn’t in jeopardy this year or the next 2 !

Just for S&Giggles whens the last time SP didn’t make the playoffs?

The sandbagging begins… y’all made sure LV won’t be a problem by snagging 2 of their better players.

For perspective the county school I’m associated and graduated from only has 7,600 people in the entire county with a median age of roughly 47. That’s not very many 14-18 year olds to choose from. I think the football team had 25-28 kids or around there. On the other hand Shelby County has 916,000+ with a median age of 36. This isn’t just about Shelby county, but all the big ones with huge economic advantages! An urban/rural split would benefit tons of smaller schools that have to compete with counties with 120x the amount of people. Especially the ones who can pick and choose their players from a pool like that! I also agree with Pujo about charter and magnets and they will eventually be phased into the private divisions because it is obviously an advantage plus all the funding! Add that county schools can’t go recruit outside of their county like charters and magnets!

Prep going back to back just to be put in with the private schools after next year!

Chatt Prep just wears you down with their hand picked kids, what a performance by Slaughter tho they couldn’t stop him. Congrats to Santa Fe on an amazing run, I expect them to be back next year Auden is just a Jr.

Good thing Chatt Prep has plenty of depth, even got 8th graders out there contributing! At the pace they are calling fouls in this game, Slaughter may get to 35+ free throws attempted.

Not that it’s connected to anything, but fwiw I have noticed it’s the only box score results posted without the officials names listed on the tssaa page. It’s the only game to not have them in the entire tournament so far. I just thought that was interesting to say the least. Whose decision was that? I know you have no clue like myself. I’m just generally curious as to why. Maybe someone can answer it….

It’s going to be an incredibly bad look if (when imo they seem to be the best team left in A) they do win a championship before the school even has graduated a true senior class! I hope this opens some eyes and charters will be in D2 after this next reclassification period.

Congrats Pioneer it’s been a long time coming for GC girls basketball to be back on top! To get a miss basketball as well as another gold ball is a heck of a year, enjoy it and congratulations to Hart she’s got a bright future!

Exactly, it takes more than just playing the right defense, it takes some luck, a lot of skill, good coaching, and players making plays in pressure situations! GC got more of that in the second half and won! You can’t tell me they won because they strictly played a 1-3-1 zone! GC made more shots when It mattered and York went cold!

You can too shut her down multiple teams have held her under or around 10 points!