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13 minutes ago, HawkGuy06 said:

They ended the year #1 in district but South Gibson won the district championship. Westview is hot at the right time. They ended the district in 3rd place & traveled to 14AA & beat a decent Lexington team. Then went into South Gibson’s home in the 2nd round of region & took the dub! 

Oh wow... I thought that game was at Westview last night.  That's a twist I missed.  Both of those gyms are tough places to play.

10 hours ago, HawkGuy06 said:

We was looking forward to playing them Thursday! Well now we get to host the region 7AA championship thanks Westview! 

Westview was the #1 seed in that district coming out of their regular season.  Can someone from that side explain to me why everyone is seeing them winning and being in the regional final an upset? 

On 2/27/2021 at 5:59 PM, btownbasketball said:

Did we have a bad night against Haywood or did coach rest players?

There are no excuses from that night.  They are the only team to beat Bolivar since Christmas.  

On 2/24/2021 at 1:42 AM, HereComesTheCloser said:

Yep, Covington would have blew up Wooddale. Sorry about this truth hurting ya, but you'll adjust.

Oh and the reason we beat Covington by 20 in that Substate game....because we missed about 15 free throws. Otherwise we'd have won by 35.

#Checkmate

#BackToBack

#HereComesTheCloser

South Side was definitely the best team in AA last year. Nothing against Wooddale because I think they had the best player 

On 2/12/2021 at 8:52 PM, 802Tomcat said:

Haywood just upset Bolivar it is tournament time anything can happen 

That was a regular season game

20 minutes ago, HawkGuy06 said:

Or why don’t Westview want to play us is the question! Not talking bad about Westview but their coach never schedules any tuff games! They always cakewalk to state & their easy schedule is why they can’t win it after going to state 7 or 8 consecutive years in a row imo! We play people that will play us, Gibson County which is Single A always invite us to play in their Thanksgiving tournament! It has all the toughest teams in Single A & is always a great tournament! Lorotto, Summertown, Gibson County, USJ(private) & Christmas tournament in Dyersburg that is usually tough! Dyersburg, Greenfield, a few Memphis teams! We was going to Florida to play this before COVID-19 came along! Covid didn’t allow us to play in no thanksgiving or Christmas tournament this year. We don’t mind taking losses 

There are definitely 3 teams out West that are 20 points better than their competition in AA.  South Side, Westview, and Covington.  When they play in district their games aren't even close.  Fayette Ware has young talent but won't get close to beating any of these teams in the tournament in my opinion.  They're just not ready yet.  

On 1/29/2021 at 10:37 AM, NWhoopaholic said:

Nominations are due by Feb. 8th. Would like some input from folks statewide. Give me some worthy names in each classification to consider. Thanks.

On 1/25/2021 at 12:46 PM, HawkGuy06 said:

I heard Bolivar doesn’t want to lose. So they don’t want to make up games like against South Side, Bartlett. I am not sure how creditable this source is but it makes sense. Bolivar is #4 in AA, South Side is #1 in AA & Bartlett is ranked #10 in AAA 

Big dog that's just not facts.  Bolivar is one of the few teams that has LITERALLY scheduled all of the top teams trying to fill in spaces for teams that cancelled for COVID.  All the Jackson teams North Side, South Side, and Sacret Heart cancelled.  They beat North Side by 20 (really was like 30 because the 2nd team played most of the 4th quarter...) and led at South Side with 4 minutes left to play before South Side went on a late run to close it.  Both those teams cancelled the 2nd meeting due to COVID.  They couldn't get the Sacred Heart games played also due to COVID. 

Here's the kicker.  They ended up filling in those spaces stepping up a class and playing 2 games with Arlington (Ranked 5th in AAA) and away game at Bartlett (10th in AAA; the game scheduled at Bolivar was cancelled...).  Then they went 2 hours to the Westview Christmas tournament where they eventually played Briarcrest who started the season something like 15-0 in the private sector.  They also scheduled MAHS twice and they qualified for the state tournament in single-A last year.  They've also already beaten Fayette Ware who was picked to win their district.  They've played one of the toughest schedules in the state this year EASILY. To say they're dodging people is crazy when the schedule shows you the EXACT OPPOSITE.

All the teams everyone is mentioning are all the best of the best in West TN.  The only team on the list I haven't seen is Houston.  Arlington is the most well rounded team I've seen play. They have size and their guards are extremely talented.  I was at the early season game where Bolivar almost won but Arlington was without their 6'9" center.  When they played the second time with everyone playing it was a 25 point, highlight reeled blowout. They won by eight but that was because the 2nd team gave up a 10 point run with under 2 minutes.  

I'd give Bartlett the edge on the best guards.  They're well coached, share the ball, and the team speed is undeniable.    They just lack the overall size I've seen from some of the other teams at that level so it may be difficult for them to make a run but when your guards don't turn the ball over you have a chance.  

South Side and Bolivar are both guard heavy and lack size.  I think they'll both make tournament runs and be a pretty even matchup come tournament time because their guards are talented and don't turn over.  When they've played other AA teams they've been at least 15 points better in all the games.  Fayette Ware is actually the biggest team in West TN in AA play.  Everyone in their starting lineup is over 6'4" and their center is 6'10".  There's a lot of hearsay out there but I've actually seen all these teams I just mentioned in person.

My take...