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BTW was the better team and deserves to move on. I don't know if that's your team but if they face Mitchell I hope so bad that BTW wins it over them. Good luck.

So they were holding the ball to not hurt our feelings and not blow us out? When we were behind by 10? Gotcha.

I don't know who it was. Either way it doesn't matter. I'm not blaming the refs. We played terrible.

You're right. In fact, as soon as you score 2 points why not just hold the ball the rest of the time. Who needs to play a ball game? It'd be different if it was the 4th quarter.

BTW is holding the ball every possession even though they have a 10 plus point lead. Ridiculous. Refs this whole tournament have been terrible. Not just against VB either. Against us against them against everybody. They have missed a good 5 walks against BTW.

Thanks. And that I'm not sure about lol y'all are more physical and draw more fouls that's for sure. And sharper shooters. Would've liked to see you guys go further.

At least Shozen acknowledges the fact that VB can win games. Uc sports fan has said that playing our girls in the state tourney would "be like playing their jv" and he was definitely wrong there. I predicted our boys would beat Jackson County in the sectional (they did, by 13) and he acted like I was crazy saying there was no way because they had blown us out by 40 before (which was also definitely not true). But anyhow. Proving people wrong is a great feeling.

Agreed!

We aren't very good.... so would you say GCA isn't very good? Don't understand your logic there bud.

I was going to acknowledge his "prediction" but decided I wouldn't even bother lol. Maybe one day we will earn his respect.

We play an easy schedule but we beat the good teams when it matters. Marion, Jackson, and now GCA. We will have to be on our a game for BTW.

I thought we were past getting pressured that bad and could handle it. We did hit the free throws when they mattered and that was huge. Mills is such a solid player. And I think Coach Sullivan made it a point to try and get Arnold in foul trouble. That was a great game to watch. We will have a test with BTW.

60 to 64 final VB

58 to 59 VB up with 1:04 to play

And that's for both sides

Why aren't the refs calling actual physical fouls instead of touchy ones? Goodness

Their biggest player is out with 3 fouls. They have no inside game right now so of course VB doesn't have as many. Its been pretty fairly called. We'll see how the second half goes.

How is this game going?

I think the last 4 years they have met in substate. Finally knocked them off last night. Proud of them.

Mr. High and mighty has made his appearance. I hate to turn this into a "VB Jackson" thread but you're just flat out wrong lol. Yeah they blew us out the first game. We are a team full of sophomores that hits our rhythm in the middle of the season. But it was 28 points. Don't know where you got 40 from. And when we played them at home it was a back and forth game. I know when we came out after the half we got the lead up to 5 or 7 at one point. We lost by 3. You can't say a loss by 3 is "not as close as the final score indicated" VB just isn't a popular team like Clay and all the others and therefore not worthy of any praise from you apparently.

I think Van Buren will beat Jackson this time. Not just saying that because that's my hometown either. I'm not as bold as you saying Halls will go down by Booker T but it may happen. Halls is a great team. Clay County will of course win by double digits but I think Marion will keep it closer than most would think. They are an underrated team.

Thanks man. Good luck to y'all too.

This is Bouldin's second nomination. I hope she wins. She is smooth as butter. She's just fundamentally sound all around. Great shooter, even better at driving to the basket and creating plays... she has carried that team of hers.

I also struggle to see where you are faulting Coach Sullivan for who he plays. The 5 he started last night are very deserving. You can't complain about that. I think he subbed in 2 more guys the whole game maybe? And even then I think they went in once. Those 5 starters played mostly the whole game. I just don't see where you can even complain about that. Unless you are thinking some kid that he hardly ever puts in should be played more.

Let me get this straight real quick for you. I plainly said "no excuses" up there after mentioning that a starter was out. I'm probably the person that hates excuses more than anyone else. It was worth mentioning that a starter was absent though. No one is saying him being out is why we lost cause that's not it at all. My opinion- we lost because we play a cupcake schedule all season long and are used to coming out at halftime being up by 20+ and not having to play at the level that Clay forced us to. We're just not used to that and it hurts us. Wish we played teams like Clay all season long.