ThePinkPanther

1 hour ago, LadyCavsFan said:

I don’t know if she is playing or not but if she isn’t do you want to move your bet to the next game?  I haven’t asked or heard anything.  I hope she plays.  

I'm just gonna call "no action" on the $100 and pull for Cookeville.  I've had a change of heart.

If Blair isn't playing, I'm gonna have to change my prediction.  Cleveland has almost Zero chance to win if she doesn't play.

Cookeville - 58

Cleveland - 40

3 hours ago, LadyCavsFan said:

The AC repair man,  concession stand team that has the key to ice machine lock, athletic trainer, ticket lady, admin, announcer, coaches, student section, etc etc.  But nobody really.... 

Hahahaha.  Ok, now that was funny.  

But I'm still pulling for Cleveland on Friday. 

And just to be clear, I wasn't bashing the AC repair man ( But I do think whoever was supposed to call him didn't call him soon enough).

42 minutes ago, Oldschoolrocks said:

AMEN!!  This is a basketball thread...not a bashing thread. 

"Bashing Thread"???

Who has been bashed?

1 hour ago, LadyCavsFan said:

To make things interesting I have 100.00 donation bet on Cookeville Friday night any haters interested?  If you want to take that bet its simple.  If Cookeville wins you mail the Lady Cavs team 100.00.  If they lose, I mail your team a 100.00 donation.  Nothing stings more than giving money to a rival team.  

$100 donation to my Lady Panthers if Cleveland wins Friday night? Or I send $100 to your Lady Cavs? Book it!!! Let's go Cleveland.  

---Score Prediction---

Cleveland - 52

Cookeville - 44

Out of all the people that work there, they only had ONE person placed at the ticket gate to sell tickets and check temps (only ONE).  The line was 50 ppl deep. The guy at the score table may have been reading what was written down, but who was the person that wrote it down?  He was corrected by coach Buck and he basically said "screw you".  The girl's assistant coach started arguing with some parents during coach Buck's exchange with the announcer.   It was an act of Congress to get some ice for our players after the game.  CHS student section asking Stone kids to go outside to fight.  As soon as the game was over, the AC came on to start cooling the gym.  

Last night, Cookeville got out played, out coached & out classed by STONE MEMORIAL.

There is a reason CHS was voted least respected school in 6AAA.

I stand by my "jerk" comment... I hope Cleveland beats Cookeville.   There was about 6-7 things that were done by Cookeville admin and coaches that were lacking class.   But like I said before, "what's new"?  

The announcer & coaching staff was the icing on the cake.  (It was Pitiful).  

1 hour ago, LadyCavsFan said:

Absolute war of a game!  Officials sucked for both teams but those players showed up huge.  Congrats to Stone on a well played game.  The adjustment late with Miller guarding Gillies was a game changer.   Both teams showed such amazing heart and fight.   I hope they play one more time...

I hope Cookeville gets beat by Cleveland.  (Probably won't happen, but that's what I'm hoping for).  Not much class displayed by CHS tonight.  But hey, what's new?

25 minutes ago, buc1973 said:

Final

SMHS 79

White Co 62

 

It was never close! 

7 minutes ago, LadyCavsFan said:

You should probably read closer before you comment.  You obviously aren’t talking to me!  I think I made my point very clear.  I never said anything about running up a score.  Like I said 2 times I didn’t have a problem with it.    It’s Cookeville’s job to stop a team from running up a score not the other coach.   Read again.

But I do agree with you on the stats.  

I didn't say you "said"... I said you "insinuated" which is how I took the statement you made about "Stone left starters in until final 2 mins".  

Stone pulled their starters as soon as Cookeville did.  Insinuating that Stone tried to run the score up by leaving starters in is a joke.  You can't find a game that Stone has ran up a score since Coach Buck has been there.  Especially against a district opponent.  If he coached how some other coaches do (leaving players in the game for stats), Tessa Miller would have 3,000+ points and 2,000+ rebounds and probably be averaging a triple double this year.  Some of the stats for so many players in the Upper Cumberland are so watered down its ridiculous.  But hey, it looks good on twitter, facebook and in the newspaper to people that are clueless.  

[Different era these days. #soft]

On 2/2/2021 at 9:02 PM, repoman said:

Thinking Stone is in a slump, they were slightly overrated internally and externally but they are just tad better than Cookeville and White. Imo.

Yeah, "just a tad better".  They were 30 points better tonight.  Running clock the entire 4th Quarter.  Lady Cavs gave up early.

Stone Memorial's defense may have had a little something to do with Cookeville playing "terrible" & "30%" last night.  

They held CHS to only 6 points in the 4th Q.

Stone is only giving up 42.7 points per game in their first 3 district contests.  Going (2-1) with a loss at Warren Co. without (Eldridge) probably their best defender - out with ankle injury.  

Stone has had some off nights on the offensive end of the floor, but they will guard and make teams earn buckets every night.  

54 minutes ago, LittleJerrySeinfeld said:

Do you all think it is prudent to allow the most at-risk age group (grandparents) to come to games?  

I don't think they should restrict any specific group from attending games.  Nobody said grandparents are required to come, but they should have the option to make that decision.  Set a capacity number & sell tickets to priority groups first and the rest to the general public.  Just my opinion.

On 1/13/2021 at 9:10 AM, Fan15 said:

I think the governor is just trying to do something to say that he did something.  I don't think having grandparents in the stands would make a huge difference.  However, you have to cut it off somewhere.  There are some districts that are playing without fans at all including parents.

Yeah, those districts not playing games and/or playing games without allowing parents into the gym have lost their minds.  I'm gonna bet the people that are making those decisions don't have a kid playing.  It's sad. 

On 1/15/2021 at 9:58 AM, JohnnyUtah said:

Cheerleaders/dance team and their parents should get approval before grandparents. 

I think it's pitiful that they didn't allow the cheerleaders/dance team to continue participating in basketball games.  Makes zero sense to me.   They have no contact with the other cheer teams for the other schools, unlike the players.  If I was a cheer parent, I would not be happy.  

Why are grandparents not allowed to come to games?  In a lot of cases, they are around these kids as much as the parents and have helped raise these kids.  I understand that TSSAA guidelines exclude them currently, but why?  I think they should change that until they go back to normal attendance.  There is plenty of room for them to come into these 1/2 empty gyms and maintain social distancing.  We are only talking about 20 or so extra fans.   Anyone have any thought?

Why are grandparents not allowed to come to games?  In a lot of cases, they are around these kids as much as the parents and have helped raise these kids.  I understand that TSSAA guidelines exclude them currently, but why?  I think they should change that until they go back to normal attendance.  There is plenty of room for them to come into these 1/2 empty gyms and maintain social distancing.  We are only talking about 20 or so extra fans.   Anyone have any thought?

5 hours ago, Dadof2 said:

Lots of good teams in 3A this year. Maryville has already defeated SM this year and they are probably the 4th best 3A team in the Knoxville area. I’m going to say the state champ come from Knoxville.

Knoxville area does have 5-6 really good teams.  Maryville did beat SM 1st game of season at Maryville. They shot it really well that night.   I'd say Farragut is the best team in Knoxville.  But, I like Stone Memorial against anyone at a neutral site this year.

Tessa Miller - Stone Memorial H.S. - Belmont Signee

Best player in the State this year and probably one of the least selfish.

I'll take Stone Memorial to win AAA State Tournament this year.  

They would have won it last year if not for Covid.  Hopefully they will get another chance.

1 hour ago, 85warrior said:

Or Cumberland County Lady Panthers? I'm guessing Stone wouldn't like that. Haha

Hey Now, watch it.... That was a low blow.  I wasn't expecting to get any flak from any Sparta fans today.  Haha.. 

5 hours ago, DaBears1976 said:

Bradley Central. Not county. Good luck to all the teams. Especially those Lady Rebels of Maryville. 

Bradley County - Bradley Central.... What's the difference?  Who cares?

I'm picking Stone Memorial Lady Panthers to win it ALL!!!  They have been tested and have played solid all season.  Especially here lately... They probably had the toughest road getting to Murfreesboro of all the AAA schools.  They played at East Hamilton, at White Co, Bradley Co and at Blackman.  They are playing well right now and have a lot of confidence.  They have 7 players that can score double digits and really defend inside and out.  Very unselfish basketball team with a high IQ coaching staff that has plenty of experience coaching in Murfreesboro.  I would say Bradley Co. is probably the favorite, but all 8 teams are beatable.  Should be a good tournament.

2 hours ago, Tnfootball1234 said:

If Stone makes it to championship game then AAA is really down. Blackman coaching gave the game away to them tonight. 

Stone didn't play their best game tonight, but played well enough to beat an average Blackman team.  If this game has been played at SM, it would have been Stone by 20+.  However, Stone would beat Blackman 9 out of 10 times regardless of where they played this year.  And,  since you brought it up, for the record, I'll tell you what is down this year...  (District 7AAA) & (Region 4AAA).  They haven't been down like this in about 10 years.  Everybody knew all year long that Bradley Co & Stone Mem were both going to be at the State Tournament this year.  Region 3AAA was just much better than Region 4AAA this year.