LadyCavsFan

Well deserved win by Indy.  Very close teams and that performance by Jett couldn’t be matched by Cookeville today.  Cavs didn’t  play bad but didn’t play well enough to win vs a really good team.  Great season regardless.   Standard is set.

1 hour ago, UCSportsFan said:

They won’t “let” it happen. Cookeville will take it if they win. 

Shooters gonna shoot.   And I think they come out blazing tomorrow.     People been waiting to see us go cold all year.     After todays game I don't think it will happen.    They are too locked in.

1 hour ago, CASC95 said:

That is some the best team defense I've seen considering their size.

I think they held Bartlett to 12 pts the second half    And Bartlett looked lost on Offense.    If you haven't played against a matchup zone that executed at that level its a hard thing to gameplan for with just a few hours to cover it between games.   

Haven’t got a big guy…

What’s going to happen when they play a team from the west….

PG too small….

Live or Die by 3….

They keep showing up!  They keep making huge shots!  They play TEAM basketball especially on D!  If you haven’t figured it out yet this team is the real deal!  Let’s get ONE more!  

Jackson County won 4 in a row and like  6 in 10 yrs if I remember right.   2000-2010

Looks like they are having some server problems.  

Cookeville looked good yesterday.  Everyone keeps saying they have no big but they keep beating really good teams with multiple 6’7 and 6’8 players.  Defense travels and shooters will keep you in many games you aren’t supposed to be in.   You are already there boys so why not just win this whole thing!  
 

Bartlett looked good yesterday but definitely beatable.  If we shoot well we have a shot at beating anyone.  
 

Indy did look really good on the other side.  

On 3/10/2024 at 12:45 AM, westtn12 said:

I thought it was all but set that McMinn and Gatlinburg Pittman were in the championship… I heard that before the tournament even started?? Did I miss something?? Looks like neither of them were.. and looks like the two teams that were in it were counted out. I guess ball don’t lie. 

I think it was said multiple times that this class was wide open and the strongest field of all the classes.  While McMinn and GP were picked as favorites by myself and several others,  I don’t think anyone was betting the house on them.  Nor was anyone saying the west had no chance.   And this class lived up to the hype.  Great games from beginning to end.  There were no easy games or easy path to the Gold ball.  So many great performances and endings of games.  I really enjoyed this years AA tourney.

2 hours ago, option76 said:

To each their own I guess.  The lady would be making a point about one team and he would continue making the same point talking about the other team.  You could tell it was a struggle for her to try and correct him and not be rude.  Seemed to be knowledgeable of basketball for sure but his play by play definitely isn’t for me.  I did hear them say this was his last tournament. Hope he enjoys retirement. 

 Should have called his last game a bit sooner!   It was rough.  I wanted to mute it several times.  My favorite part was she asked him a question about one team and he starts answering the question about the other team.  I am sure he was good once.  Just not his best this weekend.

7 hours ago, Alumn89 said:

terrible that both schools are on spring brink and its 9:30 on a Wednesday.   Hopefully fans will show up .  Boys deserve it.  

9:30 on Wednesday and again on Friday if they win.  That’s scary in itself.  How many teenage boys are game ready at 9:30 AM on spring break??  

There has been some great games today!  I knew that McMinn vs York game was going to be great.   Smith county put up a heck of a fight.  And now this Loretto vs Westview is a 2pt game with :21 left.  Great day!

35 minutes ago, StateChampDad said:

I went back and looked.  It was our 3rd game of the season.  Definitely got outplayed.   We did beat Cookeville and Stone Memorial later on in the season…

I believe that was a game that was also not on the original schedule.  It was a last minute replacement for a cancelled game if I remember right.   And don’t remind me about that Cookeville game!    

1 minute ago, UCSportsFan said:

Don’t tell me coaching doesn’t make a difference. Coach Ferrell deserves a big time raise if SC hopes to keep him there. 

He deserves all the credit he can get.  He will say it’s the players but you don’t do go back to back season breaking 40 year records without having  an amazing coach.  The town is behind him,  the school is behind him,  and now the team believes they can do it.  They are clearly underdogs but a team that will run through a brick wall for their coach is dangerous!  

How about Smith County?!?!  They have been flying under the radar all year.  I watched them early this year and and again in region final where they were tied entering the 4th with York.  The improvement this group has made is amazing.  Those seniors are great leaders.  What a coaching job Coach Ferrell has done with this program.  Took them to sectionals in year one for first time in 40+ years and in year two they are in the glass house!  Wow!  I know you see this coach!  Go do something crazy now.  

And just an FYI they have a loaded freshman class.  This program is here to stay!  

6 hours ago, UCSportsFan said:

I’ll take York by 3

First team to 40 wins..

I have watched York alot this year and I am a big fan of their program.   But there is a big gap between them and Central/GP right now.   York is struggling on offense (especially on zones).  They will not be able to stall the ball against the top teams.  Now they have an amazing player that can take over the game at any given time but their lineup is not as good the top teams right now.   Their top 3 players are as good as anyone but 4-6 is well behind the other top teams.   I am curious how they change this up or who steps up down the stretch.   Will #1 have to carry them on her back?   She may have to unless the 3's start dropping for the others.    I hope I am wrong but that is what I see when I watch them play right now.  Good luck to all the remaining teams.  I can't wait to watch these games next week.

7 hours ago, Basketball44Guru said:

This post was funny to read and gave me a chuckle.  As if Tullahoma could make it past Upperman to be in a sectional and then to think they could do that in 4A just shows how little one knows of fake programs.

You did read the next post right?   And I didn’t pick them to beat Upperman.   I also said Beech would be playing LC.   Which is who they are playing btw.  Go back to bashing Tully all you want.  It’s obviously personal.

On 2/15/2024 at 5:45 PM, LadyCavsFan said:

Oops.  I should have known that.  I remember Tullahoma and LC split some games earlier this year.  I guess I thought they both moved to 4A this year because of that.  Anyway I still think will be LC playing in a sectional if they win the region.

5 hours ago, Volsfan52 said:

Why does Cookeville and Upperman not play in basketbal?

Ohh Cookeville would play them anywhere and anytime.   So that should answer your question….

2 hours ago, UCSportsFan said:

When they did play, Upperman embarrassed Cookeville on the gridiron and while it wouldn’t be nearly as bad in basketball this year but most years Upperman would win on the boys side and about 50/50 on the girls side. 

I think if you look back a few years you will see that it was Cookeville doing the butt kicking most of the years on the Gridiron.  And those were not very good Cookeville teams.  People tend to forget that….

https://www.coacht.com/tennessee/inside/game.cfm?eventid=701987

it would be close on basketball over the last 5 years with a slight Cookeville edge on the girls side.   Upperman would have had an edge going back further.  Upperman boys would have been favored in same time frame (until this year).

1 minute ago, Blaze45 said:

I guess I should have clarified the last half of the game Oakland had rebounds 11 to 2 rebounds for Cookeville or that's what the stats had listed.  As far as calls go Oakland had some garbage calls early on as wel.... Hated to see Cookeville outed, but thats how it goes somebody was goona go home that night 

 

Yep you can’t have a bad game or even a bad quarter when you get to this time of the year without risking going home.  Oakland got some key rebounds but the turnovers they forced were the key imo.  Oakland also started the game like 0-7 or 1-7 from 3 and then made 4-5 straight 3’s in 4th/OT.  They made the shots and the plays when it counted the most.  We obviously didn’t have our best night but that doesn’t take away from what they did.  

Well everyone thought it would be a good game.  Even had it on the My30 TV channel but the Cavs had other plans.  Cookeville blows Siegel out of gym last night.  It was over early.  I read somewhere that they had (13) 3s through the first 3 quarters.  Not sure how many they made total but I think it was around 15 and I believe they shot around 70% from 3 last night.  They have so many great shooters.   Punched their ticket to a sectional last night and face 7AAAA foe Lavergne for a fourth time for the Region championship.  

15 hours ago, Blaze45 said:

It didn't help that they lost one of their best players  early in the game to re-aggravating what looked like a previous injury. That said they played a good game , but Oakland played a whale of a game defensively and won the battle on the boards. That was truly the difference. 

Yeah that definitely didn’t help us.  Offesnse/defense wasn’t the same without her.  She is the leader of the team and they feed off of her.  We got some terrible calls the last quarter and Oakland made all the big shots.  As far as the boards go, Cookeville out rebounded Oakland by double digits.  It just seemed that way with the way the game ended.  

On 2/27/2024 at 6:40 AM, Nontypical said:

Looks like yaul had to many cupcakes in your district and region! Yaul lost to a team upperman drilled twice!

Lol of course you two come out of the wood work to talk trash when you won’t play us.   

42 minutes ago, crow6424 said:

I hope they come ready to play and make a run to the state. When is the last time the Cavs went to the glass house?

I had no idea and had to look it up.  It was 1954 and they were 0-1 that year.   The last time I remember them being close to a substate/sectional game was in 2017 or 2018.  We upset the #1 seed Cleveland team and then lost a heartbreaker to East Hamilton that year.  It’s been a minute.  
 

@UCSportsFan Did they still use peach baskets in 1954?  

The match we thought we would see in the final is now set for a knock out game Tuesday night.
 

Cookeville handles Rockvale by 20.  The game was close the first half but the Cavs finally got 10 some good in rhythm looks to get the offense rolling and the Cav D finally stopped giving up easy layups in the 3rd to pull away.  For the first time I can remember this season, the Cav defense was trash.  That’s a little concerning but I am sure they will fix that before next game. 

Siegel appears  to have struggled with Lebanon which is a shocking.  It was a 3 pt game late in the 4th.  The Stars go on a 10-0 run and pull away.  Lebanon has not been very good in their matchups vs Cookeville so it was surprising that this game was close.  Maybe the Stars were looking to the next round.
 

Cookeville vs Siegel Tuesday night in Oakland might be the best game in the state.  A win Tuesday will put the Cavs in the final and may put them in another matchup vs a Lavergne team that is playing very well.