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Baylor looked absolutely horrible tonight in a season ending loss to Webb. It may have been the worst performance I've seen from a Baylor team in the past 10 years. Coach Clark handled himself with the class I've come to expect and went out battling. I think they only scored 9 points in the entire second half. I'm sorry to see him go out on such a sad note. I wonder what effect all this had on the kids???

How do you figure he's put up better guard numbers than Lee? Guard numbers include much more than just scoring. Can you honestly say having watched both players numerous times that I'm wrong about the defensive abilities? Also compare the assists and rebounds. I don't know the exact numbers but I bet scoring averages aren't that different. Name me all the big time schools that are recruiting Tony like they did Lee! Lee is a quality big time D-1 player that had offers from everyone.Tony actually played down an age group from his grade in AAU. We talked to Tony about playing with us after his 8th grade year. He choose to go another route, and by the way we've beaten his team everytime we've played them! If you will look, I've critized very few players and you can read other posts where I've said Tony was the best scoring guard in the area but not the best point guard. That's not criticizing him. I just said he shoots alot and has limited assists for a point guard. I've given props to alot of kids not just the ones that played for the Zags. The one point I'll give you is that Lee wouldn't be embarrassed about this. See the UK Hoops post about Tony and his teammate being open. I also figure that if I can carry Lee Smith out of the gym over my shoulder, I'm not worried about you being in my face. My not a jackass - just a realist!

Lee may have not put up numbers like those in a game in and game out BUT there are alot of things he does/did much better than Tony. Tony struggles defensively at times and Lee was a lock down defender. I think back to the game when they played at Bearden when Lee was matched up with Kyle Cruze as a prime example. Lee basically held Kyle scoreless when he started guarding him after halftime and proceeded to score 15 points in about 3 minutes. Billy Donovan has said several times that Lee is his top perimeter defender. I don't think you'll hear anyone (short of his dad) that would say that about Tony. His also made those that played around him much better by doing small things you'd like in a point guard (LIKE PASSING AS AN EXAMPLE). Lee was the best player I've seen in the area for the past 20 years moving without the ball and using screens. He should have been in the weight room long before prep school. Tony gets all his points by shooting like crazy. No wonder he had shoulder problems. Was it tendinitis from overuse? PLEASE DON'T COMPARE LEE HUMPHREY TO TONY WHITE-IT MAKES EVEN A W-B FAN SOUND STUPID AND IS EMBARASSING TO LEE.

Catholic won both games easily. The first game at AC was a pretty big win but Jared Laverdiere had been out sick all week but didn't want to miss that game. He played at about 50% which has a huge impact in their performance. The second game turned out to be a big win but Catholic was up 13 when Coach E got hit with 2 technicals and the game turned into a 20 point game real quick. Sharp kept the game close hitting 6 threes. If Catholic avoids foul trouble they should win.

Catholic won both games easily. The first game at AC was a pretty big win but Jared Laverdiere had been out sick all week but didn't want to miss that game. He played at about 50% which has a huge impact in their performance. The second game turned out to be a big win but Catholic was up 13 when Coach E got hit with 2 technicals and the game turned into a 20 point game real quick. Sharp kept the game close hitting 6 threes. If Catholic avoids foul trouble they should win.

Catholic finishes the game on a 25-4 run. Very balanced scoring with all five KCHS starters playing very well on both ends of the floor. Harrison Smith's DUNK even had the Redskin Nation cheering. Personally, I would have given it a 10+.

Mine was a hypothetical question. I'm of the opinion that you play your best players regardless of grade. You obviously don't want to put the younger players is a postion where they're going to fail ( as would the older player) and shake their confidence. Coaches need to know the type program their younger kids are coming from to make some of these decisions.

The team that controls the tempo will win this game unless an injury or foul trouble occur. Catholic is playing well lately with more balanced scoring over the past few games. They have great senior leadership in Matt Parton whose will to win should carry thru to the rest of the team along with ttheir normally tough defense. Catholic by 7.

As both a coach and parent, I have mixed feelings on this issue. I tend to say the parents should avoid going to practice and questioning playing time issues. I've dealt with very few parents who really understand the game well enough to question a good coach. I was the assistant coach for my son's fall league team and he sat 80% of the time since he was a freshman on a senior-laden team. I also had several parents coming to me wanting me to get in the coach's ear about splitting playing time more evenly. I told them that I was there to help teach the kids but had (or wanted) no input into playing time. Part of the equation is paying your dues. Is it fair to play younger kids at the expense of seniors who have paid their dues but may not be as talented as the younger kids? I've seen several coaches that give every advantage to the seniors for this sole reason. Any thoughts? Our baseball coach has a very unique concept in discussing playing time if the parents INSIST. If you are adamant about discussing your child's playing time, he will meet with you along with your child and the parents and child that you feel your child should be playing ahead of. When this concept is used, almost no parent will want to have that discussion! Most will cowardly gripe in the stands but don't have the guts for this meeting. BUT, it's tough knowing how hard it is on your kid when he is the only player that didn't play in a blowout. I think that excellent points have been made by both sides. But hey, that's why these coaches make the BIG bucks!

Has anyone sent a player/son to a camp called Point Guard College? It's run by Dena Evans aformer UVA player. If so what did you think?

Congrats Jordan! Another ZAG joins the 1000 culub.

We'll be doing that too. I was also thinking in terms of exposure and just picking up some new ideas and going against different people. Anyone else have camp suggestions?

How about the Memphis Grizzlies??? Do they count?

Has anyone had a player/daughter attend Dena Evans Point Guard College? If so, what did you think? I'm thinking of sending a player.

Does anyone have any individual summer camps they would highly recommend? I'm not sold on the "big school" camps that are just run as money makers for the college coach. Any ideas or suggestions for the high school player?

Played at Maryville College and is now an assistant at Anderson County.

All are determined by the coaches voting. Most districts vote at the coaches meeting for the district tourney. Usually they aren't allowed to vote for their own players. Coaches can nominate their players and then the top 10-15 vote getters among the nominated list are selected.

Wrong. Not surprising given the quality of a lot of these officials. Once team B went down court with the ball, you would go back to the possession arrow. I saw three seconds called in a game last week where 3 shots were taken that hit the rim and the ref called three seconds as they were fighting for rebounds. The supervisor was sitting near us an just shook his head after those around him started yelling. Go figure.

For a small school, Knoxville Catholic has had a great run for the past couple of years. Football has a state runnerup and playoff finalist for the past 3 years, Basketball has gone to the state tourney for the past 2 years, Soccer both girls and boys state runnerup titles, Volleyball went to the state semis, Baseball will have a good shot at a state tourney appearance this year. We've also sent teams to the state in cross country, track and swimming and diving. Pretty solid for a school with 250 boys, most of which play multiple sports.

If you have a three or four game tournament where a player gets several technicals for running his mouth and acting like a jerk, wouldn't you question his being the most valuable player at least from a leadership perspective? As far as a chip on his shoulder, does that go back to his junior pro and middle school days?I've never said Hargis was a bad player. On the contrary, I feel he's got a ton of talent. I even told him after our last fall league game that I thought he had really matured as a player. He then proceeeded to pick up a costly technical vs. Catholic that led to several points in a 2 point loss. He didn't even shake the Catholic players hands after the game. Didn't he break a chair after one of the Halls losses? It's laughable that you would say the referees now "love" Matt. You must not hang out with the refs I do. But he has made marked improvement. Also looking back to that Freshman Tourney, how could you question in retrospect giving the award to Connor. It wasn't like Hargis totally outplayed Connor. The difference in class was very obvious between the two. That may have been the inspiration to jump start his ascension to where he is now... If you could only have one of those guys who would you pick now?

With your inital statement it sure sounded like you were putting words into Lee Smith's mouth about his AAU team and coaches. The only reason I mentioned any records was to establish credibility and that I wasn't an average Joe fan. As you can also see I've said the few times I've talked to Coach Lambert that I found him to be a likable, funny guy. I don't have a dog in the Central hunt obviously, I'm a Catholic guy, but I just hate seeing my players floundering when I know they are capable of much better. Redand black63 makes some excellent observations regarding player development PLUS in the 7 or 8 Central games I saw played over the previous 2 years, I was very impressed with the Than Tran (? his name was something like that) kid. Super quick and a great defender. Snyder has had several good games this year also.

It was a long night for the Highlanders. Being dirty is what Catholic is known for??? Up until this year we've been a very imposing team. It's been a long time since we've had a post over 6'3" and a player over 170 lbs. We do play tough in your face defense which may strike some people as dirty somehow. Getting out of church league??? I don't guess being from Scott County maybe you've heard of a guy named Brandon Wright, Josh Bone or David Harrison (Brentwood Academy guys that signed with UNC and a first round pick of the Pacers and Southern Illinois), Jonathan Adams (Baylor-freshman starter at ODU) Adarius Bowman or Michael Oher (guys that signed football with UNC and Ole Miss). With the exception of Jared Laverdier from AC, I haven't seen a player in this district that would start for any of the teams in the district we left. Trust me D-1 is a whole lot easier!

Guy is far from a cheap shot artist. He was trying to dive over the pile and strip the ball from Cates. Didn't punch Jeffers, he hit him with an elbow fighting for the ball. Given the way Scott plays, they better be ready to take it. A referee that does some of the games at Scott told me to be ready for a rough gamend that they have 15-16 guys and they use all their fouls. He said they weren't flagrant fouls normally, just physical and rough. To make oyu happy though UT is probably out of the question. By the way he's onr of the most quiet, humble kids you'd ever meet and an honor student to boot. Far from a thug-he's just a beast!

Thanks for the compliment. If I'm a jackass at least I'm a successful one. What's your team's record over the past 4 years and how many times have you been to the State tourney? You're probably ready for the season to be over so you can move on to baseball- oh wait you're a Powell fan. Is there a boy's sport that you all are successful in? Never said I changed these guys lives with my coaching. All I can say about the inflated view is look at the records. Why do you think Lambert is such a good coach? What are Bigcatt2 and I missing?

Yea and I've seen Seabiscuit so anything is possible. But I've also seen Remember the Titans. How about Nightmare on Cedar Bluff Street?