dirtydawg15

Anybody heard anything about these jobs?

While I'm here...we need to institute the restricted area into high school basketball. 1) For player safety. 2) It should eliminate most of these block/charge calls for officials where they basically flip a coin and make a call.

This was a point of emphasis to start the year, right? Through 3 games in East TN the only emphasis has been on not calling it and still awarding charges for it.

I didn't hear anything mentioned about Justice West. Is he playing basketball this year?

Alex Oliver. He went on to play at Alabama St. We went 1-2 against Maryville and Lee Humphrey that year.

Terry Tippett. They beat us in the state semifinals.

I agree with some of these recent posts. 1) Fulton 2) Independence 3) Alcoa 4) Chatt Prep That's my list when ranking the state champions. We played Fulton and Alcoa this year and Chatt Prep last year.

Lee Humphrey would like a word...

Doing it early does limit the draw. For example, in 4A Maryville could technically play Morristown East in the 1st or 2nd round because they are not in the same region. They were automatically placed on opposite sides due to Maryville playing Mo West who is in Mo East's district/region and Mo East playing Bearden who is in Maryville's district/region.

It has been a blind draw in the past. This year and I believe recently the matchups have been determined after conclusion of the region tournament once sectional games had been determined. They make sure to put common region opponents on opposite sides of the bracket. I'm old school and a fan of the blind draw. I would also be ok with someone seeding the state tournament but understand the the reality that there is no such thing as an unbiased 3rd party.

2-AAAA is at William Blount on Tuesday night. Bearden vs Oak ridge at 6:00. Maryville vs William Blount to follow at 7:30. If WB wins it will be there again on Thursday. Not sure who would host if it is Maryville vs Oak Ridge in the finals.

Ricky Norris (Webb) Jody Wright (Fulton) Aaron Green (Oak Ridge)

https://www.knoxschools.org/cms/lib/TN01917079/Centricity/Domain/1230/Bearden Basketball Coaches.pdf

Parrott's first year was 2016-17. 3 straight state tournaments with a gold ball in 2019. The 2019 class were freshmen in Blevins' last year.

West is solid. Very athletic. Play fast. Will run every chance they get.