Div. II Preview

[mfalc04]

Who is the team to beat in Div. II this year?

 

I think the early season favorites for the entire state are Briarcrest and St. George, both out of Memphis. St. George has seniors that have committed to Duke & Missouri. Briarcrest has one of the top juniors in the country (Leslie McDonald).

 

Who is the favorite Div. II school in middle TN?

 

You have to think it's going to come down to Brentwood Academy and Ensworth again. BA graduated 4 starters, two of which are playing at Lipscomb Univ. now, but they bring back some good talent and will still have a big front court. Ensworth brings back everyone from last year, BUT their best player (T. Jefferson) will miss the entire season. That is a huge blow.

[Costanza]

Well, after seeing Ensworth play at Rossview on Tuesday, I've got to say they will be one of the favorites this season. Although they will be without Jefferson, they still beat a very talented Rossview team in overtime. The guy who has stepped in for Jefferson (I know the first name is Miles, can't recall the last name) will be the real deal by the team the season is over. He's one of the quickest guards in the state, and his defense is incredible. Again, I've only seen them once this season, but they look like a favorite.

[tigerfan12]

The win against Rossview was telling of Ensworth for two reasons. 1) they can win without jefferson and 2) they won without shooting the ball well. Ensworth has used jefferson and 3 pointers to win big games in previous years. This may be a team that will win with a team effort. They are now 3-0 with wins over centennial, rossview and independence.

 

p.s. the "other guard" is Miles Atta-Asafo-Adjei. pronunciation is like "a-sof-o, a-jay"

[HHSnumber1fan]

The win against Rossview was telling of Ensworth for two reasons. 1) they can win without jefferson and 2) they won without shooting the ball well. Ensworth has used jefferson and 3 pointers to win big games in previous years. This may be a team that will win with a team effort. They are now 3-0 with wins over centennial, rossview and independence.

 

p.s. the "other guard" is Miles Atta-Asafo-Adjei. pronunciation is like "a-sof-o, a-jay"

 

What has happened to Jefferson?? Blown knee??

[Jester11]

What has happened to Jefferson?? Blown knee??

 

 

he hurt his shoulder in football against MBA out for the season

[HHSnumber1fan]

he hurt his shoulder in football against MBA out for the season

 

Ouch! Know the feeling, hope for a speedy recovery! /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

[tigerfan12]

he is rehabbing with the intention of being ready for early spring. he may be physically able to compete by the state tournament but he we will probably just be ready for AAU ball this summer

[IHateMBA]

The Div II teams from the west...St George's and Briarcrest are the favorites for state...but I agree that itll come down to BA and Ensworth from the middle region.

 

BA has a lot of unproven talent and Jacob Stallings is one of the best shooters in the state. Rob Murphy is a strong 6'6 post that is getting looks from smaller D1 schools. They have some really good young players.

 

I believe that they can beat EHS for the Middle region but theyre both pretty good.

[tigerfan12]

i would love to see a regular season matchup with st. georges/ briarcrest against ensworth/ ba. it would be good to see how far the middle is from the memphis teams. but i agree that they have to be the favorites going into it.

[Ensworth11]

so there is no disagreement about ensworth/ ba being favorites... who else is good? bga, father ryan, mba? jpII any good?

[IHateMBA]

Ryan is usually pretty decent...MBA lost alot of their team from last year and BGA lost their post but they still have Parker at point who is pretty good. JPII wasn't very good last year and I dont know anything about them this year

[tigerfan12]

what about that Ryan guard who was a great three point shooter. i would assume he was there leading scorer. did he graduate or is he back?