Region 2AAA

[HOOPSGURU]

Maryville wins huge at Powell to avenge last year's region final loss.

 

Got to watch Bearden dominate Clinton tonight. The Bulldawgs are awfully good.

 

Oak Ridge wins by 10 over Lenoir City. Thought it would be more.

 

Farragut gets by Karns to get another chance at Bearden.

 

Farragut/Bearden for the 4th time. Oak Ridge/Maryville for the second time.

 

 

Bearden by 12

Maryville by 9

[allvol247]

Farragut hung close with us last game but this one won't be close. It's at bearden and we are just flat out better than them. I'm looking forward to seeing how good oak ridge really is since we haven't played them yet. I say BHS by 14 and ORHS by 5

[dontknowmuch]

Maryville will give Oak Ridge problems inside if Douglas is healthy. Maryville in a close game.

 

As for Bearden and Farragut - who knows? I know the Farragut players believe they can win, and that goes a long way. Bearden is peaking and they look really strong going into the game. No prediction in this one.

[CU06]

Maryville by 4 (79-75)

Bearden by 9 (58-49)

[ArtVandalay]

Are your guys in Region 2 having to deal with Region 1 refs? If so, I sure hate that for you and your teams, especially the refs from District 1. Their all clowns... you can tell their clowns by the big floppy red shoes they wear and some of them have flowers on their lappel that squirt water... both are dead give aways. Good luck with all that.

[chill]

Are your guys in Region 2 having to deal with Region 1 refs? If so, I sure hate that for you and your teams, especially the refs from District 1. Their all clowns... you can tell their clowns by the big floppy red shoes they wear and some of them have flowers on their lappel that squirt water... both are dead give aways. Good luck with all that.

 

 

Region 2AA not AAA won the Tri-Cities refs sweepstakes....

[etcoach]

Bearden wins easy. Maryville and OR in a toss-up. Both winners will win their sub-state games and advance to the State Tournament.

[mocs30]

I've been saying for a long time that Oak Ridge would win the Region. I don't think that Maryville's guards will be able to deal with Oak Ridge's athleticism. Stephens will frustrate Damron, so will Rodgers. I think Oak Ridge wins by 10. Too athletic for the Rebels.

[UGA144782]

I've been saying for a long time that Oak Ridge would win the Region. I don't think that Maryville's guards will be able to deal with Oak Ridge's athleticism. Stephens will frustrate Damron, so will Rodgers. I think Oak Ridge wins by 10. Too athletic for the Rebels.

 

 

That is a very good point. The Rebels certainly have the advantage on the inside, however that has the potential be somewhat nullified by Oak Ridge's full court press. O.R.'s press is brutal to face with Dowdell guarding the inbound and the speed and quickness of Stephens and Rogers, ask Karns about it. If Maryville can't get it up the floor, they can't score inside. One thing to watch for is the roster changes on both sides since the first time they met. Everyone knows that Douglas didn't play but also, O.R. lost Ralphael Coffey and gained Tre Smith who made the all-district tournament team. Maryville loses home-court advantage this time around. Should be a great one to watch, it is a shame that one of these two top 5 teams has to go home.

[KnoxBall]

Maryville and Oak Ridge is too tough to call. Stephens can shut down Damron as seen earlier, but can Oak Ridge handle the inside play of Maryville? I say 5 point game, not picking a winner. As for Bearden and Farragut I don't know that one either. Farragut had Bearden on the ropes in the district tournament which should help a lot in the confidence department. I'm not going to pick a winner in this one either, but I'm going to say a single digit game.

 

On another note, I hope the officials for these two games are from out of the area. It's always nice to have a crew that hasn't seen of these players play this year and they can call the game unbiasedly.

[chill]

Maryville and Oak Ridge is too tough to call. Stephens can shut down Damron as seen earlier, but can Oak Ridge handle the inside play of Maryville? I say 5 point game, not picking a winner. As for Bearden and Farragut I don't know that one either. Farragut had Bearden on the ropes in the district tournament which should help a lot in the confidence department. I'm not going to pick a winner in this one either, but I'm going to say a single digit game.

 

On another note, I hope the officials for these two games are from out of the area. It's always nice to have a crew that hasn't seen of these players play this year and they can call the game unbiasedly.

 

 

 

Spoke to some of the officials tonight at 2AA girls games, and they said that they(Tri-cities) would be at Bearden for the semi's on Tuesday....

 

 

On another note, if there's any team around that can handle full court pressure it's Maryville. Damron, Lambert, and Click have seen it before, and it always helps to have a 6/6 athlete and a 6/9 post to release pressure on the guards...... Tough one to call, but the Rebs by 3

[KnoxBall]

Spoke to some of the officials tonight at 2AA girls games, and they said that they(Tri-cities) would be at Bearden for the semi's on Tuesday....

On another note, if there's any team around that can handle full court pressure it's Maryville. Damron, Lambert, and Click have seen it before, and it always helps to have a 6/6 athlete and a 6/9 post to release pressure on the guards...... Tough one to call, but the Rebs by 3

 

 

Well that's good to know about the officials. This is a great night to see some good basketball, it's just a shame that 2 of these teams have to be finished tonight.