White Station vs. Melrose -AAA State Championship

[orangemoundwest]

Anybody,

 

1) What is the status/severity of Wilkerson's eye injury?

 

2) Is he expected to play tonight?

 

3) Will he be 100%?

 

Thanks.

TraderB, I'm hearing that he is playing. Can't say he is 100% though.

[Purple & Gold Standard]

Charter here in Union City usually shows the championship games on Ch.22.....The girls state tournament was on that channel last week....

[stuman89]

Sorry to hear that about Rucker.

[beavo5]

This game is a true SHOCKER!

 

ALL WEST TN FINAL!!!!

 

Two Great teams battling it out for the championship.

 

I think Melrose has too much talent overall, but its hard to go against Joe Jackson!!!!

 

I'm pulling for White Station even though I think Melrose will win, but the underdog has taken over in College Basketball this year so anything can happen!!!!

 

 

Shocker?!?!?! Everyone knows that the best basketball in the state comes from Memphis and that's been going on for decades!!! In last year's championship my Pharaohs lost (not on their own but due to the striped shirts) to the Spartans. Where have you been at??? I hope those refs don't take this one away from Melrose too! They outplayed them up to this point and don't need to get involved like they did Raleigh-Egypt last year. But, when White Station plays for the title they'll do anything to get them the ring.

Sarcasm! Did you not see the ? I have been watching Memphis and West TN ball for years... I already know! You don't need to take what I say so seriously! Everyone else knew I wasn't being serious with the shocker statement.

[toinemac]

Charter here in Union City usually shows the championship games on Ch.22.....The girls state tournament was on that channel last week....[/quot darn you dish network

[AP_JonB218]

This game is a true SHOCKER!

 

ALL WEST TN FINAL!!!!

 

Two Great teams battling it out for the championship.

 

I think Melrose has too much talent overall, but its hard to go against Joe Jackson!!!!

 

I'm pulling for White Station even though I think Melrose will win, but the underdog has taken over in College Basketball this year so anything can happen!!!!

 

 

Shocker?!?!?! Everyone knows that the best basketball in the state comes from Memphis and that's been going on for decades!!! In last year's championship my Pharaohs lost (not on their own but due to the striped shirts) to the Spartans. Where have you been at??? I hope those refs don't take this one away from Melrose too! They outplayed them up to this point and don't need to get involved like they did Raleigh-Egypt last year. But, when White Station plays for the title they'll do anything to get them the ring.

Sarcasm! Did you not see the ? I have been watching Memphis and West TN ball for years... I already know! You don't need to take what I say so seriously! Everyone else knew I wasn't being serious with the shocker statement.

 

Oh, well, didn't see that as sarcasm, my bad then dude! You know how some country folks like to deny that we have the best basketball.

[JodyJoe]

Hahaha, you got Beavo messed up. He's one of the main promoters and supporters of West TN basketball!

[TraderB]

Rucker does have a broken ankle. So he is definitely out for the championship game. The rest of the guys will have to pick up the slack. 6'9"sophomore Darius Moore can be a big boost if he can give some quality minutes. The White Station Bigs really stepped up in the semi-finals. Melrose can't let them get off like that.

 

If Wilkerson is out, Melrose gets a little smaller but can replace him in the starting lineup with McAfee.

 

Each of the previous games these teams have played have had different identities. One thing for sure is that the guys will leave it all on the floor. I'm pulling for my golden Wildcats to circle the wagons and bring the gold ball back to Orange Mound!

 

Ok....

 

After having thought about Melrose's injury situation -- especially the one to its most IMPORTANT player, Rucker-- I'm still gonna have to pick Melrose to defeat White Station for the AAA State Championship.

 

I agree with you, OMW.

 

Melrose's depth will be just enough to enable them to sufficiently off-set the loss of its physical big man, Rucker. Coach JJ will definitely need to play the 6'-9" Sophomore extended minutes, however. While he may be "green" offensively, his mere presence in the post will help Melrose significantly on the boards and defensively. This is where Adonis' post game will have to be utilized more frequently, IMO.

 

Adjustments are guaranteed to be the order of the day, for Melrose.

 

As many of you know....all season long, I've maintained that Melrose was around 8 to 13 points or so better better than White Station (despite Melrose's historic collapse in its February 2nd loss to White Station). Well, my position was predicated upon a full-strength Melrose team.

 

Melrose will NOT be full strength tonight. While that's relatively good news for White Station, it still won't change the net result:

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Melrose by 3 to 7 points over White Station.

[knoxbball]

I honestly don't know what to say. Without Rucker Melrose has a problem. U just hate it for the kid. He proved and got the respect he deserved as one of the best big men in Tn. To most coaches he is a Joey Dorsey type player. He is the most important player on this team as someone else. Stated. That being said the most important player tonight is Adonis Thomas. If u going to be the man he has to be the man. Hollimon got to shoot better. Hopefully Jones is in that zone. Dang what a nightmare situation. Let's go Golden Wildcats

[USCSIGNEE]

2 NiTE I GoIN WiTH WhITE StATION BY 3 PoINTS....I ThINK JoE WiLL HaVE A BiG NiGHT.....So WiLL AnDRE,BuT NiNO WiLL NeED 2 ShOW Up BiG 4 ThEM 2 WiN....Go SpARTANS!!!!!

[USCSIGNEE]

KaN SoMEONE GiVE ME A LiNK To LiSTEN To ThIS GaME

[toinemac]

Go to the TSSAA website. Link will be on the homepage. If you have CABLE in most areas there is a local channel playing the games that list is also on the TSSAA site