R4AA match-ups

[jimbo44]

I would like to see the box scores on the Signal Mt / Upperman game. Must have been a good one. I heard on the radio that it was a one point game at the half.

[boxer822]

Can someone please confirm?  Upperman v. Cannon should be at 4 on Wednesday and Livingston v. Central Magnet should be at 7, correct?  Boys games are at 5:30 and 8:30.  And all four games will be in Dunlap unless 8-AA boys sweep tomorrow night, right?  

[ukhoops]

No

 

la vs Central is at 3:00

Upperman vs Cannon is at 6:00

 

Games as of right now are at Sequatchie County

Edited February 24, 2015 by ukhoops

[boxer822]

Weird.  TSSAA has Upperman and Cannon in the upper half of the bracket and LA and CM in the lower half.  Why are they earlier?  And again, those times are not the ones listed on the TSSAA website.  Has the region been granted permission to change times?

[ukhoops]

Just telling you the times that were given to the 8-AA coaches from Sequatchie County

[dctiger]

I'm not knocking the school at all. But the gym at Seq is NOT big enough for the region tourney. These games often pack Sparta's gym, which I would guess to be about double the size...

[boxer822]

Cool.  Appreciate the info.  I guess the schedule change has created a lot of confusion across the state.  Better question.  Who advances?

[boxer822]

Here is the matchups for Region 4AA tournament

 

What is everybody thoughts

 

7AA #1 Signal Mountain (20-5) host 8AA #4 Upperman (25-6)

8AA #2 Cannon Co. (21-9) host 7AA #3 Bledsoe Co. (19-13)

8AA #1 Central Magnet (23-5) host 7AA #4 Chattanooga Christian (7-17)

7AA #2 Notre Dame (19-9) host 8AA #3 Livingston Academy (23-8)

 

Here are my picks in bold and colored

7AA #1 Signal Mountain (20-5) host 8AA #4 Upperman (25-6)

8AA #2 Cannon Co. (21-9) host 7AA #3 Bledsoe Co. (19-13)

8AA #1 Central Magnet (23-5) host 7AA #4 Chattanooga Christian (7-17)

7AA #2 Notre Dame (19-9) host 8AA #3 Livingston Academy (23-8)

 

Then I am going with in semi-finals

8AA #2 Cannon Co. (21-9) over #4 Upperman

#3 Livingston Academy over #1 Central Magnet

 

Then finals

#3 Livingston Academy over #2 Cannon Co. getting revenge

 

Alright.  I'm going to say the opposite just to make things interesting.  

 

I've got Upperman over Cannon.  Love the Lady Bee defense and what Coach McWilliams does.  This game will be a great battle and if Cannon gets the outside game going, Upperman will be in trouble.  This one may come down to free throws.  Upperman swept the regular season but you had better respect the way Cannon is playing.

 

As for Central over Livingston, I love the Lady Tiger senior leadership and when the Obi and Smith combination is on, they are hard to beat.  However, they are not deep so if Livingston gets them into foul trouble, the game could easily turn in their favor.  I'm curious to see the rebounding stats in this game.  These two teams split the regular season and this game has the classic recipe for an all-out war.

 

Long story short for me, this is one of those nights when it will be unfortunate to see two strong teams eliminated.  Any other region (district in this case) in the state, any one of these four teams would be a slam dunk to advance to substate, probably state.  Best wishes for injury-free games and good sportsmanship.  Safe travels everyone.