TSSAA Mr. Basketball Nominees

[rammerjammer2]

Grant is the better/best player. York has the better team

[UCSportsFan]

On 2/2/2022 at 7:09 PM, basecoach said:

I would have thought Grant and Clay County would have been able to handle York 

York has the better team this year. Very athletic and well coached. Strong was still by far the best player on the floor and we are talking about an individual award on this thread. 

[basecoach]

6 hours ago, UCSportsFan said:

York has the better team this year. Very athletic and well coached. Strong was still by far the best player on the floor and we are talking about an individual award on this thread. 

I am really glad that you clarified what the post was about. I was just making conversation because I was not able to see the game. I was not arguing the fact that Grant Strong is a great ball player either. 

[UCSportsFan]

4 minutes ago, basecoach said:

I am really glad that you clarified what the post was about. I was just making conversation because I was not able to see the game. I was not arguing the fact that Grant Strong is a great ball player either. 

You’re welcome anything to help!

[lyonheart]

6 hours ago, UCSportsFan said:

You’re welcome anything to help!

A buddy of mine said he had to guard a freshman from PC all night tonight.  If he cant defend?????

 

[rammerjammer2]

He did, but what coach doesn’t help out his best offensive player?  He was held to 14pts tonight by one of (if not THE best) defenders in 1A (btw, he gets no credit from the media and he guards the best player from every team regardless of position). He’s still the BEST player in 1A. 

[oldkodger]

9 hours ago, rammerjammer2 said:

He did, but what coach doesn’t help out his best offensive player?  He was held to 14pts tonight by one of (if not THE best) defenders in 1A (btw, he gets no credit from the media and he guards the best player from every team regardless of position). He’s still the BEST player in 1A. 

You are correct on all your points...Hunter is a phenomenal defender that pretty much locked down reigning & future Mr. Basketball. 

[UCSportsFan]

21 hours ago, lyonheart said:

A buddy of mine said he had to guard a freshman from PC all night tonight.  If he cant defend?????

 

I wasn’t there wish I had of been. Some people have to work unfortunately for me I am one of them. I knew PC would play much better than they did in Byrdstown last week. Too good of a team and too well coached. It won’t surprise me one bit if Pickett wins a game against Clay.  Either way both of these teams will be in Murfreesboro come March and I hope they play for all the marbles!

[rammerjammer2]

2 hours ago, UCSportsFan said:

I wasn’t there wish I had of been. Some people have to work unfortunately for me I am one of them. I knew PC would play much better than they did in Byrdstown last week. Too good of a team and too well coached. It won’t surprise me one bit if Pickett wins a game against Clay.  Either way both of these teams will be in Murfreesboro come March and I hope they play for all the marbles!

If Pickett would’ve made their free throws they would’ve won. They controlled tempo and kept Strong under wraps. The sophomore big for Pickett got Arms in foul trouble and was a thorn in the side to clay all night. If Pickett can incorporate him in with the guards shooting,  should be a tough combo to defend.  It will all come down to who gets to dictate tempo. Whoever does should get to avoid E. Rob till the region finals.  Just my $.02. 

[fentressbb]

On 2/4/2022 at 9:17 PM, lyonheart said:

A buddy of mine said he had to guard a freshman from PC all night tonight.  If he cant defend?????

 

I think the reasoning behind that would be the coach doesnt want him to get in foul trouble. When you score like that, the coach is not going to put you on the other teams best player. And just because someone is a freshman doesnt really mean much anymore. I saw a freshman from a local high school boys team get face guarded the other night so you cant always assume a freshman is not a huge offensive threat

[rammerjammer2]

4 hours ago, fentressbb said:

I think the reasoning behind that would be the coach doesnt want him to get in foul trouble. When you score like that, the coach is not going to put you on the other teams best player. And just because someone is a freshman doesnt really mean much anymore. I saw a freshman from a local high school boys team get face guarded the other night so you cant always assume a freshman is not a huge offensive threat

They do it to keep them “fresh” to be able to score as they don’t have a ton of offensive players. 1A and some of 2A have a lot of this. When you have 200-700 students there’s usually not a lot of very skilled offensive basketball players. Coaches in these divisions have to try and maximize what they’ve got. 

[bballfan12121]

On 2/2/2022 at 5:29 PM, UCSportsFan said:

Clay County’s Grant Strong in Class A. He is by far and away the best player in Class A. 

taylor groves is better than him