2023 Arby's Classic

[EastTNfootballFan111]

40 minutes ago, TribalEmpire said:

Predictions, I'll go with:

Oak Ridge over Dorman 

Maryville over Independence 

George Wythe over Harlan County 

Imhotep over South Shore 

Kell over Mentor

Jackson-Reed over Mater Lakes 

Tri-Cities Christian would have been a nice team to add in this tournament. There boys seem to be pretty strong, and I’m sure they would have brought many fans. Wonder why they’re not playing? 

[creekerballer]

Man, OR coach must of been ready to go home. You just can’t put yourself in a position to get a technical right there. 

[TribalEmpire]

Arby's Classic game 20 final.

Dorman 65, Oak Ridge 55 in OT

First OT game of the 2023 Classic.

Wildcats are eliminated.

[SweetScience]

3 minutes ago, creekerballer said:

Man, OR coach must of been ready to go home. You just can’t put yourself in a position to get a technical right there. 

What happened? Not there, but we got smoked in OT. Did have one of, if not our best player out in Cooper Williams though. Not sure why he didn’t go. Certainly didn’t help.

[TribalEmpire]

4 minutes ago, creekerballer said:

Man, OR coach must of been ready to go home. You just can’t put yourself in a position to get a technical right there. 

That sequence of the Dunk going down and getting knocked back out by the Dorman player was crazy. Don't think I've ever seen anything like that. Glad that didn't turn out to be the deciding two points in the end. 

[TribalEmpire]

2 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

What happened? Not there, but we got smoked in OT. Did have one of, if not our best player out in Cooper Williams though. Not sure why he didn’t go. Certainly didn’t help.

I was sitting behind the Oak Ridge bench. Ref told him it was for yelling at him and being out of the box. 

Kinda lame honestly. 

Edited December 29, 2023 by TribalEmpire

[SweetScience]

1 minute ago, TribalEmpire said:

I was sitting behind the Oak Ridge bench. Ref told him it was for yelling at him and being out of the box. 

Kinda lame honestly. 

Ridiculous. You can’t T up a coach like that in a situation like that unless it’s just ridiculous, in my opinion. Sometimes I wonder if refs are out there to do their jobs fairly, or just out there to be the center of attention.

[creekerballer]

4 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

What happened? Not there, but we got smoked in OT. Did have one of, if not our best player out in Cooper Williams though. Not sure why he didn’t go. Certainly didn’t help.

Start of OT Dorman player drove and finished, foul called. Idk what was said between coach and ref, it did look like the ref went over and warned him, I thought it was just about the being in the box but maybe it was that and the complaint. They line up at the free throw line and something was said and ref gives him a T. Ended up being a 5 point swing to start OT. 

[SweetScience]

24 minutes ago, creekerballer said:

Start of OT Dorman player drove and finished, foul called. Idk what was said between coach and ref, it did look like the ref went over and warned him, I thought it was just about the being in the box but maybe it was that and the complaint. They line up at the free throw line and something was said and ref gives him a T. Ended up being a 5 point swing to start OT. 

Welp, that pretty much did us in sounds like. Over before it even started.

[TribalEmpire]

Arby's Classic game 21 final.

Independence 69, Maryville 53.

Eagles will play Dorman tomorrow for 6th place.

The Red Rebels will head back to 825 Lawrence Avenue, their tournament over.

[TribalEmpire]

Arby's Classic game 22 final.

Harlan County 80, George Wythe 72

The Black Bears take the battle of the local teams.

The Maroons Arby's fun run is over.

[MentorFan]

For those who have watched Mentor and Kell so far, what are your thoughts on this semifinal? My hunch is that if Mentor had so much trouble with GW, they will have a very tough time beating Kell unless they really turn it around defensively along with maintaining a high efficiency of offense. I know Kell has a guard committed to South Florida. Any other big time players on their team?