West Tn Teams

[1983]

McKenzie loses tonight in Championship game and that puts them and Wayne Co on same side of bracket in region.  That should be a good win or go home game in Region semifinals 

[tennesseeannouncer]

33 minutes ago, pioneer42 said:

Two good games. Dyersburg plays fast and presses and uses their pressure, speed  and athleticism they will be tough to beat. They play a half court game they are subject to lose IMO. South Gibson and Crockett County great game that Crockett just made a few more shots. Four good teams.

Great assessment. Dyersburg is at their best when they play a frenetic pace. Not a fan of them running half court sets. Just doesn’t fit them in my opinion. Still in disbelief that they went on a 35-4 run in the second and third quarters.

South Gibson is going to be a very dangerous 3 seed if they beat Obion County. 

[pioneer42]

44 minutes ago, tennesseeannouncer said:

Great assessment. Dyersburg is at their best when they play a frenetic pace. Not a fan of them running half court sets. Just doesn’t fit them in my opinion. Still in disbelief that they went on a 35-4 run in the second and third quarters.

South Gibson is going to be a very dangerous 3 seed if they beat Obion County. 

If Dyersburg presses they will beat any team there by double digits, IMO. They are not a good half court team, IMO but they did have some good possesions in the half court but they are much better playing fast and creating space in the open court. They have a lot of talent. Prayers for Crawford as well that she gets well. I thought South Gibson would press some but they didn't and Crockett was turning it over some in the half court. South Gibson plays good defense and I predict they will be really good the next four years as their Jr. High is loaded. South Gibson is not a good half court team either. They need to try to get in transition more and play faster, IMO. Really good District. Will be interesting the next two games Monday Night. Y'all's District will likely replay each other in the Region. Dyersburg I just don't think can be touched around here when they are engaged. Credit to Obion for hitting big shot after big shot and staying in the game. Great shooting night and performance. Crockett played well as their defense really created a lot of havoc. The girl guarding Dunn up top kinda set the tone. Thought Dunn handled the pressure pretty good but I thought Crockett's defense was just a little better than South Gibson's. South Gibson's buckets seemed harder to come by. 14 for Crockett is a big time player. 

Edited February 17 by pioneer42

[TrickyD]

7 hours ago, pioneer42 said:

If Dyersburg presses they will beat any team there by double digits, IMO. They are not a good half court team, IMO but they did have some good possesions in the half court but they are much better playing fast and creating space in the open court. They have a lot of talent. Prayers for Crawford as well that she gets well. I thought South Gibson would press some but they didn't and Crockett was turning it over some in the half court. South Gibson plays good defense and I predict they will be really good the next four years as their Jr. High is loaded. South Gibson is not a good half court team either. They need to try to get in transition more and play faster, IMO. Really good District. Will be interesting the next two games Monday Night. Y'all's District will likely replay each other in the Region. Dyersburg I just don't think can be touched around here when they are engaged. Credit to Obion for hitting big shot after big shot and staying in the game. Great shooting night and performance. Crockett played well as their defense really created a lot of havoc. The girl guarding Dunn up top kinda set the tone. Thought Dunn handled the pressure pretty good but I thought Crockett's defense was just a little better than South Gibson's. South Gibson's buckets seemed harder to come by. 14 for Crockett is a big time player. 

We haven’t pressed all year don’t know what coaches are thinking we are not a walk the ball up the floor team to many athletes to be doing that

[pioneer42]

4 hours ago, TrickyD said:

We haven’t pressed all year don’t know what coaches are thinking we are not a walk the ball up the floor team to many athletes to be doing that

Y'all won the District pretty easy. Some times coaches don't want to show their cards for film...etc...Dyersburg went on a 35-4 run in a heartbeat. I thought their press was executed to perfection. So they obviously had been working on it in practice. Dyersburg has more talent probably than anyone in the state in AAA. Last night should be their wake up call.

[FANWC]

17 hours ago, 1983 said:

McKenzie loses tonight in Championship game and that puts them and Wayne Co on same side of bracket in region.  That should be a good win or go home game in Region semifinals 

I  think everyone was shocked when they announced at the game that McKenzie had lost. I think most people had these two teams already penciled in the Region Championship game. 

[ManOfMillions]

On 2/17/2024 at 3:59 PM, FANWC said:

I  think everyone was shocked when they announced at the game that McKenzie had lost. I think most people had these two teams already penciled in the Region Championship game. 

I must admit I was surprised McKenzie went down.  I was not at the game so I can not comment on what happened. 

[RexKwonDo]

If you follow McKenzie this year this is not at all shocking. They had already lost to McEwen once. They could lose the first round of the region or they could win it all and I would not be surprised either way.  Davis has been face guarded and doubled all year and has still averaged in the mid 20's. If you get them in a game where the others start knocking down wide open shots then they can get dangerous very quickly- they have beat some very good teams this year when that happens. You just don't know what you are going to get one game from the next. I think McKenzie on their best night is the only team that has a shot @ beating Wayne Co in this Region tournament. 

[VOLnWTN]

4 hours ago, RexKwonDo said:

If you follow McKenzie this year this is not at all shocking. They had already lost to McEwen once. They could lose the first round of the region or they could win it all and I would not be surprised either way.  Davis has been face guarded and doubled all year and has still averaged in the mid 20's. If you get them in a game where the others start knocking down wide open shots then they can get dangerous very quickly- they have beat some very good teams this year when that happens. You just don't know what you are going to get one game from the next. I think McKenzie on their best night is the only team that has a shot @ beating Wayne Co in this Region tournament. 

Spot on! Great analysis! I may quote some of this Friday night on the radio.

[pioneer42]

4 hours ago, RexKwonDo said:

If you follow McKenzie this year this is not at all shocking. They had already lost to McEwen once. They could lose the first round of the region or they could win it all and I would not be surprised either way.  Davis has been face guarded and doubled all year and has still averaged in the mid 20's. If you get them in a game where the others start knocking down wide open shots then they can get dangerous very quickly- they have beat some very good teams this year when that happens. You just don't know what you are going to get one game from the next. I think McKenzie on their best night is the only team that has a shot @ beating Wayne Co in this Region tournament. 

 

12 minutes ago, VOLnWTN said:

Spot on! Great analysis! I may quote some of this Friday night on the radio.

I would think that guarding the 6'1 post would be really tough for Mckenzie. I would also say the mental edge would go to Mckenzie because they have beaten them twice in the State Finals. I would say the longer Mckenzie hangs around in this one the better chance they have if they indeed play. No disrespect to the first round opponents. 

[VOLnWTN]

12 minutes ago, pioneer42 said:

 

I would think that guarding the 6'1 post would be really tough for Mckenzie. I would also say the mental edge would go to Mckenzie because they have beaten them twice in the State Finals. I would say the longer Mckenzie hangs around in this one the better chance they have if they indeed play. No disrespect to the first round opponents. 

Agree. It is going to be a tall order!

[tennesseeannouncer]

Lady Trojans win their first district title and are able to get it done without Crawford on the floor. Not my place to go into details online about her condition but I can say that she was listed in the book for the first time and was in uniform.