If you've been to both of these venues then you know one is all about hoops and the other is not.

Is anyone giving the dirty birds a chance?

Man, didn't see the Toros coming. Goes without saying Coach Ernst is money, especially in the playoffs. Can he get his guys to another title game?

Looks like SM will be a bigger favorite than originally thought against GC.

As for DI, I can longer pick against the Toros, but what the heck, DV in a nailbiter.

And I think Chap can give the Aztecs a run for their money, but I'll go the easy route and pick orange and yellow.

Saturday's schedule

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1740846 (Recap)

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1740870 (Analysis)

This will be the last week..... EACH GAME WILL BE WORTH 2 PTS.....

YOU WILL CHOOSE ALL 8 GAMES!.... deadline is Wed Feb 25 by 2p

WEEK 13

2/25

@ASU
Chaparral vs St Marys
Mesa vs Desert Vista
Mt View Mesa vs Gilbert
Corona Del Sol vs Central

@GilaRiver Arena
Shadow Mt vs Sunnyside
Gilbert Christian vs Flagstaff

2/26

Cienega vs Nogales @ Amphi
Cholla vs Arcadia @ Chapp



Remember.... pick every game... each game worth 2 pts.. Good Luck

Had to share.. Funniest roast of one college to another I've seen..

"UNM after loss to SDSU"

Link below...

YouTube link

On the home page.

WEEK 1 RESULTS

Nov 24

Mt View Mesa 57
Mesquite 32

Tucson 95
Empire 44

Saguaro (auto win)
South MT (South backed out of event)

Boulder Creek (auto win)
Chandler (due to South backing out, Chandler misses game, BC vs Saguaro instead)

Nogales 76
Ironwood Ridge 66

Cholla 55
Sunnyside 54

Moon Valley 67
Peoria 58

Liberty 77
Ironwood 43

Nov 25

Tempe 77
Gilbert Christian 70

Highland 50
Hamilton 43

Horizon 87
Arcadia 78

Dobson 58
Fairfax 56

Apollo 50
Desert Ridge 47

Pinnacle 55
Gilbert 49

Central 60
Basha 44

Nov 26

Catalina Foothills 57
Salpointe 54


Wk 1 entries:

RonColemanSWS ............. 10-5
GreggRosenberg ............... 10-5
Ishoot3s ........................... 9-6
Stewyman ........................ 9-6
tooeasyJ .......................... 9-6
azhoops10 ........................ 9-6
ArizonaVarsity .................. 8-7
TazzDevil ......................... 8-7
dsfiverings ........................ 5-10






This post was edited on 2/24 12:30 PM by ishoot3s

ASU will be exciting for D1 fans.

Gila River Arena - oh man. They can't hold all of D2 on the same day like D1?

Wednesday Quarter-final schedule; D1 half D2

passion4ball high school tryout info: https://bk229.infusionsoft.com/app/page/passionclubtryouts
Posted from Rivals Mobile

Rivals.com has started ranking 6th graders and while the idea on the surface appears absurd, it's actually a wise business decision. Parents as all of us know are fanatical about their kids and they will most definitely pay to subscribe to any online entity who ranks their kids. So the decision by Rivals to start ranking 6th graders is going to bring a whole new batch of subscribers online and now JP and Dutch are going to have to create a new locker room for junior high kids.....how about calling it the "Kiddie Korner?" Diaper service included with the cost of the subscription.

This post was edited on 2/17 10:42 AM by scott_az

AZ Rep

I will be co-running the Discovery Camp (for freshmen) with Gregg this year. We will be accepting 50 freshmen and 10 of the top 8th graders. This is an evaluation camp...and not a showcase. There will be a recruiting seminar for parents as well. Players can register at www.southwestshowcase.com

Location: Tempe High
Date: March 15th
Time: 10am-5pm
Cost: $60

Includes: Evaluation drills, 2 evaluation games, recruiting seminar, guest speakers and LUNCH will be provided.

Call 623-764-2639 or register online.

Holy shit.

Under comments - the best so far...

"Since father time has caught up with me, the only thing I can dunk are Oreo's in a tall glass of milk. "

Bagley dunk featured on Yahoo!

His ancient prophecies about SoAZ and DII are looking pretty good. Wish that SOB would make a return.

Quick - without the Internet name two starters for the Toros!

Like I said in one of my tweets, this one was a defensive dog fight. Neither team had much height out on the court but they played intense, fundamental defense. With a noisy home crowd it felt like Mesa had the edge, and in the end clutch free throws down the stretch led to a 56-46 Mesa win.

Mesa won the tip and scored on their first drive. They immediately went into a full court diamond press. After the first bucket by Mesa it quickly became obvious that it would be a defensive game. The score was tied at just 8 points a piece after 6 minutes of play.

I thought that BC came out in zone, but once I saw Mesa start moving around on offense I thought I had been mistaken. BC is just really good at help side defense - the players rotate in sync with the pass and I didn't realize they were in man-defense until the Mesa players started moving around the floor.

But I think it was the Mesa defense that won the game. They did not let any penetration get inside for easy layups. If BC did manage to penetrate they were taking hard and contested shots. BC lived beyond the arc, and eventually died behind it. But they made a handful of the tough inside shots and shot the 3-ball well enough to keep it a close game until the end. Two of their three pointers came at the buzzer of the first and second quarters.

Junior guard Zack Landrum was fouled on three made 3-pointers. The home crowd began to cry flop from then on, as he did fall down IF there was any contact, but I agree with the three calls that he got. (Landrum also hit one from about 8 feet beyond the arc)

But Mesa's Summet Khara was the shooter of the day. He hit three 3's of his own and was the primary clutch free throw shooter at the end of the game. BC tried to find a way to shoot their way back into it, but with the long shots no longer falling they had to foul, and Khara found the bottom of the net time after time as the game came to a close.

Khara ended up with 22 points.
Darius Goudeau had 17

Oh man.

Saturday State Schedule - full day of action

Ugly game but fun. 21-all at half.
Bowling keeping Gilbert in game. 12 pts.
Gilbert has been completely outplayed yet it's a tie game. Gilbert fights so hard. Well coached. Pinnacle has more overall talent. But 16 more minutes will decide it. Truman foul trouble and Pinnacle didn't take advantage of it.

Rough night Sahuaro was without starters Josh Allen and Derik Hall and key reserve Cameron Detwiler. Pueblo showed up and played great defense. Sahuaro was out coached, out played and just got beat. It was a sad ending for us I really felt bad for my son who gave everything he had to this program. The choices of a couple of kids on the team costs their chances to go deep in the playoffs. He finished the night with 22 points, Nate Renfro just didn't give the effort we expected from him only 6 points one field goal.

Thanks to everyone on the board it was a fun 4 years but all good things must come to an end. Doesn't look like Jordan will keep playing he has no offers. Good luck to all of you still playing. Jordan will make his college choice in the next few weeks he has partial academic scholarships to NAU and U of A. He had a great HS Career I would like to personally thank John Ortega who took my kid in 4 years ago and worked with him to get him where he is today.

Dsfiverings

Sahuaro senior forward Jordan Lane attacked the basket in the second half, finding open creases and angles in the paint to finish with a game-high 22 points, after being limited to just two points in the first half. Senior wing Nate Renfro scored six points on just one field goal.

PUEBLO 59, SAHUARO 44
Pueblo 12 14 13 20 - 59
Sahuaro 1 11 19 13 - 44
PUE - Kane 2 0-0 6, Marshall 2 4-4 10, Romero 3 0-0 6, Solomon 6 5-8 17, Federico 0 0-2 0, Madrid 4 2-4 12, Cotton 4 0-0 8. Team: 21 11-18 59.
SAH - Kreinbrink 1 0-0 3, Manzo 3 3-8 9, Renfro 1 4-6 6, Greene 1 2-4 4, Lane 8 4-8 22. Team

Pueblo Stuns Sahuaro

Sunnyside?

N'Keal Harry is not in the line-up tonight for the Wolves according to Dave.

Uh Oh - my upset special could be in jeopardy.

MTV coaches in the house. Looking very serious going through pages of scouting reports. As far as hoops goes. McGlothan looks incredible. Stall 5 blocks so far. Fuller vs Stall is legit college stuff.