1A Region 4 @ Caddo Hills

[HorseFeathers]

So Acorn gets to get pounded by Kirby on Sat.........guess they are used to it though, being in same district

Or Coach Jackson catches magic....ah who am I kidding, Kirby is playing for seeding to finally avoid Nemo Vista until the finals...lol

[BannerChaser95]

So Acorn gets to get pounded by Kirby on Sat.........guess they are used to it though, being in same district

40 point loss at home in district finals makes you think they just didn't care.

[yesteryearman]

end of 1st qtr

Emerson  22
Bradley     8

[yesteryearman]

end of 1st qtr

Emerson  22
Bradley     8

Bradley has made seven 3's and pulled to within 2.  Emerson may be in trouble

[HorseFeathers]

Wowow

[HawgBall06]

Bradley has made seven 3's and pulled to within 2.  Emerson may be in trouble

If a team can hit 7 3s in a quarter and stillo trail by 2, then I think Bradley in the team in trouble. 

[yesteryearman]

If a team can hit 7 3s in a quarter and stillo trail by 2, then I think Bradley in the team in trouble.

32-30 Emerson early 3rd quarter......Bradley playing with a lot of confidence

[yesteryearman]

32-30 Emerson early 3rd quarter......Bradley playing with a lot of confidence, Emerson playing like a team  trying to push an undefeated season uphill.....the streak could end here, and worse, end up as a 4 seed.

Bradley makes another 3 but trails 39-33

[yesteryearman]

Bradley makes another 3 but trails 39-33

Emerson goes on a 18-0 run

[yesteryearman]

Emerson goes on a 18-0 run

end of 3rd qtr
Emerson  51
Bradley    33

[HorseFeathers]

Emerson 65
Bradley 50
Boys final

[BannerChaser95]

End of 1st
Kirby 4
Caddo 4

[sideliner]

Halftime Kirby v Caddo girls, Kirby up 17 -10.
Refs are letting them play rough.

[BannerChaser95]

End of 3rd
Kirby girls 24
Caddo 18

[BannerChaser95]

4:56 in the fourth
Kirby 27
Caddo 18

[BannerChaser95]

48.4 to go
Kirby 29
Caddo 20

Kirbys in the bonus with a foul to give
Caddo only has 1 To left

[BannerChaser95]

FINAL
Kirby 31
Caddo 20

[BannerChaser95]

End of 1st
Kirby boys 20
Nevada 12

Seeing double of kirbys defense. All over the place early

[BannerChaser95]

Half
Kirby 30
Nevada 20

[yesteryearman]

Half
Kirby 30
Nevada 20

sounds like Kirby is playing lights out

[BannerChaser95]

sounds like Kirby is playing lights out

Kirby looks to have one thing in sight with this game.

End of 3
Kirby 40
Nevada 28

[BannerChaser95]

Final
Kirby 52
Nevada 37

Kirby plays like this tomorrow night with good officiating and it will be the barn burner of the year!

[yesteryearman]

Final
Kirby 52
Nevada 37

Kirby plays like this tomorrow night with good officiating and it will be the barn burner of the year!

Good meaning fair or good for Kirby?

[BannerChaser95]

Fair, I think Kirby pointed out every flaw of Nevada tonight and they just couldn't hit shots. Fair refs and Kirby could very well hand Emerson their first loss. But I'm looking forward to  good boys game

[BannerChaser95]

I'm taking Emerson by 4 with all that being said. Don't know if Kirby can do it 2 nights in a row

[yesteryearman]

Fair, I think Kirby pointed out every flaw of Nevada tonight and they just couldn't hit shots. Fair refs and Kirby could very well hand Emerson their first loss. But I'm looking forward to  good boys game

Emerson recently beat Nevada by 8 and Kirby beat them by 17, so Kirby over Emerson by 9........puts Emerson on bracket with Bay and Guy,  and Kirby has pretty clear shot to finals........maybe this is Kirby's year.

Kirby vs Bay II...they played Bay closer than anybody last year

[PuddlePirate12]

Kirby did play lights out tonight. So did Emerson if you take away the second quarter where Bradley caught fire. Should be a good game tomorrow. Can't see Kirby holding Emerson to 37 though. Should be a better game tomorrow than today. I think I over estimated Nevada. They must just get up big time to play Emerson. Not sure they even hit a 3 tonight where they hit 10 on Emerson. About 5 from 27 feet. The real question is will Nevada try to play for the 4 seed!

[yesteryearman]

Kirby did play lights out tonight. So did Emerson if you take away the second quarter where Bradley caught fire. Should be a good game tomorrow. Can't see Kirby holding Emerson to 37 though. Should be a better game tomorrow than today. I think I over estimated Nevada. They must just get up big time to play Emerson. Not sure they even hit a 3 tonight where they hit 10 on Emerson. About 5 from 27 feet. The real question is will Nevada try to play for the 4 seed!

That's a tough call for a coach and team, to just mail one in.......however, would Nevada rather get another shot at Emerson/Kirby, or have to go thru Bay and Guy.......bottom of the bracket is nasty.

[PuddlePirate12]

Who wants to play the loser of tomorrow's championship in the first round? Tough 2 seed

[Ice Water]

Not sure that intentionally drawing County Line rather than Western Grove in the first round is what I would call a good idea.

[PuddlePirate12]

They'll be looking at games further into the tournament

[BannerChaser95]

Emerson recently beat Nevada by 8 and Kirby beat them by 17, so Kirby over Emerson by 9........puts Emerson on bracket with Bay and Guy,  and Kirby has pretty clear shot to finals........maybe this is Kirby's year.

Kirby vs Bay II...they played Bay closer than anybody last year

well if by that standard Kirby beat Blevins 2 weeks ago by 21
Emerson only beat Blevins by 1 a couple weeks ago. So Kirby by 20? Doubtful I just think Emerson gets it done but we will see I'm expecting the best game out of the series tomorrow night

[PuddlePirate12]

Emerson beat TC 18 Kirby beat them 15. Nobody wins 😮😮

[Ice Water]

I get that. But is County Line >ICC >Emerson/Kirby really that much of an easier route than Western Grove >Bay >Guy/Emerson/Kirby? Doesn't look like enough difference to purposely drop a game, but maybe that's just me.

[BannerChaser95]

Emerson beat TC 18 Kirby beat them 15. Nobody wins 😮😮

exactly I don't look into who beat who by what unless it's 30+. teams match up differently

[PuddlePirate12]

Yes. It'll be a barn burner tomorrow. Come say hi bannerchaser lol

[BannerChaser95]

Yes. It'll be a barn burner tomorrow. Come say hi bannerchaser lol

If kirbys wins I will come over to you, if Emerson wins you come over to me ha. Either way this will be a good game I hope it's called fair so winner can have bragging rights haha

[PuddlePirate12]

If kirbys wins I will come over to you, if Emerson wins you come over to me ha. Either way this will be a good game I hope it's called fair so winner can have bragging rights haha

Just make sure y'all don't have ALL Kirby refs 

[BannerChaser95]

I think we left our refs at the house puddle but regardless From what I seen Emerson may get away with a few walks and Kirby may get away with hand checks of they let them play. Inside should be about the same. I personally think this game comes down to who plays better defense tonight.

[yesteryearman]

I think we left our refs at the house puddle but regardless From what I seen Emerson may get away with a few walks and Kirby may get away with hand checks of they let them play. Inside should be about the same. I personally think this game comes down to who plays better defense tonight.

I think you throw records and head to head out the window.  Look at how teams are playing right now.  In last two weeks Kirby has blown out everyone, including Blevins, TC and Nevada, teams Emerson beat but did struggle at times with.  Kirby always gets great coaching, will play disciplined, likely get enough easy baskets against Emerson zone.  They will try to lock down Revels, possibly causing Jefferson to try and do too much.  Other guys from Emerson will have to step up.  Combine that with home crowd, atmosphere, burden of being undefeated and that Kirby seems to be playing better and I see Kirby by 4.  Likely gives winner easier path to finals, and loser goes to no mans land.

[hawgfan15]

Coaching plays a big role at this time of the year and we saw that last night. There will not be a coaching advantage for either team tonight. Both are as good as it gets.

[yesteryearman]

Coaching plays a big role at this time of the year and we saw that last night. There will not be a coaching advantage for either team tonight. Both are as good as it gets.

Just that Smith has been there more times, granted didn't make the difference last year, but due to experience Smith gets slight edge.

[hawgfan15]

Just that Smith has been there more times, granted didn't make the difference last year, but due to experience Smith gets slight edge.

I would say making it through a state tournament field and playing for a state championship is plenty of experience. There will not be any "out coaching" tonight. Last night was a different story.

[BannerChaser95]

I would say making it through a state tournament field and playing for a state championship is plenty of experience. There will not be any "out coaching" tonight. Last night was a different story.

I think it's crazy for Nevada to hold on all 5 time outs (may be just 4 if high school uses the use it or lose it first half time out rule I can't remember) but nun the less, Nevadas coach doesn't call a time out during a 10-2 run by Kirby in the first quarter but calls his first with 1:42? To late in my opinion to try to coach them up but to each there own. I don't think coaching tonight will have an affect for either team. Kirbys playing hot right now like said above, if they keep it up they win but if Emersons half court trap stops the Kirby guards for lay ups then it's Emersons game.

[PuddlePirate12]

If experience is to be factored in for coaching it needs to be for the players as well. Kirby starts several sophomores and Emerson starts 3 juniors 2 seniors that have all been in the state tournament that last 4 years. Kirby was there last year but Emerson players have been there more times. And there won't be much of a home crowd advantage. Emerson travels well.. Bannerchaser why have the refs not called hardly any walks? Even obvious ones are being missed. Other than that I ive thought they've done well. Hope that continues tonight. I imagine one team will get up then the other come back. Back and forth like that the entire game. Whoever wins the 4th quarter wins the game

[BannerChaser95]

If experience is to be factored in for coaching it needs to be for the players as well. Kirby starts several sophomores and Emerson starts 3 juniors 2 seniors that have all been in the state tournament that last 4 years. Kirby was there last year but Emerson players have been there more times. And there won't be much of a home crowd advantage. Emerson travels well.. Bannerchaser why have the refs not called hardly any walks? Even obvious ones are being missed. Other than that I ive thought they've done well. Hope that continues tonight. I imagine one team will get up then the other come back. Back and forth like that the entire game. Whoever wins the 4th quarter wins the game

I know walks in the girls games I've felt like we're spot on but then last night one trip down the floor whisenhunt Walks on a spin move and then 2 trips later took switches pivot at free throw line I thought oh my gosh how obvious does it have to be. My problems is hand checks. The first 3 quarters of last nights game if you put your chest on the guy or hands when they went around. It was great officiating in my opinion. And then all of a sudden in the fourth quarter you could play a little more rough up on a guard which will usually always benefits the team that's losing because of the effort being given where as you saw 2-3 extra unforced turnovers by Kirby because of that. So that's my beef. Walks I can live for if they're missing both sides. But I can't stand when somethings a Foul one quarter and not another. Other than that I thought the game was called close. Had it not been for the 4 over the backs in the second half which were all pretty blatant and obvious then Nevada isn't even in foul trouble

[Hookshooter]

 I predict Kirby girls by 25 in the finals and Kirby boys by two over Emerson in the finals of regional. Kirby boys playing  very solid basketball since Smith came back from injury. Kirby girls have been  blowing people out all year.

[sideliner]

25-20, Acorn girls up at half. Kirby playing bad.

[BannerChaser95]

End of 3
Acorn 35 4 fouls
Kirby 30 8 fouls

[BannerChaser95]

5:22
Acorn 37
Kirby 32