State Tournament Discussion/Prediction Thread

[AB™]

BOYS
1S Junction City
4E Augusta

2W County Line
3N Marked Tree

1E Mountain Pine
4S Horatio

2N Rector
3W Two Rivers

1W Eureka Springs
4N Riverside

2S Strong
3E Clarendon

1N EPC
4W Danville

2E Magnet Cove
3S Parkers Chapel


GIRLS
1S Norphlet
4E Poyen

2W Bigelow
3N Marmaduke

1E England
4S Parkers Chapel

2N BIC
3W Danville

1W Mountainburg
4N Marked Tree

2S Spring Hill
3E Magnet Cove

1N EPC
4W Magazine

2E St. Joseph, Conway
3S Strong



I've only seen teams from the West play so I can't really make any informed predictions.  I do think there are two or three girl's teams from the West capable of making a run, though.  Mountainburg an Bigelow are both very good teams and Danville is probably right there with them. 

[mr.gametime]

Do anybody have dates and times for these games...I really wanna watch that strong vs claredon game..should be a good one

[RAD]

Do anybody have dates and times for these games...I really wanna watch that strong vs claredon game..should be a good one

http://members.ahsaa.org/public/userfiles/BB_2ASTATEBracket_2012.pdf

[LimeSlime]

I don't know about Strong/Clarendon being a "good" game. I'd like to think that Strong is a much better basketball team and will pull away from the beginning.

[bleudog]

ADG Super Six going into State and where they fall in the bracket:

CLASS 2A
1. East Poinsett County ..................26-2
2. Junction City ...............................20-6
3. Strong ........................................17-6
4. Mountain Pine ............................18-12
5. Clarendon ..................................19-5
6. Eureka Springs ..........................26-10

BOYS
1S Junction City (#2)
4E Augusta

2W County Line
3N Marked Tree

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1E Mountain Pine (#4)
4S Horatio

2N Rector
3W Two Rivers



1W Eureka Springs (#6)
4N Riverside

2S Strong (#3)
3E Clarendon (#5)

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1N EPC (#1)
4W Danville

2E Magnet Cove
3S Parkers Chapel


Even though they were both at their place, PC took Strong to double OT during regional and got a W in the regular season.



Bottom half of the bracket looks pretty loaded.

[AB™]

Bleu Dog, what is the girl's Super Six?

[bleudog]

Bleu Dog, what is the girl's Super Six?

CLASS 2A
1. Norphlet .................................. 30-1
2. Mountainburg .......................... 29-2
3. Spring Hill ................................ 30-3
4. England ................................... 27-5
5. East Poinsett County .............. 23-8
6. Buffalo Island .......................... 32-7

[AB™]

A possible #2 vs. #3 match-up looming in round two if Mountainburg and Spring Hill both win in the 1st round.

[Donnie Jamon]

Marked tree girls will give mountainburg all they want n I wouldn't call it an upset

[AB™]

Marked tree girls will give mountainburg all they want n I wouldn't call it an upset

I think at the 1A-4A level, once you get to the state tournament, there aren't many times you can call one team beating another an upset.  All 16 teams had to get through their district and regional tournaments -which is a tough task in itself- just to get to state so, most years, almost all 16 teams are capable of beating any of the other 15.

I definitely don't think Mountainburg has an easy 1st round game and I know the players and coach will not be overlooking Marked Tree.  This is basically the exact same Mountainburg team who won their first round game last year by 15-20 and gave BIC more than a scare in the 2nd round.  Of course Marked Tree may prove to be a bad and/or tough match-up for Mountainburg.  That's the key to postseason play...it's all about the match-ups.  There might be a couple of teams get beat in the 1st round who would probably beat a team or two who make it to the semi's because they match-up better with them than they did their 1st round opponent.   

[Donnie Jamon]

Very true..  If mountainburg is big n slow they'll be n trouble

[AB™]

Very true..  If mountainburg is big n slow they'll be n trouble

Well, they probably aren't as quick and fast as Marked Tree, but Mountainburg isn't slow.  They do start three girls who are between 5'8"-5'11" but none of them can really be classified as slow. 

[Donnie Jamon]

Y'all should have the size advantage

[BirdsIview]

Any comments on Magnet Cove Girls?  Not been in their loop...so wondering what to expect from them?

[keohog]

Any comments on Magnet Cove Girls?  Not been in their loop...so wondering what to expect from them?
[/.] Well coached team that plays tuff D and can shoot good from behind the ark.

[jdwalk]

Any comments on Magnet Cove Girls?  Not been in their loop...so wondering what to expect from them?

Very tough defense. A smaller team but very capable of winning a few games in the tournament. They are very well coached.

[Donnie Jamon]

So epc girls will have a size advantage if they start  two 5'10 twins n a 6'0?

[Donnie Jamon]

poyen girls beating norphlet 46-33..  number 1 team in trouble..

[HorseFeathers]

poyen girls beating norphlet 46-33..  number 1 team in trouble..

Oops on that ranking...

[Donnie Jamon]

norphlet draining 3's..  49-41 now..  5 min left

[bdubyab60]

Whos leading now sounds like this one is gonna be a close one.

[Donnie Jamon]

4 seed poyen girls are up..  53-43..  3:22 left in 4th

[Donnie Jamon]

53-47 poyen with 1:45 left.. 

[bdubyab60]

Not over yet but if it happens thats a pretty big upset isnt it.

[Donnie Jamon]

55-49 poyen min left

[Donnie Jamon]

Not over yet but if it happens thats a pretty big upset isnt it.

not as big as some would think..  poyen beat a real good england team this year i believe..

[HorseFeathers]

Poyen, has a pretty strong tradition in girls basketball, so maybe it's not as suprising as some would think

[Donnie Jamon]

considering that norphlet has only lost 1 game this year it has to be some sort of a upset IMO..

[Donnie Jamon]

Poyen, has a pretty strong tradition in girls basketball, so maybe it's not as suprising as some would think

HF,  why you copy cat'n me  lol.. 

[HorseFeathers]

considering that norphlet has only lost 1 game this year it has to be some sort of a upset IMO..

Well true...and they are ranked #1 in the state by the Dem-Gaz...it's an upset lol...but IDk..maybe I'm the only person not suprised by seeing Poyen(reguardless of the fact I have watched very little basketballt his year), make an upset, because of their recent past as a 1A power..

[Donnie Jamon]

59-54 poyen girls..  It's FINAL!!!!!!!

[bdubyab60]

Did they pull it off. I guess you wuld have to call it an upset. hasnt Norphlet beaten some pretty good teams this year.

[HorseFeathers]

Poyen, has a pretty strong tradition in girls basketball, so maybe it's not as suprising as some would think

HF,  why you copy cat'n me  lol.. 

Your post wasn't there when I posted mine lol

[jdwalk]

Way to go Poyen Lady Indians!!

[bdubyab60]

Im a little behind today. good job Poyen DJ hopefully this isnt a sign of things to come EPC has 2 one seeds playing today. Lots of upsets in these regionals carrying over to state now.

[jdwalk]

considering that norphlet has only lost 1 game this year it has to be some sort of a upset IMO..

Well true...and they are ranked #1 in the state by the
Dem-Gaz...it's an upset lol...but IDk..maybe I'm the only person not suprised by seeing Poyen(reguardless of the fact I have watched very little basketballt his year), make an upset, because of their recent past as a 1A power..

Poyen's state championship came in 2a not 1a

[keohog]

This just goes to show how tuff the 5-2A Conf. was this year. Poyen was a fourth seed in the district tourney and won it and a one seed in the regional and came out of it 4th.
CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN !!!!!!!!!!!

[BigLion10]

Well said keo poyens win really didnt suprise me they have a really good team especially if there big girl can get going

[strong#1]

. Have the Junction Vs. Augusta game started 

[Cheek]

Well said keo poyens win really didnt suprise me they have a really good team especially if there big girl can get going

Poyen is a very good team, and are well coached.  Poyen will be a tough matchup for anyone in the tour.  Poyen has played England four times this year, so Norphlet's pressure basketball was something they had already faced this year.   

[bdubyab60]

Any updates on the boys game yet.

[strong#1]

Junction 20 Augusta 8 !

[AB™]

I guess Augusta never got back the players they lost earlier in the year did they? 

[Donnie Jamon]

22-10 jc end of 1st q

[bdubyab60]

By the looks of the score dont know if they would have helped that much but ya never know. Probably getting close to halftime now updates.

[bdubyab60]

Still behind lol.

[Donnie Jamon]

My post was a little late bdub

[chiefsfan]

I guess Augusta never got back the players they lost earlier in the year did they? 

Nope.    In reality it took a remarkable run for them just to get out of districts.  They got hot at the right time, but without all those players they dont have the talent to compete with a team like Junction City.

Ill be curious to see if the players are back next year.

[hogsfan4life]

I guess Augusta never got back the players they lost earlier in the year did they? 

Nope.    In reality it took a remarkable run for them just to get out of districts.  They got hot at the right time, but without all those players they dont have the talent to compete with a team like Junction City.

Ill be curious to see if the players are back next year.

Agreed, the Jordan Brown kid was a one man wrecking crew in the district. Scoring over 40 in the game against Clarendon.

[Donnie Jamon]

40-35 jc. Halftime