... Finally !!!! we are going to tip it off for REAL this week!!! I'm a sports fan across the board BUT hs school hoops is "special" ... I think it has to do with looking at further than the "final scores" ... I analyze each team I watch in my mind throughout the game ... I'm not sure I can just go watch a game for the purpose of just "watching" the game for enjoyment ... I analyze during the game, after the game I take a look at ALL of the "napkin stats" for both teams AND analyze more as to what the napkin stats tell me ... I look at each teams personnel , what they bring to the table , I look at TEAM - are the teams a group of "individuals" or are do they play as a TEAM ... heck I look at the teams warming up , how they pass the ball, look at whether the coach emphasizes fundamentals or do THEY just put the lineup out there and "let'em go" so to speak ... then finally I compare all of the teams I see throughout the year with all of the other teams I see ... as
93dog pointed out to me - 72 teams in Southern/Southeastern Ohio ... looking forward to being on the road to see as many of the top teams as I can ... I've always been of the mindset that in order to be able to rank the teams you have to SEE the teams ... the last thing I want to do is slight teams, players and/or coaches - IF a team is good I WANT to see them play ! if a TEAM is good then the COACH is doing something right as well - I'm a BIG time fan of "good coaching" ... "good , fundamentally sound" basketball ... with ALL of that said - I look forward to running into as many SEOPsters throughout the season as I can ! - my experience is that there are so many great fans of the game of high school hoops in Southern/Southeastern Ohio I WANT to "run into" you ! even if it is just a "hello" I like to put a seop's name with a face ... I like going to a "far away" gym and KNOW people there ... I'm a "Cheap Seat" guy ... if you look around the gym I will be a guy with a roster sheet, scrambling to get all of the players written onto the "napkin sheets" ... I usually survive on water & Twizzlers during hoops season with a side order of a hot dog & Skittles LOL ...
The first games start on Thursday night !
What are the menu of games for the opening "short week" of hoops ?
Dec. 1 :
Bloom Carroll hosts Chillicothe Thursday night ...
Friday night has the
Zane Trace Tip Off Classic getting underway (2 games)
Saturday
ALL DAY games at Zane Trace in the Tip Off Classic
Dec. 2
Ready vs. Westfall, 6:45pm
Logan Elm vs. Zane Trace
Dec. 3
Berne Union vs. Huntington boys and girls, 10:15am
Amanda vs. Adena, 1:45pm
Federal Hocking vs. Sheridan, 3:30pm
Circleville vs. South Point, 5:15pm
New Hope vs. Zane Trace boys and girls
Unioto travels to Logan Saturday night to get things "real" for both teams ...
