2010 Georgia High School Basketball Tournament: Here are Round One boys and girls schedules (UPDATED)
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324 comments Add your comment
DYNASTY
February 28th, 2010
5:41 pm
True but he still has a lot of experience
WheelerFan #2
February 28th, 2010
5:52 pm
agreed, im just simply saying that youre using experience as an advantage for norcross, well its really not, almost the entire milton team played in the finals last year, so they have plenty of tourney exp…as i said i hope wheeler stays focused cause i want to make the trip to carrolton and see the mhs/nhs game along with wheeler of coruse
An Old HS Sports Fan
February 28th, 2010
5:52 pm
So, has the AJC sent any of it’s sportswriters (term used loosely) to any of the games yet?
sportsfanatic.
February 28th, 2010
6:18 pm
i will put my $$ where my mouth is when i say that the Bradwell Institute Lady Tigers are out to DETHRONE the Redan Lady Raiders in the quater finals!! Goodluck to both teams!
G
February 28th, 2010
6:19 pm
Fayette lost to a Clarke central team that rockdale beat twice!!! Kevin ware isn’t great but he is good!!!! Seen him several times!!! Come watch um again and u will see what he does!!! They have more than one player that can beat u… U saw that cuz they beat fayette.. Even if they don’t win state we all know fayette season over!!!! Let it go!! The better team won…
DYNASTY
February 28th, 2010
6:29 pm
Norcorss girls will win state no one can stop our to outstanding FRESHMEN Diamond and Kaela.
marietta fan
February 28th, 2010
8:28 pm
Wheelerfan #2 u are an obnoxious loser. Have u ever even played basketball before?? The only reason wheeler is any good is because they recruit players, which is illegal for public schools to do. Thats the truth. U cant actually produce any talent at all like westlake or savannah. I agree 100 % with Zone3CanE. Once the GHSA decides to do something about this fiasco (which i hope they will), wheeler will be the ones crying.
Fin
February 28th, 2010
8:40 pm
@Marietta Fan…if “recruiting” is going to be looked into, then you will also have to stop kids from going to schools out of their disctrick for Performing arts, Magnet schools, and Educational purposes.
The “recruitment” cry bores me…what’s wrong w/ sending your child to a school that annually sends kids to major colleges. You want your child to get a good college education, nothing wrong w/ that. MariettaFan, be happy w/ your win, as a team with 11 wins shouldn’t even be in the State tournament
Fin
February 28th, 2010
8:41 pm
district – typo
Chief4ever58
February 28th, 2010
8:44 pm
By the way FCHS we will return everyone just like you. you guys can watch to see if we will win, and because I did not say it the first time great game your team played
3 Straight
February 28th, 2010
8:48 pm
Hey WheelerFan #2. you know your teams. Both wheeler and milton are probably on paper the best two 5A teams in Ga. Some might say west lake. However, I am sure you were a wheeler fan in 2006 when a less heralded team from Savannah, beach, beat wheeler in the semi and Norcross went on to win the state championship. Or in 2005, when the very talented wheeler team was defeated in the region tournament and had to play Norcross in the 1st round. You know the rest of the story, Wheeler was defeated and Norcross went on to win their 2nd state championship in a row. Or how about 2007, a highly talented wheeler team who has beaten good teams all over country and they were defeated in the championship by a just better than average Norcross team and won thier third championship in a row.
The point I am trying to make is that the best team does not always win. That is why we play the games.
Now let me introduce you to Jeremy Lamb. Jeremy is not a hot shot like you fine on the other high profile teams in north Atlanta. He is a under spoken dude that lets his basketball play speak for him. The reason you don’t know him is because last year he did not even start but came off the bench for the devils and was successful. This summer he stepped up his game so much that UConn decided he was the Atlanta player that they wanted over all of the others hs players. I think that speak volumes about Jeremy and his game.
So Norcross is just a better that average team that has an incredible resent history, talented coach and a team that has found different ways to win 23 games in a row. Yes wheeler and milton should win but they don’t always win and that is why we play the games. Remember Norcross has nothing to loss and big “W” and “M” have everything to loss. And Milton has not even won one championship yet so they have a long way to go to catch up with the elite 5A programs.
Hope to see you in Carrollton.
Doyle Hargraves
February 28th, 2010
8:59 pm
Milton will blow Norcross out of the gym. Bad matchups for Norcross all over the floor. Boyd will outcoach whoever the dude is over at Norcross and Milton’s guards will own the court. Julian will domimante McDougald and U Nictor Vickerson and outscore both of them combined by 10 points.
Basketball Fan
February 28th, 2010
9:10 pm
Does anyone know if any players from South Atlanta were ejected from the game on Friday?
Dynasty
February 28th, 2010
9:25 pm
Doyle your a dumb ass. Norcorss and Milton will be a real close game. Norcorss almost won but Chris dropped a pass in the corner.
Desperate Hoops Fan Suggestion
February 28th, 2010
10:03 pm
My friend told me about http://www.cobbprepsports.com. They have latest on the State Basketball Tourney and even have live and archived games and all the brackets for each classification.
HS Hoops Follower
February 28th, 2010
10:18 pm
DYNASTY… hold on now. Norcross is solid but Mill Creek would think otherwise. They are responsible for 2 of Norcross’ 4 losses. The other 2 coming to the #1 team in the Nation St Mary’s of CA and #13 team in the nation Broilingbook, IL. They are solid but must play better than they did against Roswell. Frankly I’d love to see them and Redan and Redan MAY, just MAY have to fight with Mill Creek.
Guys kill the Milton Norcross talk. I’m not so sure Norcross is game. They’ve have their hands full with a Meadowcreek team that goes 10 deep easy. Jeremy Lamb is the key and Nickerson down low has to do work as does Marty Johnson at the pg spot. In the end Meadowcreek may be a little too much with Terrence Glass, John Ruff, Lavon Hooks and Shaquille Morris leading the way. Should be interesting.
Wheeler is solid but don’t sleep on Brian William’s as he lead Central Gwinnett against Wheeler in his home gym. Central Gwinnett is no Peachtree Ridge. The only trouble you can really give Central Gwinnett is if you have a solid height advantage with guys who can play. Harrison had the height but didn’t have the talent. Wheeler/CGwinnett will be a very interesting watch.
I also know some folks are sleeping on Rockdale. Well those same folks better keep their eyes on Rockdale/Hillgrove on Tuesday. Yea yea Rockdale had to come from behind to beat Fayette but I don’t see them losing to Hillgrove. Kevin Ware and CJ Wilson will be too much for Ed Morris’ Hawks.
Campbell and McEachern will also be a good watch yet I’ll take 3 sophomores (Campbell’s Seymour, Cotton and Shanks) over the one man band show of Tennessee commit Tre Golden. Now Golden did defer a lot in McEacherns 1st rd game but lowly Berkmar may have given Campbell just enough of a blueprint.
Gotta love Tourney basketball…come on AJC step it up
6AAAAA Hoops Fan
February 28th, 2010
10:24 pm
That 3 Peat team was nearly one and done. 56-54 against a 4th seed from the 6AAAAA. After that game I am sure a Walton team with a healthy Harrow would run Norcross out of the gym and they were the 5th best team in 6AAAAA. On paper or on the court Norcross losses by 10 or more to Milton if they get past the next round. History is just that history something that happened in the past. All your best player are in college and they can not help you. The best players this year and next are at Milton. So meet the future if you can get there.
As for all those wins all I can say is Region 6 3 wins Region 7 one win three losses. Now we will find out if Norcross can bring it every night because for the first time this season they will have to to survive.
WheelerFan #2
February 28th, 2010
10:44 pm
alot to catch up on, im going to ignore the jealous marietta fan and stick to a sensible debate with the norcross and milton fans….as for HS hoops follower, i am very wary of c gwinnett, teams that i know nothing about are quite scary to be honest, i have no idea how they play or what they are capable of, so i hope wheeler is focused for this road game
3 straight- im very aware that the best team doesnt win the title every year, i went to wheeler so yes i was a fan when they lost when they shouldnt have…i was a fan in 2005 when wheeler beat the vaunted south gwinnet team with louis williams, and the next year when wheeler sadly lost to beach when wheeler had a team that was nothing short of phenomenal…in 2007 norcross had the better team, wheeler had jj hickson but after that wheeler was not that outstanding…2008 we just lost to a great high school player in aminu, he was easily the difference in that title game…as for lamb he sounds a bit like dequan jones, jones took a huge leap from his jr to sr year where he became a highly touted rectruit
and for the mhs/nhs game, no one would get blown out in that game, i could see norcross keep that one interesting
tray04
February 28th, 2010
10:50 pm
First I would like to say is that, The Georgia playoff scheduling needs to like NCAA Tournament Bracket just like someone else brought that to my attention reading these posts, the same goes for Football all so. I went to both Norcross and Meadowcreek high school a long way back, so im thinkin about attending that game. But someone needs to be fired when scheduling these far away games when both teams arent no where close to the host stadium like West Ga. Come now! BUT LET THE BEST TEAM WIN on ANY GIVING DAY! REAL TALK
Eagle 1
February 28th, 2010
10:51 pm
Did anyone get ejected from S.Atlanta game?If so thats huge!!!
Eagle 1
February 28th, 2010
10:56 pm
Thanks Despreate Hoops Fan for the link!!We need more than Ajc!
Eagle 1
February 28th, 2010
10:58 pm
typo Desperate
Zone3canE
February 28th, 2010
11:14 pm
Eagle 1: Nobody from South Atlanta got kicked out Friday.B-Ball fan, C’MON SON!!
high SCHOOL BALLER
March 1st, 2010
12:14 am
south atlanta did kick off 2 player from the cell phone incident and 1 parent took they son off the team but they did add some JV player on the team that was a little better than the player that was let go. Thats the fact from other players and student that go to the school.
Zone3canE
March 1st, 2010
12:48 am
high SCHOOL BALLER, nobody I repeat nobody on the JV is or was a better BALLPLAYER than Malik(INSTANT OFFENSE)Brown. Corey was just a big body, good rebounder. As far as a parent taking there son off the team, WHUTCHU TALKIN BOUT WILLIS, WHO? Same team minus the two mentioned above, neither STARTED. P.S. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!! Dude asked about FRIDAY’S GAME and the answer to that was NO, NO PLAYER WAS EJECTED.
Derrick
March 1st, 2010
6:47 am
How would you like this layout for our kids……
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/highschools/all-met/basketball-playoffs/index.html
TRU
March 1st, 2010
7:57 am
South Atlanta is wishy washy this year……if they play the way they played friday they WILL NOT be defending their title! But they do have the potential to win it all! They need some floor leadership too…..and some fans would help too…….I never seen a team so good have as little support as this team…..in Vincent Banks Days they would pack every gym they played in whether home or away!!!
I must say that I DO like the fact that the team looks as if they expect to win EVERY game they play though…….even through all the wins the team has expressions on their faces as if they lost the game……so with that being said, if they make it to the rematch of playing Columbia, they will not be a pushover for Columbia! This will be a great game and probably be considered the “REAL” state championship game!
Larry Munson's Love Child
March 1st, 2010
8:16 am
Vincent Banks……….that’s the player I was trying to think of from SA. What ever happened to him? He was the TRUTH back in the ‘02-’04?
Devil Lover
March 1st, 2010
8:42 am
top four 5A teams with common opponents………………………………………………………………………..
teams………………Norcross…………… milton………………… wheeler…………………..westlake..
centennial………….won by 2…….lost by 22 & won by 7….lost by 3, won by 12……………..won by 1..
scott County, KY…won by 9………………n/a………………………..lost by 2……………………….n/a…….
G-dub
March 1st, 2010
8:45 am
How bout them Redan girls, hand them the trophy. I really wanted to see them blow Parkview out but that won’t happen. Norcross be for real , you have not played bb until you face the Raider Nation
Dan
March 1st, 2010
9:47 am
NW Whitfield girls will beat Mays in AAAA play Wednesday.
Hollabackk
March 1st, 2010
10:07 am
Watch out for Liberty County basketball teams this year. Our private school,First Presbyterian Christian Academy Won the State Championship this past weekend and the Bradwell Girls and Liberty County boys are goona be tough outs.
Coach
March 1st, 2010
10:13 am
Don’t slip on elbert county, columbia will have their hands full. Shot out to my boy Big LB. You will go all the way this year. GOMAB
SouthAtlanta Alum
March 1st, 2010
10:44 am
No disrespect to columbia and da rest of da teams in AAA but we been winning games for a long time maybe not state titles but alot of games. George and Fulton use to go at it all the time back in the day. So they had no choice but to combine the schools. Even Carver-Atlanta has talent. yes there is alot of talent from cleveveland ave, jonesboro rd. da whole zone 3 area. Unlike wheeler we dont have to go out and recruit we keep talent in the neighborhood. If we make it to Macon this year again watch out and next year to because we aint really losing nobody.
Devil Lover
March 1st, 2010
11:03 am
Top four 5A Teams with Common Opponents……….
……………CENTENNIAL………………SCOTT COUNTY, KY
Norcross…….won by 2………………….won by 9……..
Wheeler…lost by 3 & won by 12……….lost by 2…….
Milton….lost by 22 & won by 7………….n/a
Westlake…..won by 1……………………..n/a
Noneya
March 1st, 2010
11:07 am
Can someone let me know where I can get a schedule including times for the Round 2 games?
Eagle 1
March 1st, 2010
1:01 pm
Now i got somebody to talk to…TRU where you been???Zone3canE been holding it down!Lol
@ South Atlanta Alum no disrespect takin…those teams was good back in the day.If GHSA had any sense and wanted to make money in this economy they would have put Columbia And S.Atlanta on opp sides. Just like last year nobody wanted to see S.Atlanta smash Westover!!!
@ Coach… u must didnt get the memo Elbert Co. better watch out for Columbia!!! Columbia has been in the belly of the beast this year( Yates TX,Oak Hill Va,Whitney Young Ill,Bishop Gorman NV,Montross Christian MD…etc)believe me we aint scared of no Elbert Co or whoever!!!
Now the question is have Elbert Co. been to Hell this year???
Because Columbia is gonna give everybody 4qtrs of Hell!!!
Every time Rod Rucker go out for some air or foul trouble we going on a 15-0 run!! Thats what you learn when you play against other teams around America thats bigger,faster and better than you(Yates and Oak Hill).Hope Coach Brown had Elbert CO.running Cross Country during football season!!!
SportsFan31313
March 1st, 2010
1:46 pm
Greetings sportsfanatic,
I love your enthusiasm. There is absolutely no question who I am a fan of. But lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. Lets take it obn game at a time. It will definitely be a showdown when the two meet in the quarter finals right. Re-Match from last year.
SportsFan31313
March 1st, 2010
1:48 pm
Greetining Hollabackk,
It would be great if Region 3-AAAAA and Region 3-AAA win it all this year. It will then be region 3-AAAAA in basketball and Football. Region 3-AAA in Basketball, and all comimg to Hinesville, Georgia.
SportsFan31313
March 1st, 2010
1:48 pm
Sorry about the typos……………….
SportsFan31313
March 1st, 2010
3:32 pm
Eagle 1,
Hold your Horses:
Not so fast my friend:-)
Do you really believe that Columbia will win the State title this year? I believe you are talking prematurely if you really believe that in Class AAA, the teams should just go on, and hand the State Title over to the Columbia Eagles.
There an enornmous amount of good, well not just good but great Class AAA teams out there. What about Lagrange, Westover, Liberty County etc. You should really think about that.
Eagle 1
March 1st, 2010
4:12 pm
Yes I really belive that Columbia should win!!! Am I not supposed to believe that?
Sports Fan I thought you was a real fan. Evidently your not. If you really knew about this you would know what im talking about!!
If you know about AAA basketball then you would know I was only talking about how those teams LaGrange,Liberty,Westover,Monroe,Dougherty and Washington Co….(If they beat S.Atlanta) gonna beat up on each other before they even think about seeing Columbia. They better worry about each other before they even look our way!!! Hope that answered your Q.
Please study the playoff bracket in AAA and see what im talking about.
Columbia have a tough road but not as tough as your teams!!! Elbert Co. is on our mind…not those teams!!!
Preciate it for thinking about it tho!!Lol
TRU
March 1st, 2010
7:05 pm
Eagle 1
I been busy and not on the net as much……..but I will tell you that South Atlanta CAN beat Columbia…..but not bold enough to say THEY WILL lol! South Atl had just been to much of a roller coaster ride for me this year….now as far as these LaGrange’s, Liberty’s, etc…..I havent seen them but I know SAHS and Columbia are like two BIG bullies and there swagger alone defeats most….so that being said when ya’ll face them boys in Purple and Turquiose ya better not be scared!!! I hate that SA may have the toughest road to Macon but its all good….many of the SA players have played against national powers in the past so there is plenty of experience to get them thru to Macon!
Eagle 1 and the rest of the Columbia fans……DO NOT SLEEP on the SA Hornets……its like a complete role reversal from last year…..but hopefully the outcome is the same lol!
Eagle 1
March 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
My man TRU thats what im talkin about…stay down for your team!!Im glad you’re back because i cant pick a good fight this year to save my life!Complete reversal of last year huh???Lol
RUDBUCK
March 2nd, 2010
2:55 am
DEVIL LOVER MY MAN. ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO COMPARE WHO DID WHAT THIS YEAR. MAN YOU MUST REALLY HATE REGION 6. BUT LETS STICK TO THE FACTS. YOU CLAIM WHEN MILTON BEAT NORCROSS, NORCROSS HAD A BAD GAME. ON FRIDAY NORCROSS HAD A BAD GAME ALSO, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT CENTENNIAL HAD THEIR WORSE GAME OF THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE FOUL SHOOTING DOWN THE STRETCH WHEN THEY COULD HAVE PUT IT AWAY IN REGULATION. AND IF YOU STILL WANNA COMPARE, IF YOU TAKE REGION 6 AND NORCROSS COMMON OPPONENTS IN THE STATE TOURNEY REGION 6 AVERAGE MARGIN OF VICTORY IS 9.5 COMPARED TO NORCROSS’S 9.3 (AND THAT INCLUDES AVERAGING IN THE LOSSES.) LASTLY, LEST WE FORGET ABOUT NORCROSS BEATING UP ON WEAK TEAMS, REGION 7 IS THE ONLY AND I REPEAT THE ONLY REGION WITH ONE TEAM LEFT IN THE TOURNEY. EVERY REGION HAS AT LEAST 2 LEFT, WITH REGION 6 AT 3 TEAMS.
RUDBUCK
March 2nd, 2010
2:56 am
BTW BLOGGERS, NOT SCREAMING, JUST LIKE TO TYPE IN CAPS, THX.
Larry Munson's Love Child
March 2nd, 2010
8:02 am
Eagles 1 & 2, I don’t hear much about other players on Columbia squad ‘cept Jamal. How’s Chris Grier playin this year?
TRU
March 2nd, 2010
10:12 am
Eagle 1 let me see how SA does tonite against Washington Co. before I see how much junk I wanna talk lol!
Larry Munson’s Love Child
Vincent Banks signed to Univ. of Miami but couldn’t get academically qualified, then went to Univ. of Cincinnati but had the same outcome….the classroom had just not been his bright spot…..he had almost gave up on B-ball all together……he’s been thru some tough personal situations…….but now he is in Kansas at a Community College where hopefully he can get his game back and make it in the back door to the NBA!!!
Josh Smith, Dwight Howard, and many more of NBA playesr remember Vince’s spectacular game….him and Josh in the same class I believe and Vince was at the TOP of that class (in GA that is)….a guy named LEBRON was at the top OVERALL lol!
Coach
March 2nd, 2010
10:38 am
Eagale 1
Yes Columbia is good, however, it one thing to play tough teams, but beating them is another thing. The reagion was very weak this year. I will tell you something that you better not slip on. East Hall my friend. They are known for upsetting teams. You all are tall with no true guards. Only time will tell. Dont take this as hating but, when I watched Columbia play most teams are scared of you all hieight, a defensive team will beat you all, it always happen, you will see.
Eagle 1
March 2nd, 2010
12:18 pm
@ Larry Munson
1.Chris Grier is playin great… his defense is awesome plenty offers for 2nd signing period!
2.Jarmal Reid will be a Big Time D1 player!!
3.Freshman Sensation Tahj will have every college coach in the world
@ 2106 Columbia Dr.( True Point Guard)
4.7 players play off the bench that make the best of their time!!
5.2 6′8s 2 6′7s plenty 6′5s everybody see the floor!!!
6.Last but not least Jershon Cobb!!! (just google him) too much to say!!!
Thanks for askin Larry
@Coach
Oh yes we beat our share of teams Gonzaga Prep DC,Cedar Hill TX,Hamilton AZ,Waukegan Ill and Arlington Country Day FL all top 50 teams dont get it wrong now. Like I said East Hall will not do anything different than those teams has done to us already whether we beat them or not.
Ps. WE PLAY DEFENSE TOO!!! Thanks Coach
@TRU
S.Atlanta should beat Washington Co!!