Saw the schedule for this weekend. Looks like there are 20 teams participating, with a good mix of high school teams and select teams for kids whose high schools are not participating. There will likely be around 250 NM high school players getting some work in.

What does your week 10 rankings look like?

Good read on former NM Preps basketball star, Teige Zeller and her father, Los Lunas girls b-ball head coach, Marty Zeller.

http://www.rgj.com/story/sports/col...teige-zeller-has-blossomed-nevada/1025176001/

Post here

Proposal:

Current Academic Eligibility Bylaw 6.2.1 A.1 A Student shall have a 2.0 grade point average with no more than one (1) F, based on a 4.0 grading scale , or its equivalent…

Proposed Academic Eligibility Bylaw 6.2.1 A.1 A student shall have a 2.0 grade point average with no F’s, based on a 4.0 grading scale, or its equivalent…

Rationale:

1. Increase the standards of scholastic eligibility and ensuring that students are make progress toward graduation.

2. Survey of Athletic Directors: 73% For, 27% Against

Budget Impact: N/A

NMAA Staff Recommendation: Approve

Read: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/hoops-6a-rankings-week-11

Albuquerque Academy (3-10) at Bosque (3-10)
Cottonwood Prep (5-7) at Tierra Encantada (3-12)
Tse' Yi' Gai (9-4) at Newcomb (10-7)

Read: https://nmpreps.rivals.com/news/hoops-4a-3a-rankings-week-11

I was hoping ITSC would start this thread but I guess I will lol. I love all the drama that comes with these changes.

2017-18 FBS Coaching Changes
SCHOOL 2017 COACH REPLACEMENT
Arizona State Todd Graham
Arkansas Bret Bielema
Florida Jim McElwain Dan Mullen
Georgia Southern Tyson Summers Chad Lunsford (interim)
Mississippi State Dan Mullen
Nebraska Mike Riley Trent Bray (interim)
Ole Miss Hugh Freeze Matt Luke
Oregon State Gary Andersen Cory Hall (interim)
Rice David Bailiff
South Alabama Joey Jones
Tennessee Butch Jones Brady Hoke (interim)
Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin Jeff Banks (interim)
UCLA Jim Mora Chip Kelly
UTEP Sean Kugler Mike Price (interim)

I am at a loss for words reading this story. I’m sure some of you have seen it already but this was my first. It’s still amazing to think that we have places like this in this country that think this would be okay.

A 12-year old team with nicknames on their jerseys that said - Coon and Knee Grow...

Read entire story: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ohio-y...y-offensive-jerseys-funny-joke-163830808.html

Vote and post thoughts

Think about your preseason projections. Is your team Over Performing, Under Performing, or Just Right.

I'l go with 4 northern schools, given I've watched these guys the most.

Santa Fe - Just Right. Looking to be a state tourney team in back to back seasons for the first time in a long time.

Capital - Just Right. I had them 3 in my preseason predictions which is where they are heading into district.

St Mike's - Under Performing. Looking at the district schedule, the Horsemen will be hard pressed to find 10 wins on the season.

Española - Just Right, slightly over performing. This team is senior heavy with plenty of contributors from the State Championship team of 2 years ago. Preseason i had the Sun Devils at 2, they are the best in the State so far, but feom 2 there not much room to go up. Branch walked into a loaded team that he is very familiar with. Being senior heavy, this is a perfect shot at taking it all.

Any thoughts from the games this weekend?

Going 13-0, beat more bowl teams than Alabama during the regular season, and having beating Auburn who defeated both of the teams in the National Championship game, should UCF have been one of the 4??

Mike Elko leaves ND for Texas A&M.

Personally, I am bummed by the move. Coach Elko took what was a terrible defense in 2016 and made it one of the top turnarounds in 2017. Granted most players were healthy and a very veteran unit but it was improved on the calling. Makes more reason for me to hate Jimbo Fisher (yup I said it).

Mike Elston (DL coach) who has been with Coach Kelly since 2004. He was also the assistant head coach at Cincy.

Kevin Kane (Northern Illinois DC) - Young guy that coaches at one of the best non-power 5 schools. At 34 could be a solid coach to grab now. However, the ND defense will be young next season and might need to lean on a veteran defensive coach.

Anthony Campanile (Boston College) - Another young guy at 35, will be another up and coming coach.

*****WEEK 10 SCOREBOARD (JAN 8th - 13th)*****


FRIDAY
Bernalillo 77, Aztec 70
Bloomfield 51, West Las Vegas 48
Capital 66, Pojoaque Valley 34
Cuba 114, Coronado 28
Dexter 64, Hagerman 46
Estancia 74, Gateway Christian 43
Fort Sumner 91, Mescalero Apache 58
Goddard 73, Santa Teresa 34
Grady 79, Clovis Christian 54
Hobbs 93, Gadsden 57
Hope Christian 81, Taos 70
Jal 66, Cloudcroft 18
La Cueva 89, Albuquerque 87
Las Cruces 55, Carlsbad 48
Los Alamos 70, Artesia 62
Loving 51, Tatum 40
Mayfield 53, Centennial 45
McCurdy 64, Mesa Visa 60
Melrose 48, NMMI 33
Mesilla Valley 66, Tularosa 60
Miyamura 78, Thoreau 52
Mountainair 67, Capitan 48
Navajo Prep 68, Desert Academy 13
Pecos 79, Tucumcari 35
Rehoboth 56, Monte Del Sol 50
Roswell 87, Deming 50
Santa Rosa 86, Santa Fe Prep 47
Silver 60, Santa Fe Indian 40
Shiprock 64, Hot Springs 44
St. Michael's 67, Portales 65
To'hajiilee 53, Tse' Yi' Gai 37
Wingate 53, Crownpoint 51

THURSDAY
Animas 49, Cliff 46
Atrisco Heritage 54, Del Norte 44
Belen 61, Bernalillo 54
Bloomfield 61, Zuni 42
Cimarron 51, Clayton 47
Cleveland 55, Sandia 51
Coronado 69, Northwest 55
Dexter 78, Cloudcroft 22
Estancia 80, Raton 47
Gateway Christian 51, Springer 35
Grants 70, Wingate 43
Hagerman 52, Jal 50
Laguna-Acoma 88, Questa 31
Los Lunas 43, Valley 40
Magdalena 65, Fort Sumner 53
Manzano 72, Highland 65
Melrose 61, Mesilla Valley 47
Menaul 76, Santa Fe Waldorf 42
Moriarty 63, Sandia Prep 55
Navajo Prep 66, Tohatchi 53
NMMI 36, Tularosa 32
Piedra Vista 72, Kirtland Central 71
Pojoaque Valley 45, Bosque 34
Portales 64, Santa Fe Indian 60
Reserve 66, Pine Hill 42
Rio Rancho 80, Rio Grande 68
Santa Fe 57, Capial 52
Santa Fe Prep 59, Rehoboth 49
Silver 58, St. Michael's 30
St. Pius X 66, Albuquerque Academy 47
Taos 56, Shiprock 53
Texico 74, Logan 57
To' hajiilee 75, Jemez Valley 31
West Las Vegas 58, Socorro 54
West Mesa 63, Volcano Vista 58

TUESDAY
Albuquerque 73, Hope Christian 70
Artesia 65, Chaparral 34
Bayfield, CO 63, Kirtland Central 56
Bernalillo 71, Albuquerque Academy 55
Clovis 46, Goddard 44 (OT)
Cobre 65, Santa Teresa 64
Del Norte 62, Miyamura 49
Dexter 60, NMMI 18
Eldorado 72, Cleveland 65
Espanola Valley 73, Belen 47
Estancia 67, Tucumcari 52
Eunice 58, Jal 50
Gadsden 67, Centennial 61
Hagerman 62, Capitan 40
La Cueva 57, St. Pius X 44
Las Cruces 84, Hobbs 65
Los Alamos 82, Taos 62
Los Lunas 51, Alamogordo 33
Lovington 73, Portales 66
Melrose 91, San Jon 41
Menaul 78, Santa Fe Prep 68
Moriarty 64, Robertson 28
Onate 67, Carlsbad 53
Piedra Vista 61, Farmington 52
Ruidoso 73, Hatch Valley 38
Santa Fe Indian 72, West Las Vegas 71
Silver 69, Deming 32
Tatum 47, Dora 39
Tohatchi 53, Wingate 43
Texico 73, Fort Sumner 53
Volcano Vista 36, Sandia 33
West Mesa 65, Manzano 61

MONDAY
Gateway Christian 66, Hondo Valley 29

Who do you have?

To me the Bulls one in the 90s tops all. Gave me the chills every time.

As a fan who supports the Valencia County teams quite a bit, Valencia usually has good intro music.

Resume-Bubble Game: Alamogordo (5-11) at Valencia (7-10). (2pm) Alamogordo likely gets in with DC. Valencia has a couple quality wins but still finds itself on the bubble. Should be okay but a win gets them a better seed.

Resume-Bubble Game: Artesia (10-5) at Del Norte (5-10). (2:30) Artesia should be fine in this situation and will get in. However, they can't afford another loss to a bottom half 2-5A team. Del Norte is on the OUT bubble after coming into the season with hype after their magical Final Four run in 2017.

District Opponent but No a District Game: Taos (8-9) vs West Las Vegas (9-8). (3:30) The third place game at the Hope Tournament today.

Resume Game: Lovington (8-8) at Los Alamos (9-7). (2:30pm). We've had a 2-5A vs 4-4A challenge this week. Lovington and Los Alamos will battle and we can start to find out where teams are in the bracket talk.

Steal One on Saturday?: Silver (11-4) vs Portales (9-6). (5:30pm). Silver is in the top-3 of the classification. Portales is coming off a surprising loss to St. Mikes. Portales could use a steal on Saturday but the order will be tall.

More

Intrigued: Belen (12-5) at Gallup (9-6)
4A Resume: St. Mikes (6-10) vs Santa Fe Indian (8-8)
Cloudy Middle Tier: Manzano (8-5) at Volcano Vista (9-5)
Worth the Watch: Espanola Valley (15-0) at Rio Rancho (9-8)
Nice East Game: Estancia (11-0) at Santa Rosa (8-5)
5A Upset Watch: Kirtland Central (8-7) at Grants (8-7)
Quality: St. Pius X (9-5) at Farmington (5-10)

Next weekend, Feb 19-20, the Adams State Mens program will be hosting a 3 Session Satellite event at Chaparral HS. The cost is a super affordable $25 and of course is open to any high school aged boy from any school in NM and west TX. So share away.

Here is the folder with the forms and itenerary. If any questions please let us know.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_3nISxvl2E52zbfo4mBcws3jLFulfAKT

Who do you?

Week 10: Quick Takeaways From Friday Night
J Grine

Note: Sorry if you had problems last night with the site going down for maintenance. I could login either but up and going today.

Friday Takeaways
Life Support: Los Alamos gets a win over Artesia, 70-62 and is brought back to life. They have a couple intriguing wins and they are one of the teams that floats up and down the 8-16 range. St. Mikes also earned a big win last night over Portales, 67-65. These two games helped the teams in need. Artesia and Portales also take a small hit but adds to the uncertainties after top 3 teams in each classification.

Under-the-Radar Team: La Cueva beating Albuquerque, 89-87 at home on Friday night. The Bears have one of the better, under the radar wins in the state. They are playing well and could be the team that floats around and gets a 5-seed - maybe plays for a DC. Eldorado-LC rivalry finally back? It makes basketball in NM better if so.

The Divide Is Real (4A): Silver beat Santa Fe Indian, 60-40 on Friday night and, like in 5A, proved we have a divide. In 4A it's Hope, Silver, and Bernalillo - in that order - and then we have a cloudy 4-16. Santa Fe Indian could be more in the 4-8 range though but didn't help with Portales falling on Friday.

Top Performances From Friday
Johnny Nitifan - Hope - 25 points vs Taos
Isaiah Dockery - Hope - 22 points vs Taos
Brandon Mahoney - Mayfield - 20 points vs Centennial.
Rayshad Brown - Las Cruces - 16 points vs Carlsbad.
Sal Navarez - Las Cruces - 14 points vs Carlsbad.
Collin Evans - Hope - 12 points vs Taos
Chris Ward - Hope - 11 points vs Taos

Scores from Friday
Bernalillo 77, Aztec 70
Bloomfield 51, West Las Vegas 48
Capital 66, Pojoaque Valley 34
Cuba 114, Coronado 28
Dexter 64, Hagerman 46
Estancia 74, Gateway Christian 43
Fort Sumner 91, Mescalero Apache 58
Goddard 73, Santa Teresa 34
Grady 79, Clovis Christian 54
Hobbs 93, Gadsden 57
Hope Christian 81, Taos 70
Jal 66, Cloudcroft 18
La Cueva 89, Albuquerque 87
Las Cruces 55, Carlsbad 48
Los Alamos 70, Artesia 62
Loving 51, Tatum 40
Mayfield 53, Centennial 45
McCurdy 64, Mesa Visa 60
Melrose 48, NMMI 33
Mesilla Valley 66, Tularosa 60
Miyamura 78, Thoreau 52
Mountainair 67, Capitan 48
Navajo Prep 68, Desert Academy 13
Pecos 79, Tucumcari 35
Rehoboth 56, Monte Del Sol 50
Roswell 87, Deming 50
Santa Rosa 86, Santa Fe Prep 47
Silver 60, Santa Fe Indian 40
Shiprock 64, Hot Springs 44
St. Michael's 67, Portales 65
To'hajiilee 53, Tse' Yi' Gai 37
Wingate 53, Crownpoint 51