Real Sasquatch

Graham had a great season. Not sure many expected them to get this far. Fun team to watch. The seniors will be missed. A lot of young talent coming up through the program. I look forward to watching them again next season. Thanks to all of the coaches and players for the tremendous effort this season.

What time is the game tomorrow?

True. I just remember early on, free throw was ugly. But you are right, it did get better. Tonight just reminded me of the struggles early on. On a side note. I thought that when Meadows was in the game, Battle had a harder time getting to the basket. They certainly weren't afraid to attack the rim.

Worst game I saw Graham play was the 2nd game against Princeton. That was hard to watch. They have been sort of a Jeckyll and Hyde this year.

Graham's free throw shooting has been consistently bad all season. The missed layups is what killed them(10-12 points squandered at least) and playing the 2-3 zone too much. They got beat on the press a couple of times, but when they pressed they forced some turnovers. Problem was they settled in and tried to play a half court game when they should have pressed more and tried to get into transition. Battle came to play and out-hustled Graham all night long. I think Graham seriously under-estimated that team and were not prepared for it. Battle played aggressively and with a sense of urgency, Graham did not. If they play like that again, their season will be over in the next round. If the team that played against PH-Roanoke shows up, they move on. Battle played well however and deserve credit for pushing Graham to their limits.

Akers did a fine job a Rural Retreat. He may do a great job at Fort. GC may not have been the right fit for him. Wrong place, wrong time perhaps? Not sure, he sure did get the blame for all of GC's problems. I guess we shall see if he was a big part of the blame, or just a small part of the overall problem.

Not sure why anybody would use a fake name when signing up.

They are moderators. They know who everybody is on here.

Graham has lost to Bluefield Twice, Princeton Twice , Radford once and Oak Hill Red in double OT. (who they should have beaten, blew a double digit lead in the 4th quarter with poor foul shooting, given that Oak Hill stepped it up a notch in the 4th, however). They played Bluefield close in the first contest. Radford beat them convincingly, so did Bluefield and Princeton the 2nd time around. They had a VERY good road win against PH Roanoke a couple of weeks back in which they put 4 quarters together against a very good team. Meadows is coming along nicely and the G-Men seem to finally be learning Baker's half court sets, they struggled a LOT early in the season trying to run the half court offense. It looks much smoother now. Graham has improved a lot, but not enough to beat Radford, IMO. Region D however, it wouldn't surprise me to see them win the Region or be the runner up.

GC without Ervin, is not that much better than Graham. Should be a good one, if it comes down to it. Couple of teams in the M7 that could knock both of them out, if they have an off night. In the SWD however, it's Graham and then... well, it's just Graham, no offense to the other teams, but none of them have come close to beating Graham this season and after watching all of them play, I don't think any of them can come close to knocking Graham, GC or perhaps any of the M7 teams playing.

With Ervin out, I see it as a very good matchup. I hope it comes down to those 2 again. I would definitely go watch it.

Radford is the favorite by far. Graham played earlier in the season and lost to Radford by 22. Radford beat Princeton pretty handily earlier this season too. Graham has been working on their half court game all season, only chance they would have is to slow it way down and execute very well.

Oh absolutely, I was referring to a quote in the paper from last year when Fred said those very words, among some other nasty comments about Graham. He was being sarchastic of course, in typical Fred Phillips fashion. Radford is my favorite to win it all. Graham has come along well this season, but Radford is legit for sure.

He should write "You may as well crown Graham state Champions" and sign it. He would have out-scored them if the subs hadn't went in in the 4th.

Graham student section with a giant fat head of Fred Phillips is freaking hilarious. G men uop 13-1 early 2nd period.