There's no surprise that there are surprises in the playoffs.  Texas has too much talent for anyone to rest on their laurels for a game, or even a quarter. Hats off to 3A Waco LaVega, 2A Jarrell and 1A Mumford for being 30 something and zero this year!  Not only is each respective team a talented bunch, but they are FOCUSED too.  None has had a bad game (yet)and that's why there's almost 100 wins between th ...

Roosevelt High School 44 Stayton Eagles 27 The Roosevelt High School Roughriders played the Stayton Eagles in their play-in game to the Oregon 4A playoff season.  They were led by Senior Antonio McCowan (19points) who came out to a quick shooting start, hitting his first two three point attempts and working hard to breakdown the defense and get to the basket.  Fellow Senior Joe Morales (9 points) had a toug ...

It was fitting that there was only one high school playoff game being played tonight.  All eyes were on the Warren-Judson matchup and the contrast in styles.  This was a high school game for the ages, that's for sure.  For the 3rd time in the last 4 games, 2013 G Marcus Keene of Warren had the game right here he wanted it....with the ball in his hands.  And for the 3rd time in a row he delivered with a buzz ...

We're about to enter the 3rd Round (Regional Quarter Finals) of the Texas High School Playoffs.  This is where underdog "Rudy" storylines start dancing in the heads of unlikely winners of their previous two games.  Perhaps it was an easy draw, or they played the giant killer by knocking off a District Champion.  Most of these stories will come to an end on Tuesday but in a field so large and with so much ta ...

The NCAA season is drawing to a close with most conferences beginning their tournaments next week.  The D1 Ambassadors had another great week.  Our alumni dot the rosters of teams from coast to coast in almost every Division One conference. 24.  D.J. Stephens            Jr.               Harker Heights (TX)                                      Memphis Stephens had another emphatic poster dunk this past week ...

[video id="9ZaMcIZYl1c" type="youtube"] This has been a busy week at the D1 Nation.  With State high school playoffs in full swing around most of the country our attention has been put on today's high school stars and their prep performances. Yet another of the Texas D1 Ambassadors alumni has given their college commitment.  2012 Winston Shepard of Findlay Prep (Las Vegas, NV) has given his verbal commitmen ...

Another stab in the dark at determining how 16-17 year olds will respond and rise to the occasion (or not) is in the books as the 2nd Round of Texas 4A Playoffs are complete.  Let's see how the brains of the D1 Nation operation did.  Keep in mind we had a very respectable 70% success rate in Round 1. 4A Region 1 I'm looking pretty good here.  Picked 7-8 correct.  A talented Arlington Seguin squad fell to Ar ...

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Austin Lake Travis  65  Buda Hays  48 Trailing 42-33 in the 3rd quarter, 2013 G Jordan Manse began to score all 23 of his second half points as Lake Travis went on a 13-1 run to end the 3rd and then beat Hays going away. [caption id="attachment_9981" align="aligncenter" width="281" caption="2013 Jordan Manse"][/caption] Spring Dekaney 57  Austin Bowie  43 2012 G Paul Baxter ended his high school career with ...

I was in the house for the 5A doubleheader at Alamo Convocation Center last night and it went perfectly to script.  Game one (Converse Judson-San Antonio O'Connor) was an obvious mismatch while the second affair was a drama filled heavyweight battle (San Antonio Warren-San Antonio Churchill). Cool Daddy To The Rescue [caption id="attachment_9975" align="aligncenter" width="245" caption="Marcus "Cool Da ...