Big Time Hoops

Sandia #2 vs Las Cruces #3 In addition to the great athletes in this game, the coaches are top-notch; Abney and Kubala will put on a great show. These two met earlier in the season, and while the Matadors got the win (50-34), I don’t think the score was a good indication what Cruces is [...]

An great night of basketball last night–not many surprises. Here are few things that did catch my eye. The Cibola-Rio Grande game looked to be close one. The Journal is reporting that the RG head coach did not start his star shooting guard because of a  “strategic decision”. It boggles my mind why you wouldn’t [...]

#1 Eldorado vs. #16 Alamogordo Even though #16 seed Alamogordo enters the tournament playing #1 seed Lady Golden Eagles, Eldorado head coach Michael Huston doesn’t plan to make any adjustments “Our team has been very balanced all year and that will be a key for us vs. Alamogordo, as well as the rest of the [...]

Here are the 5A, 4A, 3A seedings for the 2010 state championship games.

[Ed. note] The following is a response from Bill Krum to the post “Journal weighs in with brackets” that was posted a on Tuesday. Bill is an Albuquerque-area club coach and fan with a good perspective of the basketball scene in the Metro area. Rather than being buried in a comment, I feel this deserves [...]