The UIL Legislative Council met in Austin on Sunday and Monday, October 16 and 17 to hear presentations from the public and make deci-sions relating to extracurricular activities including music, athletics and academic competition. TABC was represented by executive director Rick Sherley, who thanked the council for their hard work, invited each Council member to take advantage of the new complimentary Administrator's TABC mem-bership and asked the Athletics committee and the full council to consider restoring the tournament that was taken away in 2012. Eight other associ-ations including THSCA, TGCA, Baseball, Track, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Cross Country and Basketball Officials joined TABC in the quest to restore the tournament, matches or games that were lost. Due to the close result of an August survey sent to superintendents, the Council chose to place the request on a referendum ballot to be voted on by all superintendents in all classes in January. It will also include all sports except football. The survey for basketball only, showed 49% (all classes included) in favor, but 50% against. Thus the Council decided to put the question on a referendum ballot instead of passing it at their meet-ing. In the survey, 6A and 5A schools were heavily in favor, while 4A and 3A were close to favoring the proposal and 2A and 1A schools were opposed. Thus the referendum will probably be decided by the 3A and 4A schools. We will keep you posted when the voting has been complet-

ed near the end of this bas-ketball season. If it passes, it will go into effect for the 2017-18 season.

Greetings!

Many of you have either already conducted your first practice, or will within the next week. This is always an exciting time of year, full of hopes and high expectations. Plato said, “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” Of course, the first practice is always full of energy and anticipation. I think a good indication of your players’ competitiveness will be if they have that same enthusiasm and communication during the third or fourth practice when they are starting to experience some physical and mental fatigue. Set the tone early and teach your players that the true game they are playing is not against a particular oppo-nent but, more specifically, against themselves. Don Meyer was quoted as saying, “Get a little better every day and you’ve got something good going on.” If your players get a little better every day, I think you will all be champions when the season is over. I wish each of you success this season. I envy you because I think to myself, “If I had a team right now,…”

God bless,

Herb More, TABC President

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches tabchoops@aol.com www.tabchoops.org

PO Box 2886 Sugar Land, Texas 77487

Phone: 281-313-8222 Fax: 281-313-8224

Vol. XL

No. 2

October 20, 2016

People Places and Things 2 & 3

Sponsors 3

Coaches Directory Info 3

Preseason Picks and Rankings 4

100% Districts 4

Past Presidents 4

Calendar 5

Schools with Most Members 6

AD Principal Superintendent 6

Hoops for Hope 7

Scholarship Contributors 7

Membership Form 8

TABC membership cards have been mailed to your address that you put on your registration form. When you receive yours, be sure to print your name on the card.

To be admitted to most high school games be prepared to show your card and a pic-ture ID. For college games call ahead to be put on the pass gate list. The final deci-

sion on complimentary admittance rests with the host school or venue. We are work-ing to ensure that our card is accepted at as many venues as possible. If you have not

received your new ORANGE membership card, please call the TABC office so we

can verify your mailing address.

TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 2

Since 1994 every boy who played basketball at Nazareth high school has made at least one trip to the state tournament as a play-er. The Swifts made their first appearance in 1980 under Coach Bud Birks and made 3 more trips during the 1980s, two under Joe Lombard and one with Johnny Hampton. Since 1994 they have qualified under the guidance of Mark McKeever (94), Mike Scarbrough (96, 97, 01, 02 and 06), three with Zach Boxell (07, 08 and 10) and in 2014 led by their present coach Nathan Branum. The Swifts are favored to fight it out with Happy for the region I championship so the tradition could continue. ********************************************************************************************************** TABC past president and Texas basketball coaching legend Larry Brown (no the other one) is on the move again. He recently took the job of Special Assistant to the head coach at Texas Tech University under new coach Chris Beard. It is good to have LB back in Texas where his son Matt just took over the reins at 6A Manor near Austin. Matt developed a powerhouse program at 4A Wharton before taking the Manor job. ********************************************************************************************************** The saying, "you can't keep a good man down" applies to Cameron Copley of Canadian HS. Last December he broke the scaphoid bone in his wrist but not only finished the football season but another state championship basketball season as well. After compet-ing in the state tennis tournament in May he was casted for 6 weeks then had a screw inserted. He got back on the football field on September 12 and in his first game back had 7 receptions for 152 yards and a TD and played safety on defense. When football sea-son ends he will go for his fourth state basketball championship. Due to his presence the Wildcats will be state ranked even though they move up to class 3A. His coach is his dad, Andy Copley. ********************************************************************************************************** The Dodd City girls were a 32-2 regional finalist last year and have high hopes with four all region players returning, two of whom were all state. Coach Alex Stephenson had no seniors on the team that lost to state champ Lipan 81-76 in the regional final. Look for the two teams to battle for the final four trip again as Lipan made the state tournament for the seventh time but enjoyed the school’s first state championship under coach Amber Branson and would love to try again. ********************************************************************************************************** The Wharton boys have a new head coach with Seth Due moving up from the assistant's position. But expect the Tigers to be formi-dable again as he welcomes back 3 players who have been to 3 regional tournaments. Wharton was 31-7 last year losing to La-Marque in the regional final and has plenty of depth including a district champ JV. The Tigers also led the state in three point field goals made. ********************************************************************************************************** The Slocum girls were 29-6 last year losing to final four team LaPoynor by 6. The Lady Mustangs dropped down from 2A to 1A and Coach Dustin Bates returns 6 players from that team including the district MVP and another all region player to go with a 16-4 district champ JV squad. ********************************************************************************************************** The Dallas Lincoln boys became the first state champ in 20 years to have 14 losses, but not without good reason. Cedric Patterson's team plays a schedule loaded with 5A and 6A teams which prepares his team for anything 4A has to offer. The Tigers return plenty of firepower to repeat as champs in 2017. ********************************************************************************************************** LaMarque boys Coach David Montano returns 8 players from a 32-9 final four team that lost by 3 points to the 4A state champs. Only now the Cougars will be competing in class 3A and are ready to give it another shot. East Chambers, Teague, Hemp-stead, Rice, and Kountze among others are loaded and welcome a chance to derail the Cougar express. ********************************************************************************************************** Jason Cooper's Claude team was 27-5 last year and returns 10 of 11 varsity players from that squad. Three have started since their sophomore season and four are seeking their fourth varsity letter. One was all state last year so watch out for the Lady Mustangs who are hungry for more. ********************************************************************************************************** Last year Santa Rosa came within a basket of making the final four. Coach Johnny Cipriano returns three all district players includ-ing the MVP from that 26-9 regional finalist. The Warriors are the favorites to represent region IV in San Antonio. ********************************************************************************************************** Sue Cannon will hit milestone career win # 1,100 with the Lady Trojans 10th win this season and it could come ear ly. Euless Trinity was 28-4 and an undefeated district champion last year and they return all 5 starters and 11 letter winners including the dis-trict MVP. Look for Sue to blow by that milestone and continue to the next one in her Hall of Fame career. ********************************************************************************************************** TABC Board of Directors member Darrell Hageman is the only boys’ basketball coach Round Rock McNeil has ever had. After opening McNeil 25 years ago he has led them to 20 playoff appearances. The Mavericks are looking for their second final four as one of the favorites to capture the region II-6A crown. With three starters back from a 25-8 district champion we won't bet against them. ********************************************************************************************************** Last year Dickinson's boys of district 24-6A made their first playoff appearance in 11 years. All five starters and six other lettermen give Coach Jason Wilson’s reason to feel good about two in a row. The Gators who were 28-8, lost by 5 in bi-district to Alief Taylor, a regional tournament team, so a longer playoff run would not be a surprise. ********************************************************************************************************** Girls district 7-6A boasts six teams that won 20 games or more a year ago led by Duncanville's 39-0 state champs. Seven of the eight district members made the playoffs last year so while everyone tries to unseat Cathy Self-Morgan’s Lady Pantherettes and stop their win streak, they will also be fighting it out for the four playoff spots. Good traditions, players and coaching makes district 7-6A a league with no nights off. Wow! (Continued on page 3)

(Continued from page 2) The Sanford-Fritch boys of district 1-2A made the playoffs for the first time in nine years in 2016. Coach Wayne Parker returns four starters to a starting lineup that averages 6'4 per man so the Eagles hope to do it again. Their chances look good as they now have playoff experience and dropped from class 3A to 2A. ********************************************************************************************************** Last year in region III-6A girls North Shore and Clear Springs met in the regional finals with Allison Campbell's Lady Mustangs edging Pam Crawford's Chargers for the final four spot. They could meet again as North Shore returns all everything 25 points a game Chastity Parker from a 36-2 final four team and Clear Springs returns four starters including the district MVP from a 30-7 regional finalist. A host of other region III teams will try to spoil the party for those two. ********************************************************************************************************** The Jefferson boys of district 16-3A have a new coach in Treston Dowell, last year’s state champion coach at Avinger where he also starred as a player. Also moving 24 miles down the road from Avinger to Jefferson was 1A player of the year Grayson Early and two other Avinger returning starters. Jefferson was already the district favorite and now their chances just got better. It will be interesting to see how the Avinger transfers compete in 3A in general and region II in particular with Dallas Madison, Triple A Academy and Ponder lurking, among others. Meanwhile new Avinger coach Lane Loyd has only six boys in Avinger HS to work with and 3 have never played basketball. ********************************************************************************************************** JD Mayo from Joshua H.S. just set a new record for administrator memberships with TABC. He personally visited with each campus and signed up 27 of them. With his boys coaches he has 31 total on board with TABC. Way to go J.D.!!

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The first edition of the TABC Head Coaches Directory has been sent to all members via e-mail. The directory includes every Texas high school head basket-ball coach who was a member as of October 1, 2016. If you are a head coach, please check the directory to make sure we have all of your information correct. We will send out two more editions throughout the season and include all head coaches who have joined at that point. Please let us know if we need to make any

corrections or if and of your information has changed.

TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 3

Herb More became the 40th president of TABC at the close of last spring’s clinic. The 39 Past Presidents with the years they served as presi-dent and a brief note on each are listed below. Each one of these people served as an executive officer of TABC for four years and that was fol-lowing a three year term on the board of directors. TABC would like to both recognize and thank each of these coaches for their commitment, ser-vice and dedication.

The pre-season ranking are up on the TABC web site. www.tabchoops.org The rankings are

based on all of the information that has been received up to this point and are always a topic

for discussion and often a motivation for some teams. The pre-season rankings are an effort to

pick the teams most likely to make the final four in San Antonio in the top ten, and those most likely to make the regional final four in the top

25. The new rankings will appear on the TABC web site weekly once games begin and will also

be sent to media outlets via the Associated Press. The list of District Favorites which picks the top

four in each district will be up on the TABC website in November.

Districts with 100% TABC

Membership of Head Coaches

Please encourage the coaches in your

district to join so that your district will

be recognized in the next newsletter.

Tommy Newman 75-77 Retired in Corinth

Ken Cleveland 77-78 Deceased

Mike Smith 78-79 Victoria East Golf Coach

Larry Brown 79-81 Texas Tech University Assistant Coach

Ken Loyd 81-82 Retired in Avinger

Duane Hunt 82-83 International Missionary

Harry Miller 83-84 Retired in Salado / UIL Waiver Review Committee

Mike Kunstadt 84-85 Texas Basketball Review Scouting Service

Ray Murphree 85-86 Math Teacher Memorial H.S. (Houston)

Tony Mauldin 86-87 Retired in Abilene, Texas and Kenya, Africa

Don Coleman 87-88 Retired in Houston

Gary Schiffner 88-89 Stadium Administrator for Saginaw ISD

Charles Breithaupt 89-90 UIL Executive Director

Leroy Romines 90-91 Deceased

Garland Nichols 91-92 Deceased

Troy Hamm 92-93 Retired in Denton

Danny Nix 93-94 Burkburnett H.S. Boys Varsity Coach

Joe Logino 94-95 Retired in Rockwall

Leslie Broadhurst 95-96 Randall H.S. Boys Varsity Coach

Rhonda Farney 96-97 Georgetown H.S. Girls Varsity Coach

Lonnie Gaylor 97-98 Waxahachie Girls' Golf Coach

Danny Henderson 98-99 Oklahoma State University Assistant Coach

Mike Wacker 99-00 Texas Lutheran University Men's Head Coach

Rick Sherley 00-01 TABC Executive Director

Johnnie Carter 01-02 TABC Assistant Director

Ken Cook 02-03 Athletic Facilities Coordinator for Saginaw ISD

Charlie Boggess 03-04 Retired in San Antonio

Ron Vick 04-05 Teacher at Lubbock H.S./Basketball Color Analyst

Joe Lombard 05-06 Canyon H.S. Girls Varsity Coach

Art Gonzales 06-07 Retired in San Antonio

Linda Harding 07-08 Retired in Waco

Steve Buckalew 08-09 Pearland H.S. Boys Varsity Coach

Teresa Durham 09-10 Allen H.S. Girls Varsity Coach

J. D. Mayo 10-11 Joshua H.S. Boys Varsity Coach

Bob Wall 11-12 TABC Assistant Director

Joey Worley 12-13 Fairfield H.S. Boys Varsity Coach

Wendy Mead 13-14 Retired In San Antonio

Royce Huseman 14-15 Kingwood H.S. Boys Varsity Coach

Leland Bearden 15-16 Seminole H.S. Girls Varsity Coach

Boys Girls 6A 14 6A 17

6A 25 6A 25

6A 26 5A 18

6A 28 4A 9

5A 13 3A 5

5A 26

5A 29 D1 Colleges 5A 31 Big 12 Women

4A 1 Sun Belt Women

4A 4 ACC Men

4A 19

4A 27

TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 4

TABC MEMBERSHIP

2016-2017

3540 OCTOBER 18, 2016

Basketball Calendar October TABC Membership Cards Mailed Out

17 State Rankings Posted on the TABC Web Site

21 TCU Coaches Clinic http://www.raeganpebleybasketballcamp.com/coaches-clinic.cfm

26 First Day for UIL Boys Basketball Practice

29 First Day for UIL Girls Basketball Scrimmages

November 1 District Favorites Posted on the TABC Web Site

4 First Day for UIL Girls Basketball Games

5 First Day for UIL Boys Basketball Scrimmages

11 First Day for UIL Boys Games

14 State Ranking Begin Being Updated Weekly

December Five day break which must include December 24-26

January Nomimate your players for All-Region

February 11 UIL Girls Basketball District Certification Deadline

18 UIL Boys Basketball District Certification Deadline

March 2-4 UIL Girls State Basketball Tournament in San Antonio

9-11 UIL Boys State Basketball Tournament in San Antonio

April Sign up for the TABC Clinic & renew your membership

May 18-20 TABC Clinic in San Antonio

18 Welcome to San Antonio Coaches Reception

19 TABC All-Star Games

20 Hall of Fame Induction

June 10-24 TABC Camp of Champs at Southwestern University

10-12 Girls High School Position / Team Camp (ages 14-18)

13-15 Girls 14 and Under Position / Team Camp (ages 8-14)

16-18 Girls Fundamental Camp (ages 8-14)

16-18 Boys Fundamental Camp (ages 8-14)

19-21 Boys 14 and Under Position / Team Camp (ages 8-14)

22-24 Boys High School Position / Team Camp (ages 14-18)

TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 5

TABC in association with the Texas Athletic Directors Association is offering complimentary membership to Texas Athletic Directors, Principals and Superintendents. Many of these people are former coaches and friends of basketball. We welcome them

and would like their input on how we can help their basketball programs. If your administrators would like to join TABC, all we need is their e-mail address so they can receive our newsletter and a mailing address where we can send their membership card.

Please share this information with administrators. We would like to say welcome to those who have already joined. We appreciate your support.

The 2016-17 annual issue

of Dave Campbell’s Texas

Basketball magazine, in part-

nership with R.V. Baugus and

Tex Preps Basketball, is avail-

able in late October for your

reading pleasure in advance of

the upcoming basketball sea-

son. This year’s magazine is

272 pages and full color from

cover to cover with the best

coverage of Texas high

schools and Texas colleges.

The magazine is now in its

12th year and proud to be the

official magazine of the

TABC. You may purchase the

magazine for just $9.95 at all

retail locations around the

state where the Dave Camp-

bell’s Texas Football is sold,

as well as ordering online at

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A record number of coaches

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questionnaires this year and

your help ensures accuracy

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your team and your program.

R.V. Baugus would like to

thank you for making the mag-

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TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 6

6A

School #

S.A. Reagan 22

North Crowley 21

Del Rio 13

W. Midway 13

Rockwall 11

Spring 11

College Park 9

Lehaman 9

Plano West 9

San Angelo Central 9

Copperas Cove 8

Hays 8

Keller Central 8

NB. Canyon 8

The Woodlands 8

Duncanville 7

Manvel 7

Pflugerville 7

Westlake 7

5A

School #

Joshua 31

Flour Bluff 16

Saginaw 16

Georgetown 15

Crosby 14

College Station 12

A & M Cons. 10

Canyon 9

G. Ball 9

L. Nixon 9

Austin SFA 8

B. Rudder 8

Brenham 8

Chisholm Trail 8

S. Pioneer 8

Alamo Heights 7

Barbers Hill 7

F. Liberty 7

Floresville 7

Pine Tree 7

4A

School #

Fairfield 18

Burkburnett 16

Seminole 16

Abilene Wylie 15

Lamesa 15

Madisonville 11

Lytle 9

Salado 9

Argyle 8

Levelland 8

Decatur 7

Fredericksburg 7

Krum 7

Andrews 6

Kennedale 6

Sinton 6

Waxahachie Life 6

Yoakum 6

3A

School #

Bowie 13

Stranton 13

Quitman 12

Ponder 11

Hallettsville 10

Hempstead 9

Brady 8

Franklin 8

Merkel 8

Keene 7

Reagan Co 6

Cisco 5

Crockett 5

Jim Ned 5

Spearman 5

2A

School #

Port Aransas 6

Christoval 5

Harper 5

Mason 5

Tenaha 5

Axtell 4

Eldorado 4

Stamford 4

Woden 4

Celeste 3

Crawford 3

Flatonia 3

Grapeland 3

La Pryor 3

Panhandle 3

Thorndale 3

1A

School #

Lipan 8

Eula 6

Grady 6

Sands 6

Garden City 5

Menard 5

Tioga 5

Graford 4

Lorenzo 4

Moulton 4

Robert Lee 4

Laneville 3

Meadow 3

N. Canyon 3

R. Highland 3

Slocum 3

Private Schools

School #

Tyler All Saints 12

Covenant Academy 9

Covenant Prep 9

Fort Worth Christian 5

St. Dominic Savio 5

Ft. Worth Country Day 3

Division I College

School #

Texas Tech 14

SMU 13

Baylor 12

Texas State 11

North Texas 10

Rice 10

Texas 9

UTSA 9

Texas A & M 8

TCU 7

UT-RGV 7

Sam Houston 5

A & M - CC 4

Stephen F. Austin 4

Small College

School #

Texas Lutheran 7

Concordia 5

A & M - Commerce 4

Austin College 4

Hardin Simmons 2

Lubbock Christian 2

Junior College

School #

Mountain View 9

Paris 4

San Jacinto 4

Kilgore 2

Scholarship Contributions

The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches presently awards eighteen $500 scholar-ships to graduating seniors connected to basketball in the state of Texas. As more funds become available, the number and amounts of the scholarships will be increased. To con-tribute, please make checks payable to the TABC Education Fund, Inc. and mail them to:

TABC P.O. Box 2886

Sugar Land, Texas 77487

If you have any questions or want to make a contribution using a credit card, please call 281-313-8222. The TABC Education Fund, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Hoops for Hope - Texas Style

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For information on Play4Kay please contact: Robin Pate 919-659-3303 robin.pate@kayyow.com Sarah Womack 919-659-3302 sarah.womack@kayyow.com Nancy Walling 512-657-6755 nlwalling@gmail.com For Play4Kay T-shirts contact: Brenda Keene 919-659-3333 brenda.keene@kayyow.com

Additional Incentive – if you donate $1,200 to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, we will send your team 20 limited edition Kay Yow NIKE Collection head ties. Also, all monies raised through the Texas High School Play4Kay initia-tive will go toward a grant for cancer research in the state of Texas!

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TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 7

TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 8

All members will receive our newsletter. Only Active, Retired and Middle School members receive a membership card. No refunds will be issued.

Active Coaches-$40 Coaches that are paid by school Retired- $25 Retired Coaches Middle School Coaches – $15 M.S. and Jr. High coaches

Other – $20 Non-school coaches, parents, and friends of basketball

TABC Membership Form 2016-17

Name __________________________________________________________________________________________ School _________________________________________________________________________________________ Email Address __________________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number_________________________________ School Phone _____________________________________ Gender that you coach: BOYS (Men) / GIRLS (Women) Position (circle one) Head Coach / Assistant Coach Level (circle one) High School / Middle School / COLLEGE League (circle one) UIL TAPPS SPC TCAL TCAF College Conference______________________ Classification (High School only) 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A District #_________ Mailing Address _________________________________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________ State_____________________ Zip______________

INDIVIDUAL DUES: 2016-17 dues ($40 per coach)____________ GROUP MEMBERSHIPS: ($25 per coach for 3 coaches or more)_________________($20 per coach for 8 coaches or more)______________ ($15 per coach for 14 coaches or more)______________($10 per coach for 3 Coaches or more Jr. Hi)__________ TOTAL: __________________

Mail form and payment to: TABC, PO Box 2886, Sugar Land, TX 77487 or Fax Form and CC# to: 281-313-8224

CHECK $_____________ CASH $_____________ CREDIT CARD $ ________

Check #: _________ -OR- Credit Card #: _________________________________ Expiration Date: ______ Amount to be charged on Credit Card: $________ please circle one: VISA MC AMEX DISC

TABC e-mail: TABCHoops@aol.com TABC website: www.tabchoops.org PHONE: 281-313-8222 FAX: 281-313-8224