Tulsa Celtics & Tulsa Hurricane

Tulsa Celtics
Not sure what roster will look like at tipoff, but the CELTICS are set to go in another HARDWOOD HEARTBREAKER tournament which begins on Saturday morning.

Right now, it looks like we have Wise, McIlroy, Ebigwu, Maguire, Morton and two mystery players all set to go. The Eagles will be stocked with two recently crowned MAYB Champions in Pinkerton and Santos (wearing CELTIC jerseys), to go along with their twin towers of Chris and Trevor.

First round game for the Celtics is against the Tulsa JAMMERS who finished fourth place in the MAYB National Tournament last summer. Should be exciting and great basketball experience for all players involved.

I took Brock to see the Tulsa University versus UTEP game tonight; Tulsa went out to a 10-0 lead and upset the MINERS in an exciting game at the Reynolds Center. UTEP's Rivera is an incredible point guard but Tulsa did what was necessary at crunch time to pull away with an 11 point victory. Congrats to Coaches Williamson (Pooh) , Coop and Kwanza!!!

Point Guard:
The Point Guard is the KEY position to any great team. This player must be smart and observant. The point must immediately realize when the defense changes, and to what extent. He must be unselfish. He must be a solid & steady ball-handler that can see the terrain of the floor and quickly spot open teammates or mismatches. Defensively he must be able to contain the other team's point guard. Contain meaning not allowing the opposite point to beat him off the dribble, nor allowing great shooting points to have uncontested three point shots.

Speaking of POINT GUARD, Pooh Williamson put on the most amazing display of leadership under then Hurricane Coach Tubby Smith in Tulsa's Sweet Sixteen run in 1995. Pooh played FORTY straight minutes in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament against UCLA and Oklahoma State. The first game for the 12 seeded Hurricane was against #5 Seee UCLA. One of the players for UCLA was quoted a few days before the game of saying, "Where IS Tulsa?". hahahah......Tulsa may have played the BEST first half in HURRICANE history. They could do NO WRONG and exploded to a l12-102 victory although it wasn't really that close.
BUT, Pooh played incredible, dished out numerous assists, and had ZERO TURNOVERS. Two straight games, arguably the most important of his career, and he played flawless.


Hurricane's next game is 7 pm Saturday. They will face Boise State and shoot for their third straight home victory, and if they win, force Hurricane followers to re-examine their post season conference tournament capabilities. Good Luck Pooh, Coop, Kwanza and the boys!!