2A Darkhorse

Looking at the brackets, I think Warner is a sub .500 team that is not ranked. But their bracket (Area III) aligns them to have a potential route to the Area  tournament and could be in the Area semifinals with a fighters shot at making the saturday game to decide a state tournament birth?

I will go with Warner as my Darkhorse.

The other team I would go with is a bit less of a Darkhorse with Rejoice Christian, young and not consistent, but has lost 10 or 11 games to ranked teams in equal or bigger classifications, seems to becoming more competitive as the year is progressing. 

I would agree with jacketeer -- They are very much underrated, not necessarily the best basketball players, but they play hard and may steal a few more than they are supposed to.

I like Fairview pick, they are athletically talented obviously. That winning mentality and the football crew getting their basketball legs can definitely present a tough challenge for teams who may under appreciate it!

UR Hulbert beat #6 Oktaha 40-35.

Well almost got #2. Fairview led the whole game until Hennessey took the lead with 25s to go in the game. Hennessey wins by 2.
Fairview made tons of mistakes and Hennessey capitalized on them.

Fairview has a ton of talent but they are not coached well at all.

Ya that's what I heard too. I got to watch the Oktaha vs. Central Sallisaw game on Saturday and Oktaha has 3 talented senior guards. I don't know what Hulbert has as far as how old they are but if they're young they might be a top 20 team next year. Impressive win.

Hulbert got 2 seniors and 5 juniors and 2 sophomores and 4 freshman

Laugh all you want. It’s unpopular…I get it and I don’t care. Being 13-9 for that team is ridiculous. Since Coach Barton took over in 2020 the yellowjackets haven’t done anything. They hover around .500 or below .500 year after year after year. They’re good enough to win one or two games a year that they shouldn’t.

Now go ahead and go defend your coach for what he’s done for the Girls program but we’re not talking about the Lady J’s here. I’m sorry I ruffled your poor little stingers but he does not coach the boys team very well and hasn’t since he has taken over. Agree to disagree. My opinion is Fairview would be smart to let him just coach the girls and bring in a new coach for the boys team. Fairview has some talent there now and in the future but Coach B is going to have to take a step back.