Teams of the Week

• Each week this football season, HSGameTime will name a "Team of the Week," based solely on the prior week's performance. You can vote on HSGameTime.com and watch for the winner on Friday night's on HSGameTime at 10:35 pm on WUPL.

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J.T. Curtis still worried after all these years and titles

While hope spring eternal at schools around the state every May, you might think it's different at Curtis, what with 23 state titles. But even J.T. Curtis worries in the spring.
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5A baseball playoff brackets posted

Here's one I don't get: Jesuit qualified, according to the LHSAA Web site this morning, as the District 10 champion. But Brother Martin is a better seed.

It all comes down to power points, which when you're playing a one-and-done playoff format, kind of stinks. A team that has one good pitcher can cruise through the playoffs.

In Alabama, every round is best-of-3. That's the way it should be. The best team moves on in that case.

Anyway, here is the 5A brackets. It's a PDF file, by the way.

Play begins Thursday.

Mavs' owner blasts team on eve of game with Hornets

Mark Cuban let fly with criticism of his team following its loss to Oklahoma City - one of the league's worst teams, who was also missing its top two scorers. Cuban threatened to turn over the entire roster, if necessary.

Hopefully, this won't awaken the sleeping giant against the Hornets Thursday. Every time the Hornets appear to be on a bit of a roll, they've tended to turn in a stinker - often at home.

This and that: Reclassification takes stage with bball playoffs

Just a refresher here, folks.

Classification has had its preliminary breakdown and the Baton Rouge Advocate has a beautiful breakdown of who is going where and in what class. Or you could look at it this way.

One thing remains a problem: Travel. For some districts, it's going to be a problem.

But it's the end of basketball season, and for some teams this means state tournament time. For John Curtis' girls, it means an opportunity to defend its state title. So far, so good.

Looking for overall coverage from Monroe where the girls Top 28 is taking place? Here you go: the Monroe News Star has it all.

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Game of the Week

Will WWL-TV come to your school this year?

WWL-TV will once again travel to games, bringing its road crew to high schools around the area to cover New Orleans' best games on Friday nights. Will we come to your school?