Elsik pulled off something very few people thought they could do and that's represent Region 3 in Austin's Final 4 last season. It was a great run, they showed a lot of heart and they didn't care what the skeptics thought, which is how it should be. Comparing last seasons 9 best teams in R3 to this seasons, all but two teams lost key pieces to their puzzles. Many of these teams weren't very deep to begin with and when you talk about making a run for a state title all that means is this season is going to be wide open once again. Based on logic, mine at least, I've done a mini breakdown on the Top 9 from last season
BRACKETS
1.Elsik-The Big 3 are back for one last run. What they lost from last season is two starters and a sixth man that saw valuable playing time on a not so deep squad
2.North Shore-The Courtney and Mo show is about to close and even though they weren't that deep last season, they also have to replace two starters, a point guard and a beast under the basket, plus a kid that could off the bench and give them some O
3.Cy Falls-It's always good to have a zone buster or in their case multiple ones as they too have to replace two starters
4.Hightower-The good news is they have 3 D1 posts, bad news is they lost their starting backcourt
5.Elkins-Without Breaux they were average, with Breaux they beat Hightower
6.Cy Woods-Almost 40% of their offense came from one player that's gone
7.Katy Taylor-Everything Jungwirth did wasn't in the box score, she was the glue
Only Bellaire and Clear Springs return with the same arsenal as last season and as others try and regroup, these two teams are set and this doesn't mean I consider them the two best teams. Bottom line, none of this matters, it's all about chemistry and who the best team is that particular game. GPR's Preseason Top 20 teams plus my Preseason All Greater Houston squad will be coming out in Da Magazine
