Tide is a top 5 team

Call it a little hometown bias, or pride, but after watching the second half (there’s a story here) and the overtime of Saturday’s Class AA state championship between Jeanette and Trinity, I’d have to say that the Columbia boys’ basketball team ranks in the top five in the state.

What? Are you dreaming? No, but I was sleeping. Seems after eating ice cream from the Creamery during the second half of the Girls A game Saturday, I dozed off for most of the first half of that game.

No, I am not dreaming, That’s how good Columbia was this season.
Mansion, along with Jeanette and Imhotep (who I saw on television), Columbia, Trinity and Holy Cross, who I did not see, but based on records, I would have to say are the top AA teams.

My ranking order would be Jeanette, Mansion, Imhotep, Columbia, Holy Cross and Trinity.

Now wait a minute, Trinity beat Columbia didn’t they? Yes, but my thought process is that if they would play 10 times, Columbia would probably win at least eight. It was just one of those nights.

Columbia played Mansion tougher than anyone in the state playoffs and had a couple of shots dropped or not dropped the other way, Columbia would have been playing Saturday.

That’s how special this team was.