Quote Originally Posted by d0tc0m View Post
This is almost solely effects the small schools. It's not that effort isn't being made. In most cases, it's quite literally because the basketball team is still playing football. In Celina's heyday, that's the case, I know for sure. There literally was not a basketball team until Christmas during the state championship seasons, especially from 98-01 during the streak. All the effort in the world could've been made and it still would not have mattered.
There were some instances not that long ago where Celina's first practice was literally its first post-Christmas tournament game. They played in the football finals then ran into the 5-day UIL-mandated dead period. Couldn't practice.