Is it too early for hoops talk?

OK, so its finally game week for football teams, but let’s take a quick break for a little basketball talk.

I was just looking over the field for the Thanksgiving Hoopfest in the Dallas/Fort Worth area where Oklahoma’s top team, the Douglass Trojans, will kick off their season.

A photo of Douglass sophomore Stephen Clark is on the event’s web site. The event features state champions from Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, as well as a few Texas state runners-up.

Douglass will play in the featured game on Saturday night at Duncanville High School against Flower Mound-Marcus, which has two top-50 recruits and is expected to be one of Texas’ best teams this winter.

I’ll have more on the event when it gets closer, and a lot more on the Trojans when basketball season arrives. Coach Terry Long is putting together a tough schedule, and it should be a fun year.

– Scott Wright, swright@opubco.com