Roosevelt and Carr. Ranchview will meet 11:30 a.m. Saturday for the Class 3A boys state basketball championship. They each cruised through 3A semifinals Thursday.

Well the negotiations are over and the CBA is finally done. And, when all is said and done the Cowboys may have as much as $30 - $35 million in cap room.

The Cowboys already had about $4 million under the cap then the cut LaRoi Glover. Then Dat Nguyen retired. They can restructure Jason Ferguson. They can restructure Rivera.

I don’t know if they would cut Larry Allen. But, Allen is getting paid as a top level tackle and he’s playing mid-level guard. He’s making too much for what he is doing.

What will the Cowboys do with all of this cap room?

First of all, realize that all of these delays in the start of free have allowed GMs and players to talk. General Managers were not messing with these negotiations. GMs that knew that they were going to have room under the cap were out talking to players. Once free agency starts this weekend we could see a lot of players sign contracts very quickly.

The Cowboys are looking for a safety. They want to move Keith Davis back to his role as backup safety behind Roy Williams. Davis is a monster on special teams. If the Cowboys can reduce his role at safety they can really take advantage of his skills on special teams.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Cowboys went after 2 veteran free agent at safety. I’ve already told you about Corey Chaveous but remember the name Marco Coleman who played in the Jets secondary with Aaron Glenn years ago. I could see him show up in Dallas.

The Cowboys will also obviously be in the market for offensive linemen. Look for them to sign 2 or even 3 on the offensive line.

They will also look to sign at least 1 linebacker. I think that they will retain the services of Scott Fujita and add at least one more.

The Cowboys shopping list for me is:

Kicker

Linebacker

Defensive Lineman

2 Safeties

Wide Receiver

Tight End (possibly)

It would not surprise me if the Cowboys signed as many as 7 free agents. Given the haul of free agents last year and what looks like a good draft coupled with another productive off season this year, the Cowboys will have overcome years of bad drafts.

The Canton school board will have Cooper’s Lance Angel up for approval as football coach at a meeting Thursday night. Angel said Wednesday night that he planned to keep Canton ’s current staff and would take over March 20 if approved.

Angel would replace Gary Joe Kinne, who left Canton to become a Baylor assistant after recovering from a gunshot wound by a Canton player’s parent last April. The parent was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week after being found guilty by a Van Zandt County jury.

Angel compiled a 30-17 record at Class 2A Cooper with four consecutive playoff berths. He previously was an assistant at Aledo, Elgin and Wink. He played for his father at Fairfield HS and graduated from Sam Houston State .

Kinne announced in January that he’d leave Canton after a tumultuous year since being shot in the school field house. Kinne was in critical condition for several weeks but returned to coach Canton to a school-best Class 3A regional final in the state playoffs.

Plano or Richardson Berkner have a chance for state basketball history at the 5A tournament in Austin. They meet 7 p.m. Friday in the semifinals. One will reach the state final and have a chance to become the first 5A school on the north side of LBJ Freeway (I-635) to win a championship. Plano East has come the closest with a 2nd-place finish in 1994.

The problem: Defending state champ Kingwood and heady, clutch-shooting Arizona-bound, 5-9 G Nic Wise.

Kingwood should beat SA Warren in the semifinals. Kingwood upset Desoto 54-52 in last year's final.

Dallas has a great basketball history with Kimball, Lincoln and South Oak Cliff dominating for 30 years. But they're all inside the Loop as are Hillcrest ('87) and Thomas Jefferson ('62) which have the northern most titles. There are plenty of outside the Loop titles from the south with Duncanville, Desoto and Waxahachie in recent years.

Plano and Berkner breakdown:

Berkner is impressive athletically _ as you'd think with 4 starters who also played football. They have good size but not great for 5A ball. They play tough aggressive defense and can hit some outside jumpers too. They can be sloppy  ball-handling and too aggressively force bad passes. Plano is the John Wooden-style entrant at the tourney. The Wildcats play sound defense, they'll fill-the-lanes to run fastbreaks, don't overly rely on 3-pointer as is the style now, consistently block out on rebounds and have some talent with 6-7 forward Joseph Fulce (Texas A&M signee.) they have to survive from poor-shooting spells.