Our weekly conversation about Republic Tigers basketball is sponsored by the Sue Carter Real Estate Group at Keller Williams, Republic’s local, hometown realtor. Being an excellent real estate professional requires integrity, in-depth community and market knowledge, marketing savvy, effective negotiation skills and a high-quality professional network–and those are all hallmarks of how The Carter Group works.Coach Tim Brown sits down to talk Tiger basketball again this week. We look at Republic’s rough-and-tumble win against Neosho, and we take a peek at Carl Junction, who comes to town Thursday night. We also take an opportunity to look at the season up to this point and assess where the Tigers have met or exceeded expectations.