The MLK Traditional at Fort Loramie on Sunday drew the most important crowd within the occasion’s three-year historical past. The massive crowd was in the midst of the day when the perfect video games had been performed and the perfect groups took the sector.
St. Marys Memorial (7-Four) misplaced 72-69 to Dublin Jerome in time beyond regulation within the second sport of the day in what was essentially the most aggressive contest (whereas Anna and Arlington’s nightcap was shut , it was anticlimactic).
Tri-Village (12-1) defeated Marion Native 52-40 within the third sport of the day. The Patriots, who’re tied for first within the Western Ohio Athletic Convention standings with Preble Shawnee, are spectacular once more. Senior guard Braden Keating had among the finest performances within the occasion.
And Russia (13-Zero) once more dominated a beforehand unbeaten opponent within the fourth sport, handing Antwerp a 66-36 loss. The Raiders play like no different Division IV crew I’ve seen. Their athleticism and velocity is unbelievable and they’re proving to be extremely constant.
MaxPreps RPI is right here
The OHSAA introduced in September that it might use the MaxPreps RPI for girls and boys basketball seeds this 12 months.
Scores are calculated based mostly on a crew’s successful share (40 %), a crew’s opponents’ successful share (35 %) and opponents’ successful share (25 %).
The scores – at the very least so far as the native groups are involved – had been a bit off because of the information not being fully updated. Groups now should submit their scores to MaxPreps, and a few are slower than others to take action.
My opinion has not modified since my September column concerning the advert. Lots of people who proceed to defend the change and complain about coaches voting for seeds appear to have a sufferer mentality. They are saying coaches ganging up on a selected college and voting it lower than it deserves is a standard incidence.
I’ve lined dozens of seeding conferences over the previous 12 years or so. Coaches act and vote professionally. I’ve by no means seen anybody “courting” at a selected college.
And for the reason that seeds had been decided by cumulative voting from all of the coaches in a bit, even when some “pulled collectively” and voted a possible No. 1 because the No. 10, might value the crew sufficient factors to fall to, say, a No. 1 seed. Three.
What’s the actual distinction? If you are going to make it out of a district, you are going to should beat a high seed eventually. Being #Three as an alternative of #1 may make for a considerably more durable path… however then once more, should you had been actually robbed, you’d in all probability choose the decrease seeds to exit of your approach and play the overrated seeds no. 1 and a pair of overrated. , proper?
At the moment…the rankings are just about the way you’d count on the coaches to vote.
Take, for instance, Division IV, which for the Dayton space is in its first “super-sectional” 12 months with the beforehand separate Troy and Piqua sections now mixed.
Russia (13-Zero) is the runaway No. 1, Troy Christian (10-1) is No. 2 and Cedarville (10-Three), Xenia Legacy Christian (10-Three), Botkins (9-Three) and Lehman Catholic (10- Three) all observe in locations Three-6.
I doubt that a lot, if something, could be totally different if the vote was held at present by the coaches.
However I believe now it should give folks one thing to speak about as a result of the RPI scores ought to be up to date incessantly on the OHSAA web site. Head over there and watch the groups transfer up, down and/or keep the identical over the subsequent month earlier than the ultimate rankings earlier than postseason play begins.
Gordon performs in Spain
Andre Gordon’s collegiate profession is over and his skilled profession has begun.
Gordon introduced in December that he’s enjoying for a crew within the EBA League, which is a fourth-tier league within the Spanish basketball system.
He performs for a crew based mostly in Huelva, a metropolis within the southwestern a part of the nation on the Gulf of Cadiz. The metropolitan space of Huelva has roughly 240,000 inhabitants.
He scored six factors in 14 minutes on the court docket in his first sport final Saturday; Ciudad de Huelva received 86-80 to enhance to 10-6.
The perfect place I’ve discovered on-line to observe Gordon and the membership is ProBallers.com. The membership started its season on October eight and is scheduled to play by means of early April. Not like the setup of basketball leagues right here, they often have at the very least per week between video games; Ciudad de Huelva will not be scheduled to play once more till January 27.
Gordon, who returned to Sidney for the vacations and attended a number of boys basketball video games, performed 4 years at Texas A&M. He had seen his enjoying time dwindle after beginning each sport as a sophomore. Enter the switch portal.