#2 Fairfield Union(62) @ (53)#7 Meigs

[tvc_fan]

FU beats Bloom-Carroll by 20 tonight at their place for a league title. I don't think they will be lacking any confidence heading into the Tournament.

Should Meigs even make the trip up?

Is this the most overrated comment during tourney season? I don't mean that towards you.. but come tourney time, that exact comment will be made in every thread, by people not even playing in the game. Always makes me chuckle.

Meigs played fu tough last year, and have a good team. In this sectional and district, you can't have an off night and survive. Meigs has the horses to knock fu off. Fu needs to continue to play well to advance. But I think they will.

I bet it won't be said in half the post, especially in the first round, it was a bit of humor...I do have confidence in Meigs, I know they play hard and I know the players are smart. Not everyone can take Vinton County down to the last seconds of not one ball game, but two. And also beat Holy Pond Alabama that is now 30-1 (Imagine playing that many regular season games..lol)

So yes Meigs does have the horses on the court, So hopefully a case of too over-confident could take place going into the game.

We did play them hard last year, dug a little whole by trying to start 2 big men to start the game, that didn't work and put another guard in and it was a much closer game then the 12 points. Green was draining the 3 ball and Woodside controlling the inside.

Hopefully we will have a nice game plan going into the game.

[Raider6309]

I'll take FU by 10 but MSL did beat Athens in Soccer and Volleyball. Like to see them lose

[VisionQuest]

Meigs in the Upset by 4. I hope to catch this game to Root for the TVC

[danicalifornia]

Fairfield Union blowing out Bloom in a Championship-esque game is definitely an eye opener. They are playing extremely well at the right time.

I still think this will be a tight game though. Winner gets a super hot Chillicothe squad.

[tvc_fan]

Just found out the Holly Pond Alabama team Meigs beat Won today and is now in the AHSAA 3A Elite 8 and beat a team 123-50

[Bud07]

Is it Saturday yet???

[ShoeHorn]

Fairfield Union by 12-15.

[LucasDavenport]

I have been very impressed with Fairfield Union---especially late. #14 Conley (I believe) looks like has found a role and makes them much more dangerous. They already have enough skill and shooting to counter teams who pay to much attention to their great post player

I think the question is can Meigs use their zone defenses to slow Fairfield down enough to score enough to win?

While not being overly quick Fairfield plays great on the ball defense which is a sign of a well coached team.

I definitely lean towards Fairfield Union in this one but would have lost the house long ago if I was a betting man

[Falcon01]

I'm not sure how much zone fu has faced this season. If not very much, it's probably a really good thing they had a week to prepare. The good thing for fu is, they have a pg who can penetrate and dish, a post player that gets the ball and is a great passers-by, and they shoot the 3 very well.

[tvc_fan]

I have been very impressed with Fairfield Union---especially late. #14 Conley (I believe) looks like has found a role and makes them much more dangerous. They already have enough skill and shooting to counter teams who pay to much attention to their great post player

I think the question is can Meigs use their zone defenses to slow Fairfield down enough to score enough to win?

While not being overly quick Fairfield plays great on the ball defense which is a sign of a well coached team.

I definitely lean towards Fairfield Union in this one but would have lost the house long ago if I was a betting man

I think Meigs has to concentrate on stopping #14 Conley when he comes off the bench, and of course the Big Man Woodside.

They need to make Thompson and Price be the ones to beat them. From what I have seen, Price has a darn good shooting percentage, and is good for 9-12 points a game. Same for Thompson, Thompson tends to try to penetrate more then Price.

From what I have seen, Those 4 is the biggest threats.

Meigs held Lutz to 14 points the 2nd game and took away their #2 shooter with only allowing him 2 points.
Meigs held Bartoe to 10 points and Yates to 14 points the 2nd game.

So they have done a decent job containing the 2 highest scorers.

It will be an interesting game, Woodside I think will of course be the biggest factor, But on a good note, None of Meigs Opponents Big Men has been a leading scorer of a game.

[tvc_fan]

31-1 Holly Pond Alabama just won 65-42 and advance to the Alabama Final Four...Big Confidence boost for Meigs knowing they are the only team that has given them a loss.

[Falcon01]

How bad is basketball in Alabama?

[tvc_fan]

How bad is basketball in Alabama?

Holly Pond could compete up here easily.

[Falcon01]

They're 32-1 and yet ranked #62 in the state of Alabama by Max preps. Is 3a their small school division?

Their strength of schedule is -5.4 which is the lowest of any team in the top 25 in 3a.

I'm not questioning Meigs beating them, I'm just questioning how good they actually are and how bad Bama basketball might be.

[Falcon01]

Their national rank on their is 2,931, fu is 1,574.

They also have fu with 2 ties in the league!?!

[Falcon01]

Also I don't believe the rankings on max preps prove anything. I just found it interesting.

[tvc_fan]

They're 32-1 and yet ranked #62 in the state of Alabama by Max preps. Is 3a their small school division?

Their strength of schedule is -5.4 which is the lowest of any team in the top 25 in 3a.

I'm not questioning Meigs beating them, I'm just questioning how good they actually are and how bad Bama basketball might be.

I know all the rankings on Max Preps, I have seen them play personally and honestly, I think they would beat Meigs 9 out of 10 times...Just so happens we won our 1 time in that tournament.

I don't think the players control their strength of schedule, but they blow every team they play out. I mean just beat another team in the elite 8 by 23 points.

Like I said, I seen the team play games in person, and they are much better then what Max Preps ranks them.

[LucasDavenport]

It's a fair question. I was wondering which level they were in and how it equated to Ohio.

[tvc_fan]

Their national rank on their is 2,931, fu is 1,574.

They also have fu with 2 ties in the league!?!

Meigs National Rank is 6,215 and 265 State

VC is 1,929 and 71 State

In Alabama they go from 1A up to 7A

[Falcon01]

It's a fair question. I was wondering which level they were in and how it equated to Ohio.

Yeah, that's all I was curious about too.