Waverly holiday classic (Who you picking?)

[Ironman92]

Did I really just see a post where someone said Tanner Purdue wasn't a scorer, I've seen him score a lot.

no I said they dont have any scores but him. nobody on that team can put up 10 or 12 points per night other than TP

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

[ronm001]

Did I really just see a post where someone said Tanner Purdue wasn't a scorer, I've seen him score a lot.

no I said they dont have any scores but him. nobody on that team can put up 10 or 12 points per night other than TP

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

Honestly not sure but I highly doubt it dont think he scored at all in a game or 2 and some low totals other times.

[danicalifornia]

Did I really just see a post where someone said Tanner Purdue wasn't a scorer, I've seen him score a lot.

no I said they dont have any scores but him. nobody on that team can put up 10 or 12 points per night other than TP

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

Perdue - 27.7
Blanton - 8.8
Reader - 7.0
Little - 5.8
Veech - 5.0

[EagleNut14]

This is a must win for the Eagles! With a very down SOC 1 this year the Eagles need to have some big non conference wins for the drawings since they are Div. 3 this year. Wins over Clay, Notre Dame and Symmes Valley just isn't going to cut if they are wanting to get a good seed.

[mlittle]

Did I really just see a post where someone said Tanner Purdue wasn't a scorer, I've seen him score a lot.

no I said they dont have any scores but him. nobody on that team can put up 10 or 12 points per night other than TP

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

Nah, other than the PV game he's had some low totals. Still finding his way in the offense. I'd have to say he's only averaging 3-4 shot attempts per game. I'd like to think both those totals will come up by mid season

[mlittle]

no I said they dont have any scores but him. nobody on that team can put up 10 or 12 points per night other than TP

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

Perdue - 27.7
Blanton - 8.8
Reader - 7.0
Little - 5.8
Veech - 5.0

May be a pipe dream but I think these top 4 guys could all be averaging close to double digits by end of season

[Ironman92]

no I said they dont have any scores but him. nobody on that team can put up 10 or 12 points per night other than TP

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

Perdue - 27.7
Blanton - 8.8
Reader - 7.0
Little - 5.8
Veech - 5.0

Thanks...I haven’t seen any scoring total except from TP but the one game I did see Little go for 17

[mlittle]

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

Perdue - 27.7
Blanton - 8.8
Reader - 7.0
Little - 5.8
Veech - 5.0

Thanks...I haven’t seen any scoring total except from TP but the one game I did see Little go for 17

Yep and all those but 2 were first half points. I don't think that's an anomaly like Ronm. We'll see more nights like that the more comfortable he gets. He's ran point and controlled the ball most of his life and now he's on the wing so he's adjusting

[mlittle]

Danic, u have the averages for every player on every team in SE Ohio? Asking for a friend

[ronm001]

Little not averaging 10 ppg?

Perdue - 27.7
Blanton - 8.8
Reader - 7.0
Little - 5.8
Veech - 5.0

May be a pipe dream but I think these top 4 guys could all be averaging close to double digits by end of season

I hope you are correct but they are gonna have to make drastic changes and improvements for that to happen. Usually when your eyes tell you and the form and spin on the ball show you they arent shooters it doesn't doesn't change mid season. even several of the 3s made tgis year especially against PV were tipped and changed the shot and it went in.

[Ironman92]

Perdue - 27.7
Blanton - 8.8
Reader - 7.0
Little - 5.8
Veech - 5.0

May be a pipe dream but I think these top 4 guys could all be averaging close to double digits by end of season

I hope you are correct but they are gonna have to make drastic changes and improvements for that to happen. Usually when your eyes tell you and the form and spin on the ball show you they arent shooters it doesn't doesn't change mid season. even several of the 3s made tgis year especially against PV were tipped and changed the shot and it went in.

Piketon had several 3’s against PV that were tipped and went in? Seems odd.

[Ironman92]

Guessing Waverly wins this thing.

Eastern the sleeper team.

[mlittle]

Perdue - 27.7
Blanton - 8.8
Reader - 7.0
Little - 5.8
Veech - 5.0

May be a pipe dream but I think these top 4 guys could all be averaging close to double digits by end of season

I hope you are correct but they are gonna have to make drastic changes and improvements for that to happen. Usually when your eyes tell you and the form and spin on the ball show you they arent shooters it doesn't doesn't change mid season. even several of the 3s made tgis year especially against PV were tipped and changed the shot and it went in.

I can't even argue with that. Most of the threes that were made were tipped and went in. U must have a kid or relative on piketon's bench that doesn't play much

[mlittle]

Guessing Waverly wins this thing.

Eastern the sleeper team.

western would be the only real surprise for me in this one. Any of the other 3 could win it.

[Ironman92]

Guessing Waverly wins this thing.

Eastern the sleeper team.

western would be the only real surprise for me in this one. Any of the other 3 could win it.

Agree but Eastern not getting any talk it seems.

[ItsMyOpinion]

I agree Eastern isn’t getting much talk about their chances of winning. But on paper, Piketon and Waverly are clearly the better teams.

If we want to be honest Waverly should win the Classic every year. They are the biggest school in the county, as well as have the most resources AND they play on their home court.

But this year, I will take Piketon in the upset. I just think with Perdue transferring to Piketon that makes the difference.

[mlittle]

May be a pipe dream but I think these top 4 guys could all be averaging close to double digits by end of season

I hope you are correct but they are gonna have to make drastic changes and improvements for that to happen. Usually when your eyes tell you and the form and spin on the ball show you they arent shooters it doesn't doesn't change mid season. even several of the 3s made tgis year especially against PV were tipped and changed the shot and it went in.

Piketon had several 3’s against PV that were tipped and went in? Seems odd.

One of the funniest things I've read on here in a while. Does ohsaa keep that as a stat? If so Piketon may have the state record for the most 3's that were blocked into the basket.

[ronm001]

I hope you are correct but they are gonna have to make drastic changes and improvements for that to happen. Usually when your eyes tell you and the form and spin on the ball show you they arent shooters it doesn't doesn't change mid season. even several of the 3s made tgis year especially against PV were tipped and changed the shot and it went in.

Piketon had several 3’s against PV that were tipped and went in? Seems odd.

One of the funniest things I've read on here in a while. Does ohsaa keep that as a stat? If so Piketon may have the state record for the most 3's that were blocked into the basket.

so you are saying it didnt happen?

[mlittle]

I watched Little go 4-5 in the first half

Purdue 2-2 and Veach 1-1 or 1-2 and I didn't see a single shot get tippped or blocked or the ball change direction from the time it left the shooters hand one time. Maybe u just had a better angle than me.

I'll agree that our perimeter shooting isn't the greatest and a couple of our shooters don't have perfect rotation on the ball or picture perfect form on the release but how many high schools in any area do? You pay $5 to get into the game not $500. This isn't Duke Vs Carolina it's high school basketball.

[toast]

[If we want to be honest Waverly should win the Classic every year. They are the biggest school in the county, as well as have the most resources AND they play on their home court.

But this year, I will take Piketon in the upset. I just think with Perdue transferring to Piketon that makes the difference.
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If Piketon wins the Classic this year it won't be an upset. They're the only "elite 8" team in the tournament and plenty of people on here are picking them to win both games. Waverly is quite a bit behind Piketon in the rankings.

As far as Waverly should win the Classic every year....that statement doesn't any sense. We'll only taking about 5 to maybe 7 or 8 kids making an impact in basketball. Enrollment numbers would makes some difference in football but not nearly as much in basketball. All four teams are from Pike County so demographics are close to the same. I'll bet nearly all these kids have played on Waverly's court numerous times and crowd size will be near equal for most schools. I don't see resources being any factor in who wins. All four teams have won this tournament which is a major reason so many people look forward to it and why so many fans come to watch.