Athens (8-2) at Warren (7-3)

[93Bulldog]

It was 36-33 after the 3rd Q
Warren has a deep bench and the press finally got to Athens in the 4th & fatigue set in. Talent wise, very similar teams.

[VetteMan]

Good learning experience for Williams. Without Williams, Athens really struggled to get in its offense and Warren pulled away in the 4th with him on the bench

Warren plays pretty good defense. They have come along way from the team that lost to Marietta

What do you mean that it was a great learning experience for Williams ? Did he get in foul trouble or something else ?

[vcgrad]

Coaching plays a big part in high school---don't see Athens making a run in the post season--to many good teams and coaches in their sectional. Athens has a lot of talent--no leadership on or off the floor.

[thebarlowbandit]

Bulldog93, listened from Brussels as I’m traveling for work, great job on the radio. Found it interesting that Athens record v school their size or larger. That is a pretty telling stat for tournament time.

[Raider6309]

You obviously do not understand the Marietta rivalry or game.

Marietta is probably the one team no one wants to play come tournament time. Brutal schedule

[Sportsfanallnitelong]

Was hoping to have Pfloyds run down of the game before he runs down to Chesapeake for the day.

[moorelukas]

Was not expecting a 16 point win.

BTW listened online and was really impressed with the call by the two announcers. 93Bulldog pass along my congrats to your partner. Excellent call and commentary tonight. Maybe you can give wmoa some pointers. you were more fair to warren than they are when they are calling games for warren.

I really appreciate the kind words, and am glad we could entertain you. I'm hoping these teams matchup again this season at the convo.

[VisionQuest]

Was not expecting a 16 point win.

BTW listened online and was really impressed with the call by the two announcers. 93Bulldog pass along my congrats to your partner. Excellent call and commentary tonight. Maybe you can give wmoa some pointers. you were more fair to warren than they are when they are calling games for warren.

I really appreciate the kind words, and am glad we could entertain you. I'm hoping these teams matchup again this season at the convo.

Be careful what you wish for...

[danicalifornia]

Was not expecting a 16 point win.

BTW listened online and was really impressed with the call by the two announcers. 93Bulldog pass along my congrats to your partner. Excellent call and commentary tonight. Maybe you can give wmoa some pointers. you were more fair to warren than they are when they are calling games for warren.

I really appreciate the kind words, and am glad we could entertain you. I'm hoping these teams matchup again this season at the convo.

Be careful what you wish for...

It would be a District Title game if they matched up there, so I don’t think anyone would be too upset with that time for a rematch

[Allthewayup11]

Good learning experience for Williams. Without Williams, Athens really struggled to get in its offense and Warren pulled away in the 4th with him on the bench

Warren plays pretty good defense. They have come along way from the team that lost to Marietta

Sounded like the Bulldogs had way to many TO . Sounded like Hynes started out strong but they went away from him in the 2nd half . Warren more patient on Offense . Out come surprised me .

I was surprised as well listening to it. The crowd in the background sounded very much into it. Warren seems very well coached and had the right game plan for the zone and 3-2 defense. I thought I heard Athens went to Man D. Has Athens played man to man all year? That seemed to be a bit out of their comfort zone. Going to be an interesting rematch @vinton next week.

[pfloyd]

Good learning experience for Williams. Without Williams, Athens really struggled to get in its offense and Warren pulled away in the 4th with him on the bench

Warren plays pretty good defense. They have come along way from the team that lost to Marietta

Sounded like the Bulldogs had way to many TO . Sounded like Hynes started out strong but they went away from him in the 2nd half . Warren more patient on Offense . Out come surprised me .

I was surprised as well listening to it. The crowd in the background sounded very much into it. Warren seems very well coached and had the right game plan for the zone and 3-2 defense. I thought I heard Athens went to Man D. Has Athens played man to man all year? That seemed to be a bit out of their comfort zone. Going to be an interesting rematch @vinton next week.

... when Athens came out and tried to play Man D in the 2nd half I felt like it was "advantage Warren" ... Athens stuck with the man 2 man D the entire second half ... not sure if it was a change of pace thinking that Warren had prepped for the 3-2 match-up/trapping zone that AHS usually plays (AND did the first 2 quarters) and wouldn't be AS prepared to go vs the man - I got nothing ... Warren's plays such so deliberately vs a man D, lots of cutting/picking etc. and Athens is not very deep to begin with - throw in the foul trouble before going to man D, going man made THAT situation worse as Athens could not guard the Warriors effectively in the man to man ...

[Truth&fiction]

Sounded like the Bulldogs had way to many TO . Sounded like Hynes started out strong but they went away from him in the 2nd half . Warren more patient on Offense . Out come surprised me .

I was surprised as well listening to it. The crowd in the background sounded very much into it. Warren seems very well coached and had the right game plan for the zone and 3-2 defense. I thought I heard Athens went to Man D. Has Athens played man to man all year? That seemed to be a bit out of their comfort zone. Going to be an interesting rematch @vinton next week.

... when Athens came out and tried to play Man D in the 2nd half I felt like it was "advantage Warren" ... Athens stuck with the man 2 man D the entire second half ... not sure if it was a change of pace thinking that Warren had prepped for the 3-2 match-up/trapping zone that AHS usually plays (AND did the first 2 quarters) and wouldn't be AS prepared to go vs the man - I got nothing ... Warren's plays such so deliberately vs a man D, lots of cutting/picking etc. and Athens is not very deep to begin with - throw in the foul trouble before going to man D, going man made THAT situation worse as Athens could not guard the Warriors effectively in the man to man ...

There are reasons a team plays mostly Zone but when you are behind it's hard to catch up . A good shooting team that moves the ball will kill a zone no matter if it's 1-3-1, 2-3 or a 2-1-2. I always thought it was hard to go man if you were primarily a zone team but if you were a Man to Man team you could switch gears and go zone . Most Biddy Coaches like zone but it' better to teach the Man .IMO. Defensive stops do not show up in the stats but the end result shows up. Sounded like Warren was patient against the zone and picked their shots . Do I hear good coaching any where?

[VisionQuest]

I was surprised as well listening to it. The crowd in the background sounded very much into it. Warren seems very well coached and had the right game plan for the zone and 3-2 defense. I thought I heard Athens went to Man D. Has Athens played man to man all year? That seemed to be a bit out of their comfort zone. Going to be an interesting rematch @vinton next week.

... when Athens came out and tried to play Man D in the 2nd half I felt like it was "advantage Warren" ... Athens stuck with the man 2 man D the entire second half ... not sure if it was a change of pace thinking that Warren had prepped for the 3-2 match-up/trapping zone that AHS usually plays (AND did the first 2 quarters) and wouldn't be AS prepared to go vs the man - I got nothing ... Warren's plays such so deliberately vs a man D, lots of cutting/picking etc. and Athens is not very deep to begin with - throw in the foul trouble before going to man D, going man made THAT situation worse as Athens could not guard the Warriors effectively in the man to man ...

There are reasons a team plays mostly Zone but when you are behind it's hard to catch up . A good shooting team that moves the ball will kill a zone no matter if it's 1-3-1, 2-3 or a 2-1-2. I always thought it was hard to go man if you were primarily a zone team but if you were a Man to Man team you could switch gears and go zone . Most Biddy Coaches like zone but it' better to teach the Man .IMO. Defensive stops do not show up in the stats but the end result shows up. Sounded like Warren was patient against the zone and picked their shots . Do I hear good coaching any where?

Game plan was pretty simple really. Play uptempo and force TOs hence full court press and man to man just like Waverly game, 32 TOs in Waverly game-25 TOs in Warren game. Be patient on Offense make good passes and take open shots. Get Athens in Foul trouble and take away some offensive threats. Game, set, match Warren.

[vcgrad]

Coaching?????

[koondoger]

Coaching?????

Of course coaching. Goes without saying.

[vcgrad]

Athens has some talent--just thought they would be one of the elite teams in SE Ohio this year. The TVC is so weak--thought they had a chance to take the league and the sectional and more---just don't see it happening this year.

[Raider6309]

Athens has some talent--just thought they would be one of the elite teams in SE Ohio this year. The TVC is so weak--thought they had a chance to take the league and the sectional and more---just don't see it happening this year.

The whole D2 Regional is pretty winnable since just area schools. It’s like how D3 was for the last 30 years. Just have to beat the teams in your area to get to state.

[vcgrad]

Only a handful of d2 in Se Ohio-- Don't see any making it out of the convo-- Se basketball is down this year.