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pfloyd wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm ... the North Adams starters are ALL solid, 4 legitimate scorers of the ball - makes them difficult to defend imo ... I'ma BIG fan of Schweickart ... all of the Green Devils seem "mature" on the court with their decision making/play ... Coach Copas/Coach McMormick are outstanding ... SEO IS behind NA ... I always have a problem with the Central District teams looking at the SE District/Regional as a "bump in the road" to them getting to the Final Four ...

pfloyd wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm ... I always have a problem with the Central District teams looking at the SE District/Regional as a "bump in the road" to them getting to the Final Four ...

formerfcfan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:12 pm

pfloyd wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm ... I always have a problem with the Central District teams looking at the SE District/Regional as a "bump in the road" to them getting to the Final Four ...

For what it’s worth, I don’t necessarily think that’s the case this year — and it could be that it may not be the case anymore in the years to come.

I’ll preface with a simple explanation on “may not be the case anymore”: the RPI seeding, and the RPI seeding as it relates to the Central District. The following is going to be a lot, but it should give context.


This year, the top five seeds in the Central picked the following brackets,

#1 Columbus Academy (NW regional)
#2 North Union (SE regional)
#3 Harvest Prep (SE regional)
#4 Johnstown Northridge (NW regional)
#5 Worthington Christian (NW regional)

The district runner-up for the bracket feeding into the SE regional was Africentric, which was the #12 seed.

This year, the NW regional prospect was likely the more daunting option because of Ottawa-Glandorf and Ohio State signee Collin White.


Academy and WC are in a new league this year, one that got created out of thin air to avoid the prospect of having to play Harvest Prep in the regular season. Academy and WC’s league has some good hoops programs, and the league is a huge RPI machine. At the same time, there are some legitimate hard feelings between the CA/WC pack and Prep.

I would not be surprised (at all) if the CA/WC pack avoids going to the Southeast Regional in the years to come. Whoever of CA/WC has the seed higher than HP (and thus earlier priority in bracket placement) looks at it as a chance to stay away from Prep in districts, and it would appear whoever has the seed lower of HP between CA/WC is willing to play a round 3 against the higher seed of CA/WC just to avoid playing Prep in districts.

The biggest irony is I think WC was probably better than HP, and maybe CA was as good as Prep? WC would likely be a 2-pt favorite vs HP and CA a slight dog. I think the days of Central District powerhouses prioritizing “easier regional” are over in D3 this year and possibly the future D5/D6.

formerfcfan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:12 pm

pfloyd wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm ... I always have a problem with the Central District teams looking at the SE District/Regional as a "bump in the road" to them getting to the Final Four ...

For what it’s worth, I don’t necessarily think that’s the case this year — and it could be that it may not be the case anymore in the years to come.

I’ll preface with a simple explanation on “may not be the case anymore”: the RPI seeding, and the RPI seeding as it relates to the Central District. The following is going to be a lot, but it should give context.


This year, the top five seeds in the Central picked the following brackets,

#1 Columbus Academy (NW regional)
#2 North Union (SE regional)
#3 Harvest Prep (SE regional)
#4 Johnstown Northridge (NW regional)
#5 Worthington Christian (NW regional)

The district runner-up for the bracket feeding into the SE regional was Africentric, which was the #12 seed.

This year, the NW regional prospect was likely the more daunting option because of Ottawa-Glandorf and Ohio State signee Collin White.


Academy and WC are in a new league this year, one that got created out of thin air to avoid the prospect of having to play Harvest Prep in the regular season. Academy and WC’s league has some good hoops programs, and the league is a huge RPI machine. At the same time, there are some legitimate hard feelings between the CA/WC pack and Prep.

I would not be surprised (at all) if the CA/WC pack avoids going to the Southeast Regional in the years to come. Whoever of CA/WC has the seed higher than HP (and thus earlier priority in bracket placement) looks at it as a chance to stay away from Prep in districts, and it would appear whoever has the seed lower of HP between CA/WC is willing to play a round 3 against the higher seed of CA/WC just to avoid playing Prep in districts.

The biggest irony is I think WC was probably better than HP, and maybe CA was as good as Prep? WC would likely be a 2-pt favorite vs HP and CA a slight dog. I think the days of Central District powerhouses prioritizing “easier regional” are over in D3 this year and possibly the future D5/D6.

Hoopie74 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:34 pm The farm boys will play hard. They know the value of work.

callie11 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:53 am I hope NA can win ,but now that the football schools are mostly out of the tournament, this is where the bb schools take over. I believe H P will win because they are mostly a basketball team.