Monroe Central 24-25

[selonmc]

Anyway..

Great game Noles. I hope we get a little hotter from the outside in the next game… and make those free throws!!!

It was at least 80% Nole fans there today. Let’s take over Dayton and make history!!!!

[allOhiotraveler]

Yes, indeed. You know I'm happy. As for the gripes about the fans, they are very passionate, especially this deep into the tourney. Those who don't like the MC fans protest, have obviously never been to a Seminoles football game, LOL!

Listen - passionate fanbase for sure and I'd rather have a passionate than dispassionate fanbase for sure. But you can tell when a line is crossed.

From what I could hear, it was very mild. When I was in high school and playing, there were so many schools up in arms about our student section that I was not sure we'd have any fans left in the stands. Was I proud about that? No, but honestly, most of the noise was in jest and pretty innocuous. That said, the refs really didn't appreciate some of the chants, but they were classic for the late 70's and early 80's. Today, they would not fly. Let's face it, parents, in particular, can be pretty insufferable now. I wasn't in the stands, so I do not know what all was said. Let's do better Seminole fans in Dayton.

I can't compare those times versus now. But I think I just want MC fans to continue to enjoy this ride and not get caught up in a potential bad call as viscerally as they do. There are calls that are bad that deserve jeers. And parents/adults can be insufferable.

But the Noles are dominating on this ride to Dayton. Sometimes it's good to shrug that call off and cheer your team on instead of yell at the refs.

In my insignificant opinion, it felt like tonight the crowd screaming at the refs made their boys play a little tighter. Whereas I think the Noles would overcome and keep playing THEIR style if their fans would just cheer them on instead of making the environment tense by going ballistic on the refs.

But in other news, just one more for the Noles. Enjoy this great week!! Only 14 teams will be practicing basketball this week. Enjoy this awesome awesome moment! Players, parents, fans, and all!

[Steely Dan]

Listen - passionate fanbase for sure and I'd rather have a passionate than dispassionate fanbase for sure. But you can tell when a line is crossed.

From what I could hear, it was very mild. When I was in high school and playing, there were so many schools up in arms about our student section that I was not sure we'd have any fans left in the stands. Was I proud about that? No, but honestly, most of the noise was in jest and pretty innocuous. That said, the refs really didn't appreciate some of the chants, but they were classic for the late 70's and early 80's. Today, they would not fly. Let's face it, parents, in particular, can be pretty insufferable now. I wasn't in the stands, so I do not know what all was said. Let's do better Seminole fans in Dayton.

I can't compare those times versus now. But I think I just want MC fans to continue to enjoy this ride and not get caught up in a potential bad call as viscerally as they do. There are calls that are bad that deserve jeers. And parents/adults can be insufferable.

But the Noles are dominating on this ride to Dayton. Sometimes it's good to shrug that call off and cheer your team on instead of yell at the refs.

In my insignificant opinion, it felt like tonight the crowd screaming at the refs made their boys play a little tighter. Whereas I think the Noles would overcome and keep playing THEIR style if their fans would just cheer them on instead of making the environment tense by going ballistic on the refs.

But in other news, just one more for the Noles. Enjoy this great week!! Only 14 teams will be practicing basketball this week. Enjoy this awesome awesome moment! Players, parents, fans, and all!

100%. I totally agree with you. I know how the folks from MC can be, believe me. I don't like bad calls, and there were quite a few of them tonight, but don't get unglued. And you are absolutely correct, the tenor of the crowd can impact the psyche of the players. They can certainly get shook by the crowd, and lose focus. Hopefully, they take tonight's game, and Coach Lang uses it to help them into the final game. It should be a dandy!!

[selonmc]

I’d hate for OhioTraveller to have taken in a Woodsfield/Beallsville football game back in the day. Or Martins Ferry/Bellaire. Or Steubenville versus anybody.

I didn’t hear anything bad. Yes the fans booed bad calls. Nothing I heard was directed at the Kirtland kids (or I would have intervened). Literally 80% of the crowd had to be MC fans so that amplified things. And to be honest there were bad calls any fan base would have reacted.

Ok that’s my last comment on that. The story isn’t about the fans. It’s about the incredible team that has led our communities on this fantastic ride the past 2 years.

[Steely Dan]

I’d hate for OhioTraveller to have taken in a Woodsfield/Beallsville football game back in the day. Or Martins Ferry/Bellaire. Or Steubenville versus anybody.

I didn’t hear anything bad. Yes the fans booed bad calls. Nothing I heard was directed at the Kirtland kids (or I would have intervened). Literally 80% of the crowd had to be MC fans so that amplified things. And to be honest there were bad calls any fan base would have reacted.

Ok that’s my last comment on that. The story isn’t about the fans. It’s about the incredible team that has led our communities on this fantastic ride the past 2 years.

Amen. On to the final! Congrats to these young men on the biggest win in program history. One more and they've got it!

[E High]

Good luck . Incredible Run!

[Farmer Yoder]

Monroe Central has to have, generally speaking, the worst fans I've heard this season. Not every call/noncall that goes against you is the wrong call.

No need to act like children and boo the refs every single time and even as the refs walk off the court at halftime. Not sure I've seen that one before

I love it when the fans boo every call. The more they boo the more I get paid.

[skyvue]

Monroe Central was fortunate to survive such a poor performance shooting from 3 and the foul line. That is the kind of game that often will get you knocked out of the tournament. They showed good composure when Kirtland came back and briefly held the lead. The key plays of the game were the banked in 3 from the corner by Allen and the missed layup by the Kirtland point guard.

To the MC fans, you represented your school well by showing up in such large numbers (85% MC fans) and passionately supporting your team. However, I will agree with the other poster who said we need to chill out a bit. Boo when the officials make a bad call. All fan bases do that. The technical foul on MC's Tucker Howell was a bad call because they missed the Kirtland kid who was the instigator of the incident. That should have been offsetting technical fouls if any call needed to be made. That was a bad call that nearly turned the game.
However, it's not a good look to boo every call that doesn't go our way. It was a little too much. People were booing EVERY call by the official after the first couple bad ones.

[skyvue]

https://www.cleveland.com/highschoolspo ... final.html

[Eaglepawpaw]

Monroe Central was fortunate to survive such a poor performance shooting from 3 and the foul line. That is the kind of game that often will get you knocked out of the tournament. They showed good composure when Kirtland came back and briefly held the lead. The key plays of the game were the banked in 3 from the corner by Allen and the missed layup by the Kirtland point guard.

To the MC fans, you represented your school well by showing up in such large numbers (85% MC fans) and passionately supporting your team. However, I will agree with the other poster who said we need to chill out a bit. Boo when the officials make a bad call. All fan bases do that. The technical foul on MC's Tucker Howell was a bad call because they missed the Kirtland kid who was the instigator of the incident. That should have been offsetting technical fouls if any call needed to be made. That was a bad call that nearly turned the game.
However, it's not a good look to boo every call that doesn't go our way. It was a little too much. People were booing EVERY call by the official after the first couple bad ones.

I personally think the problem was exacerbated by the officials continuing to make bad, one sided, calls after getting boo’d. Then more boo’s, followed by more bad calls. So, the officials seemed to take the attitude of if you’re going to boo we’re going to give you something to boo about. Not a good look. But since there’s no recourse and no accountability for the officials, ever, these things are going to happen.

[buckcc]

MC will have to bring there A+ game, against Marion Local those small western Ohio schools play some great basketball, this may be the first time in the tournament, that they will probably won't have the crowd advantage, since Dayton is just a hopp skip distance for ML

[LADYRIDER73]

not to mention holding 10,000 more people then what they are used to.

i have to wonder if
a 13,000 seat arena will be big enough for them after all the complaining about the size of the gym they were playing in.

having said that GOOD LUCK and congrats on a great run.

[Steely Dan]

not to mention holding 10,000 more people then what they are used to.

i have to wonder if
a 13,000 seat arena will be big enough for them after all the complaining about the size of the gym they were playing in.

having said that GOOD LUCK and congrats on a great run.

Well, the reported seating capacity was 3100 at Otterbein. Media reports say that there were 4000 in attendance, and 75-80% of the fans were from Monroe Central. Yes, UD arena will have more than ample seating, but the MC faithful will show up in droves, and since it is the final, they may have many more fans show up from the area, and from outside the area, with Monroe county roots. I can tell you, MC will have great representation, despite the disparity in travel time (one hour for Maria Stein, and three hours for the folks coming from Monroe County).

[Steely Dan]

not to mention holding 10,000 more people then what they are used to.

i have to wonder if
a 13,000 seat arena will be big enough for them after all the complaining about the size of the gym they were playing in.

having said that GOOD LUCK and congrats on a great run.

Gee, I just went over to the Minford thread and saw that you implied that you weren't happy with ECO for your team's game. I loved watching Minford, and am disappointed that they did not advance, they had a ton of talent. Congrats to Minford on a fine season. "I have to wonder" why you even came on to this thread and made your comment above?

[LADYRIDER73]

not to mention holding 10,000 more people then what they are used to.

i have to wonder if
a 13,000 seat arena will be big enough for them after all the complaining about the size of the gym they were playing in.

having said that GOOD LUCK and congrats on a great run.

Gee, I just went over to the Minford thread and saw that you implied that you weren't happy with ECO for your team's game. I loved watching Minford, and am disappointed that they did not advance, they had a ton of talent. Congrats to Minford on a fine season. "I have to wonder" why you even came on to this thread and made your comment above?

i was talking about monroe centrals fans. they have been complaining about every site they have played in
the team i root for was eliminated last week. so i am just a neutral observer.

my team has played at ECO center several times. i love that building. the OVAC BUCKEYE 8 and numerous sectional district and some regional games has been played there. this is the first time that building has been used since OUE dropped their basketball program a few years ago. i am just happy they are using it again. it is too nice of a building to just sit empty.

i do have to admit i was surprised to see a state semi final game being played there. they originally thought they were going to get a D7 game.

i was just wondering what out of the area fans thought of the ECO. thats all. fans around here love it.

[selonmc]

MC will have to bring there A+ game, against Marion Local those small western Ohio schools play some great basketball, this may be the first time in the tournament, that they will probably won't have the crowd advantage, since Dayton is just a hopp skip distance for ML

We’ll still bring 3-4 thousand. There are people flying in from around the country for this game that I know of. And we’re mean people. We’re coming for their women and children.

We’re not really but if the state of Ohio hates us as much as I’m seeing we’ll play the villain . We’ll boo you until you cry

[selonmc]

I watched the ML/Crawford game. The Noles have their work cut out. CC hung around until they just couldn’t anymore in the 4th. It looked like on offense CC was playing basically 3 vs. 5. Their 2 outside shooters looked intimidated to take a shot. They were both shooting 40% on the year from 3 but were completely non-factors.

If the Noles do anything just lay it all out there. I’m not a basketball guru… I’ll leave that to Coach Lang. just don’t be intimidated by ML. Go down shooting if that’s how it all plays out.

[skyvue]

This will be the first game all year that I believe Monroe Central will be at a talent disadvantage on the floor. That doesn't mean they can't win, because they can. But this will mean we will need to play our "A" game to win and hope that Marion Local does not. The teams are pretty much a mirror image in styles of play and what they do well. Marion Local just appears to be a bit bigger and stronger than us overall. I think for Monroe Central to win, we are going to have to take and make more 3's than they may be normally comfortable with. I don't see Chance and Tucker scoring as easy going to the bucket as they normally do.

[TGIF]

This will be the first game all year that I believe Monroe Central will be at a talent disadvantage on the floor. That doesn't mean they can't win, because they can. But this will mean we will need to play our "A" game to win and hope that Marion Local does not. The teams are pretty much a mirror image in styles of play and what they do well. Marion Local just appears to be a bit bigger and stronger than us overall. I think for Monroe Central to win, we are going to have to take and make more 3's than they may be normally comfortable with. I don't see Chance and Tucker scoring as easy going to the bucket as they normally do.

Agree with all the above. Add in free throw shooting, 50% from the line won't cut it Saturday.
ML will have a shooting advantage due to playing their regional games at the BGSU. "Arena shooting" is different and MC hasn't played in an arena since the Wheeling Central game (Wesbanco Arena) early in the season. For the first time this year, MC is probably not considered the favorite to win.
GO NOLES!

[Pilots18]

Nice to see the MC arrogance return after nearly a decade in the gutter lol.