Pfloyd's Elite 8 of Southern/SouthEast Ohio - Final Edition

[bman]

Congratulations to Logan Elm for winning a share of the Mid-State League Buckeye Division championship with a 73-43 win over Amanda-Clearcreek. LE finishes regular-season at 17-5 and 12-2 in the league.

[pfloyd]

Congratulations to Coach Stiverson/Coach Holbert & the Braves on their share of the MSL title ! looking forward to seeing LE here in Logan this week !

[pfloyd]

On another thread - it was asked who were the Cinderella teams in D3 who have a chance to get to the Convo ... this was my response :


... I would say that these D3 Cinderella teams have a chance to make the trip to Basketball Thirty - would it be a surprise ? absolutely as they would need to have taken down an "on paper" favored team to earn their "golden ticket" :

Either Paint Valley or Eastern Brown would be a Cinderella appearance in the Convo as they would have to 1) get by each other 2) more than likely get by Portsmouth to earn their ticket ... Paint Valley has Dylan Swingle inside (6-8+) with his double/double game and Anthony McFadden's streaky outside shooting ... should PV get by EB the size inside could get them to the Convo with a one game win over Portsmouth ... Eastern Brown is your on court definition of TEAM (TJ Stivers/Marcus Day/ Nick Kelch/ Heath Unger/Mickey Hundley/Austin Doss/Charles Bellamy/Blake Rigdon) ...no stars but a collection of good high school basketball players who are coached by one of the best in the business in Coach Beucler ... it will be a difficult task to beat the size of PV to get to a game with Portsmouth that would give them a chance to get to the Convo BUT if they do survive the PV "big man" ... they will be all PHS can handle (PHS beat EB by 8 ... 64-56 in their midseason matchup) in the "play in game" to the Convo trip ...

Oak Hill ... the Oaks have Coach Persin at the helm - need I say more ? , they already eliminated South Point (which I had as a surprise winner in their matchup on paper) ... now the Oak Hill gang needs to get by a loaded Fairland team ... when you have Coach Persin courtside with his towel - a win over the Dragons would be a BIG surprise but not out of the question ... a win would make them a Cinderella story though in my book ...

Southeastern ... Coach Cox already guided the Panthers over the first hurdle with a W over Zane Trace in round 1 of the Waverly sectional ... Rd 2 has Southeastern taking on Lucasville Valley ... Valley IS a top 5 team Below the Lancaster-Dixon Line BUT they lost to Minford this past weekend while SE has won their last 2 outings (a double OT win over McClain to end the regular season , then last night's win over Zane Trace) throw in that they played the SEOhio #1 team Unioto to a very close 66-63 loss ... lots of confidence on the SE side of the court right now - seniors Justin Dye/Austin Kohn/Tyler Carroll would like nothing better than to make the trip to A'town ... would a Southeastern W be an upset ? absolutely BUT this IS the high school hoops one & done season ... no one gets style points , the goal is to survive and advance ... Southeastern definitely has an opportunity to move on to Basketball Thirty imo ...

... imo those are the D3 teams that have a legitimate chance at Cinderella status/underdogs BUT good enough to win their way to the Convo as well ...

[White Horse]

Minford beat Valley in both match ups and Valley is ranked higher? Seriously.....

Minford has had no quality wins other than Valley

[White Horse]

Minford beat Valley in both match ups and Valley is ranked higher? Seriously.....

Minford has had no quality wins other than Valley

[danicalifornia]

Well, besides that 23 point drumming of Warren on Saturday.

[minford17]

Well, besides that 23 point drumming of Warren on Saturday.

White Pony must have been too preoccupied with grocery shopping Saturday night worried about that 2 to 3 inches of snow to pay any attention to any scores.

[Whs95fan]

Just asking because I haven't heard but did Warren's Kyler Dennis and Seth Hall play Saturday against Minford?

[minford17]

I know Hall definitely played, but not really sure about Dennis.

[danicalifornia]

Hall started and played a lot of minutes. Dennis was in street clothes. They were definitely missing some scoring punch against the zone of the Falcons.

[93Bulldog]

pfloyd ... Trimble beat Belpre 87-83 tonight. Regular season.

Could you keep your records updated with just regular season records? (make up games wins & losses added) I use them as a reference all the time throughout the tournament.

Thanks man.

C-ya at the Convo!

[pfloyd]

pfloyd ... Trimble beat Belpre 87-83 tonight. Regular season.

Could you keep your records updated with just regular season records? (make up games wins & losses added) I use them as a reference all the time throughout the tournament.

Thanks man.

C-ya at the Convo!

... I'll do the best I can with the records updates 93dog ...

[thebarlowbandit]

Don't know much about them on a daily basis, but Minford was tough in that last game against us. Real Buzz Saw dismantling Warren. If they play like that in tournaments, they will be tough.

[bbjunky81]

Don't know much about them on a daily basis, but Minford was tough in that last game against us. Real Buzz Saw dismantling Warren. If they play like that in tournaments, they will be tough.

That's the problem with Minford though, you never really know what to expect with them. They can look like the best team around, or look sub-par. Just like last night, down to Crooksville at the half, then win by close to 20. Who knows!

[Rodeo1]

Regular season: Peebles over Ripley by about 20. Not sure of score. Away game at Ripley.

[pfloyd]

Thanks Rodeo1 I'll change the record when I get on my computer...

[Rodeo1]

Thanks Rodeo1 I'll change the record when I get on my computer...

No problem Pfloyd.

[bbjunky81]

South Webster is now 10-12 after their win over Whiteoak last night.

The game that was snowed out against Jackson will not be made up.

[rosemount guy]

Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this topic. Makes for good reading and discussion. Our Clay Panthers in my opinion underachieved this year. At same time i am sure several teams would love to go 16-5 and underachieve. Just did not play well against the top teams in our league. The chemistry with the group just never showed it's face. Thanks again and hope to see you at a game.

[bbjunky81]

Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this topic. Makes for good reading and discussion. Our Clay Panthers in my opinion underachieved this year. At same time i am sure several teams would love to go 16-5 and underachieve. Just did not play well against the top teams in our league. The chemistry with the group just never showed it's face. Thanks again and hope to see you at a game.

I agree. They won the league last year and only lost a couple role players. They couldn't seem to win the big games this season.