District 12A Tournament Picks

[PCsupporter4life]

Big games tonight:

 

Summertown vs. Linden

 

Clifton vs. Loretto 

[raiderpride42]

Since I'm two for two, time for the next round.

 

Loretto vs Frank Hughes

 

Loretto won both regular season games, first by seven and the next by eleven. Loretto has the better post play in this one. Both teams have good speed. Edge goes to Loretto in shooting. I don't think Frank Hughes can put up enough points to win in which should be a low scoring game based on the other two games. Frank Hughes will get after them on defense, so as long as Loretto can handle the pressure, they will be fine. Frank Hughes has come come a long way in the last three years, starting with the other Morris and continuing with this Morris, but not further enough. (Keep in mind the talent in the district is not what it used to be). Loretto wins this one by 12.

 

 

Summertown vs Perry County

 

Perry County won both season games by large margins. Perry County has the experience. Summertown's youth will show in this one. Edge goes to Perry County in shooting. Summertown struggles to score. Perry County wins this one by 17.

 

Back to my original post and the question: When, if ever, was the last time Wayne County and Collinwood both did not make it out of the district? My guess would be that this has never happened. Would be interesting to know if someone can find out.

The brackets on coacht go back to 2006 so it would have to before then, because one or the other made the region up until then.

[Vandychris]

Upset of the year in Class A---Summertown ends Perry County's 23 game win streak 34-32 holding the Lady Vikings to 9 second half points. Great job Lady Eagles!!!!!!!

[LordD]

Vandy Christ what about the Loretto/Clifton game?

[rllord]

Well, D12 is upside down with the bottom 2 seeds battling for the championship and the top 2 seeds battling for 3rd and 4th.  Good win for Summertown Vandychris.  I was right that PC wouldn't win by 18.  We couldn't win by 1.

In D11, Mt Pleasant upset Santa Fe. 

It's tournament time folks and strange things happen on any given night!!

[Uknow]

Who would have thunk it? The bottom 2 seeds in District 12 in regular season, #5 vs #6 will play for the championship. It's been a very close played tournament with the biggest win was by 6. At least District 11(our opponents in Regionals) are either 0-20 or 1-19 vs District 12 in regular season. Not sure of the results of Richland @ Collinwood.

[Wildchops]

No the biggest upset was Clifton beating Loretto. IMO

[cbballfan]

I would say Summertown (15-14, 3-7) beating #2 Perry County (23-1, 10-0) is a bigger upset than Frank Hughes (13-13, 2-8) beating Loretto (13-10, 6-4). IMO...... Nobody saw this coming from either game, gotta love it.

Edited February 13, 2015 by cbballfan

[coachcarterfan]

Well I was wrong on these two. A #5 vs a #6 in the championship. This goes back to what I have already said, this is the weakest this district has ever been. The #1 team is 23-1 going into tonight and they get beat. This has to be another history making moment. When is the last time the two bottom seeds played for the championship? I will say this, Summertown is doing it with Freshmen, so they deserve some credit for getting there. They should be tough for the next three years. 

[watchman72]

I'm not sure what having a #5 & #6 team in the championship has to do with 'strength' of the district. Strength of spirit? Sure. End of season equality, maybe. But just because the final result in the district is not expected, doesn't say anything about how weak or strong the district is.

[Wildchops]

The Under dogs just came ready to play. And they were out for blood and they got it. Congrats to Clifton and Summertown.

[Vandychris]

The Loretto game was strange. Cliton built the big lead early and Loretto started to chip away. Took the lead with just over a minute left-I thought it was over then. Clifton gets the lead back and then goes to the foul line with roughly 7 seconds left and misses both. Everyone in the building knew who was getting the ball. They inbound it to the guard and she then passes it to #24 who has to bring it up in traffic against a full court press, never looks at the clock or attempts a shot. I don't think I would have drawn it up that way. Was a great atmosphere. I know Clifton played them to a 5 point game at least once so I'm sure they felt like they could play with them and they were on a huge high after taking down Wayne Co. I believe the gym had a lot to do with the Perry Co loss. I heard their coach brought them in early and they stood in the middle of the court looking at the ceiling and the baskets. Being a jump shot team, they had to have been affected by depth perception. Not to take away the defensive effort of Summertown---that was impressive to hold them to 11 points for the second half and 4 for the third quarter and not fold when they got down by 7 early in the third.