I understand Moeller is a very good defensive team, as is St X, but to score 3 points and 4 points respectively in the 3rd Qtr of the last two league games is just bad. They've also been outscored in the 3rd Qtr 12-3 and 14-4 in the past two league games. Teams are going to make adjustments at halftime, specifically well-coached teams. Have to be ready with some different sets and counters off the adjustments the other teams make.
That's exactly my point - say they score 8 in the 3rd instead of 4, they're still trailing but then they're in a potential back and forth game in the 4th Qtr as opposed to playing catchup the entire time. I'm not saying they can't get outscored, especially against Moeller but you can't give them a 10 point edge in any quarter. There's too much talent on this team for them to be scoring just 3 and 4 points in ant quarter.All that said, they cut it to 3 with like 3:30 to go. Unfortunately, Moeller’s role players really killed them. Turner had like 4 3s all year and had 4 tonight alone.
I don’t see this team getting beyond Dayton right now. They live & die by the 3, but they’re too inconsistent. They hit 6 in the 1st half and only 2 in the 2nd. And one of those was Nieman being left completely wide open.
I’m more concerned about last week’s bad 3rd qtr than this week. Moe has so much size and length, I can understand having a bad qtr. X isn’t nearly as big and they still struggled.That's exactly my point - say they score 8 in the 3rd instead of 4, they're still trailing but then they're in a potential back and forth game in the 4th Qtr as opposed to playing catchup the entire time. I'm not saying they can't get outscored, especially against Moeller but you can't give them a 10 point edge in any quarter. There's too much talent on this team for them to be scoring just 3 and 4 points in ant quarter.
Elder played solid D, but with a team like Moeller you have to play the odds. The big concern is the shooting. We can over analyze these past 2 games all we want, but that’s what it boils down to.A Teams role players tearing it up and one guy making 4 3s makes me wonder what type of D is being played. Hard for any team to live and die by the 3 and not play stellar Defense. Tournament draw this weekend?
My optimistic top 10
1. Moeller
2. Elder
3. St X
4. Lakota East
5. Fairfield
6. Turpin
7. Walnut Hills
8. Lakota West
9. Mason
10. Lebanon
My guesses:
I think Turpin and OH end up in Elder's bracket...
West High jumps in with Moe...
Princeton, West, and Northwest in X bracket.
FF, Walnut, Hamilton
East, Mason, LaSalle