ECC 23-24

MaxPreps Rankings 02/05/2024. Everyone went up thanks to the non-con sweep on Saturday.

Winton Woods up 13 spots to #19
Little Miami up 34 spots to #104
Anderson up 8 spots to #151
Kings up 32 spots to #184
Lebanon up 3 spots to #189
Milford up 53 spots to #207
Loveland up 2 spots to #215
Turpin up 24 spots to #283
West Clermont up 41 spots to #446
Walnut Hills up 4 spots to #482

Turpin / Western Brown not in system

RPI seeding:
D1 Southwest South (33 teams): Winton Woods #3, Little Miami #10, Anderson #13, Milford #17, Loveland #18, Kings #19, Turpin #25, West Clermont #30, Walnut Hills #31
D1 Southwest North (20 teams): Lebanon #10
 
Weekday slate

Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Walnut Hills (3-15) @ Turpin (7-11) (TURP -7.5)
Colerain (3-15) @ Little Miami (14-6) (LM -23.5)
West Clermont (6-14) @ Talawanda (2-17) (WC -13.5)
#19 Winton Woods (14-2) @ Anderson (12-6) (WW -8.5)
Kings (9-10) @ #15 Sycamore (14-3) (SYC -7.5)

Idle: Milford, Lebanon, Loveland
 
Streaming options for tonight's games:

Free
Colerain / Little Miami - live on Hudl
West Clermont / Talawanda - live on YouTube
Kings / Sycamore - live on YouTube

Paid
Walnut Hills / Turpin - live on NFHS
Winton Woods / Anderson - live on NFHS
 
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Live scoreboard (won't be updating often tonight):
Winton Woods 63, Anderson 49 - final
West Clermont 66, Talawanda 51 - final
Little Miami 66, Colerain 40 - final
Walnut Hills 68, Turpin 67 - final
Kings 50, Sycamore 44 - final
 
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Halftime in Morrow
Colerain: 28
LM: 30
Something to note is that Carter Sellers has yet to check in. He warmed up with his wrist heavily taped. Would be a devestating loss for them if he can’t return soon.
Elijah Jones also has his wrist heavily taped, but has played really well with most of the LM scoring so seems to not be serious.
 
RoyDonk said:
Halftime in Morrow
Colerain: 28
LM: 30
Something to note is that Carter Sellers has yet to check in. He warmed up with his wrist heavily taped. Would be a devestating loss for them if he can’t return soon.
Elijah Jones also has his wrist heavily taped, but has played really well with most of the LM scoring so seems to not be serious.
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Update: Sellers has checked in with 4:26 left in 3rd
Colerain: 33
LM: 36
 
WALNUTPOSTING: Walnut Hills 68, Turpin 67

I'm very surprised to learn that Walnut Hills, as a team, were in fact capable of scoring 60 points in a single game of basketball - this is only the second time we've done it all year.

Turpin started the game by scoring 23 points in the first quarter, with Lafkas maintaining his hot play from the Western Brown game and knocking down three after three against a lost Walnut defense that was missing Najoli, whose value became incredibly apparent as he DNP'd this game and didn't make the trip to Turpin. Walnut responded with a 25-point second quarter, which was only the third time all year that they posted 20 in a single quarter. The teams were evenly matched for the entire second half, with Claxton and Javien hitting some solid free throws down the stretch. With 6 seconds left and leading by 1, King stepped out of bounds and gave the ball back to Turpin. On the ensuing possession O'Toole collided with Claxton and put up a wild shot, which went out of bounds with 0.1 seconds left, not enough for Turpin to score, and Walnut came away with the victory.

Ty Austin had 18 in the first half, which was more than he had in any game this season except Grant County; he finished with 22, which was a new career-high for him. Claxton had 21, which was also his first 20-point game since Grant County. Brock and Javien had 9 each. Piening entered in the 2nd quarter and played some solid minutes - didn't get any points himself, but was a nice distributor and helped Austin in his second-quarter frenzy. Will Rivers came off the JV team and played his first minutes of the year, picked up a rebound or two. Richardson played Najoli's role admirably, with some solid blocks and steals despite no points.

Record is up to 4-15, and we have won 3 of our last 7, which by 2024 Walnut Hills standards is basically the '95 Bulls. Next up is a road game at Winton Woods.
 
I’m not sure how the RPI works so with Walnut beating Turpin and Kings beating sycamore and Walnut having beat Kings that could bump there rating to maybe 27 or 28?
 
mrorcadood said:
WALNUTPOSTING: Walnut Hills 68, Turpin 67

I'm very surprised to learn that Walnut Hills, as a team, were in fact capable of scoring 60 points in a single game of basketball - this is only the second time we've done it all year.

Turpin started the game by scoring 23 points in the first quarter, with Lafkas maintaining his hot play from the Western Brown game and knocking down three after three against a lost Walnut defense that was missing Najoli, whose value became incredibly apparent as he DNP'd this game and didn't make the trip to Turpin. Walnut responded with a 25-point second quarter, which was only the third time all year that they posted 20 in a single quarter. The teams were evenly matched for the entire second half, with Claxton and Javien hitting some solid free throws down the stretch. With 6 seconds left and leading by 1, King stepped out of bounds and gave the ball back to Turpin. On the ensuing possession O'Toole collided with Claxton and put up a wild shot, which went out of bounds with 0.1 seconds left, not enough for Turpin to score, and Walnut came away with the victory.

Ty Austin had 18 in the first half, which was more than he had in any game this season except Grant County; he finished with 22, which was a new career-high for him. Claxton had 21, which was also his first 20-point game since Grant County. Brock and Javien had 9 each. Piening entered in the 2nd quarter and played some solid minutes - didn't get any points himself, but was a nice distributor and helped Austin in his second-quarter frenzy. Will Rivers came off the JV team and played his first minutes of the year, picked up a rebound or two. Richardson played Najoli's role admirably, with some solid blocks and steals despite no points.

Record is up to 4-15, and we have won 3 of our last 7, which by 2024 Walnut Hills standards is basically the '95 Bulls. Next up is a road game at Winton Woods.
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Love the way they played tonight hopefully this is the turning of the corner for Ty and he can be a consistent double figures guy for this team rolling into next season
 
cincinnatieng82 said:
I’m not sure how the RPI works so with Walnut beating Turpin and Kings beating sycamore and Walnut having beat Kings that could bump there rating to maybe 27 or 28?
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RPI seeding doesn't usually ever shift that much with one game, because it's just based on your winning percentage and that of your opponents. Heading into tonight, there was an ocean between us and #30 West Clermont, and the increase in winning percentage from our Turpin win didn't even bridge half the gap. I would say we could make it up if we win the Summit and Withrow games, but neither of those games count toward seeding before the tournament draw. We're most likely stuck at #31 barring a miracle win on Friday.
 
mrorcadood said:
RPI seeding doesn't usually ever shift that much with one game, because it's just based on your winning percentage and that of your opponents. Heading into tonight, there was an ocean between us and #30 West Clermont, and the increase in winning percentage from our Turpin win didn't even bridge half the gap. I would say we could make it up if we win the Summit and Withrow games, but neither of those games count toward seeding before the tournament draw. We're most likely stuck at #31 barring a miracle win on Friday.
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Praying for a miracle on Winton road Friday! They played them tough first time around hopefully the adversity they’ve fought through will have them ready to go and an extra incentive to ruin Tyler and Sean’s senior night
 
This is a good league, parity from top to bottom. WW obviously the best team this season. Walnut with a nice win over Turpin. They lose Claxton but pretty young squad. I saw WC at Kings last season and this season. Very impressive turn around. Next season will be even better. The league will be wide open next season.
 
Carl Rick said:
This is a good league, parity from top to bottom. WW obviously the best team this season. Walnut with a nice win over Turpin. They lose Claxton but pretty young squad. I saw WC at Kings last season and this season. Very impressive turn around. Next season will be even better. The league will be wide open next season.
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This league is exciting next year will be even more competitive. For my Eagles they have a lot of sophomores that I hope can turn the corner and they are potentially a contender for league title the next two years
 
As Walnut was largely able to keep Shea O'Toole in check on Tuesday, Rayshawn Hubbard is now the conference's second-leading scorer, only behind TMK. He'll be a strong candidate for 2025 ECC Player of the Year if he returns to West Clermont for his senior year.
 
MaxPreps Rankings 02/08/2024

Winton Woods up 4 spots to #15
Little Miami up 6 spots to #98
Kings up 34 spots to #150
Anderson down 1 spot to #152
Lebanon up 10 spots to #179
Milford up 2 spots to #205
Loveland no movement at #215
Turpin up 3 spots to #280
West Clermont up 21 spots to #425
Walnut Hills up 38 spots to #444

RPI seeding:
D1 Southwest South (33 teams): Winton Woods #3, Little Miami #10, Anderson #14, Kings #15, Milford #18, Loveland #19, Turpin #25, West Clermont #29, Walnut Hills #31
D1 Southwest North (20 teams): Lebanon #10
 
Weekend slate

Friday, February 9, 2024
Walnut Hills (4-15) @ #15 Winton Woods (15-2) (WW -18.5)
Loveland (11-10) @ West Clermont (7-14) (LOVE -4.5)
Milford (10-10) @ Kings (10-10) (KINGS -1.5)
Little Miami (15-6) @ Anderson (12-7) (LM -2.5)
Turpin (7-12) @ Lebanon (11-10) (LEB -7.5)

Saturday, February 10, 2024
#15 Winton Woods (15-2) @ Northmont (11-7) (WW -5.5)
Walnut Hills (4-15) @ Withrow (3-10) (WITH -6.5)
Ross (8-12) @ Turpin (7-12) (TURP -6.5)
 
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The Illusive 2-point said:
I don’t think you’re using the word Parity right. In this league, I believe there are teams who have low talent but great coaching, discipline, etc, while there are teams with high talent that also can’t run an offense, don’t box out, rely on one guy going to UC and whose coach just kind of claps and says a few things here and there (WW, possibly others, haven’t made it to too many games this year). Parity means (roughly) equal talent levels, I think there’s a lot more to the teams of the ECC than just talent levels (other than WW)
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You're somewhat correct, but I believe 9 of the teams are all fairly similar in talent. If you look at them individually almost every team in the league has one "star" player and a collection of role players around them.

Anderson - Piening
Kings - Clark
Lebanon - Thompson
Loveland - Sauer
LM - Jones
Milford - Dalen
Turpin - O'Toole
WC - Hubbard
Walnut - Claxton

Now, the parity comes through matchups, system, coaching, team interaction. How do you explain Kings, Milford & Turpin having very middling years despite their alleged talent? Lebanon has a P5 prospect, yet they are .500? LM goes from winless and forfeiting in the tourney their first year in the league and now possibly finishing first*(non-WW division) in four years?

That's the definition of parity in my book.
 
Will Coach Kerr opt to apply elsewhere next season after his impressive first season at Little Miami? The guy is a winner and easily one of the top 5 coaches in Cincinnati.
 
Top notch Coach, no doubt about it. Lawhon does get a little credit for leaving a good situation. Couldn't understand why he left but according to this site he was always looking at other jobs? Kerr also gets credit for style of play change which made them more aggressive.
 
Streaming options for tonight's games:

Free
Milford @ Kings (maybe) live on YouTube
Walnut Hills @ Winton Woods live on YouTube

Paid
Loveland @ West Clermont live on NFHS
Little Miami @ Anderson live on NFHS

Probably out of luck
Turpin @ Lebanon
 
Carl Rick said:
Top notch Coach, no doubt about it. Lawhon does get a little credit for leaving a good situation. Couldn't understand why he left but according to this site he was always looking at other jobs? Kerr also gets credit for style of play change which made them more aggressive.
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Lawhon is back as an assistant at Lakota East this year. His big problem, both for getting a head job and making it work, is that he is not a teacher and instead has a day job.
 
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