GMC 21-22 Basketball

Who wins the GMC in 21-22

  • Colerain (2-19)

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Fairfield (14-5)

    Votes: 6 33.3%

  • Hamilton (6-17)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lakota East (16-6)

    Votes: 7 38.9%

  • Sycamore (9-14)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Mason (18-6)

    Votes: 2 11.1%

  • Oak Hills (9-15)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Princeton (8-6)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Middletown (9-13)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lakota West (16-9)

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
wilbur said:
I don't disagree with you, but East has lots of Seniors and plenty of juniors who have been at East for awhile. Meadows is a JR and hes new. He will probably gain more minutes as the season goes along
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He got 5pts and 2 rbs, including 1-1 from 3, in just 3 minutes of play. I'm sure he will eventually earn his minutes. Key word there was earn.
 
JElder said:
Normally you and I agree on a lot of basketball related items but not this year LOL.. Personally I would be totally shocked if FF didn't win the GMC. I do think they can be "upset" on some random night possibly due to boredom or not playing well on D, but to me they are the best team in the city. Moe will not go undefeated in the GCL this year, X or Elder will beat them. All 3 teams are pretty comparable. Elder also played without their 6'8" big in the Carmel game.
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Also, by the end of the season we may be saying East's best player isn't Coles, but instead the freshman Trey Perry. Just sayin
 
wilbur said:
I don't disagree with you, but East has lots of Seniors and plenty of juniors who have been at East for awhile. Meadows is a JR and hes new. He will probably gain more minutes as the season goes along
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i get it, but that's a stiff price to pay, leaving a school in the same league where he's the centerpeice for a school where he's the 12th man and played 3 minutes in a game they were up by 30 in the 3rd quarter
 
Kurt Rambis said:
i get it, but that's a stiff price to pay, leaving a school in the same league where he's the centerpeice for a school where he's the 12th man and played 3 minutes in a game they were up by 30 in the 3rd quarter
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fair, but maybe he/parents felt Colerain program was a mess and that he'd be better off at a program with structure and continuity...regardless of playing time. Or maybe they moved for other reasons and basketball wasn't the main part of the equation.
 
wilbur said:
fair, but maybe he/parents felt Colerain program was a mess and that he'd be better off at a program with structure and continuity...regardless of playing time. Or maybe they moved for other reasons and basketball wasn't the main part of the equation.
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Changing schools for something besides sports?!?!? Blasphemy!!!!
 
I'm guessing the kid transferred for the 2 yr. experience. Will contend for a GMC Title and be in the top half both years. Daily practice is much better for development. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit but those are pretty good reasons vs. getting drilled 15 times this year.
 
There's a live stream through Moeller's site

Moeller up 32-30 at the half. Playoff quality game. Crusaders had a ten point lead before Hardman hit a few from Curry range. Vikes turning Moeller over but racking up the fouls.
 
You definitely can tell it's Princeton’s first game in this 3rd and 4th quarters. Princeton will get better through out the season. Hung in there for a half against a good Moeller team. I definitely think Fairfield, and Lakota East can compete with Moeller for an Regional title
 
Vike16 said:
You definitely can tell it's Princeton’s first game in this 3rd and 4th quarters. Princeton will get better through out the season. Hung in there for a half against a good Moeller team. I definitely think Fairfield, and Lakota East can compete with Moeller for an Regional title
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Yeah, Princeton was up to the task for a half, but unraveled a bit as the second half progressed. They look like a team that will be a lot different in February.

First time watching Evan Mahaffey. That guy was born to play basketball. He could be a dog at Penn State.

Hate to sound like I'm ragging on a high school kid, but I dont know what the Buckeyes see in Hardman. If his one note is shooting, I don't think he's knock down enough for Big Ten play. He'd make a MAC or A10 team very happy. I just don't know about B10.
 
Fairfield beat Lasalle 76-40 with running clock (the game was tied after 1st). LaSalle is waaay down and very young.
 
JElder said:
Fairfield beat Lasalle 76-40 with running clock (the game was tied after 1st). LaSalle is waaay down and very young.
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Yes Lasalle is not good. They won't win a game in the GCL. Fairfield did what they needed to do but hard to get a gauge in that game. And they have Colerain on Friday so probably same result as last night.
 
Round #1 GMC Friday:
Fairfield 73 Colerain 41
East 81 Hamilton 55
Princeton 62 Oak Hills 48
Sycamore 75 Middletown 52
Game of the Week: Mason 60 West 50-This is the only competitive game of the night.
 
Philly_Cat said:
I disagree, East is the better team. Fairfield has a better top 3 players, but after that East is better in pretty much every other aspect. Team chemistry is huge. East has players 1 through 12 that all not just know the system but are fully bought into the the program. They also have tremendous depth. They have 10 players that can be interchanged without much drop off. Thats key not just for being able to continue to score when you starters aren't in, but it allows them to continue that tough pressure defense through the entire game without worrying of getting tired.

Fairfield on the other hand, doesn't have the depth. I also question their ability to stay disciplined when they have a lead. I saw a team that can quickly get sloppy when they have a comfortable lead, allowing teams they should be destroying to claw back into games.

With that said, without seeing any other team yet, besides from what was at this weekend's showcase, East and Fairfield are the 2 teams to beat in Cincinnati. I'm always going to assume Moeller is in that group as well. After those 3, I don't know. Mason, West, X and Elder fall into the next tier below, with Mason being the best of those 3. My prediction is Dudukovich is going to get frustrated with his team before the end of the year. I didn't see any young talent shining through for them, like some here have said they have. He's going to get his, but it's going to be primarily by him creating points on his own. Elder is your typical Elder team. Not very talented, but will try to physically grind the game down to a halt and shoot a lot of 3's. It will win them some games against middle of the pack teams, but I don't see them getting many wins from top level teams. Carmel may be the 2 time defending state champs, but their team this year is down from that level of play. Thus Elder hanging with them yesterday. I wasn't impressed by X either. Pretty average looking to me. Moeller should run away with the GCLS, probably going undefeated in the league.
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I was at the games on Friday and if Fairfield gets in major foul trouble with their starting five, it will be tough for them to close out games. East probably played 13-14 guys against Jackson and pressed the whole game. Their top 7 guys (Peck, Coles, Adkins, Kenrich, Krounage, Mitchell, Mulumbo) didn’t play the 4th quarter.
 
wilbur said:
fair, but maybe he/parents felt Colerain program was a mess and that he'd be better off at a program with structure and continuity...regardless of playing time. Or maybe they moved for other reasons and basketball wasn't the main part of the equation.
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It’s early in the season and i think his playing situation will change. Plus didn’t he transfer over there late?
 
oxat622 said:
Yeah, Princeton was up to the task for a half, but unraveled a bit as the second half progressed. They look like a team that will be a lot different in February.

First time watching Evan Mahaffey. That guy was born to play basketball. He could be a dog at Penn State.

Hate to sound like I'm ragging on a high school kid, but I dont know what the Buckeyes see in Hardman. If his one note is shooting, I don't think he's knock down enough for Big Ten play. He'd make a MAC or A10 team very happy. I just don't know about B10.
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I get what you are saying. But we have seen Hardman shoot the lights out, and lead Princeton to victories last year. We also seen Logan Woods follow him everywhere and stay in his grill and Hardman just fade away. He hasn't developed like I thought he would, and learn how to play off the dribble. With that being said, I think he can play in the Big Ten, and be a specialist with his shooting. He was definitely struggling against Moeller, and Wyant gave him the green light. He also wouldn't be the main offensive focus at Ohio State
 
Vike16 said:
I get what you are saying. But we have seen Hardman shoot the lights out, and lead Princeton to victories last year. We also seen Logan Woods follow him everywhere and stay in his grill and Hardman just fade away. He hasn't developed like I thought he would, and learn how to play off the dribble. With that being said, I think he can play in the Big Ten, and be a specialist with his shooting. He was definitely struggling against Moeller, and Wyant gave him the green light. He also wouldn't be the main offensive focus at Ohio State
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I agree with Oxat622. Good that the young man got an offer and committed. I just don’t see how. A D1 player should be able to create their own shot. I haven’t seen this young man do that. If he can’t do it in high school, no way in the world he does it at the next level. I’ve yet to see him fill it up. Stats don’t support that. Again, good for him getting that free education.
 
Philly_Cat said:
I think East wins it this year but is pushed by Fairfield in 2nd.

After that is probably a 2 or 3 game separation to Princeton. After these 3 I really know little to nothing of the makeup of the rest of the league. I have to put Mason in this pack by default due to their history, regardless of who they have. From talk here it sounds like Sycamore and Hamilton will also be in this pack. I have a feeling West will be to near the bottom of this pack.

Then the bottom. Oak Hills has a record of always battling regardless of the talent, but my gut tells me that run is about to end. Them along with Middletown will fight to see who can get on the other's shoulders to reach up and possibly grab a hold of the next group up.........all while they stomp all over the floor, Colerain.
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Oak Hills? Why? Because they run an actual offense?
 
Colerain had 15 points at halftime against Fairfield and only scored 5 points in the second half ?
 
GMC Boys Basketball finals:
West 71 Mason 50
Princeton 67 Oak Hills 52
East 84 Hamilton 70
Sycamore 63 Middletown 50
Fairfield 68 Colerain 20

Not surprised by the Ws, however I am surprised by Hamilton putting up 70 against East
 
West with a big 2nd half leads to a quality win over Mason. Hamilton and Middletown surprised me a bit, thought they would lose by more but neither game was ever in doubt. Colerain, 5 points in the 2nd half??
 
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