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And again! These officials are bad. Phantom block call on a blocked shot.
Getting absolutely railroaded by the venue and the refs does not help, it they are not playing well. Still fighting!
I never blame the refs and I am certainly not a Princeton fan but that was about as bad of a game from the refs as I can remember.
They HAD TO call the foul on the rebound when Princeton was down 2 because they couldn’t have them tying the game there. That was an embarrassing call on top of a series of them down the stretch. A goaltending that wasn’t. Phantom over-and-back because the ref thought the wrong line was half court. Phantom block. Phantom charge. Phantom foul on an offensive rebound. A no call on the Princeton drive when they were down 4.
Bill Wennington
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3 into the sweet sixteen with Fairfield also leading!
(And the clear best team in the league in Princeton got knocked out)
Taking local boys from a closed school district to win districts defined it well!
Timelineman
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Fairfield with a big late quarter 3 to push the lead to 36-26 after 3.
SWOHbasketball05
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LOT OF GMC TEAMS ON THE BOARD!!
Looks good!
One note, Olentangy Orange hasn’t won their game against Lancaster yet. The game is tomorrow.
RetiredCoach
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Well they won the conference but underachieved in the tournament.
SWOHbasketball05
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Fair. If that ends up being wrong - might be the biggest upset of the tourney
A few more tidbits from Sycamore-Wayne earlier today:
1. Sycamore won 53-50 and never trailed in the game. Started up 7-0 and generally played from ahead. Wayne did tie the game 3 times in the 4th quarter, but Sycamore immediately answered with a basket each time.
2. First time I've seen Sycamore able to rip-and-go and get to the basket this season. Wayne overplayed absolutely everything and did not rotate as well as Sycamore was used to seeing in the GMC. Ryan Lynn had a big game driving to the basket and gave Sycamore a 3rd scoring option.
3. Sycamore did have a few turnovers, but did generally limit the turnovers-for-touchdowns. Kimbrough did a great job at battling through the contact.
4. Wayne was able to stay in the game with 9 or 10 made 3s, but Sycamore did a good job keeping them in front of them.
5. Samuel Imade might be the toughest player I've ever seen play for the Aves. Hasn't come off the court in the two tournament games, guards the other team's best player, rebounds, helps bring the ball up, offense runs through him, and scores in the post or from 3. Never takes a play off. Great player.
6. Officiating in Southwest Ohio is a big problem. The Beavercreek-Princeton game was a travesty, and we'll leave it at that. In the Sycamore-Wayne game, they were simply insanely inconsistent with what was a foul. It was anyone's guess as the game progressed. Officials continued the trend of not calling two-hand grabbing on a ball-handler trying to get the ball up the court or initiate the offense, nor did they call a single charge in the game when there could have been 7-8. On the flipside, light hip checks got called a lot. (I will say that I watched the two games at Mason on NFHS tonight, and I thought the officiating was excellent, just as it was in Sycamore-Moeller. The top 2-3 crews (or top 7-8 guys) in SWO are great, but then there's a big dropoff after that.)
I'm assuming Olentangy Orange takes care of business tomorrow and Sycamore will get their shot at #1. Not under any illusions that they're going to win, but I'll enjoy the effort this team is going to give. I do think that Imade is the perfect defender to try to guard Devin Brown. Largely shut down Kazanecki in the 1st round, but Brown presents a bigger challenge as he's a little bigger and quicker than Kazanecki. Still, Imade is the one guy that can matchup. Outside of that, Sycamore will not be at a size mismatch, and Olentangy Orange is also not a level of athlete that the Aves haven't seen in the GMC. Now, they could simply shoot the Aves out of the gym as they play great basketball, but I think the Aves can make them earn it.
1. Sycamore won 53-50 and never trailed in the game. Started up 7-0 and generally played from ahead. Wayne did tie the game 3 times in the 4th quarter, but Sycamore immediately answered with a basket each time.
2. First time I've seen Sycamore able to rip-and-go and get to the basket this season. Wayne overplayed absolutely everything and did not rotate as well as Sycamore was used to seeing in the GMC. Ryan Lynn had a big game driving to the basket and gave Sycamore a 3rd scoring option.
3. Sycamore did have a few turnovers, but did generally limit the turnovers-for-touchdowns. Kimbrough did a great job at battling through the contact.
4. Wayne was able to stay in the game with 9 or 10 made 3s, but Sycamore did a good job keeping them in front of them.
5. Samuel Imade might be the toughest player I've ever seen play for the Aves. Hasn't come off the court in the two tournament games, guards the other team's best player, rebounds, helps bring the ball up, offense runs through him, and scores in the post or from 3. Never takes a play off. Great player.
6. Officiating in Southwest Ohio is a big problem. The Beavercreek-Princeton game was a travesty, and we'll leave it at that. In the Sycamore-Wayne game, they were simply insanely inconsistent with what was a foul. It was anyone's guess as the game progressed. Officials continued the trend of not calling two-hand grabbing on a ball-handler trying to get the ball up the court or initiate the offense, nor did they call a single charge in the game when there could have been 7-8. On the flipside, light hip checks got called a lot. (I will say that I watched the two games at Mason on NFHS tonight, and I thought the officiating was excellent, just as it was in Sycamore-Moeller. The top 2-3 crews (or top 7-8 guys) in SWO are great, but then there's a big dropoff after that.)
I'm assuming Olentangy Orange takes care of business tomorrow and Sycamore will get their shot at #1. Not under any illusions that they're going to win, but I'll enjoy the effort this team is going to give. I do think that Imade is the perfect defender to try to guard Devin Brown. Largely shut down Kazanecki in the 1st round, but Brown presents a bigger challenge as he's a little bigger and quicker than Kazanecki. Still, Imade is the one guy that can matchup. Outside of that, Sycamore will not be at a size mismatch, and Olentangy Orange is also not a level of athlete that the Aves haven't seen in the GMC. Now, they could simply shoot the Aves out of the gym as they play great basketball, but I think the Aves can make them earn it.