knockemstiff
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Congrats to Troy on the MVL Championship!
At the Tipp/Butler game, both student sections were booing the same coach and player. Does that answer this question?Does the team have some chemistry issues?
If they win this Wednesday that's the end of the row, haha. Neither Monroe or the Jackets will hang with Centerville.Sidney is back on track. Downs Butler. How far will they go?
MVL as a whole doesn't have any really good teams this year. Piqua & Troy had good seasons, but they won't compete with good D1 teams once they get to that point in the tourney. Tipp is decent for D2, but will face comparable opponents in every game going forward in the D2 tourney and could get taken out early. Pretty much every other team in the MVL is down right now so results like WCs aren't surprising.Was West Carrollton really that bad? Yikes!
The MVL teams struggle to beat school two and three times their sizeMVL as a whole doesn't have any really good teams this year. Piqua & Troy had good seasons, but they won't compete with good D1 teams once they get to that point in the tourney. Tipp is decent for D2, but will face comparable opponents in every game going forward in the D2 tourney and could get taken out early. Pretty much every other team in the MVL is down right now so results like WCs aren't surprising.
Yes, like most schools at any levelThe MVL teams struggle to beat school two and three times their size
That would be a good point, if MVL teams didn't also lose nonconference games like these:The MVL teams struggle to beat school two and three times their size
Of course, here and there its happens. In the end the bigger school has the advantage over a larger period of time.That would be a good point, if MVL teams didn't also lose nonconference games like these:
Troy lost to Miami East
Butler lost to Northridge
Greenville lost to Arcanum
There's probably others but you get the point. Those schools figured out how to beat schools much bigger than themselves. My point is that the conference isn't a great basketball league this year. The best teams aren't as good as the best teams from comparable leagues in terms of school size.
We'll take it, haha!D-1
Sidney 51
Monroe 48
Sidney's gift for the win is they get to play #1 seed Centerville!
OK, so what? Nobody said it was.That would be a good point, if MVL teams didn't also lose nonconference games like these:
Troy lost to Miami East
Butler lost to Northridge
Greenville lost to Arcanum
There's probably others but you get the point. Those schools figured out how to beat schools much bigger than themselves. My point is that the conference isn't a great basketball league this year. The best teams aren't as good as the best teams from comparable leagues in terms of school size.
Point spread on the pick'em pool is 39.5 points. Go Jackets!Sidney may well end up the last MVL team standing, whodathunk? Tipp's game against Dunbar is at 5:30 on Friday. That should be competitive. If they lose, Sidney will be last left, playing Cvlle at 7:30.
You responded to my first post, which was in response to West Carrollton's 30 point loss to Fairmont in the tournament. I was informing them that the MVL wasn't a great boys basketball league overall this season, as maybe they were under the impression the Valley division champ might put up a better fight against a .500 GWOC team. While bigger schools generally have the advantage, teams in the upper half of the MVL should be more competitive in a better year for the conference.OK, so what? Nobody said it was.
Piqua beat Newton and Graham and then beat Springboro.
Northmont is a bad DI team and they beat two smaller schools in the playoffs. They also beat Sidney Butler and Tipp but lost to WC. What does it all mean?
Bigger schools have advantage over smaller schools. Really simple.
And thats why I told you that they dont compete well against bigger schools. I also said no one claimed they were a great basketball league.You responded to my first post, which was in response to West Carrollton's 30 point loss to Fairmont in the tournament. I was informing them that the MVL wasn't a great boys basketball league overall this season, as maybe they were under the impression the Valley division champ might put up a better fight against a .500 GWOC team. While bigger schools generally have the advantage, teams in the upper half of the MVL should be more competitive in a better year for the conference.