Legit State Title Contenders

[nordstde]

As of right now, who are the 4 or 5 teams everyone thinks has a legit shot at taking State?

Here are my picks:

1. Napoleon

2. Mott

3. Divide County

4. Edgeley

5. North Border and Hillsboro (tie)

[ndlionsfan]

I think E-K, Divide Co, M-R, and whoever finishes 1-2 in Region 2.....probably Hillsboro and W-L have the best shot at a title.  I think NB, DP, and FSHP have an outside shot at it as well. 

[rep]

I think E-K, Divide Co, M-R, and whoever finishes 1-2 in Region 2.....probably Hillsboro and W-L have the best shot at a title.  I think NB, DP, and FSHP have an outside shot at it as well. 

no napoleon?

[ndlionsfan]

I think E-K, Divide Co, M-R, and whoever finishes 1-2 in Region 2.....probably Hillsboro and W-L have the best shot at a title.  I think NB, DP, and FSHP have an outside shot at it as well. 

no napoleon?

I think they have an outside shot at it as well.  I don't think they can get by E-K or the top 2 teams from Region 2, tho.  The east is going to be the most difficult to get through in the playoffs.  I think Divide Co and M-R will own the west in the playoffs and have an easy road to the semis if they don't meet up before that.

[EagleFan#5]

Isn't it wonderful when the region is tougher to get through than the state?

[justbrowsing]

I'm guessing you're a NB Eagle fan so you already know about regions being tougher than the state as a whole - region 2 basketball every year has better teams/competition than the state tourney...regions 2 and 3 in nine man might be the same way this year

[ndlionsfan]

I don't think region 2 basketball is better than the rest of the state.  Maybe 5-6 years ago for a bit, yeah, but definately not lately.  If it was that much better the state champ would be from region 2 almost every year.  For fball this year I will agree, tho.....regions 2 and 3 are by far the toughest.  There are 7 out of probably the top 12 teams in the state from those two regions alone.

[BB11]

I would say Divide County, Edgeley, Napoleon and Mott are probably the top with Hillsboro also having a shot at it.
I do think Divide will be the state champion - but the biggest problem for them is lack of competition right now.

[EagleFan#5]

This is true, Region 2 hasn't had the state b-ball champ every year but when you have to play teams of the caliber that we see over here you play some games in your district and regional tournament that can be as tough as your games in the state. I've watched many teams at the state tournament that would have came out 3rd or 4th in our districts and would have never had a chance to play at state.... Just my thoughts

[Wildcat]

I'm guessing you're a NB Eagle fan so you already know about regions being tougher than the state as a whole - region 2 basketball every year has better teams/competition than the state tourney...regions 2 and 3 in nine man might be the same way this year

Region 7 last year in basketball - Hazen, Beulah, Killdeer and DIckinson Trinity...all in one District including a really good RIchardton team. It's hard to argue against Region 7 last year.

I know its a football topic, but I had to respond to that.

[WHITE]

As of right now, who are the 4 or 5 teams everyone thinks has a legit shot at taking State?

Here are my picks:

1. Napoleon

2. Mott

3. Divide County

4. Edgeley

5. North Border and Hillsboro (tie)

ic all thes teams are undefeated.... but i believe there are alot of 1 loss teams out there that are legitimit state contenders that can just as easily beat any of these teams... personally i think losing that 1st game gets alot of pressure off a team

[nordstde]

Personally, I don't believe that a loss does a whole lot for a team. Yeah, it might take some pressure off, or it might put even more on them. It just depends on how they react to it. It doesn't improve their chances of going all the way. In order for a 9-Man team to go all the way these days you have to have 3 things. Talent, coaching and health. Yeah, there are many other characteristics that go along with being a great team, but they all fall under one of those categories.

[GRIDIRON GURU]

Mott - Regent

Divide co.

Edgley- Kulm

Hillsboro

Nobody from region three because they have some nasty parings in the playoffs.

 

 

[pakkyzoo]

have u seen a bracket? or know the pairings? I havent seen them anywhere.....

[GRIDIRON GURU]

9-Man Playoffs Bracket Form

[pakkyzoo]

9-Man Playoffs Bracket Form

I dont think thats the right one, on the bottom he wrote that he couldnt find one, so he just put  one together......

[GRIDIRON GURU]

So here is how it most likely will play out for region #3

Lakota will win VS Region 1 #3 so then Lakota will have to play North Border again which will not be an easy game for North Border.

Region 3  #2 does not get a bye so Dakota Prairie will have to play Hankinson in the first round.

Region 3 # 4 will have to play Hope - Page -F/S Or Wyndmere Lidgerwood.

Whoever advances between Lakota and North Border will either have to play Napoleon or Edgley Kulm in the next round.

If Dakota Prairie advances they will have to play Napoleon or Edgley-Kulm in the next round.

So if you are from region 3 you have to go through region 1 and 2 wich are very tough in the top two in region 1 and the top 4 in region 2.

[GRIDIRON GURU]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PLAY-OFF FORMAT[/font]

 
 
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9-Man – First Round, Oct. 16 [/font]

 
 
 
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Region 3#1 vs. Bye
Region 1#3 vs. Region 2#3
Region 1#2 vs. Bye
Region 3#2 vs. Region 2#4
Region 2#1 vs. Bye
Region 3#3 vs. Region 1#4
Region 1#1 vs. Bye
Region 2#2 vs. Region 3#4 [/font]

 

 
 
 
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Region 5#1 vs. Bye
Region 4#3 vs. Region 6#3
Region 6#2 vs. Bye
Region 5#2 vs. Region 4#4
Region 4#1 vs. Bye
Region 5#3 vs. Region 6#4
Region 6#1 vs. Bye
Region 4#2 vs. Region 5#4[/font]

 

 

 

This is off the North Dakota HSAA its the same as the bracket I posted earlier

[sportsmarketing20]

1. Edgeley even though they lost to napoleon tonight...but they were ahead the whole game till the last couple of minutes.

2. Napoleon

3. Mott-Regent

 

Edgeley will come away with the championship.

[nordstde]

Typical, everybody forgets about the rest of the state. Wait until Divide gets to playoffs.

[Pfenix]

So Divide County is the rest of the state?  There's a team from the west no one has talked about on here for quite awhile.  Central McClean is a one loss team that could make some noise come playoffs.  I think the Maroons better keep an eye on them.

[nordstde]

Please don't put words in my mouth. I hope Divide Co. gets a shot at Central McClean again. If Divide ends up as a #1 seed and CMC gets the #3 seed, they would likely meet in the second round. That would mean they would have to go up to Crosby. That would be very sweet redemption for those boys from Divide.

[Big Ticket]

I would put my money on CM no matter where they play.

[nordstde]

I'm sure you would big guy. I REALLY, REALLY hope Divide gets to play CMC again.

[Indagame]

Correct me if i'm wrong but what good is a lead if you can't hang on to it, sportsmarketing20?