North Dakota Preps

State Class A Girls Basketball Tournament
@ Sanford Health Athletic Complex; March 9-11

Thursday March 9th
G1 - E#1 West Fargo Sheyenne def W#4 (RV) Legacy 70-57
G2 - W#2 (1) Century def E#3 (2) Fargo Davies 69-64
G3 - E#4 (3) Grand Forks Red River def W#1 (4) Minot 50-43
G4 - E#2 (5) West Fargo def W#3 (RV) Bismarck 65-59

Friday March 10th
G5 - W#4 (RV) Legacy def E#3 (2) Fargo Davies 72-53
G6 - W#1 (4) Minot def W#3 (RV) Bismarck 64-52
G7 - W#2 (1) Century def E#1 West Fargo Sheyenne6 65-47
G8 - E#4 (3) Grand Forks Red River def E#2 West Fargo 51-44

Saturday March 11th
G9 - 5th Place - W#1 (4) Minot def W#4 (RV) Legacy 77-76
G10 - 3rd Place - E#1 West Fargo Sheyenne def E#2 West Fargo 66-62
G11 - State A Title Game - E#4 (3) Grand Forks Red River def W#2 (1) Century 61-48

State A Champions - Grand Forks Red River (25-2)
Runner Up - Century (23-4)
3rd - West Fargo Sheyenne (18-9)
4th - West Fargo (20-7)
5th - Minot (22-5)
6th - Legacy (18-9)

2nd and 3rd games should be really good. I would say most people saw those 4 teams (Century, Minot, Red River, and Davies) to be the 4 semifinalists. The 2 WF schools have been playing well.

What was worse in the Century/Davies game, the officiating or Lynette's commentary?

Trick question. Nothing is worse than Lynett's commentary.

Minot got a bad draw for them in this tournament. I think if they could have avoided Red River they would have been repeat winners. Bell didn't seem to get many touches in the paint that 2nd half. She also settled for a few deep 3's which puts her out of rebounding position. It was a fun day to watch the contrasting styles between the West teams and the East teams. Should be some good games today.

RiverMiner99 wrote:Minot got a bad draw for them in this tournament. I think if they could have avoided Red River they would have been repeat winners. Bell didn't seem to get many touches in the paint that 2nd half. She also settled for a few deep 3's which puts her out of rebounding position. It was a fun day to watch the contrasting styles between the West teams and the East teams. Should be some good games today.

The odds that a 2 loss team get a 4 seed at the state tournament are pretty astronomical.
You first would have to have exactly 1 regular season loss and that one loss would make you the 2 seed (maybe 3). Then you and the 1 seed would both have to be in a state qualifying game, which you would both have to win.

RiverMiner99 wrote:Minot got a bad draw for them in this tournament. I think if they could have avoided Red River they would have been repeat winners. Bell didn't seem to get many touches in the paint that 2nd half. She also settled for a few deep 3's which puts her out of rebounding position. It was a fun day to watch the contrasting styles between the West teams and the East teams. Should be some good games today.

GFRR had beat Minot during the season too