radball wrote:yes there will be up to 3 more matchups. But regarding team ball, I hardly call a person that dribbles from one end to the other and try's to dribble between 3 defenders and attempt to shoot the ball(while the guards are wide open) playing team ball, and every time that person did, they turned the ball over(I think it was 3 times in a row) . Thompson started to play keep away in the middle of the 4th quarter, and they turned the ball over almost every time, well as soon as those 2 starters came back in and they started the offense again, they pulled away, so they wouldn't have done the keep away, I think the score would have been by 15-20 , hey maybe BOTH coach's were holding something back to. But HVC has some players, but scoring wise, just one, I remind people defense will trump a team with one shooter anytime.
Your contradicting of yourself and lack of logic are laughable. According to the GF Herald, HCV had 5 players scoring, 17,16 and then 3 others with between 2 and 6-8 pts. Thompson had 7 players in the box score, 18,16 and then 5 players that also had 2-8 pts. So I am curious as to which one of HCV's players was the "only scorer", the one with 17 or 16 pts? Likewise, which one of Thompson's was their only scorer since their top 2 had essentially the same output? Works both ways here. To use one of your very own quotes "numbers don't lie" And why are you concerned with who is scoring when you only scout (insert sarcasm here) for defense and rebounding and the other intangibles of the game. According to Run's last post on team statistics, both teams were averaging about 62 ppg. And both teams held each other well below that average. Maybe you should talk to the coaches and see if they were holding something back. I am sure they would be more than honored to talk to a high ranked recruiter. Now I am also curious how a team plays keep away for more than half a quarter when a shot clock is in effect? Granted, a team can use up the majority of that 35 secs before taking a shot, but if they are turning the ball over long before the 35 secs does that still constitute keep away? Perhaps the turnovers that were being committed by the team playing keep away were actually caused by the opposition stepping up the defense and turning them into points at the other end. I find it utterly amazing how you "claim" to be from MN, yet you are an expert on ND class B ball when you have seen 6 games this year. You say you have watched 5 of the 10 currently ranked teams and from that 1 game you can make the assumption that 1) L/E and HCV both have only one scorer when boxscores on any given night can prove otherwise. 2) Beach is decent but too tired 3) Bishop can't repeat because they lack the mental toughness to do so 4) from 2 games you can tell Thompson has the best defense and rebounding in all of class B and as long as they quit being selfish and play team ball AGAIN no one can stop them. The season is young. There are a lot of very good teams out there ranked and not ranked. It will boil down to who is playing the best ball consistently come tournament time. I know you have better insight into all of this than the average follower, but we all can't have that special gift for assessing talent...... that is reserved for the recruiters right?