Sounds like Dawn ball was the right ball ! You Don't go into a game saying lets give the fans a show. You say lets go out and do what it takes to win. You don't punch with a puncher you stick and move. Ryles coach I'm sure is seeing a trend here and will game plan to try to stop this, but if this is a weakness in Ryles system sometimes it is hard to change who you are and if thats the case they could be in trouble. I don't understand why Ryle stays in that zone so much. They have the athletes to play man all night against about anyone. I'm sure Ryle will rebound and be back to their winning ways. 9th is definately wide open!

You're right. My quote was from a fan's perspective who love the up and down , run them in the ground type of game, that's all.

Agree. I would love for a Highland re-match on a big floor.

 

With all of Highlands players too. They were missing a starter that first game.

IMO, defensive oriented coaches don't care if they beat you 4-2, as long as they win.

 

I don't know Coach Dawn's system all that well but the 4 or 5 times I have seen his teams perform, I would call him a defensive oriented coach. There are a lot of coaches who like to tag their programs as defensive oriented because it sounds tough but there truly aren't a lot of them out there. Defensive coaches can take athletes who aren't true basketball players and still beat you. Congrats to New Cath on the win. I am really looking forward to seeing all of the teams mentioned in the Regionals.

With all of Highlands players too. They were missing a starter that first game.

Absolutely.

IMO, defensive oriented coaches don't care if they beat you 4-2, as long as they win.

 

I don't know Coach Dawn's system all that well but the 4 or 5 times I have seen his teams perform, I would call him a defensive oriented coach. There are a lot of coaches who like to tag their programs as defensive oriented because it sounds tough but there truly aren't a lot of them out there. Defensive coaches can take athletes who aren't true basketball players and still beat you. Congrats to New Cath on the win. I am really looking forward to seeing all of the teams mentioned in the Regionals.

 

This is just not true. Defensive coaches excel at changing the pace of the game with solid young basketball players and not just athletes..

It seems like eveyone is writing off St Henry and making this a four man race NCC, Ryle, Boone and ND.

It seems like eveyone is writing off St Henry and making this a four man race NCC, Ryle, Boone and ND.

 

St. Henry played NCC really tough in the All A. But they got absolutely drilled by Boone in losing by 32 points, I don't know how the Ryle game went but they are just 3-3 in their last 6. They are 0-4 against the top 4 teams in the region this year.

It seems like eveyone is writing off St Henry and making this a four man race NCC, Ryle, Boone and ND.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe let the big dogs eliminate one another, align the stars just right, hope that the star player or players are having one of those Drama Drama days (ALL girls do this) and perhaps we might see St Henry vs Highlands in the finals. LOL, ya never know, this is why they play the games on the big floors too. LOL.

I watched enough basketball over the years to know that ANYTHING can happen on any night