Pick your winners for each district bracket and then pick your winners for the potential substate matchups.
1A Playoff Pick'Em
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1A
1 - South O'Brien
2 - Bishon Garrigan, Algona
3 - Lake Mills
4 - Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction
5 - Easton Valley
6 - Alburnett
7 - Springville
8 - WACO
9 - Montezuma
10 - Lamoni
11 - West Fork Sheffield
12 - Grand View Christian
13 - Mount Ayr
14 - Martensdale-St. Marys
15 - St. Albert, Council Bluffs
16 - Remsen St. Marys
South O'Brien
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
WACO
Montexuma
West Fork
Martensdale
Remsen St. Marys
1 - South O'Brien
2 - Bishon Garrigan, Algona
3 - Lake Mills
4 - Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction
5 - Easton Valley
6 - Alburnett
7 - Springville
8 - WACO
9 - Montezuma
10 - Lamoni
11 - West Fork Sheffield
12 - Grand View Christian
13 - Mount Ayr
14 - Martensdale-St. Marys
15 - St. Albert, Council Bluffs
16 - Remsen St. Marys
South O'Brien
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
WACO
Montexuma
West Fork
Martensdale
Remsen St. Marys
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Why is South Central Calhoun in a Substate with Rock Valley?............
I also like how that substate game location is TBD.
1A
1 - South O'Brien
2 - Bishon Garrigan, Algona
3 - Lake Mills
4 - Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction
5 - Easton Valley
6 - Wapsie Valley
7 - HighLand
8 - WACO
9 - Montezuma
10 - Lamoni
11 - West Fork Sheffield
12 - Madrid
13 - Mount Ayr
14 - Martensdale-St. Marys
15 - St. Albert, Council Bluffs
16 - Remsen St. Marys
Substate winners
Algona Garrigan
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
WACO
Montezuma
West Fork
Martensdale
St Mary’s
My seeding at state tournament
1. Lake Mills (most complete and consistent team in the state right now)
2. Easton Valley (will have one of best records but pretty weak strength of schedule)
3. Algona Garrigan ( will have a good record with a strong strenghh of schedule )
4. West Fork ( should have one of the best records along with an average SOS)
5. WACO ( will be tied with Easton valley record wise, but will have weakest SOS and worst team statistically)
6. Remsen St Mary’s (Very strong SOS, but statistically just isn’t on par with teams above)
7. Martensdale (will have a good record along with good stats, but will have a very poor SOS)
8. Montezuma (will have a good record and the best player maybe in 1A, but have a poor SOS and every good team they have played this season they’ve lost to besides Keota)
-The 8 best teams rarely make it to state all at the same time so this is obviously probably not going to happen. Also very hard to try to seed these 8 teams because of how similar records are. So I took heavily into consideration BCmoores strength of schedule rankings
I took a gamble and picked the West Sioux upset.
Thats mainly because they were splitting up some good teams
1. South O'Brien
2. Bishop Garrigan
3. Lake Mills
4. Janesville
5. Easton Valley
6. Alburnett
7. Springville
8. WACO
9. Montezuma
10. Nodaway Valley
11. West Fork
12. Madrid
13. Mount Ayr
14. Martensdale
15. St Alburnett
16. Remsen
SoB
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
Spring ville
Montezuma
West Fork
Mount Aye
Remsen
2. Bishop Garrigan
3. Lake Mills
4. Janesville
5. Easton Valley
6. Alburnett
7. Springville
8. WACO
9. Montezuma
10. Nodaway Valley
11. West Fork
12. Madrid
13. Mount Ayr
14. Martensdale
15. St Alburnett
16. Remsen
SoB
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
Spring ville
Montezuma
West Fork
Mount Aye
Remsen
1 - South O'Brien
2 - Bishop Garrigan, Algona
3 - Lake Mills
4 - MFL, Mar Mac
5 - Easton Valley
6 - Alburnett
7 - Springville
8 - WACO
9 - Montezuma
10 - Lamoni
11 - West Fork Sheffield
12 - Ankeny Christian Academy
13 - Mount Ayr
14 - Martensdale-St. Marys
15 - St. Albert, Council Bluffs
16 - Remsen St. Marys
South O'Brien
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
WACO
Montezuma
West Fork
Martensdale
Remsen St. Marys
2 - Bishop Garrigan, Algona
3 - Lake Mills
4 - MFL, Mar Mac
5 - Easton Valley
6 - Alburnett
7 - Springville
8 - WACO
9 - Montezuma
10 - Lamoni
11 - West Fork Sheffield
12 - Ankeny Christian Academy
13 - Mount Ayr
14 - Martensdale-St. Marys
15 - St. Albert, Council Bluffs
16 - Remsen St. Marys
South O'Brien
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
WACO
Montezuma
West Fork
Martensdale
Remsen St. Marys
1.SoB
2.Algona Garrigan
3.Lake Mills
4.Turkey Valley
5.Easton Valley
6.Wapsie Valley
7.Springville
8.WACO
9.Montezuma
10.Central Decatur
11.Meskwaki Settlement
12.Madrid
13.Mount Ayr
14.Martensdale
15.St Albert
16.Remsen
Algona Garrigan
Lake mills
Easton Valley
Springville
Montezuma
Madrid
Martensdale
St albert
2.Algona Garrigan
3.Lake Mills
4.Turkey Valley
5.Easton Valley
6.Wapsie Valley
7.Springville
8.WACO
9.Montezuma
10.Central Decatur
11.Meskwaki Settlement
12.Madrid
13.Mount Ayr
14.Martensdale
15.St Albert
16.Remsen
Algona Garrigan
Lake mills
Easton Valley
Springville
Montezuma
Madrid
Martensdale
St albert
Prep Hoops came out with there first substate predictions. They have South O’Brien coming out of district 1 with relative ease. George Little Rock will work them however. They have Bishop Garrigan winning district 2 over a tough Newell Fonda team. They picked Garrigan over South O’Brien to go to state because of Garrigans size advantage and slightly better shooting
Tony roe thinks that George Little Rock’s size will bother Louscher. Also I believe he mentions that they’ve played one of the hardest schedules in the state so there record may not suggest how good they really are. I haven’t seen them play this season. I saw SOB play a very good Remsen team twice this year. The key for SOB is there defense. Their offense is pretty basic and is not going to win them a title. It’ll be there stingy 2-3 zone
I've seen GLR. Nothing special. 2 taller guys who can score but focus on scoring inside. No other big spark to help them if their two stars are having a slow night. Barely beat Harris Lake Park. Had to win on a buzzer beater. South OBrien also has good height. If BH lost to SOB but beat GLR by almost 30. If that isn't a sign idk what is.
1-South O’Brien
2-Newell Fonda
3-Lake Mills
4-Turkey Valley
5-Easton Valley
6-Alburnett
7-Springville
8-WACO
9-Montezuma
10-Nodaway Valley
11-West Fork
12-Ankeny Christian
13-Mount Ayr
14-Martensdale
15-St. Albert
16-Remsen
South O’Brien
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
Springville
Montezuma
Ankeny Christian
Martensdale
St. Albert
2-Newell Fonda
3-Lake Mills
4-Turkey Valley
5-Easton Valley
6-Alburnett
7-Springville
8-WACO
9-Montezuma
10-Nodaway Valley
11-West Fork
12-Ankeny Christian
13-Mount Ayr
14-Martensdale
15-St. Albert
16-Remsen
South O’Brien
Lake Mills
Easton Valley
Springville
Montezuma
Ankeny Christian
Martensdale
St. Albert
Haha
well let’s hope we get a great substate game between them and Algona Garrigan then. The match up between a potential St Alberts and Remsen really intrigues me. St Mary’s beat West Sioux tonight by 3 (I’m not sure if West Sioux were still missing there starters or not) St Mary’s is starting to look like a top 3 team againI haven't seen Hinton play but I know they have lost to some bad teams but then they win against West Sioux so its hard to tell. I would still take them over this year's GLR team
I've seen Hinton play and actually Caleb Holmes is playing for my AAU team this summer. There a team that won't quit. Not a bad tea . But not a great team. Lead by a Sophomore (Holmes) so they don't have a so called veteran guy to help take over. Honestly GLR and Hinton will be a fun matchup
Prep Hoops came out with there 2nd and 3rd substate predictions. They have Easton Valley winning there substate very easily over Alburnette. I actually think central city is playing much better and could potentially give Easton Valley a tough game. And in a shocker they have predicted Springville over WACO. I don’t know if I see that happening but springville is definitely a solid squad, but WACOs size will make life difficult for springville
Waco not all that sizable outside of 6’7 Coble. Their only other true inside player is 6’2 6’3 ish
Also Waco will be challenged, will have to play Notre Dame which took them OT in the first meeting or Pekin who gave them a close game last week.
They will most likely play new London in the second round too which gave them a close call. I don’t see them making it to state at some point those close games will go the other way.
I’m not a WACO homer, but I’m pretty sure they just beat new London again by 20 and beat notre dame by 12. They’ve been playing much better as of late. And having seen Nick play a few times, he’s not 6’7
Yeah they are for sure still the favorite, my only point was it won’t be a walk in the park for them.
Not very many people picking us over South O’Brien I haven’t seen them play but from what people have been saying on here, there the real deal. I still think we are the better team. There strength seems to be there height and we are quite a bit taller then them. Last year when we played Janesville is was sorta the same thing. A teams strength was there size and physicality and we just dominated them physically because they only could score inside and couldn’t shoot
I haven’t seen them play but from what people have been saying on here, there the real deal. I still think we are the better team. There strength seems to be there height and we are quite a bit taller then them. Last year when we played Janesville is was sorta the same thing. A teams strength was there size and physicality and we just dominated them physically because they only could score inside and couldn’t shootI’ve watched both teams play. I think garrigan is a much more talented team, but South O’Brien is better at basketball if that makes sense. I was not very impressed with Garrigan’s big man.Not very many people picking us over South O’Brien
SOB is know to beat teams that have much more talent than them. They zone is so relentless you really have to be shooting well to beat them.
I have been saying that myself as a Garrigan fan the past 3 years! Although I still think this year is different. This senior class has always been good at basketball dating back to there middle school years. It’s there sport. Last years senior class loved football and maybe was not as invested into basketball as this class of seniors. Will be interesting to see
I find it so interesting because both these teams strengths and weaknesses are the same. Great interior post play, great passing, not good shooting teams, and heavily reliant on a star player. I disagree though with your premise they beat teams there less talented then. I saw them play against a St Mary’s team they were a lot more talented then and lose by 11. They also got swept by West Sioux. I understand they beat Boyden Hull, but really other then that they haven’t. Garrigan is good but lost by almost 20 to Lake Mills so don’t know how legit they are either. Seems like they score quite a bit which is odd because they are tall and taller teams tend to play slower
That explains why you were not impressed with us. Our second best player played on a really really bad sprained ankle. I don’t think he even scored. Set him back actually for 3-4 games. Without those games he’d be averaging 18-20. He’s probably around 16 right now a game. As for our big guy, he just struggled that night. Algona is a very good defensive team and had a lot of length that he was not use to at that point in the season
Garrigan was back and forth that whole game till the Winkel brothers got in foul trouble then lake mills pulled away and made shots late in the game when it was all but over. I was there.
St Alberts is starting to play much better. Only lost by 7 tonight to the #1 2A school. Should be a fantastic parochial matchup between St Mary’s and St Alberts
I’m not saying they always beat good teams, but these last few years with their runs to state, I would say they were having to beat teams they weren’t as talented as every year.
Not saying your wrong with it not being a close game but saying GLR has 2 average players?? Thats ridiculous. The Haken kid is having an all state season and is a very very good player and Mauldin is a very good player, the problem is there is not very much around them. GLR however is the 7th best 3pt shooting % team in class 1a. It will take GLR making 10-12 3pts to have a chance and Haken having his usual stat game, but agree SOB is head and shoulders better. In fact maybe they should just cancel the game. And who's to say Hinton won't beat GLR anyway, but they won't have a shot vs SOB either so no need discussing things or facts either.
Average/good players on bad teams will have those stat lines because they take the large majority of the shots.
If you want facts here is a stat. Those two players have taken 493 shots this year. The whole rest of the team has taken 342.
I’m not saying they are bad players at all. I’m saying, after watching both teams, I would take SOB by 20+
I agree with the average players putting up good stats with playing on a not good team. But GLR is still .500 in a very tough conference. I know your trying to downplay them and we get that SOB will beat them by 20, but SOB is also a top 4 team. I honestly think GLR could win some bad districts in southwest iowa
With a 10-10 record yes they could win some bad districts. Against teams with winning records, however, this year they are 1-8
I do think they can give Hinton a run in the postseason but 2 good players makes it tough to make it very far.
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