1A State Talk - DANVILLE (24-1) VS. ST. ALBERT, COUNCIL BLUFFS (15-9)

[LukeFeddersen]

Game talk, updates, and final discussion here!

 

[VanderHoops]

First quarter impression:
Danville's pressure & St Albert's lazy passing is going to convert to a bunch of fast-break points.
Can St Albert's shoot well enough to make up for it?

 

[LukeFeddersen]

First quarter impression:
Danville's pressure & St Albert's lazy passing is going to convert to a bunch of fast-break points.
Can St Albert's shoot well enough to make up for it?

I really like the pace of this game.

 

[LukeFeddersen]

Start of 2Q
St. Albert 19, Danville 16

 

[sarcastico]

Perkins for Danville is quite the player. Does not look like a Freshman out there.

 

[VanderHoops]

Danville seems to be rushing on offense.
1st shot instead of 1st good shot.
I'd keep overplaying the passing lanes though. St Alberts may struggle if they try to burn clock in the 2nd half

 

[LukeFeddersen]

HALFTIME
St. Albert 30, Danville 23

 

[LukeFeddersen]

2:50 in 3Q
St. Albert 45, Danville 36

 

[LukeFeddersen]

Start of 4Q
St. Albert 47, Danville 39

 

[rk#5]

I could be wrong on this, but it seems like the 1 seed is not very successful in the first round.

 

[LukeFeddersen]

FINAL
St. Albert 69, Danville 48

 

[LukeFeddersen]

1A seeding is terrible. Hawkeye 10 schedule is BRUTAL.

 

[fmclonefan]

This result surprised me. Didn't expect Danville to lose by 23. Only part of the game I saw was the 4th quarter, but the more poised team won. Danville all kinds of out of sorts. They've had very few close games this year, so maybe they were just out of sorts being behind and in a position they weren't used to. They'll be back though.

 

[sarcastico]

I could be wrong on this, but it seems like the 1 seed is not very successful in the first round.

You get more losses playing a harder schedule, but you also get better doing it.

St. Albert's did an excellent job keeping Danville from getting into an offensive rythm. Danville just couldn't force enough turnovers to stay in the game.

 

[VanderHoops]

It looked like Danville is used to running their offense with token/lax defense.
That doesn't work against good defenders.

I'm starting to think BCMoore's ranking gets thrown askew when the whole region is weak. They all seem better than they actually are because they're only playing each other.
Good for the W-L record. Not so much for prepping to play good opponents at the Well.

 

[bcmoore87]

I'm starting to think BCMoore's ranking gets thrown askew when the whole region is weak. They all seem better than they actually are because they're only playing each other.
Good for the W-L record. Not so much for prepping to play good opponents at the Well.

You have a good idea to consider.

Prediction can be hard. Danville was undefeated in Iowa play. St Alberts was undefeated in 1A play.

 

[Bearsball]

It looked like Danville is used to running their offense with token/lax defense.
That doesn't work against good defenders.

I'm starting to think BCMoore's ranking gets thrown askew when the whole region is weak. They all seem better than they actually are because they're only playing each other.
Good for the W-L record. Not so much for prepping to play good opponents at the Well.

I guess West Hancocks region was bad as well as Danville's.. West Hancock has a "Good for the W-L record. Not so much for prepping to play good opponents at the Well. " Maybe St. Alberts is vastly under rated and Danville and West Hancock were not as bad as score indicates. Danville out scored 22-7 in the 4th and West Hancock out scored 22-9 in the 4th quarter.