North Dakota Preps

Same as the girls! Feel free to discuss on who comes out of each region, and which teams do you see that could make a run in their respective region tournament?

Just my thoughts
R1: Enderlin, Kindred, CC, OG
R2: North Border, Grafton, Thompson, HCV
R3: L-LM, Ellendale, South Border, Linton-HMB
R4: FW-M, North Star, Dunseith, H-WC
R5: Shiloh, S. Rock, W-W, Flasher (I hope my pick is wrong)
R6: Ryan, Surrey, ORCS, Bottineau
R7: Beulah, DT, Hazen, Bowman
R8: Powers Lake, Stanley, Kenmare, WTC

Seed Thoughts
1. Four Winds-Minnewaukan
2. Enderlin
3. LaMoure-LM
4. North Border
5. Powers Lake
6. Shiloh Christian
7. Beulah
8. Bishop Ryan

Here are my picks each region 1st through 4th place

R1: Enderlin, Kindred, CC, OG
R2: Thompson, HCV, North Border, Grafton
R3: LLM, Ellendale, Linton-HMB, South Border
R4: FWM, St. John, North Star, Dunseith
R5: Shiloh, Standing Rock, Flasher, Wilton
R6: Rugby, Bottineau, Bishop Ryan, Surrey
R7: Hazen, Beulah, DT, Bowman Cty
R8: Powers Lake, WTC, Stanley, Trenton

Way to EARLY state seeding prediction
1 - FWM
2 - Enderlin
3 - LLM
4 - Powers Lake
5 - Shiloh

My predictions for championship night of each region:

Region 1: Enderlin def. Kindred
Region 2: North Border def. HCV
Region 3: Ellendale def. LLM
Region 4: FWM def HWC
Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh def Standing Rock
Region 6: Minot Bishop Ryan def Surrey
Region 7: Beulah def Dickinson Trinity
Region 8: Powers Lake def Stanley

Region 1: Kinnerd by 15
Region2: Thompson
Region3: LLM
Region 4: Four winds
Region 5: Shiloh
Region 6: Bishop
Region 7: Beulah
Region 8: Powers lake

Four Winds will beat Kinnerd in the title by 5.

The Schwab wrote:My predictions for championship night of each region:

Region 1: Enderlin def. Kindred
Region 2: North Border def. HCV
Region 3: Ellendale def. LLM
Region 4: FWM def HWC
Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh def Standing Rock
Region 6: Minot Bishop Ryan def Surrey
Region 7: Beulah def Dickinson Trinity
Region 8: Powers Lake def Stanley

North Border vs HCV would be a semifinal matchup as the #2 & #3 seeds so it can't be the title game

WalkingStick wrote:

The Schwab wrote:My predictions for championship night of each region:

Region 1: Enderlin def. Kindred
Region 2: North Border def. HCV
Region 3: Ellendale def. LLM
Region 4: FWM def HWC
Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh def Standing Rock
Region 6: Minot Bishop Ryan def Surrey
Region 7: Beulah def Dickinson Trinity
Region 8: Powers Lake def Stanley

North Border vs HCV would be a semifinal matchup as the #2 & #3 seeds so it can't be the title game

Missed that, North Border def Thompson

Class B Region Picks
Region 1: Kindred def. Enderlin (If Enderlin ever chose to outwork their opponents, they'd be state champs)
Region 2: North Border (North Border ready to do this)
Region 3: LMM def. Ellendale (will be close)
Region 4: Four Winds over whoever. (4 Winds. Again)
Region 5: Wilton over Shiloh (upset alert)
Region 6: Bishop Ryan over Surrey (Region 6 is really down this year)
Region 7: Trinity over Beulah (toss up)
Region 8: Powers Lake def Stanley

I'm going to go with:
Region 1: Kindred over Enderlin by single digits.
Region 2: North Border over Thompson.
Region 3: LLM over Ellendale.
Region 4: Four Winds by double digits in all 3 games.
Region 5: Bismarck easily over Standing Rock.
Region 6: Minot over Rugby.
Region 7: Beulah over Dickinson.
Region 8: Powers Lake over Stanley.

Region 1 - Enderlin
Region 2 - North Border
Region 3 - Ellendale
Region 4 - Four Winds-Minnewaukan
Region 5 - Wilton-Wing
Region 6 - Surrey
Region 7 - Beulah
Region 8 - Powers Lake

I went with my gut on all my picks, toss ups IMO are R1, R3, R5, & R6. In R2 I think North Border breaks through. R4 & R8 are no brainers. R7 I think Beulah gets back to state. My state title game pick would be Four Winds-Minnewaukan vs Enderlin.

The Schwab wrote:My predictions for championship night of each region:

Region 1: Enderlin def. Kindred
Region 2: North Border def. HCV
Region 3: Ellendale def. LLM
Region 4: FWM def HWC
Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh def Standing Rock
Region 6: Minot Bishop Ryan def Surrey
Region 7: Beulah def Dickinson Trinity
Region 8: Powers Lake def Stanley

This can't happen - NB is 2 and HCV is 3 so they will play in the semis

Region championship game predictions:

Region 1: Enderlin over Kindred
Region 2: Thompson over HCV
Region 3: LLM over Ellendale
Region 4: Four Winds over North Star
Region 5: Wilton Wing over Shiloh
Region 6: Bishop Ryan over Rugby
Region 7: Beulah over Trinity
Region 8: Powers Lake over Stanley

Seeds at state tourney end up: Four Winds, Enderlin, LLM, Powers Lake, Beulah

defensewinsgames wrote:

The Schwab wrote:My predictions for championship night of each region:

Region 1: Enderlin def. Kindred
Region 2: North Border def. HCV
Region 3: Ellendale def. LLM
Region 4: FWM def HWC
Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh def Standing Rock
Region 6: Minot Bishop Ryan def Surrey
Region 7: Beulah def Dickinson Trinity
Region 8: Powers Lake def Stanley

This can't happen - NB is 2 and HCV is 3 so they will play in the semis

Look above…he knows and fixed it

The Schwab wrote:

WalkingStick wrote:

The Schwab wrote:My predictions for championship night of each region:

Region 1: Enderlin def. Kindred
Region 2: North Border def. HCV
Region 3: Ellendale def. LLM
Region 4: FWM def HWC
Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh def Standing Rock
Region 6: Minot Bishop Ryan def Surrey
Region 7: Beulah def Dickinson Trinity
Region 8: Powers Lake def Stanley

North Border vs HCV would be a semifinal matchup as the #2 & #3 seeds so it can't be the title game

Missed that, North Border def Thompson

Here are a few games out east I'm excited for tonight:

Sargent County vs. Oak Grove - they played on December 17th and SC won by 11 at home. Will be interesting to see who has improved the most. I think there is a chance that the winner here will push Enderlin in the next round. Should be a really good game. I will take Oak Grove by 5.

Kindred vs. Northern Cass - was a 7 point game the first time they played. I think Kindred actually has a rather difficult road to a region championship having to go through NC, CC, and Enderlin. If NC shoots well from outside I think this might be the best game of the night in region 1. If Kindred plays defense like they are capable they should win by 10+

Grafton vs. MayPort - Grafton won by 15 the first time but I believe MayPort was missing their head coach for whatever that is worth. I think this one comes down to if Grafton shoots well from outside and can neutralize the big guys for MayPort. If they do it will set up a great rematch from the last region game when they play Thompson again. I will take Grafton by 7.

North Border vs. Cavalier - they played the last region game of the season and Cavalier was up most of the game before losing by 6. North Border won by almost 40 early in the season. Rivalry game so the atmosphere should be good and emotions should be high. I'm curious which of the two games is closer to the truth. I'm not convinced Cavalier gets it done but if it is a close game and a slugfest it may hurt North Border in the long run or it doesn't, hard to say! I will take NB by 10.

looks like almost everyone is wrong in Region 2 with Both NB and Thompson going down. I did not see that coming.

maddog1971 wrote:looks like almost everyone is wrong in Region 2 with Both NB and Thompson going down. I did not see that coming.

Easy to say now, but I was asked to make a pick and I picked HCV. If not them I picked North Border to win the region.

Most regions are in their championship games, but here's how I think it'll go the rest of the way:

R1: Kindred (will be rooting for small town Enderlin)
R2: Grafton over HCV
R3: LLM over Ellendale in a nail biter. Wagner still has a big game, but LLM has better overall athletes and defense.
R4: 4 Winds
R5: David over Goliath. Let's go WW. 99% of ND wants to see you beat Bismarck.
R6: Minot Ryan
R7: Hazen
R8: Powers Lake

maddog1971 wrote:looks like almost everyone is wrong in Region 2 with Both NB and Thompson going down. I did not see that coming.

I wasn't surprised...I picked Thompson and HCV to make the final but have been saying all year that NB wasn't going to be able to get through the 3 day tourney - and was told again and again I was wrong and depth didn't matter and their only shooting threes wasn't a problem. I also said right away in other boards that Grafton Thompson was going to be a very good, very tight game.

I think "almost everyone" who was wrong and surprised were from those fan bases or outside the region. Everyone I know that followed the region all year were not shocked.