2022-2023 State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament

[Sorenson23]

State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament
@ Bismarck Event Center; March 16-18th

Thursday March 16th
G1 - #2 (4) Shiloh Christian def Powers Lake-Burke Central 69-38
G2 - #3 (8) Beulah def Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 48-31
G3 - #1 (1) Central Cass def Warwick 58-46
G4 - #5 Des Lacs-Burlington def #4 (10) Thompson 55-48

Friday March 17th
G5 - Powers Lake-Burke Central def Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 64-62
G6 - #4 (10) Thompson def Warwick (19-7) 83-67
G7 - #2 (4) Shiloh Christian def #3 (8) Beulah 65-61 OT
G8 - #1 (1) Central Cass def #5 Des Lacs-Burlington (20-6) 64-57

Saturday March 18th
G9 - 7th Place - Medina-Pingree-Buchanan def Warwick (19-8) 68-51
G10 - 5th Place - #4 (10) Thompson def Powers Lake-Burke Central 72-61
G11 - 3rd Place - #3 (8) Beulah def Des Lacs-Burlington 66-57
G12 - State B Title Game - #1 (1) Central Cass def #2 (4) Shiloh Christian 61-44

State B Champions - Central Cass (26-0)
Runner Up - Shiloh Christian (22-5)
3rd - Beulah (22-5)
4th - Des Lacs-Burlington (20-8)
5th - Thompson (19-8)
6th - Powers Lake-Burke Central (20-6)
7th - Medina-Pingree-Buchanan (22-6)
8th - Warwick (19-9)

[Sorenson23]

1st - Shiloh Christian
2nd - Central Cass
3rd - Beulah
4th - Des Lacs-Burlington
5th - Powers Lake-Burke Central
6th - Thompson
7th - Medina-Pingree-Buchanan
8th - Warwick

[UNDSiouxfan]

1st - Central Cass
2nd - Bismarck
3rd - DLB
4th - Beulah
5th - Thompson
6th - Powers Lake
7th - Medina-Pingree-Buchanan
8th - Warwick

[WalkingStick]

THURSDSAY
Powers Lake-Burke Central
Beulah
Central Cass (this could be a high scoring affair)
Thompson

FRIDAY
Shiloh Christian
Des Lacs-Burlington
Beulah
Central Cass

SATURDAY
7th: Medina/Pingree-Buchanan
5th: Des Lacs-Burlington
3rd: Thompson
1st: Central Cass

[ndlionsfan]

Warwick has a tough draw for their first two games, but I am rooting for them to pick up a win next weekend. They have never won a state tournament game, so I'm betting on them to get that. I doubted them in the region tournament and not going to doubt them again.

I think we see some upsets next weekend. I think Yale from DLB is going to cause some matchup problems and could lead to some upsets. I think Beulah and Shiloh are playing well. Don't know much about any of the teams as Warwick is the only one I've seen play this year.

I'm picking DLB to make a run to the championship game against Shiloh, but Shiloh winning it all. I'll take Beulah over CC for 3rd, Powers Lake over Thompson for 5th, and Warwick over MPB for 7th.

[defensewinsgames]

I would predict the tournament goes like this but I do agree this is a year where we may see multiple "upsets" (or maybe surprises is a better word) over the tournament. I would look for one in the semi-finals and one in the first round.

1. Central Cass
2. Shiloh
3. Thompson
4. Beulah
5. Des Lacs
6. Powers Lake
7. Medina
8. Warwick

[Sportsrube]

First Round Predictions:
Shiloh by 10
Beulah by 12+
Central Cass by 10
DLB by 6

[maddog1971]

Thursday March 16th
G1 - (20-4) #2 (4) Shiloh Christian vs Powers Lake-Burke Central (19-4)
G2 - (20-4) #3 (8) Beulah vs Medina-Pingree-Buchanan (21-4)
G3 - (23-0) #1 (1) Central Cass vs Warwick (19-6)
G4 - (17-7) #4 (10) Thompson vs #5 Des Lacs-Burlington (19-6)

I am going with Powers Lake-Burke Central. Yep I said it.
Beulah
Central Cass in a close one
And I am taking Des Lacs-Burlington. I think Thompson kids will be to hyped up on the big stage and not play team ball. I think they have the talent to win it all but I just don't see them playing together

[Thundersnow]

I'm expecting all the top seeds to win fairly easily on Thursday. After that, the rest of the tournament should be really competitive. The NDHSAA hit the absolute jackpot as far as who qualified for the last 2-class system State B boys tournament. I think the Civic Center will be full all weekend long.

Shiloh over Powers Lake by 10
Beulah over Medina-P-B by 12
Central Cass over Warwick by 20
Thompson over Des Lacs-B by 4

Powers Lake over Medina by 3
DLB over Warwick by 8
Shiloh over Beulah by 5
Central Cass over Thompson by 7

7th place: Warwick over Medina by 6
5th place: Powers Lake over DLB by 1
3rd place: Beulah over Thompson by 9
Championship: Shiloh over Central Cass 7

[packers21]

I'm expecting all the top seeds to win fairly easily on Thursday. After that, the rest of the tournament should be really competitive. The NDHSAA hit the absolute jackpot as far as who qualified for the last 2-class system State B boys tournament. I think the Civic Center will be full all weekend long.

Shiloh over Powers Lake by 10
Beulah over Medina-P-B by 12
Central Cass over Warwick by 20
Thompson over Des Lacs-B by 4

Powers Lake over Medina by 3
DLB over Warwick by 8
Shiloh over Beulah by 5
Central Cass over Thompson by 7

7th place: Warwick over Medina by 6
5th place: Powers Lake over DLB by 1
3rd place: Beulah over Thompson by 9
Championship: Shiloh over Central Cass 7

Its the B its always packed.

[maddog1971]

It will not be packed. 5 Middle class Schools are in the state Tournament. Nobody wants to see that. OOOPs... I am looking forward to watching it and will not miss a minute. Cheering for the underdogs!

[packers21]

It will not be packed. 5 Middle class Schools are in the state Tournament. Nobody wants to see that. OOOPs... I am looking forward to watching it and will not miss a minute. Cheering for the underdogs!

DLB has no business being in the middle class.

[WalkingStick]

It will not be packed. 5 Middle class Schools are in the state Tournament. Nobody wants to see that. OOOPs... I am looking forward to watching it and will not miss a minute. Cheering for the underdogs!

It's the B...It'll be packed no matter who is in the tournament.

I'm sure more people are just happy to see only 1 Private School and some other great storylines from teams that haven't been there in a long time (MPB, Warwick, DLB).

[NDbaseballguy2]

I think we’re kind of forgetting Warwick made it out of region 4… which includes FWM, North Star, North Prairie, Saint John, Dunseith, etc. that’s a tough region to make it out of and I think they could possibly finish 4th place. We tend to forget region 4 consistently dominates… fwm has made it to state more than 75% of the last decade, let alone the state championship.

[WalkingStick]

I think we’re kind of forgetting Warwick made it out of region 4… which includes FWM, North Star, North Prairie, Saint John, Dunseith, etc. that’s a tough region to make it out of and I think they could possibly finish 4th place. We tend to forget region 4 consistently dominates… fwm has made it to state more than 75% of the last decade, let alone the state championship.

While you make a valid point, Warwick’s draw just wasn’t favorable IMO…CC comes from Region 1 which is also very deep and has had great State success recently because of what it takes just to get out of the region. I think this quarterfinal game will have the chance to be high scoring…but I don’t think Warwick will have the depth that CC has and that’ll be the difference…but it is March and anything can happen.

https://classbbasketball.com/?s=sos&y=2022
Strength of Schedule is interesting to view here:
Warwick & MPB SOS are below .500…Beulah is top State team at .600

[RiverMiner99]

I think we’re kind of forgetting Warwick made it out of region 4… which includes FWM, North Star, North Prairie, Saint John, Dunseith, etc. that’s a tough region to make it out of and I think they could possibly finish 4th place. We tend to forget region 4 consistently dominates… fwm has made it to state more than 75% of the last decade, let alone the state championship.

You are correct in saying that Warwick made it out of region 4. However, 4Winds would have come out of this region if not for the injuries to Leftbear and M Deng. 4Winds beat them by 40 when they were full strength. There will be a lot of fans pulling for Warwick this weekend. They will need to play their best basketball of the year to get it done. Anything can happen once you get to the state tournament.

[ndlionsfan]

I think we’re kind of forgetting Warwick made it out of region 4… which includes FWM, North Star, North Prairie, Saint John, Dunseith, etc. that’s a tough region to make it out of and I think they could possibly finish 4th place. We tend to forget region 4 consistently dominates… fwm has made it to state more than 75% of the last decade, let alone the state championship.

You are correct in saying that Warwick made it out of region 4. However, 4Winds would have come out of this region if not for the injuries to Leftbear and M Deng. 4Winds beat them by 40 when they were full strength. There will be a lot of fans pulling for Warwick this weekend. They will need to play their best basketball of the year to get it done. Anything can happen once you get to the state tournament.

Warwick's losses this season were to FWM, NB, NP, HWC, North Star, and Langdon. Only bad loss out of that group is the Langdon one. The rest were some of the top teams in the state. They beat HWC, NP, and North Star in the region and all were at full strength. Would they have beat FWM at full strength? Probably not, but they beat who was in front of them and made it to state. They are hot right now and definitely believe in each other as they came from behind in each of those region games. I also agree that CC is not a great draw for them and Thompson or DLB in the second game probably aren't great matchups either. But I also think this team could surprise someone at the state tournament and pull off an upset. I'm rooting for them and hope they can win a game no matter what day it might fall on as their school has never won a state tournament game.

[NDbaseballguy2]

I think we’re kind of forgetting Warwick made it out of region 4… which includes FWM, North Star, North Prairie, Saint John, Dunseith, etc. that’s a tough region to make it out of and I think they could possibly finish 4th place. We tend to forget region 4 consistently dominates… fwm has made it to state more than 75% of the last decade, let alone the state championship.

You are correct in saying that Warwick made it out of region 4. However, 4Winds would have come out of this region if not for the injuries to Leftbear and M Deng. 4Winds beat them by 40 when they were full strength. There will be a lot of fans pulling for Warwick this weekend. They will need to play their best basketball of the year to get it done. Anything can happen once you get to the state tournament.

Can’t say I agree with you. I don’t really think that had an impact. I think if north prairie beats Warwick, north prairie goes to state tourney. I also think that North Star and north prairie both could have gone to state. North Star got hot at the end of season, north prairie played well all season, Warwick was the hottest team in that tourney and that’s just how it is… can’t say that they would’ve easily went to state because they were hurt. I watched them play the semis game and deng and leftbear both played. They were getting beat with those two in or out of the game, North Star played the better game.

[senditin]

I think we’re kind of forgetting Warwick made it out of region 4… which includes FWM, North Star, North Prairie, Saint John, Dunseith, etc. that’s a tough region to make it out of and I think they could possibly finish 4th place. We tend to forget region 4 consistently dominates… fwm has made it to state more than 75% of the last decade, let alone the state championship.

You are correct in saying that Warwick made it out of region 4. However, 4Winds would have come out of this region if not for the injuries to Leftbear and M Deng. 4Winds beat them by 40 when they were full strength. There will be a lot of fans pulling for Warwick this weekend. They will need to play their best basketball of the year to get it done. Anything can happen once you get to the state tournament.

Can’t say I agree with you. I don’t really think that had an impact. I think if north prairie beats Warwick, north prairie goes to state tourney. I also think that North Star and north prairie both could have gone to state. North Star got hot at the end of season, north prairie played well all season, Warwick was the hottest team in that tourney and that’s just how it is… can’t say that they would’ve easily went to state because they were hurt. I watched them play the semis game and deng and leftbear both played. They were getting beat with those two in or out of the game, North Star played the better game.

Leftbear went out in the 2nd quarter vs Lakota and didn't play again in the tourney. Him and M Deng were out along with Kashton Keja, who broke his knee cap vs Beulah. Don't know what game you watched.

[olufsen2022]

Even when FWM was completely healthy, they didn't seem to have the same fire power they've had in recent years. That being said, the fact they finished the season with only 2 losses with the schedule they play was quite an accomplishment.

[defensewinsgames]

Can’t say I agree with you. I don’t really think that had an impact. I think if north prairie beats Warwick, north prairie goes to state tourney. I also think that North Star and north prairie both could have gone to state. North Star got hot at the end of season, north prairie played well all season, Warwick was the hottest team in that tourney and that’s just how it is… can’t say that they would’ve easily went to state because they were hurt. I watched them play the semis game and deng and leftbear both played. They were getting beat with those two in or out of the game, North Star played the better game.

This is a bad take. Not sure what you are considering to arrive at Warwick being "hotter" than Four Winds but it isn't accurate.

Four Winds' last 5 games before Region Tourney: Beat Beulah by 19, Harvey by 12, Lost to Shiloh by 8, Beat New Rockford by 55, beat Dakota Prairie by 53

Warwick's last 5 before regionals: Beat New Rockford by 9, Benson County by 7, Dakota Prairie by 55, Larimore by 21, Lost to Harvey by 10.

[olufsen2022]

Can’t say I agree with you. I don’t really think that had an impact. I think if north prairie beats Warwick, north prairie goes to state tourney. I also think that North Star and north prairie both could have gone to state. North Star got hot at the end of season, north prairie played well all season, Warwick was the hottest team in that tourney and that’s just how it is… can’t say that they would’ve easily went to state because they were hurt. I watched them play the semis game and deng and leftbear both played. They were getting beat with those two in or out of the game, North Star played the better game.

This is a bad take. Not sure what you are considering to arrive at Warwick being "hotter" than Four Winds but it isn't accurate.

Four Winds' last 5 games before Region Tourney: Beat Beulah by 19, Harvey by 12, Lost to Shiloh by 8, Beat New Rockford by 55, beat Dakota Prairie by 53

Warwick's last 5 before regionals: Beat New Rockford by 9, Benson County by 7, Dakota Prairie by 55, Larimore by 21, Lost to Harvey by 10.

If healthy, FWM wins Region 4. They would have had competitive games but I think they still win it. I do feel if they made the state tourney this year, they would have lost 2 games there.

[Bison-Vikes #1]

Can’t say I agree with you. I don’t really think that had an impact. I think if north prairie beats Warwick, north prairie goes to state tourney. I also think that North Star and north prairie both could have gone to state. North Star got hot at the end of season, north prairie played well all season, Warwick was the hottest team in that tourney and that’s just how it is… can’t say that they would’ve easily went to state because they were hurt. I watched them play the semis game and deng and leftbear both played. They were getting beat with those two in or out of the game, North Star played the better game.

This is a bad take. Not sure what you are considering to arrive at Warwick being "hotter" than Four Winds but it isn't accurate.

Four Winds' last 5 games before Region Tourney: Beat Beulah by 19, Harvey by 12, Lost to Shiloh by 8, Beat New Rockford by 55, beat Dakota Prairie by 53

Warwick's last 5 before regionals: Beat New Rockford by 9, Benson County by 7, Dakota Prairie by 55, Larimore by 21, Lost to Harvey by 10.

If healthy, FWM wins Region 4. They would have had competitive games but I think they still win it. I do feel if they made the state tourney this year, they would have lost 2 games there.

R4 guy here. A couple of takes:
FW-M - They had a different style of team this year. Wasn't quite the outside shooting team of year's past. So they adjusted to their strength, which was defense and depth. Created a lot of turnovers which lead to a lot of layups and free throws. Loss of 3 players down the stretch definitely hurt them.
North Prairie - Well rounded team. Just seemed to have a below average game in semis. Credit Warwick's defense.
North Star - Oldest Hagler was only 70% for last part of season due to ankle injury. Credit rest of team for picking it up and playing good ball down the stretch.
Warwick - Best outside shooting team of the 4 in my opinion (North Prairie was awful good too). If they shoot the ball well from the 3 will give teams problems at state. Sneaky good defense and players are physically strong rebounders. Good luck to Warwick at state.

[olufsen2022]

Can’t say I agree with you. I don’t really think that had an impact. I think if north prairie beats Warwick, north prairie goes to state tourney. I also think that North Star and north prairie both could have gone to state. North Star got hot at the end of season, north prairie played well all season, Warwick was the hottest team in that tourney and that’s just how it is… can’t say that they would’ve easily went to state because they were hurt. I watched them play the semis game and deng and leftbear both played. They were getting beat with those two in or out of the game, North Star played the better game.

This is a bad take. Not sure what you are considering to arrive at Warwick being "hotter" than Four Winds but it isn't accurate.

Four Winds' last 5 games before Region Tourney: Beat Beulah by 19, Harvey by 12, Lost to Shiloh by 8, Beat New Rockford by 55, beat Dakota Prairie by 53

Warwick's last 5 before regionals: Beat New Rockford by 9, Benson County by 7, Dakota Prairie by 55, Larimore by 21, Lost to Harvey by 10.

If healthy, FWM wins Region 4. They would have had competitive games but I think they still win it. I do feel if they made the state tourney this year, they would have lost 2 games there.

R4 guy here. A couple of takes:
FW-M - They had a different style of team this year. Wasn't quite the outside shooting team of year's past. So they adjusted to their strength, which was defense and depth. Created a lot of turnovers which lead to a lot of layups and free throws. Loss of 3 players down the stretch definitely hurt them.
North Prairie - Well rounded team. Just seemed to have a below average game in semis. Credit Warwick's defense.
North Star - Oldest Hagler was only 70% for last part of season due to ankle injury. Credit rest of team for picking it up and playing good ball down the stretch.
Warwick - Best outside shooting team of the 4 in my opinion (North Prairie was awful good too). If they shoot the ball well from the 3 will give teams problems at state. Sneaky good defense and players are physically strong rebounders. Good luck to Warwick at state.

I agree, Warwick could be sneaky at state. They obviously got a tough draw with Central Cass so that first round game is going to be very tough.

[justplayalready]

We'll see how this tourney goes and is called, but from what I saw at the A, there needs to be a serious look at adding some type of "flopping" call or reworking how the no-charge is called...again we'll see how the next 3 days go, but it's starting to get silly...