theman wrote:From what I've seen so far, I don't know why people are sleeping on this region or claiming that Stanley has a soft schedule, while having to play New Town, Powers Lake, etc. I think any of these teams in the top 6 could win on any given day. The White Shield v. North Shore/Plaza game was really good. White Shield had no answer for their size, but NS/P had no answer to White Shield's speed. I think Powers Lake is very underrated.
Edger wrote:theman wrote:From what I've seen so far, I don't know why people are sleeping on this region or claiming that Stanley has a soft schedule, while having to play New Town, Powers Lake, etc. I think any of these teams in the top 6 could win on any given day. The White Shield v. North Shore/Plaza game was really good. White Shield had no answer for their size, but NS/P had no answer to White Shield's speed. I think Powers Lake is very underrated.
I felt their schedule was soft, because the majority of RV and State ranked teams have played other State ranked competition or other RV's. In fact, some State ranked teams have played more than a couple of other State Ranked teams or RVs for that matter, but Stanley has not. NT is RV, but that is the only other team from Region 8.
Have you saw any of the other State Ranked teams play or just Region 8's great competition?
I'm not hating on Stanley, I just think that the other State ranked teams will be that much more rounded and ready when it comes Tournament time.
scc wrote:HSsportFan wrote:Edger wrote:theman wrote:From what I've seen so far, I don't know why people are sleeping on this region or claiming that Stanley has a soft schedule, while having to play New Town, Powers Lake, etc. I think any of these teams in the top 6 could win on any given day. The White Shield v. North Shore/Plaza game was really good. White Shield had no answer for their size, but NS/P had no answer to White Shield's speed. I think Powers Lake is very underrated.
I felt their schedule was soft, because the majority of RV and State ranked teams have played other State ranked competition or other RV's. In fact, some State ranked teams have played more than a couple of other State Ranked teams or RVs for that matter, but Stanley has not. NT is RV, but that is the only other team from Region 8.
Have you saw any of the other State Ranked teams play or just Region 8's great competition?
I'm not hating on Stanley, I just think that the other State ranked teams will be that much more rounded and ready when it comes Tournament time.
Looking at the top ten ranked teams Fargo Oak Grove has 2 wins over top ten teams and Hillsboro-Central Valley, Minot Ryan, Stanley, Bottineau each have just one. So the argument that other teams play better competition really does not hold up. I also looked at strength of victory(SOV) and Stanley is ranked 4th out of all the top ten or RV only behind Dunsieth, New Town and FOGrove so their schedule is actually tougher than most. I use SOV instead of SOS because you shouldn't be rewarded for loses.
Stanley did not play their best against Shilo, missed more shots in the paint than previous games. The refs did let them play and both teams struggled getting off good uncontested shots. The thing that I liked most is when Shilo took their first lead with 4 minutes to go in the game Stanley responded with 9 unanswered to finish off the game.
HCV has 2 wins against top ten teams (Oak Grove and Thompson). SOS factors in opponents and opponents' opponents. Does SOV? If not, you could play a lot of teams in a relatively weaker region and still have an artificially higher SOV.
Jack8 wrote:As far as ratings for region 8 IMO
Stanley
Watford City
Powers Lake
New Town
White Shield
NSP
Mandaree
Kenmare
Top 8 as of right now, one really good team will not make it to regionals out of district 15
HSsportFan wrote:Jack8 wrote:As far as ratings for region 8 IMO
Stanley
Watford City
Powers Lake
New Town
White Shield
NSP
Mandaree
Kenmare
Top 8 as of right now, one really good team will not make it to regionals out of district 15
Jack: Am I missing something on WC or are do you have a secret you want to share? I realize they have played a lot of Class A schools but still they only have 3 wins so far.
theman wrote:Thought it might be worth mentioning that Jesse White (White Shield) hit 1000 varsity points last week against Mandaree as a freshman. I find that to just be incredible.
d_fense wrote:theman wrote:Thought it might be worth mentioning that Jesse White (White Shield) hit 1000 varsity points last week against Mandaree as a freshman. I find that to just be incredible.
Wow, that is awesome. How old is he? He must have been playing as a seventh grader?
Jack8 wrote:Stanley loses for the 2nd time in as many nights.
Anyone at this game did NSP just out play or was there foul trouble as stanley has a short bench and could be a problem come tournament time..
scc wrote:stir the pot wrote:I see TLMM defeated New Town JV. Why is it listed as JV other than that would have been their 18th or 19th game with games left against Shiloh and Beulah how many games can you play. 19 regular season?
Yes, teams in regions with district tournaments may not exceed 19 regular season games.
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