WCAL in Review - Looking Forward to 2019-20 Season
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Grant beat St Francis 68-62 so WCAL went 2-4 tonight. Mitty has a difficult task up in Modesto tomorrow night.
Players require plays that are designed to utilize their skills , include the entire Team and capitalize on the opponents weaknesses! This requires a thorough understanding of each of your players and how they receive the information you are providing.
Remember when you didn't even mention Folsom as a NorCal qualifier? Then proceeded to predict a Riordan victory?
Just thought I should raise the issue.
Are you proposing that weaker teams should get home games against higher seeds, or that all sections should be seeded equally across the board regardless of how they match up with other sections? Or that it’s ridiculous how bad the CCS teams have played this year?
This just hasn’t been a good year for the CCS teams, aside from SH’s improbable storybook run. Maybe SH, Serra, or one of the lower division CCS public school teams remaining can make a run to the finals to make the CCS proud, but I’m thinking it’s just a bad year and they’ll be more competitive next season as they normally are.
If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that Riordan would be at home right now and SHC still playing......I would have told you, you’re nuts.
Will be interesting to see if any WCAL teams remain after tonight, my guess is there will be zero.
Will be interesting to see if any WCAL teams remain after tonight, my guess is there will be zero.
What’s your beef with WCAL and CCS? D3 Nor Cals weak AF! If you truly believe everything you’re saying than Stuart Hall is weak. Stuart Hall would finish in last place in WCAL. I’ll give you a split with Valley Christian.
Why would you think thats nuts? You cant conceive that its possible Riordan wouldve lost in the first round in Open or D1 and lets say SH wouldve been in D2 or D3 in NorCals and still playing? Reality is SH playing inspired team ball in a division they probably shouldnt be in.
Im glad schools like Branson and Stuart Hall are challenging themselves by playing schools not in their comfort zone.
With Riordan underachieving this season...it opens the door for all the opinions, negativity, etc...Sometimes in basketball it's about matchups. Matchups on the court, matchups off the court meaning the coaching . You take a coach like SHC , he has been though failure before and success. As he has been coaching varsity for a while. Our Riordan coach is a younger guy just coming into his own. BOD coach has been through the fire. If you notice the teams that are still around playing, its coaches who have been there and done that.
Please do not say CCS is weak though, no matter what you believe,that WCAl league is tough every night.
Riordan beat Branson who everyone loves! Riordan beat down Stuart Hall and University with out #1... Riordan didn't get it done in the post season. It happens. They went from a D3 team to a Division 1 team in one season. They will regroup next season as far as this season they didn't get it done, as a Riordan supporter, I hope they get it done next season. Good luck to all your teams...
Please do not say CCS is weak though, no matter what you believe,that WCAl league is tough every night.
Riordan beat Branson who everyone loves! Riordan beat down Stuart Hall and University with out #1... Riordan didn't get it done in the post season. It happens. They went from a D3 team to a Division 1 team in one season. They will regroup next season as far as this season they didn't get it done, as a Riordan supporter, I hope they get it done next season. Good luck to all your teams...
Huh? Where did I ever state that? My error was I thought Folsom lost in the SJS D1 title game, but it was the semi-final against Modesto Christian.
I picked the Crusaders because they were at home. Riordan played terrible against Folsom, but the Bulldogs had a lot to with it with their execution from beginning to end. I stated that based on records/rankings these teams were virtually even. The final score proves it. Hope you enjoyed your time at the Crusader Forum. Congratulations and good luck the rest of the way!
No they wouldn't have.
SHC is perfect proof that regular season means nothing in high school basketball. Just get hot at the right time, and boom miracles happen!
Riordan didnt underachieve. They will be on everybody's top tier next year. Most are coming back.
Your kidding right? Riordan extremely underachieved this year. I think part of the reason was Riny Riny not returning until halfway through league play, but still Riordan should have been an open team this year. They had arguably two of the best guards in the Bay Area on their team. They beat a ton of good teams before the regular season started, then something just went wrong.
I agree, Riordan will be top tier next year.......but that will be Clark and Monroe's senior years, so that is to be expected!
Chimae, Justice and Desean will be missed so I wouldn't order those WCAL championship banners yet.
That's a damn good accomplishment and they should be proud of that.
Will be interesting to see if SH can build on this next year.
The cousins, not Bryce and Je’Lani, will need to really work on their game and eat a ton of burritos (lol!) over the spring/summer to capably fill the departure of JT and DJ next season. Soph guards ,Hubbard and McPherson, showed promise and will add depth behind the dynamic duo. Incoming soph Sean Quanico has a nice offensive game and can shoot the 3. Dom Wilson was similar to DJ his jr year and will need to work on his low post game and defense. Will be interesting to see the rotation. Lots of work for the coaches and players as they assess this past season and map a strategy for next year. Looking forward to it! Are there more promising kids on the horizon? We shall see.
The only WCAL that was playing in D2 as well. Maybe not a coincidence. Good win, but the top 20 NorCal teams were in D1 and the Open.
WCAL maybe the best league in the Bay Area top to bottom.....It's the rest of the CCS I think is pretty much garbage.
Riiny and Chan plus they have another 6'8 kid coming next year should make that front court defensively formidable. For me Riiny does like being on the perimeter a bit too much. TBH Riordan can get outside shots from Clark and Monroe. They just need guys that can clean up the glass on both ends.
My way too early leaderboard next year has Mitty and Riordan as favorites. Returning Mitchell and POY Sapp is going to rival Monroe and Clark.
SH we'll see Jackson, McCoy, and Cheng. Will have replace two other key cogs in Flowers and McCormack. Lets see if MacKay can bring in some more beef from the East Bay.
Bellarmine wiil also be in the mix next year as well. Their JV team steamrolled everyone going undefeated the entire season @ 21-0!
Its Salesian, De La, Sheldon, Bishop O Dowd,Modesto Christian, Branson , Logan and all the other teams that still alive right now, time to shine! May the best teams win...let's represent at State...tough teams from SoCal coming down!
it wasn't a bad year. Or great year. It was just Ok. I will just leave it at that.
Also factor in Schneider, the dean of coaches in the WCAL and Bells will be right there again.
No I am not kiddn. They put together a nice team with early success. They were always going to be questionable in paint. The first league game v St. Francis was a misnomer. Their half-court pressure D looked great against a depleated SF guard base. Secondly, the question was always going to be how to incorporate all the talent (with a question mark with post). I said back in November this is a team built for school year 2019-2020. Question going forward all the back court talent they have (missing Udgay will hurt), how will they be able to have enough depth to play full-court pressure without tiring out their guards. They never were really successful with full-court pressure (just didnt have the depth) to cause chaos (ie Mission). Riordan scoring seemed to be a little more balanced at beginning of season. Simply going off box score, by end of year, they seemed to go to more individual ball (ie put pressure on guards to put em over top).
They finished just about where they should have. Not a bad season considering where program has been past 10 years.
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I think he should stay in his role and help mentor young coach. He has had his time. Not sure Riordan has formidable pipe-line to maintain after next year. Unless he works former magic and encourage some big men like Kately, Lowhorn and Tofi to enroll.
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