NCS Matchups ....Who You Got?

[djgaucho]

D1 Championship
Monte Vista vs. De La Salle
Can MV do it again under the pressure of finals.......Del La is rolling now

Monte Vista wins by 3 MV 50 De La 47


D2

El Cerroto vs Montgomery
El Cerrito is fast athletic deep and high flying vs tough defense and steady shooting of Montgomery
Don't like this matchup for Ec upset alert upset alert!!! Ec weakness is teams with a big man and strong zone defense Monty just might get it done.Monty's weakness is handling full court press which is El Cerrito's bread and butter.If Ec can pull the bigman from underneath the basket on defense they should win if not it will be a long night for Ec.
Montgomery 52 El Cerrito 51

D3
Bishop O'dowd vs Moreau Catholic
The game of the tournament I think this is closer than most people think. These teams kinda mirror one another these kids all know each other but the difference is the big man Rabb. Moreau I think MC will stay close and give Odowd it's best challenge of all the teams in the area but Odowd wins by 10.I like Moreau as 2nd best team in the NCS.

BOD 76 Moreau Cath 66

D4

Cardinal Newman vs Marin Cath

Honestly don't know much about either in Basketball .This is always a great matchup in football .from hearing you guys I'm going with Cardinal they seem like the real deal as oppose to Marin who seems to be on a Cinderella run. CN wins big

Cardinal Newman 70 Marin 55

D5

Help!???? (Crickets) ?????

 

[ball of fame]

D1

De La Salle wins by 8..They are playing their best ball and they have a chip on their shoulder. MV has owned them last two years. They wont be denied

D2

El Cerrito causes too many problems for Monty. They play man to man(My advice to Fitchie ZONE) Lack of depth for MONTY will cost them just like it did against CN. EC by 12

D3

BOD enough said. Austin can handle pressure. MC will have to shoot lights out to have a chance. Frayer must stay out of foul trouble. Odowd by 15

D4

Remember MC is only team to beat Bishop Montgomery this year. Their soph Joey Calterra is the real deal. They have size and depth. MC by 6

D5

Stuart Hall will beat University again. They have a super star in Armani Collins.. Scratching my head on why a USF, SC, SJS St has signed this kid. SH by 10

 

[larry legend33]

There are some great matchups here. Some really contrasting styles. I've seen every team at least 1 in person and most of them several times.

D1
MV vs DLS- I went to see DLS and SRV last night. I wasn't all that impressed with either teams performance but DLS played super hard and got a great game from some role players like soph (Udendi) and of course Ratinho pulled through. Ratinho missed a ton of shots so I have to figure he isn't going to shoot that bad against MV. I like DLS in this one. Everybody is talking about how MV has there number. Ok they beat DLS. I get it. But one game was 2OT and the other was 3 pts. Both of those games could have gone the other way. I say in this game it does go the other way.

DLS 49
MV 46

D2
Monty and EC- On paper EC is a 10+ pt favorite. But something tells me Monty is going to hang around. They held a high scoring Dublin team to under 50. They don't make mistakes and have a 6"11 big guy who has started to pick up some real WCC interest. EC has better players and athletes. If its called close and touchy major edge to Monty. They don't miss FT. Big kid can really shoot. Still I think EC is a little too much.

EC 62
Monty 59

D3
Odowd is just too good. If Moreau can get within 10 I would be surprised.

BOD 75
Moreau 62


D4
Big time Catholic school powers from North Bay. Few teams are peaking like Newman and MC. MC is really playing well. Newman will have to step it up to win this one. Game winner by Newman soph wallace.

Newman 55
MC 54