WBAL Update

[TheHillZ]

Battle of league unbeatens last night as Priory hosted Pinewood in front of a raucous crowd. It didn't go well for the home team. The final was Pinewood 72 Priory 42.

Katherine Garr and Jo Lin Ding were the offensive guns for Pinewood, and it played rock solid team defense. Natalie Neumann hit 5 threes for Priory who was without Cal Poly signee Carmela Fontes (wrist). Fontes' absence was especially notable, as Pinewood drove at will for a series of uncontested layups to blow the game open.

Pinewood improves to 12-4 (5-0). Priory falls to 9-8 (3-1). I had thought Priory was a CCS open candidate this year, but it's not looking that way right now.

 

[bunnyhopninja]

The margin of defeat was surprising. Gotta give Doc a lot of credit. He did a great job of shutting down Priory’s key players last night. Garr was a presence in the paint and from 3 not to mention a defensive juggernaut. Most of Neumann’s threes came during garbage time when the game was out of reach. First half when the game was somewhat close was marred by turnovers and forced shots by Priory. Agree not looking like a CCS Open team.

 

[colhenrylives]

Battle of league unbeatens last night as Priory hosted Pinewood in front of a raucous crowd. It didn't go well for the home team. The final was Pinewood 72 Priory 42.

Katherine Garr and Jo Lin Ding were the offensive guns for Pinewood, and it played rock solid team defense. Natalie Neumann hit 5 threes for Priory who was without Cal Poly signee Carmela Fontes (wrist). Fontes' absence was especially notable, as Pinewood drove at will for a series of uncontested layups to blow the game open.

Pinewood improves to 12-4 (5-0). Priory falls to 9-8 (3-1). I had thought Priory was a CCS open candidate this year, but it's not looking that way right now.

When in doubt, the CCS seeding group will prefer to lard its Open Division with private/parochials. That's the beauty of the Open Division; it's the perfect mechanism for protecting the publics from the limitless geographic enrollment reach of the non-publics. Priory has not lost to a Bay Area public.

 

[letsski]

When in doubt, the CCS seeding group will prefer to lard its Open Division with private/parochials. That's the beauty of the Open Division; it's the perfect mechanism for protecting the publics from the limitless geographic enrollment reach of the non-publics. Priory has not lost to a Bay Area public.

As it stands right now, I don't see how CCS can exclude Branham and Los Gatos.

 

[TheHillZ]

Current thinking on CCS Open. Pretty easy right now.

Mitty
SHC (unless it drops a non-Mitty WCAL game)
Pinewood
Los Gatos (lost to Pinewood)
Riordan (swept St. Francis, played SHC tough twice)
Branham (lost to Los Gatos)
St. Francis (won at SI but could drop below them with loss in rematch)
St. Ignatius (split with Riordan)

Two other publics to consider:

Evergreen (15-5, several losses without star. Split with Branham but they play once more, and Evergreen could win Branham's spot by running the table)

Alisal (had a one point loss to Hollister that hurt, If it wins rematch, it will finish 22-2 but with lousy SOS. I hope they don't get stuck in Open, especially as an 8 seed)

 

[Streak One]

Current thinking on CCS Open. Pretty easy right now.

Mitty
SHC (unless it drops a non-Mitty WCAL game)
Pinewood
Los Gatos (lost to Pinewood)
Riordan (swept St. Francis, played SHC tough twice)
Branham (lost to Los Gatos)
St. Francis (won at SI but could drop below them with loss in rematch)
St. Ignatius (split with Riordan)

Two other publics to consider:

Evergreen (15-5, several losses without star. Split with Branham but they play once more, and Evergreen could win Branham's spot by running the table)

Alisal (had a one point loss to Hollister that hurt, If it wins rematch, it will finish 22-2 but with lousy SOS. I hope they don't get stuck in Open, especially as an 8 seed)

Pretty spot on and good analysis.