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State Game Day - schedule, Thursday Feb. 19

Springer had 22 including 10 in the two overtimes. The winning free throw was made with three seconds left in the second overtime by Colt reserve Garrett Jackson, who was in the game because two starters had fouled out. Devonte Eason led Tucson with 15. Tre Hill had 14. Jalen Holman had 13 for Buena. Riley Adams put the game into the first overtime with a three with 5 seconds left in regulation. Springer put the game into the second overtime after making 2 of 3 free throws with two seconds left after being fouled while shooting a three. Ouch.

You can see highlight clips on their Facebook page.

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1738807 (Recap)

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1738909 (Analysis)

great Q&A as playoffs tip off...

I thought it was interesting what he said about the end of his HS career hitting him during the last few practices. That is a good motivating thing to talk about with players as they continue on through the tournament. Being one of two teams still practicing before the final dance is a pretty surreal feeling.

Q&A with Dobson's Mike Mellinger

OK,... two more weeks to go!

REMEMBER! 15 picks... Perrymans finally got it right.. but Lucas didnt LOL... 13 picks.. nice. smh cost you two L's

deadline will be Thurs Feb 19 by 4p..


FEB 19

Div1

Apollo @ Desert Ridge
North @ Chavez
Westview @ Brophy
Horizon @ Red Mountain
Highland @ Basha
Chandler @ Pinnacle
Desert Mountain @ Perry
Dobson @ Boulder Creek


Div2

Sunrise Mt @ CatFoothills
McClintock @ Sunnyside
Marcos de Niza @ Saguaro
Pueblo @ Sahuaro
Moon Valley @ Tempe
Seton Catholic @ Nogales
Cactus Shadows @ Arcadia
Tucson @ Buena


GOOD LUCK.




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Brutal ending for one team.



Doh!

I will post my loc-tite picks later today or tomorrow.

Who are you going with?



Friday D3/4 State Schedule

We have a ton of stuff coming to the site, to be announced within the next few weeks.

Division 2, Section IV


Boys Basketball All-Section Teams


Player of the Year: Cameron Satterwhite, Gilbert Christian HS 18.5ppg, 5rpg


Coach of the Year: Dave Stark, Marcos De Niza HS


First Team


Amiri Chukwuemeka (Jr.), McClintock HS 25.4ppg, 4.4apg


Emanuel Gant (Sr.), Tempe HS 17.2ppg, 5.8rpg


Delano Jones (Sr.), Tempe HS 21.8ppg, 2.7apg


Jake Rueter (Jr.), Seton Catholic Prep 15ppg, 4.2apg


Sean Wood (Sr.), Marcos De Niza HS 16.5ppg, 10.2rpg


Malique Washington (Jr.), McClintock HS 18.6ppg, 5.7rpg


Second Team


Isaiah Easaw (Sr.), Campo Verde HS 15.6ppg, 4.5rpg


Wyatt Lowell (Jr.), Williams Field HS 15.5ppg, 9.5rpg


Mason Stark (Soph.), Marcos De Niza HS 15.2ppg, 3.2rpg


Mitch Lightfoot (Jr.), Gilbert Christian HS 19ppg, 9.5rpg


JaShawn Brown (Sr.), Tempe HS 12ppg, 4.3rpg


Nate Graville (Jr.), Gilbert Christian HS 10ppg, 7rpg


Honorable Mention










Todd Battle(Sr.), McClintock


Josh Brewer(Sr.), McClintock


Bryce Gilbert(So.), Higley


Lawsen Owens(So.), Higley


Aaron Rhymes(Jr.), Coronado


Braden Pixley(Jr.), Coronado


Adrian Crespin(Sr.), Coronado


William Hietter(Sr.), Seton Catholic Prep


Nik Thomas(Sr.), Seton Catholic Prep


Konrad Eze(Sr.), Seton Catholic Prep


Troy Youngman(Sr.), Seton Catholic Prep


Johnny Johnson(Sr.), Maricopa


Josh Johnson(Fr.), Maricopa


Benji Rios-Lazo(Sr.), Queen Creek


Braxton Smith(So.), Queen Creek

Christian Anderson(Sr.),[/B] Poston Butte




Preston Anderson(Jr.), Poston Butte



Devin Shorter(Sr.), Poston Butte



Cameron Stark(Jr.), Marcos De Niza



Chris Wright (So.), Marcos De Niza



Bryan Battle (So.), Marcos De Niza



Tyler Mohney(Sr.), Williams Field



Tyrin James(Sr.), Williams Field



Brandon Wittaker(Jr.), Campo Verde



Alex Elias(Jr.), Campo Verde



Andy Valadez(Sr.), Campo Verde



Bilal Muhammad(Jr.), Tempe



Kalun White(Sr.), Tempe

Trey Holley(Sr.),[/B] Tempe

Tony Licavoli(Jr.),[/B] Gilbert Christian









Gunner James(Jr.), Apache Junction


All Academic Team


Jonathan Magnus(Sr.), Seton Catholic Prep


Gatlin McBride(Sr.), Queen Creek


Andres Parra(Sr.), Poston Butte


Matt Wepprecht(Jr.), Coronado


Sergio Mayorga(Jr.), Tempe


Eric Johnson(Sr.), Maricopa


Amir Dedic(Jr.), Campo Verde


Marcos Nido(Jr.), Marcos De Niza


Malique Washington(Jr.), McClintock


Andrew Frndsen(Sr.), Gilbert Christian


Jose Robaledo(Jr.), Apache Junction


Marshall Thompson(Sr.), Williams Field


Bryce Gilbert(So.), Higley

Twelve of the 14 coaches in Division I Section IV met yesterday to recognize student athletes for their outstanding performance in the 2014-15 boys' basketball season. Because our section is so large (14 teams), our coaches chose to expand our All-Section teams to include 9 players each. This year's recipients are listed below (all names listed alphabetically):

Co-Player of the Year: Kaveon Moore, Sr., Independence
Co-Player of the Year: Marcus Shaver, So., St. Mary's
Coach of the Year: Gary Lee, Chavez

First team
Marco Gamez, Sr., North
Rashaad Goolsby, Chavez
Kevin Mack, Jr., Fairfax
Donavan McCleary, Sr., Alhambra
Obi Megwa, Sr., Central
Famoun Miller, Sr., Central
Nick Peace, Sr., Carl Hayden
Jon Rivera, Sr., St. Mary's
Thomas Smith, Sr., Chavez

Second Team
Torey Blevins, Jr., North
Donald Carter, So., Chavez
Storme Donahue, Sr., Westview
Ebenezer Hakizimana, Jr., Tolleson
Nick Hill, Jr., Trevor Browne
Jerome Jeffcoat, Sr., Maryvale
Tarion May, Sr., Chavez
Donavin Rusk, Sr., Central
Isaiah Walton, Jr., St. Mary's

Honorable Mention
Kamil Arogundade, Millennium
Favon Irelan, Sr., Independence
Isaiah McGriff, Jr., North
Dominic Rhymes, Jr., Carl Hayden
Delaney Roach, Sr., Central
Dominic Sesma, Sr., Westview
Michael Stewart, Sr., Camelback

Check out their season highlights

Marvin

Markus

Coming later today. Keep them coming - email them in to us.

Heard he was at the La Joya game last week.

I miss the Knick jacket and cap.

Section 1 All Selection

COY - Ryne Holstrom - Boulder Creek

POY - Rees Plummer - Deer Valley

1st Team
Holland Woods - Apollo
Nick Johnson - Boulder Creek
Matt Downey - Boulder Creek
Nick Allen - Willow Canyon
Edward Hardt - Deer Valley
Ilunga Moise - Raymond S. Kellis

2nd Team
Dre Marin - Apollo
Austin Laborin - Centennial
Brandon Dixon - Liberty
Dane Maggi - Sunnyslope
Matt Edahl - Liberty
Elijah Dedrick - Valley Vista

Honorable Mention
Raymond S. Kellis: Kyle Irwin
Valley Vista: Jordan Charbonneau and Guy Mickens
Mountain Ridge: Sebu Dzobo and Jared Rodriguez
Boulder Creek: Hunter White and Justin Braun
Centennial: Daniel Smithand Moses Dembariex
Apollo: Carson Taylor and Jeff Perez
Sandra Day O'Connor: D.J. Bussey and Alec Santos
Willow Canyon: Kyle Goggans
Liberty: Mo Archer and Jacob Svorinic

Academic
Deer Valley: Andrew Clark
Apollo: Danny Babadzhanov
Raymond S. Kellis: Camrin Taylor
Sunnyslope: Reuben Nach
Liberty: Kyle Hinton
Valley Vista: Guy Mickens
Mountain Ridge: Eli Lopez
Centennial: Cole Howard
Sandra O'Connor: Jerron Orr
Boulder Creek: Matt Downey
Willow Canyon: Dvonne Walker

POY, 1st and 2nd teams are listed in the order in which they were voted.



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D1

1. Corona 6-0
2. DV 5-0
3. Pinnacle 6-2
4. Chap 6-2
5. Perry 7-1
6. Gilbert 6-1
7. Mesa 9-0
8. Central 8-0
9. Mesa Mountain View 5-2
10. Red Mountain 5-2

D2-Tough group to rank:

1. Shadow Mountain 7-2-team to beat
2. Cholla 8-1-outstanding year so far
3. Tempe 4-2-Only hiccups @Arcadia & Regis Jesuit (CO)
4. Gilbert Christian 5-2--still talented team-big test @Tock this week
5. Nogales 8-2-loss to Cholla-surpirse team of year so far
6. Sunnyside 9-2-loss to Nogales & Cholla
7. PV 6-2-loss to Shadow & Perry-good losses
8. Cienega 6-1-ony loss @IR
9. Buena 6-1-Respectable loss @Cienega
10. Moon Valley 5-2-Cactus Shadows game will be telling this week.

8 Others: Cactus Shadows 6-2, Cat Foot 6-3, Pueblo 7-1, Sahuaro 6-1, Tucson 7-2, Tock 6-2, Arcadia 4-4, Moon Valley 5-2


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The top 24 ranked teams make it to state, but sectional winners are in no matter what their final rankings are.

So, if you are on the Bubble in DII you have some issues, especially if you are not playing any more.

In D2S1 No. 41 Coco takes on Flag. If Coco wins they are in and bumps out a top 24 team.

In D2S3 Agua Fria comes in at No. 32, and if they beat La Joya they are in and bumps out a top 24 team.

And in D2S7 No. 26 Cibola takes on No. 45 Gila Ridge - that knocks someone out.

After all the number crunching after sectionals the current final 3-4 spots are on thin ice; 21 Seton, 22 Cactus Shadows, 23 'tock, 24 Rincon. I don't think any of these teams are left playing in sectionals.



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Let's get this party started.

State Bracket Show

Some D1 action on Friday (the 13th), but most of the second round sectionals land on Valentine's Day. Could Saturday be another day of upsets. It could get ugly - in a good way. Tempe vs. GC has big time written all over it. Nogales vs. Cienega - ouga douga.

From this...


to this...




Friday the 13th and a Valentine's Day

Going with the favorites:

Mesa
Chaparral
Cesar Chavez
Corona

Bound to be an upset...

Friday the 13th - D1 Supers Pick'em

It appears to me that regardless of how D1 sectionals play out - the Top 24 currently ranked teams would make it to state.

Is this a safe assumption? Or could a lower ranked team move up based on the formula if they played one of the teams still standing, etc.?

I can never figure this out, and I use to be a rocket scientist.



DI Power Rankings and State