Monday Playoff Games to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monday night the state tournament begins!&nbsp; In the smaller classes of 1A and 2A a lot of teams will play regional quarterfinal contests.&nbsp; Smaller number of games in 3A and 4A with those being the lower seeded teams, but there are still some exciting prospects to watch!&nbsp; Here we examine the best games of the night to pay attention to.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><u>1A</u></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lycee Francias de Chicago vs Providence St. Mel</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Make sure you get a chance to check out one of top freshman scorers this season [player_tooltip player_id='2531972' first='Bonheur' last='Balita'] for Lycee Francias.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><u>2A</u></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Carlyle vs Trenton Wesclin</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fun southern Illinois first game here with a pair of really good small college prospects in Carlyle post [player_tooltip player_id='2723851' first='Matthew' last='Guthrie'] and Trenton Wesclin sharp shooter [player_tooltip player_id='1548328' first='Chandler' last='Mueller'].&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2383992' first='Bryce' last='Haar'] is a sophomore to keep tabs on for Wesclin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nashville vs Breese Mater Dei</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Couple of small school powers match up in the quarterfinals.  Junior shooting guard [player_tooltip player_id='1552415' first='Maddox' last='Ritzel'] is that dude for Nashville as he is a bucket! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><u>3A</u></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Danville vs Bloomington</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Danville senior backcourt of Jayvaughn Robinson and [player_tooltip player_id='2724394' first='CL' last='Dye'] will lead the way with their top prospect being 2028 post [player_tooltip player_id='2395586' first='Amir' last='Beasley'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sacred Heart Griffin vs Jacksonville</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We saw SHG recently and they are young, but so talented led by sophomores [player_tooltip player_id='2446278' first='Tereik' last='Hurd'], [player_tooltip player_id='2455399' first='Myles' last='Montgomery'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2532352' first='Terrion' last='Wallace'].&nbsp; Long and rangy wing Zion [player_tooltip player_id='2403249' first='Lee' last=''] provides defense and size on the perimeter.&nbsp; The backcourt for Jacksonville has some juice with senior lead guard [player_tooltip player_id='2105187' first='Amaree' last='Burries'] and junior two guard [player_tooltip player_id='2323273' first='Masen' last='Johnson']!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><u>4A</u></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Oswego vs Plainfield Central</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>First playoff game for freshman phenom [player_tooltip player_id='2125627' first='Ethan' last='Vahl'].&nbsp; The smooth scoring two guard will have a lot of these in his future with his big time long term potential.&nbsp; Senior [player_tooltip player_id='2105178' first='Dasean' last='Patton'] is a big time small college wing prospect!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Shepard vs Stagg</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Shepard has a twin tower duo inside with senior [player_tooltip player_id='2815549' first='Jovan' last='Thomas'] and freshman [player_tooltip player_id='2632093' first='Amari' last='Williams'].&nbsp; Thomas is a bruising five at 6'9” that small colleges and JUCOs should be all over.&nbsp; Williams is one of the best freshman posts in state.&nbsp; Big bodied combo forward Yusef Jarad is worth a look at the small college level for Stagg.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->