D1 Southwest Districts Preview
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The Sectional/District Tournament begins this week with action across the state. As part of the coverage, we will be previewing the different brackets. Today starts with Southwest Ohio in Division I. Southwest 1 Top Seeds: Fairmont, Sycamore, St. Xavier Possible…
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Continue ReadingThe Sectional/District Tournament begins this week with action across the state. As part of the coverage, we will be previewing the different brackets. Today starts with Southwest Ohio in Division I.
Southwest 1
Top Seeds: Fairmont, Sycamore, St. Xavier
Possible Sleeper: LaSalle- Don’t let the Lancers record fool you, they are a solid team at 5-15. A 2nd round matchup with St. X could be interesting as these two split the regular season meeting between the 2.
District Final: Sycamore over Fairmont- Sycamore’s size in Ben Southerland Ben Southerland 6'7" | PF Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | 2022 State #247 Nation OH and Raleigh Burgess Raleigh Burgess 6'10" | C Sycamore | 2024 State #130 Nation OH will be what ultimately ends the Firebirds historic season.
Southwest 4
Top Seeds: Centerville, Lakota East, Western Hills
Possible Sleeper: Lakota West- When you have the leading scorer in the GMC in Nate Dudukovich, you can’t count out the Firebirds. West is slated to face Lakota East, who has beaten West twice already this season. The Firebirds have spoiled brackets before, but East is a special team.
District Final: Centerville over Lakota East- East has the discipline and pace to compete with the Elks, but when you have a team with 3 guys that can score 20+ a night ( Gabe Cupps Gabe Cupps 6'1" | PG Centerville | 2023 State #80 Nation OH , Tom House Tom House 6'5" | SF Centerville | 2022 State OH , and Rich Rolf Rich Rolf 6'6" | PF Centerville | 2022 State OH ) and undefeated record, you can’t pick against them.
Southwest 2
Top Seeds: Elder, Wayne, Northmont
Possible Sleeper: Miamisburg- The Vikings have not been as great this season but have a favorable matchup with a young Northmont team that has beaten Burg twice already this season. Junior Jackson McGohan has been a difference maker with his athleticism and could challenge the young Bolts in their first round matchup.
District Final: Elder over Wayne- These guys played earlier in the year with the Panthers winning 53-48. Elder is senior heavy and has two great scoring guards in Sean Keller Sean Keller 5'11" | PG Elder | 2022 State OH and Andrew Harp Andrew Harp 6'5" | SF Elder | 2022 State OH . Wayne may have one of the best juniors in Lawrent Rice Lawrent Rice 6'4" | PG Huber Heights Wayne | 2023 State #184 Nation OH but it’s hard to beat Elder in the tournament.
Southwest 3
Top Seeds: Walnut Hills, Fairfield, Moeller
Possible Sleeper: Princeton- The Vikings play a tough schedule out in the GMC which prepares them for tournament. While they have some young pieces, they also have a Ohio State commit in Bowen Hardman Bowen Hardman 6'4" | SG Princeton | 2022 State OH . If the Vikings could find a way to get by Walnut Hills, they could setup a matchup with a Fairfield team potentially that they know well.
District Final: Fairfield over Walnut Hills- Walnut Hills has has such a great year and have proven to be one of CIncinnati’s best teams. But Fairfield has so much depth and great guard play it’s hard to not see this team finding themselves in the Regional tournament.