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Friday, March 1, 2013

League tournament predictions, day 5

The final day, lightning round, let's go:

Shoreline final - Valley Regional vs. Old Lyme
Rematch of two seasons ago, a great comeback by Old Lyme, which won in overtime against a heavily-favored Valley squad in a front of a sellout at Old Saybrook High.
The venue is now at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Regardless, valley is once again the big favorite, and this time, the Warriors get it done: Valley Regional

CCC final - Windsor vs. Glastonbury
At Bulkeley, things are coming together for Glastonbury at the right time behind big man Jordan Butler. But Windsor is healthy and playing well. And this is a tournament Windsor normally owns: Windsor.

ECC final - New London vs. NFA
At St. Bernard, not the final I would have expected a month ago. Then again, these two teams have always been among the upper echelon in this league, and New London has owned this tournament in recent years.
Therefore: New London.

Berkshire final: Northwestern vs. Terryville
Will the pressure get to the lone undefeated team in the state? I've seen Northwestern, this team is very experienced and won't fail tonight: Northwestern.


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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

League tournament predictions, day 4

Not too many games today, but one big one in particular:

NVL final - at Wilby
No. 1 Crosby vs. No. 2 Wilby, 7 p.m.: Two of the best games this season were between these two teams. Wilby won the first one in double overtime at home on Walter Wright's three-pointer; Tyshon Rogers held serve with a deciding basket in the final seconds of overtime just two weeks later.

I don't imagine how much better a third game would be. You know it will be up and down and points will be scored as everyone seems to have the green light. This has been Crosby's tournament since the start up until Watertown took the title a year ago.

The final is held at Wilby each year. This year, it will serve as a crucial home-court advantage: Wilby wins.

CCC semifinals at Bulkeley
Hartford Public vs. Glastonbury, 5 p.m.: Glastonbury
Windsor vs. East Hartford, 7 p.m.: A healthy Windsor squad is a very dangerous Windsor squad. And this is Windsor's time of year: Windsor

ECC semifinals
No. 1 Ledyard vs. No. 5 NFA: Is it Ledyard's time to be the top dog in the ECC? They get to find out on Friday: Ledyard
No. 2 Woodstock Academy vs. No. 3 New London: Woodstock has been one of the state's surprises, even getting some love in the top 10 earlier this season. But I don't think New London is ready to give up its stranglehold on the conference without a fight: New London


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Sunday, February 24, 2013

League tournament predictions - round two




Monday's action should be pretty good. We will see if the predictions are just as good:

SCC tournament semifinals - at East Haven
No. 2 Fairfield Prep vs. No. 3 Wilbur Cross, 6 p.m.: First matchup of the season between these two teams. Cross will try to be very physical with the Jesuits. Will be interesting to see how many shots Paschal Chukwu can block - and if he picks up fouls in the process. This game will be close, but Prep has more answers on offense: Prep by single digits.
No. 1 Hillhouse vs. No. 4 Notre Dame-West Haven, 7:45 p.m.: Notre Dame has had a couple of terrific comebacks the last two days - rallying to beat Amity in overtime in the quarterfinals Saturday (pictured above), falling short to Stratford in a makeup game Sunday. How much do the Green Knights have left? An upset under normal circumstances would be asking a lot - Hillhouse.

NVL tournament semifinals - at Wilby
No. 6 Watertown vs. No. 2 Wilby, 5 p.m.: Jon Mitchell and Ed Hill are two great players, but this is a tough spot for the defending champs against Walter Wright and Co. - Wilby.
No. 4 Wolcott vs. No. 1 Crosby, 7 p.m.: Wolcott's Mike Bozzuto vs. Crosby's Tyshon Rogers is your matchup of stars. But before Watertown won it last yera, Crosby owned this tournament: Crosby.

CCC tournament quarterfinals
#4 New Britain vs #5 Hartford Public at Bulkeley, 5 p.m.: New Britain in a close game
#1 Simsbury vs #8 Glastonbury at Bulkeley, 7 p.m.: It's been an impressive season for Simsbury, earning the top seed ahead of plenty of very solid programs. One of those is Glastonbury and Jordan Butler and Company move on by a whisker: Glastonbury.
#3 East Hartford vs #6 Bloomfield at Maloney, 5 p.m.: East Hartford loses Cane Broome to prep school and still is among the best programs in the CCC: East Hartford.
#2 Windsor vs #10 Newington at Maloney, 7 p.m.: Windsor is healthy now: Look out: Windsor.



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