Comments on: East Bay boys basketball poll — 2/7

By: nuntown

nuntown — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:45:30 +0000

As I said in post #3, if they come out sloppy they’re going to lose. That’s exactly what happened. They need to stop turning the ball over and play better defense, otherwise, American and NM will roll over them.

By: Prep Fan

Prep Fan — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:54:09 +0000

They did lose to Logan last night. The game vs. Newark is for all the marbles.

By: MVAL fan

MVAL fan — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:28:44 +0000

kennedy has played nobody. & got lucky beating newark at there place. i was at the game & it was obviously clear that the ref’s were callin everything in favor of kennedy.. i hope they dont lose to logan tonight because if they dont they dont have a chance to beat newark again. Andrews & norris wont let that happen again

By: Prep Fan

Prep Fan — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:15:13 +0000

re: post #12, Oh I know LL is much better off in D2 than D3. My point was that they are the smallest of all the D2 schools. Big game Friday vs. DV.

By: Gdog

Gdog — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:11:11 +0000

SRV while a very good team would do well to play someone in the preseason. They have a weak non-league schedule and I think that hurts them. Plus no team ranked above you has a loss even close to as bad as the Cal loss. In all the quality/depth of the top 10 teams is very good and no shame in being 10 at this point in the season. Only team that is ranked way to high is St Joe’s. Not a Top 10 team IMO. One very good win but a few questionable losses to be ranked that high.

By: redandblue2

redandblue2 — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:36:54 +0000

Get a life Doc! The simple reality is that all the private schools listed higher than SRV are flat out better than they are. No shame there. SRV is a good team; the loss to a mediocre Cal was a killer however. If you remember, SRV was ranked 3rd in the opening poll the first week of January, higher than St Joe’s & DLS. Their drop in the rankings is a direct result of their play, nothing more. I guarantee the CCTimes sportswriters know far more than you and see more games than you as well to be informed enough to vote in this poll.

The discussion of public vs private has been beaten to death; it is what it is.

The good news is that the playoffs are just around the corner and they will be able to prove themselves. Having seem SRV play, a good team can expose them by sagging on Tollefson and forcing Giusti to lead the team. Neutralize these two and its up to Marvin et al to carry the team.

Bottom line DOC is quit whining, enjoy the game and your team and hope for the best; the polls will take care of themselves if they win.

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:46:56 +0000

On sale now.

http://www.ibabuzz.com/prepcorner/2011/02/08/tickets-for-odowd-castro-valley-part-duex/

By: CV Fan

CV Fan — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:17:31 +0000

When do the CV-O’Dowd tickets for next weeks game go on sale???

By: THE DOC

THE DOC — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:12:36 +0000

Even as the last responder noted SRV or San Ramon Valley hoops squad is rated higher by several other sources. I do not care about ratings unless they are nonsensical. There exists a life skills axiom that cheaters never win and winners never cheat so why is Salesian rated above SRV. All six of you prep sportwriters should visit one of our games. Let me explain our football team which granted takes 22 players to compete as opposed to the minimum 5 required for basketball was ranked higher by the same six prep sports writers that have our basketball team hovering around tenth this year in ratings. We at SRV have gone into De La Salle (DLS) the last two years and beaten them. Granted and I fully acknowledge that they have beaten us in our house this year and last when we played our home games at Monte Vista as well as two playoff games last year at the St Mary’s venue (both when we missed last second shots.) But we at SRV have lost one game to Cal High at our new gym when they finished everything they attempted and we played without the intensity that we needed for the entire game though we fought back furiously to lose by a single point. Granted SRV suffers from entitlement issues and all of our student /athletes will need to play each game in the moment and with intensity especially if we are so fortunate to face Castro Valley or DLS in the NCS playoffs but I say all that to simply ask why are we ranked so low behind Catholic Schools who maybe powerhouses in the respective divisions but do not play D-1 schools at least twice a week and in the case of Salesian rated higher than us they have had to forfeit several games this year–have they not. Again, I am frustrated and feel slighted by the six prep sports writers that continue to vote us below private schools who do not have the same rules to recruit, practice, and participate by as we do in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. I appeal to the all six writers that make the poll to visit our games during the playoffs and check our body of work over the last two years as mentioned we @ SRV have lost a single game in some 55 games to a public school and have 5 blemishes to private schools during that span with four being to a well-coached DLS program. The other loss was also by a single point last year to St. Mary’s of Berkeley, I think. Again, just to come full circle with my complaint–why are we rated so low to private schools in lower divisions who do not play DLS as we do at least twice a year?!? I guarantee you prep sports writers @ the CoCo Times that DLS is not concerned with Salesian or Bishop O’Dowd or St. Joseph and we @ SRV welcome such challenges, as well! In short, get your ratings straight by viewing our games in the EBAL. May this comment be taken with the highest regard for sportsmanship and organized, NCS, high school, basketball competition. Admittedly, it is the final poll that counts but even last year when we at SRV were 28-4 with three loses to DLS you(prep sports writers dropped us in the polls.) This is my cry for equity by calling you on your ratings!

By: Football Watcher

Football Watcher — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:03:54 +0000

Prep Fan,

LL wants to stay in D2 trust me. Go to Cal preps and look at the difference between the top NCS D2 teams and D3. Clearly the easiest NCS division to win this year and last is D2.