Southwestern Buckeye League 2009-2010

[LLJJ]

Before Expectations get too high for Valley View, let us do some review.
2008-2009 League Average Stats of VV players that played in >50% of League games
SCORING: VV was second averaging 64.66 PPG and had the #2 & #6 ranked scorers, second to Franklin's 66.64
REBOUNDING: VV lead league and had the 1st, 3rd and 4th ranked rebounders, Eaton was second with the #7 & #13 ranked players
ASSISTS: VV was last, the highest ranked player was ranked 23rd of 52 players, Bellbrook was 1st with the 1st & 2nd ranked players
STEALS: VV was 6th(next to last), Oakwood was 1st
BLOCKED SHOTS: VV was 5th of 7
With these numbers, where would you expect the team to have finished in the league?
VV Finished 4-12 and the 3 of the victories were the last 3 games of the year
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Game #1------------------------------------------ Game #2
Brookville L 77-86 2OT- Blew 14 point lead in 4th Q------------ W 63-58
Oakwood L 74-88 Out scored by Oakwood 49-37 in 2nd half-- W 80-67
Bellbrook L 88-92 Out scored by BB 55-41 in second half------- W 78-75 OT
Franklin L 53-78-------------------------------------------- L 63-76
Milton U. L 54-59-------------------------------------------- L 58-63
Eaton L 59-63-------------------------------------------- W 63-45
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From last years team of the players that had varsity experience they lost:
Jaryd Brown
John Day
David Dupps
Lucas Donson
Adam Emrick
Jordan Jacobs
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Returning Players with Varsity Experience
Rick Denny
Kyle Pohl
Brandon Fox
And they have the same coach.
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In addition, as of the last count, they have a total of 13 players in the program, for both the Varsity & JV.
Folks, they have some serious work to do, I would be suprised if they finished as good as last year!
Many of the JV & Freshman players didn't try out and two players moved out of the district.
It will be an interesting season?

[bigair]

good point ll....the Fannin kid played as much varsity as any non starter and had good stats if I remember, I think he helped VV against Preble and Brookville, ...Great shot also. VV has had the talent so no one knows what to expect.

[justanopinion]

Originally Posted by bigair

good point ll....the Fannin kid played as much varsity as any non starter and had good stats if I remember, I think he helped VV against Preble and Brookville, ...Great shot also. VV has had the talent so no one knows what to expect.

That's true. He's a 3pt shooter and came in and hit 5 3pt shots against Preble and then never hardly saw the court again. That happened to several players. You're correct bigair, VV has had the talent. Maybe it's the coaching?

[EagleFan77]

Eaton wins by 10. Eaton has displayed some really good defense so far in the pre-season. We have more athleticism than we have had in the past and are able to apply some pretty good pressure. I was also impressed with improved patience on offense. An area that we need to expose and take advantage of is transition offense. When you have a 6'5" guard that rebounds well, get down the floor! Outlets need to be at half court, not trying to circle in behind.

[BlessEmAll]

Yea the SW Division is a Football conference. Outside of Bellbrook and maybe Oakwood, the SWBL SW looks mediocre. Milton has a new coach and very little returning talent. I look for the Dogs to win maybe 5 to 7 games overall. They'll be bringing up the rear in the SW Division. I look for the SW Division to end up something like this.

1. Bellbrook
2. Eaton
3. Oakwood
4. Franklin
5. Brookville
6. Valley View
7. Milton-Union

[ohiolonghorn]

Originally Posted by justanopinion

That's true. He's a 3pt shooter and came in and hit 5 3pt shots against Preble and then never hardly saw the court again. That happened to several players. You're correct bigair, VV has had the talent. Maybe it's the coaching?

We get it, you don't like the coach..lol

[justanopinion]

Originally Posted by ohiolonghorn

We get it, you don't like the coach..lol

Longhorn,

I like the coach; I don't like his results. I think LLJJ made some good points don't you?

[ohiolonghorn]

I don't think so much as good points as just plain fact...and definately don't set expectations to high. Not sure about the number of kids, sounds kinda low. Going to go watch the scrimmage tomorrow night, get a good count then.

[justanopinion]

Originally Posted by ohiolonghorn

I don't think so much as good points as just plain fact...and definately don't set expectations to high. Not sure about the number of kids, sounds kinda low. Going to go watch the scrimmage tomorrow night, get a good count then.

Facts are important. I wonder if those "facts" mean anything to the A.D.? The number of kids sounds very low Enjoy the scrimmage Longhorn.

[EagleFan77]

Originally Posted by BlessEmAll

Yea the SW Division is a Football conference. Outside of Bellbrook and maybe Oakwood, the SWBL SW looks mediocre. Milton has a new coach and very little returning talent. I look for the Dogs to win maybe 5 to 7 games overall. They'll be bringing up the rear in the SW Division. I look for the SW Division to end up something like this.

1. Bellbrook
2. Eaton
3. Oakwood
4. Franklin
5. Brookville
6. Valley View
7. Milton-Union

Blessem, I think your pretty close on the rankings, here is my shot.
1. Bellbrook - brings back more varsity experience than any other team plus good young talent
2. Franklin - lost a lot but very good young talent
3. Eaton - Jackson, Strueing, French and Mooremier are starters coming back with a couple of Juniors in Woods and Bryant that will be able to step in and make an impact.
4. Oakwood - lost a lot - not sure of who is returning
5. Valley View - has the talent to win the league, can they get some chemistry?
6. Brookville - almost graduated everyone from last year's team.
7. Milton Union - lost their best talent to graduation