Stoddard County basketball previews, basketball tournament brackets

Thanks Dustin for these brackets!

It might be a goofy question to some but why does the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th have a round robin to play for 1st in the Farmington tournament? I would put the 1st, 3rd, and 5th ranked in that round robin since those are the championship matches. Put 2nd against 7th, and 4th against 6th, and sort it out that way. Just me though, I guess.

My guess is because if it was an eight-team bracket the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds would play in the semifinals and the No. 1 seed would play the winner of a quarterfinal between the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds.

You sort of preserve those matchups with the exception of the No. 7 seed, which would play the No. 2 seed if it was a normal bracket.

Hey Dustin,

Would you please post the girls side of the Lady Bulldog Classic?

Thanks

NikeElite

None of the teams in the girls bracket are from my coverage area. As a result, I don't have a girls bracket.

Dustin

I just seen the Woodland Vs Delta score 114/21 Come on.. Is there any reason to run a score up that much. You beat a team by 92 points I have no rooting interest for either team. I know I know I'll get crap from Woodland fans saying the usual. We put in our second string. We didn't press. What are we supposed to stop shooting And all the other excuses that the winning team will say. But really there is ways for the winning coach to control this whipping. I just wish MSHSAA would step. Create something like in baseball with their ten run rule. Make it a 40 or 50 point rule. In the 3rd quarter once a team leads by 50 then the game is over. 40 points in the 4th the game is over You win. Why should the team on the losing end have to continue to face humiliation by chasing the winning team up and down the court so winning teams fans can cheer when they score yet another basket

Bobmar-I like the idea of the +50/+40. The only problem with that is that there's always a record to break-and hardly any records are broken in the 1st half. Perhaps they should quit inviting Delta, it is an invitational after all. I hate to say that-because it sounds like its punishment to Delta but they haven't TRULY competed in this tournament for a long time. If anyone has any better ideas-lets here em

I've heard this argument many times with Scott County Central, Bell City in its best years in the last 20 years, Bernie in the early 1990s and Dexter the late 1990s.

I respect the unique position of Woodland. The seed meeting for the Southeast Missouri Christmas Tournament hasn't taken place. Woodland may have its best team in school history, but I don't think they've been seeded in the Top 8 of that tournament in the last decade. No idea if they are trying to present a strong resume or not.

To be honest, I've never been a fan of the don't play four quarters argument (especially in the first week of the season).

Nevertheless, I value your opinion bobmar2013.

On a side note Meadow Heights is likely better than a No. 4 seed. But it's hard to criticize the seedings up north when you see what has happened down yonder at Gideon with a 1, 5, 6 and 7 seed in the semifinals.

I agree Dustin, seedings in early sseason tournaments are a crap shoot at best. But after this weekend we will have a better take on some of these teams. Alot of good semi final games tonight, in several tournaments .

Kids are not bothered by this sort of thing. They wake up the next morning and life goes on. It's often the adults who make situations like this worse. If the kids were that worried about it they would not be so bad at the game of basketball. The flip side of that is most know it's just a game and that life will go on.

If a coach is purposefully trying to run up the score by leaving his best players in the game for the duration and still pressing in the 4th quarter or even 3rd quarter(depending on the margin) then that maybe needs to be addressed by school administration from a sportsmanship point of view. But this idea that Varsity aged kids are humiliated by getting beat that badly is wrong. Besides, a little humiliation every now and then is a good thing because our kids need to learn to deal with adversity. Getting blasted by a wide margin is peanuts compared to losing a loved one or some other unfortunate fact of life that will occur in all of our lives.

-- Posted by jwhitlock on Thu, Dec 4, 2014, at 9:35 AM

jwhitlock, I can tell you for a fact that kids are affected by lopsided scores like that....I agree with pulling starters and not pressing, and if it ends that way so be it. You can't tell your bench players not to play hard or not to shoot. And I'm a big believer in failure will make you stronger. But in the grand scheme of things, high school kids are just that; kids. College and professional, run it down their throat. But not in high school.

I disagree with your first statement. Of course there is always exceptions to the rule. But by and large I don't buy into it. I can see where it could possibly make a kid mad in that moment or right after the game, but the next morning these kids wake up and life goes on. I just don't buy into it. To me, humiliation has a negative impact on a kid over a pro-longed period of time. Now understand what I'm saying. I'm not advocating the running up of a score in an unsportsmanlike manner at all. I'm just saying the kids get over those situations pretty quickly. Just my opinion.

Did you ever play jwhitlock? Have you ever talked to a kid who got drummed like that?....Don't get me wrong, I totally think we are becoming a nation of sissies and it starts in junior high and high school. But demoralizing a high school basketball team like that is wrong 99% of the time.

I agree with you BonScott If I coached and was on the losing end of these type of games. The type like last nights game not a 30 or 40 points lost. I would have my guys sit Indian style in a circle on the middle of the court and let the opponents score as much as they wanted until the clock ran out. Then if somebody from the winning team did break a scoring record everybody would know that the points scored was not truly earn

Bon, We're not that far off from agreeing, I don't think.

Bob, although the site of kids sitting down would be funny, I would rather see kids who were able to fight to the end, regardless of the circumstance.

But jwhitlock the fight is over once you're down by 40 to 50 points That's why in boxing Refs stop fights once a fighter has had enough.They don't make him stand there and take more punishment while the crowd roots for more. To me there is no good reason to continue a basketball game once the winning team is far enough a head that there is no way the losing team is going to rally back to win So until coaches forget about their ego and learn to throttle down their offense which can be done because I've seen some of the better coaches do just that I'm for a mercy rule in high school basketbal

I don't agree with a mercy rule what so ever. Although I do agree with coaches checking their egos at the door when their teams are that much better.

No doubt, Bon. That's exactly what I say as well.

Bob I understand your point. Just disagree with regards to giving up. I can't see giving up in a basketball game being an option unless health is at risk.

Bernie 46, Twin Rivers 39 Final