{"id":115388,"date":"2019-03-25T05:58:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=115388"},"modified":"2019-03-25T05:58:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:58:53","slug":"monday-mailbag-march-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/03\/25\/monday-mailbag-march-25-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: March 25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag includes questions about Crestview and the State Tournament, and the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How do you think Crestview would have done against St. Henry? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I saw St. Henry once this year and thought they looked very worthy of a No. 3 ranking. They were such a physical team and I wondered if they\u2019d give the Knights trouble if they met.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How could a team ranked No. 1 have lost by 20 in the finals? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: It just wasn\u2019t a good matchup for Berlin Hiland. I think the Hawks were an outstanding basketball team and they certainly deserved to be in Columbus. But in the end, they were just outmanned by Crestview. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Do you think Crestview\u2019s one loss in the regular season was a benefiit in the run to the state title? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: If anything, it probably took off some of the pressure of being an undefeated team in Columbus, but I\u2019m not convinced that type of pressure would have bothered this team. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Q: A lot of people have been talking about the Richmond Heights kid who wouldn\u2019t shake Kalen Etzler\u2019s hand before the tipoff on Friday. What are your thoughts? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Personally, I wish the kid would have shook hands with Kalen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Wouldn\u2019t it make more sense for first round NCAA tournament games to be played at the higher seed\u2019s arena? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: It\u2019d make sense to me, but I don\u2019t see things changing anytime soon. The big question would be how would you handle the second round? It\u2019d be a very short turnaround in terms of travel plans for the teams, and would probably next to impossible for many fans of the lower seeded teams to travel to a second round game. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Doesn\u2019t it seem ridiculous that Ohio State\u2019s two tournament games tipped off at 10 p.m. and after 8:30? Who determines these times? Common sense dictates that Ohio State should play earlier. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: If you\u2019re a night owl I suppose it\u2019s okay, but I\u2019m not a fan of a 9:50 p.m. tipoff. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can thank the good folks at CBS for setting the times.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a question for the next Monday Mailbag, simply email it to sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag includes questions about Crestview and the State Tournament, and the NCAA tournament. Q: How do you think Crestview would have done against St. Henry? Name withheld upon request A: I saw St. Henry once this year and thought they looked very worthy of a No. 3 ranking. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 16:44:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}