{"id":127990,"date":"2020-02-10T04:55:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T09:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=127990"},"modified":"2020-02-10T04:55:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T09:55:10","slug":"monday-mailbag-february-10-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/10\/monday-mailbag-february-10-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: February 10, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about tournament seeding, Van Wert and the NCAA tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Why isn\u2019t Lincolnview the No. 4 seed at Van Wert? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: The Lancers are the No. 5 seed at the Elida district and will play No. 6 Miller City in the sectional semifinals. The two teams met on January 11, with Miller City posting a 64-51 win. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top three seeds were clear cut, at least in my mind, with Columbus Grove, Ottoville and Kalida . I thought Lincolnview had an excellent shot at the No. 4 seed, but it didn\u2019t work out that way. The fourth seed went to Delphos St. John\u2019s, a team Lincolnview beat on February 1.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One coach said seeding was done primarily by record, which certainly appears to be the case. The Lancers are 10-9, while Delphos St. John\u2019s is 12-6.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What are the chances Van Wert finishes the season with five straight wins? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: If the Cougars come ready to play in each of their remaining three games, I think they have an excellent shot of closing the regular season with five consecutive wins. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remaining games are Bath, Lima Central Catholic and Celina. Bath and Celina have each won two games and while nothing is a given, I like Van Wert\u2019s chances in those games if they play to their potential. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic is 10-8 and has a nice team. That game in on a Tuesday, and the Cougars are 0-2 in Tuesday games this season. It will be a good challenge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Do you believe this year\u2019s NCAA basketball tournament is going to be one of the best ones because anyone can win it? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: One of the best? Time will tell, but I think it certainly has the potential to be one of the most intriguing and balanced tournaments.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re right, it does seem like a number of teams are capable of winning it, simply because there doesn\u2019t appear a true dominating team. Each team has some sort of flaw.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, keep in mind that the best team doesn\u2019t always win the tournament, but rather the team that\u2019s hot at the right time of the year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a question or comment 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 features questions about tournament seeding, Van Wert and the NCAA tournament. Q: Why isn\u2019t Lincolnview the No. 4 seed at Van Wert? Name withheld upon request A: The Lancers are the No. 5 seed at the Elida district and will play No. 6 Miller City in the […]<\/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-127990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 05:41:57","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\/127990","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=127990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}