{"id":128561,"date":"2020-02-24T04:51:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T09:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=128561"},"modified":"2020-02-24T04:51:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T09:51:52","slug":"monday-mailbag-february-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/24\/monday-mailbag-february-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: February 24, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about boys sectional matchups, Parkway basketball and the Associated Press high school basketball poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Some of the matchups in the boys sectionals don\u2019t make much sense. Can you shed some light on the thought process? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: The higher the seed, the more options you have. After that, it\u2019s a matter of trying to position yourself with the best possible chance to win. Once you get to the middle and especially the later seeds, those options become limited.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some coaches like a first round bye if it\u2019s an option, others like to play right away, so some of it may be personal preference. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: I\u2019m interested to know how far you think Parkway will go in the tournament. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Parkway is an exciting team to watch. They have some nice talent and coaching.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Panthers are the No. 2 seed in the Division IV Wapakoneta district and it\u2019s quite possible they could face Minster in the district semifinals, a rematch of the regular season finale won by the Panthers at the buzzer 40-39. After that, it would likely be a rematch with No. 1 seed Fort Recovery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With no disrespect to other teams in the district, Parkway is probably the one I\u2019d want to avoid if at all possible. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Q: You wrote last week that the Associated Press issued it\u2019s final poll of the season. That doesn\u2019t make sense. Shouldn\u2019t they wait until the regular season is over? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I agree, you\u2019d think the final poll would come out after the regular season is complete.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was told a couple of years ago that the poll comes out a week early because some teams in the metro areas start tournaments earlier, so they only want regular season totals counted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy enough \u2013 don\u2019t count any tournament games in the final poll. I\u2019m not sure what the hang up is, if that\u2019s really why the final poll comes out before the end of the regular season.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said that, at least this year, I don\u2019t think the poll champions would have changed by waiting another week. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a question or comment for next week\u2019s Monday Mailbag, feel free to 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 boys sectional matchups, Parkway basketball and the Associated Press high school basketball poll. Q: Some of the matchups in the boys sectionals don\u2019t make much sense. Can you shed some light on the thought process? Name withheld upon request A: The higher the seed, […]<\/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-128561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 06:37:20","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\/128561","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=128561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}