{"id":138995,"date":"2021-01-10T22:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T03:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=138995"},"modified":"2021-01-10T22:57:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T03:57:38","slug":"monday-mailbag-basketball-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/01\/10\/monday-mailbag-basketball-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: basketball and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about Lincolnview basketball, basketball state tournaments, the national championship game and a comment about college basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Why isn\u2019t Lincolnview ranked in the basketball poll? The Lancers have to be one of the top teams in the state. Name withheld upon request<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Lincolnview belongs in the poll, there\u2019s no doubt about that.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m guessing some of the pollsters overlooked the Lancers, but it wouldn\u2019t be surprising to see Lincolnview listed somewhere in this week\u2019s or perhaps next week\u2019s Division IV poll.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Do you think there will be a boys basketball state tournament this year or will it get shut down again? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Unless there\u2019s a huge spike in cases, I think you\u2019ll see OHSAA girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 state tournaments in March.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also think the tournament trail will be different this year with higher seeds hosting at least sectional games and I won\u2019t be at all shocked if the state semifinal and state championship games are played at different sites around the state. It\u2019s also possible they could be played at a single location, much like volleyball was at Vandalia-Butler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girls\u2019 state tournament is scheduled to be play at UD Arena and the boys\u2019 tournament is slated for St. John Arena but right now, it\u2019s hard to imagine those games actually taking place at those venues, especially if there\u2019s still a cap on attendance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Who wins on Monday night: Ohio State or Alabama? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A: My heart says Ohio State but my brain says Alabama. Let\u2019s hope my brain is wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C: I know we live for football around here, but Big Ten football is generally Ohio State and the \u201cother 13.\u201d Take a look at Big Ten BASKETBALL, which is loaded. Many, if not most, of the experts rate the Big Ten the best basketball conference in the country, top to bottom. I\u2019d like to see more attention paid to Big Ten basketball, but then again, I\u2019m from Indiana. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: With the college football season all but over, I think you\u2019ll see more attention paid to college basketball.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some ways, it\u2019s been a little hard to get into the college game so far simply because of cancelations caused by COVID-19 and a college football schedule that unlike any other in November and December.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is nice to see the Big Ten doing so well in basketball this year and it would be nice to see a conference team eventually crowned national champions.<\/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 Lincolnview basketball, basketball state tournaments, the national championship game and a comment about college basketball. Q: Why isn\u2019t Lincolnview ranked in the basketball poll? The Lancers have to be one of the top teams in the state. Name withheld upon request A: Lincolnview belongs […]<\/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-138995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 01:51:30","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\/138995","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=138995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}