{"id":140873,"date":"2021-03-07T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T02:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=140873"},"modified":"2021-03-07T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T02:00:50","slug":"monday-mailbag-lady-knights-shot-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/03\/07\/monday-mailbag-lady-knights-shot-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: Lady Knights, shot clock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about Crestview Lady Knights basketball and a question in the never-ending shot clock debate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What are Crestview\u2019s chances at the state tournament? Can they beat Fort Loramie? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I don\u2019t have much information on Fort Loramie yet but with the way Crestview is playing right now, I\u2019ll say yes, the Lady Knights have a shot.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do know Fort Loramie is the Division IV Associated Press poll champion, and I know their only loss came to Bath, an excellent Division II team. Check back Tuesday and Wednesday for more information about Fort Loramie.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other side of the bracket, Waterford plays McDonald. Waterford qualified for the state tournament in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, so this a team that knows a thing or two about deep tournament runs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All four teams are excellent teams as they should be at this level. We\u2019ll see what happens, starting Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Is it accurate to say Crestview is the surprise team of the season? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I think it\u2019s somewhat accurate, simply because when two freshmen such as Cali Gregory and Myia Etzler are key contributors, it\u2019s hard to say what\u2019s going to happen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know they\u2019re very talented, but it\u2019s quite a jump from playing eighth grade basketball to varsity basketball and sometimes the transition isn\u2019t easy. Obviously, the team grew as the season went along.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprise or not, if you\u2019re a Crestview fan, enjoy the ride.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: After seeing Friday\u2019s Antwerp\/Toledo Christian result, do you finally agree it\u2019s time to seriously start considering using a shot clock? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A: I wondered how long it would take for this question to come in to the Monday Mailbag.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My answer is no.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it necessary? Because there weren\u2019t enough points, because fans weren\u2019t entertained enough? The finish was pretty exciting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019ve said countless times, it\u2019s a strategy, pure and simple. I realize people enjoy seeing teams racing up and down the court and hitting three points, off-balance jumpers, creating turnovers, etc., but you\u2019re not going to see that every game. A shot clock isn\u2019t going to magically produce those types of results night in and night out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will admit that I\u2019m a little surprised Toledo Christian chose to slow things down against the Archers, because the Eagles have some shooters. That\u2019s not meant to be a criticism of Toledo Christian\u2019s coaches because they did it to put their kids in a position to win and let\u2019s face it, it almost worked.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said all of that, do I think a shot clock is coming at some point? Yes. Probably not in the immediate future, but I can see it happening somewhere down the road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a question or comment for the next Monday Mailbag, please 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 Crestview Lady Knights basketball and a question in the never-ending shot clock debate Q: What are Crestview\u2019s chances at the state tournament? Can they beat Fort Loramie? Name withheld upon request A: I don\u2019t have much information on Fort Loramie yet but with 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-140873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 06:41:21","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\/140873","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=140873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}