{"id":164281,"date":"2023-03-21T03:36:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T08:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=164281"},"modified":"2023-03-21T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T21:21:54","slug":"random-thoughts-tourney-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/21\/random-thoughts-tourney-hoops\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: tourney hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around the Crestview Knights, an additional division, public vs. parochial, and Columbus vs. Dayton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congrats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t the ending they wanted but nonetheless, congratulations to the Crestview Knights on an outstanding boys basketball season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were one of two Division IV teams playing on the final day of the season and that says a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional division<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This probably won\u2019t fly, but what if the Ohio High School Athletic Association added an open class for teams willing to enter it at tournament time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be perfect for some of the \u201cready made\u201d teams, such as Richmond Heights. During his postgame press conference, head coach Quentin Rogers said his team wants to play the best \u2013 would they enter an open class? Would other schools?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll probably never know the answer to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re keeping track, parochial and public schools each won two state titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Columbus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the state tournament, more than a few people were clamoring for it to be moved back to Columbus. My response was and still is, why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most common answer was it\u2019s in the central part of the state and state championships events should be held in Columbus or the Columbus area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight of the 17 sports sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association hold championship events well outside of Columbus, including girls and boys tennis, volleyball, football, swimming, basketball, baseball and softball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who would like to see basketball back at the Schottenstein Center or St. John Arena, keep in mind that Ohio St. isn\u2019t really interested in hosting those events for the foreseeable future. So if not there, where in the Columbus area? The same question applies to other sports? You can\u2019t force anyone to host events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dayton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously Dayton isn\u2019t in the central part of the state but the University of Dayton Arena is easily accessible (literally right off I-75), has plentiful parking at the arena, it and boasts a venue that is much better for basketball. It\u2019s a true basketball only arena. Most importantly, Dayton wants to host the games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, there are drawbacks. It can be a challenge getting out after games and while it\u2019s a great venue for games, it is a haul for some teams and their fans. Overall though, the pros outweigh the cons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you have thoughts or comments on any of the above topics, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around the Crestview Knights, an additional division, public vs. parochial, and Columbus vs. Dayton. Congrats It wasn\u2019t the ending they wanted but nonetheless, congratulations to the Crestview Knights on an outstanding boys basketball season. They were one of two Division IV teams playing on 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-164281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 09:31:09","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\/164281","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=164281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164329,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164281\/revisions\/164329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}