Coaches vs. Cancer Day 3

I have to rethink my algorithm calculations which don't take several factors into account, ie. these are 16 year old kids and they don't always show up for practice or come to the game at the same time every night.  LOL.  I watched the end of the Webster Grove game the other day and was fairly impressed.  Although McCluer North is good, I didn't think they were better than the Statesmen, even though the calculations indicate they are a point or two better.  Same goes for Marquette and De Smet, with Marquette a few rating points better, but getting edged out by the taller De Smet team once their "Bigs" got back in the game and stayed out of foul trouble.  I thought McCluer would win this tournament but it's a toss up between Webster Groves, McCluer and De Smet.  I don't know if Mehlville is that good, or if Kirkwood is that bad, but we shall see when Mehlville and Webster face off tonight.

The Marquette - Eureka game will be a preview to next week's rivalry match.  These are always hard fought contests because one school usually has smacked down the other for a while and that gets under the others skin.  Eureka has been top dog for the last couple of years until Marquette put a hurt on the Cats superior football this fall.  The Mustang hoopsters will be looking to revenge a couple of stinging defeats from last year's league and district playoffs.  It should be a tight game if Eureka can stay out of foul trouble with their starting line-up.

And can someone tell me who is the real Lift for Life Academy team?  The guys who lost to a winless Parkway West team in the opening round, or, the toughs that hung around to the last minute with the Statesmen yesterday?  And where did the Ritenour varsity team go on vacation yesterday?  Ouch.  I wonder if the head coach was listening to John Lennon's "Nobody told me there would be Days like this?"

Like I said, these kids are 15, 16, maybe 17 years old and some of them still won't make their bed or get up for shoot-around.

TEAM RANKINGS		My Rating
1	Webster Groves	123
2	McCluer North	125
3	De Smet	117
4	Kirkwood	102
5	Mehlville	116
6	Marquette	119
7	Eureka	117
8	Lift for Life	102
9	Lafayette	115
10	Lindbergh	107
11	Vianney	101
12	Ritenour	102
13	Troy Buchanan	105
14	Parkway West	96