State Favorites

With the seeding meetings taking place Saturday and Wishoops doing their state favorites and contenders I figured this would be a good time to say who my favorites are and other teams that may have a chance.

D1 Favorite
Milwaukee Washington
Undefeated team and leading the toughest conference year in and year out. Have two big time scorers in Demarcus Phillips and Antone Byrd. 6'8 Patrick Davis is a big time defensive stopper in the middle.

Contenders
Madison Memorial, Wauwatosa East, Appleton East
Memorial is one of the most athletic teams in the state and has a pressure defensive that every team they have faced, have struggled with. Jeronne Maymon is the most versatile big man in the state. Tosa East has the most talent of everyone in the state, the question is do they have the inside pressence and the ability to get everything together to make that state push. Appleton East has been the number one team for much of the year and have been tested playing in one of the top conferences in the state.

Darkhorses
Milwaukee Custer, Milwaukee King, Milwaukee Vincent, Germantown, Waunakee, Milwaukee Pius, Kaukauna
You can never count out the Milwaukee schools. Custer is currently second in the city conference and has been very impressive as of late. King and Vincent have the experience to make the run and are always seem to be in the final eight teams at state. Germantown has only one lose and would of been at state last year had Vincent not made a late run in the sectional final. Waunakee is undefeated, that has to say something. Pius has the best player in the state in Korie Lucious so anything is possible. Kaukauna has already beaten Appleton East and has experience and has been battle tested.


D2 Favorite
Monroe, Waupun
This one was just too close to determine the true favorite. Monroe is the defending champs and are currently undefeated. They are lead by two very good guards in Brett Stangel and Mitch Tordoff and have the big man in the middle in 6'7 Tony Cates. Waupun may be the best shooting team in the state and are extremely disciplined and well rounded. Not to mention they have two 20 plus point scorers in Ryan Rasmussen and Aris Wurtz.

Contenders
Catholic Memorial, Wisconsin Lutheran
Catholic Memorial is a very disciplined team that can go inside or knock down the threes. Wisconsin Lutheran has great athleticism and overall team height. Flavian Davis is a star and if Brandon Whiteside can return to his last year form Wisco could be a serious threat.

Darkhorses
Seymour, Plymouth, Marinette
You can never count out Seymour. They've been to state eight years in a row for a reason. Plymouth is another very well rounded team and are the only team to have beaten Waupun. Marinette has beaten Seymour twice this year so that says enough about them.


D3 Favorite
Whitefish Bay Dominican
Extremely athletic team that has the best back court in D3 if not the state and the best player in D3 and second best in the state, in Kwamain Mitchell. JD Wise is a lock down defender who can also score and Jerel Harris is a very good ball handler that can get inside and score or knock down the three.

Contenders
Laconia, Roncalli, Milwaukee Northwest, Lacrosse Aquinas
Laconia has one of the best starting lineups in the state and have a very good big man in Kieran Weed. Roncalli is a very disciplined team that can really shoot the three. Milwaukee Northwest is an extremely athletic team thats played an extremely difficult schedule. Aquinas has the experience factor and works great together in a half court setting or on the fast break.

Darkhorses
Racine St. Catherines, Eau Claire Regis
St. Cats has the experience and has been playing great as of late. Regis has the height and the discipline to go far in the tournament.


D4 Favorite
Eleva Strum
Were state runners up last year and return two of their top players and are currently undefeated and are dominating everyone they play.

Contenders
Randolph, Benton, Suring
Randolph has been their many times before and are led by sharpshooter Bryan Johnson, Tyler Tillema, the third brother, and 6'9 Kyle Kelm. Benton is led by extremely quick twin guards Jordan and Connor Hendricks. Suring is dominating everyone they play and are led by star point guard Josh Regal.

Darkhorses
Hillsboro, Seneca
Both teams are undefeated and look to be on a collision course in the sectional final to go to state.

As you can see by my favorites division one and four and completely wide open while division two and three are basically narrowed down to four or five teams. Just talking about this is really getting me excited for tournament time and can't wait to get my state tickets in the mail.

Side not my spell check isn't working, so forgive me for any spelling or grammar erros.