The basketball postseason continues for District 2 teams Monday with two Class 6A Subregional semifinal games – one boys and one girls.
NEPASportsNation.com editor Tom Robinson, who covers and writes about District 2 basketball for the website, is once again predicting the outcomes of games throughout the district and subregional playoffs.
Robinson correctly predicted the winners in more than 90 percent of the games in the 2022 tournament and this year’s quarterfinals before slipping below that number during the semifinals. After handling the predictions throughout the early rounds, he will once again be joined by a panel of prognosticators for the championship games at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
DISTRICT 2 PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS
By Tom Robinson
(Home teams in CAPS)
DISTRICT 2-4 CLASS 6A SUBREGIONAL BOYS SEMIFINAL
WILLIAMSPORT by 10 over Delaware Valley
DISTRICT 2-4 CLASS 6A SUBREGIONAL GIRLS SEMIFINAL
Wilkes-Barre Area by 1 over WYOMING VALLEY WEST
WHAT TO EXPECT
The first time the Wyoming Valley West and Wilkes-Barre Area girls met this season, they were tied at the end of regulation and Wilkes-Barre Area won by just two points in overtime. The Wolfpack also won the rematch, this time by a single point.
No home-and-home series in District 2 was closer.
There’s no reason to expect that to change when they meet for the third time with a championship game berth at stake.
The other game is a difficult task for the Delaware Valley boys whether they make the longest possible trip of the District 2-4 Subregional – out to District 4 member Williamsport – Monday or on a later day because of weather.
RECAP
There are different levels of wrong.
Friday for example, predicting the West Scranton boys to lose by 23 at Dallas and the Williamsport girls to lose by 19 at Hazleton Area is about as wrong as these predictions have ever been. West Scranton won in overtime and Williamsport won comfortably.
Saturday’s two misses were a bit different.
The first sentence of “What to Expect” suggested the Scranton-Hazleton Area boys game could be the best of the day. The pick was Hazleton Area by a single point, a margin not resorted to often.
The game went overtime before Scranton emerged victorious, but hit the mark as the best of the day.
The other incorrect prediction was far from a stunner with Holy Redeemer beating Lake-Lehman for the second time in five tries this season.
Saturday’s boys picks: 6-1 (85.7 percent)
Saturday’s girls picks: 3-1 (75.0 percent)
Saturday’s total picks: 9-2 (81.8 percent)
Total boys picks: 23-3 (88.5 percent)
Total girls picks: 18-4 (81.8 percent)
Total total picks: 41-7 (85.4 percent)
