The basketball schedule for District 2 playoff teams has been altered for the third straight day. The Wednesday schedule now appears to contain five games – four subregional semifinals and one district third-place game to determine a state qualifier. Three of the games were postponed from earlier in the week.
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 2-11 CLASS A SUBREGIONAL BOYS SEMIFINALS
EAST STROUDSBURG NOTRE DAME by 33 over MMI Prep
FOREST CITY by 6 over Bethlehem Christian
DISTRICT 2-11 CLASS A SUBREGIONAL GIRLS SEMIFINAL
MOUNTAIN VIEW by 12 over Weatherly
DISTRICT 2 CLASS 4A BOYS THIRD-PLACE GAME
NANTICOKE by 5 over Tunkhannock
WHAT TO EXPECT
The third-place game for a second chance to get into the state tournament might top the four semifinals and be the best game of the night.
The Subregional games mean largely unfamiliar foes going against each other. The only exception is in Class A boys where MMI Prep lost by 33 at East Stroudsburg Notre Dame. MMI Prep went through a brief upswing in early January, but there’s no sign at this point that the teams are matched any differently than their earlier meeting.
RECAP
The entire Monday schedule was wiped. Tuesday provided two games, both of which were predicted correctly.
Tuesday’s boys picks: None.
Tuesday’s girls picks: 2-0 (100.0 percent)
Tuesday’s total picks: 2-0 (100.0 percent)
Total boys picks: 23-3 (88.5 percent)
Total girls picks: 20-4 (83.3 percent)
Total picks: 43-7 (86.0 percent)
