Comments on: D-I champ Maryknoll finishes No. 1; D-II champ Damien is No. 3

By: Loca1boiAnonymous

Loca1boiAnonymous — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 05:25:51 +0000

@go govs

Damien went to the D2 finals just last season. How did they not think they weren’t going to be competitive? I refuse to believe they had no idea they were getting the 6’7″ transfer either. How midpac can run with the big boys season after season but damien and saint Francis wasnt willing? They face the same challenges as both those schools and still played up D1.

By: go govs

go govs — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 04:53:54 +0000

Loca1boiAnonymous-D-2 Farrington was ranked #5, above all other oia d-1 schools, and beat a lot of D-1 schools on their way to states. the way you’re making it sound as in college football where teams are rated by conference not ability. in hindsight, yes, Damien should’ve been in d-1. but they haven’t even won a d-2 title and the team was young and new. no one really knew how good of a team they would become. well either way, they will be d-1 next year and will have a chance to prove that they are worthy.

By: Loca1boiAnonymous

Loca1boiAnonymous — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:34:54 +0000

A D2 team should never be above the D1 state champ I don’t care how good people think they are. By declaring D2, the athletic department makes a conscious decision to not compete at the lower level of Hawaii prep basketball.

By: go govs

go govs — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:45:14 +0000

lol. so the coach wanting to win, means the team didn’t want to win. maryknoll was playing their asses off and was lethargic because they couldn;t keep up with damien. now if you watched the 2nd punahou game, that game was suspect. that was damien’s 5th game in a row and against much harder competition. also damien had the lead for 2 1/2 quarters until the bigs got in foul trouble. damien is a younger team and yes if they keep it up they may win the d-1 title next year. but to dismiss what they did this year is not fair. we can go on with what ifs or could’ve have happened, but the what we do know is that damien did beat maryknoll and kamehameha at the punahou tournament. i’m not saying maryknoll shouldn’t be number 1, i’m saying that 1 first place vote isn’t a stretch.. even selitto thought damien is the better team.

By: spartans

spartans — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:34:43 +0000

lol i was at the game. the kids were lethargic and didn’t seem to care to punch back when they were down. and what does coach grant’s actions have to do with it LOL. Of course he wants to win, he’s hardcore and he wants to win every game. coach grants actions can be as fierce as a LION lol, fact is players play not coaches. these are kids, this is preseason with NOTHING on the line. Just because its nothing on the line doesn’t mean they don’t want to win. But its human nature to not care as much especially in the preseason. If you think these kids play just as hard physically and with mental execution in the preseason vs regular season and post season I’ll just laugh. I watched majority of their games this season, and there’s clearly a difference from game 1 till the last game.

but lets deal with the facts, Damien beat Punahou and st francis the first time, they got beat down the second time. Maryknoll didn’t have a chance to come back the second time with more focus and execution like Punahou and st francis did. Especially when punahou beat down their asses the second time. You complain about foul trouble with Punahou? Do you know what Maryknoll and Punahou did to every division 1 team this year is put them in foul trouble lol. You act like its a rare thing. Div1 regular season is another beast in physicality and if you don’t recognize that I can’t help you. Its quite simple, Punahou beat down Damien, and Saint francis got them too especially after Punahou took them seriously.

Of course damien didn’t lose to Kamehameha, they don’t play in a stronger Div1 where’d they get abused by the likes of Iolani punahou maryknoll and for gods sake saint francis!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL

I’ll give you this, with all the seniors graduation at maryknoll punahou and iolani, I think damien will win the title next year div1. Unless there’s some magical recruiting thats gonna happen with punahou, i don’t see anyone beating damien except maybe kamehameha who is also infused with some good young talent.

By: go govs

go govs — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:55:44 +0000

spartan- as for common sense, do you actually believe that 16-17 year old kids would not want to win a tournament,game against 14-16 year old kids from d-2 and risk elimination, where they would have no chance to redeem themselves? that’s a cool story, maryknoll enters tournaments for reps, not to win.

By: go govs

go govs — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:43:17 +0000

spartans. did you watch the damien vs maryknoll game. damien dominated them from start to finish, and they had their best guys in the whole game. it wasn’t a scrimmage, it was a real tournament game that maryknoll was definitely trying to win, as you would’ve seen by coagh Grant’s actions. as for punahou beating them or st francis, the game against punahou didn’t start to turn until damiens 2 bigs got in foul trouble for the first times, and not since. st francis was a different story, they clearly had the better game plan and were lighting up damien with their 3’s. you can say that maryknoll never lost to st francis or punahou, they also didn’t beat damien. and damien also didn’t lose to kamehameha.

By: Spartans

Spartans — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:18:37 +0000

its idiotic. Damien LOST to Punahou and St Franics. Maryknoll hasn’t lost to them once this year. And it was preseason for gods sake against a D2 team. You think a bunch fo 16-17 year kids will take a div2 team seriously in preseason when it has no bearing on their goals? Use common sense people

By: ???

??? — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:02:39 +0000

It doesn’t matter who beat who.
The only thing that matters is the State Championship KOA Trophy that Maryknoll & Damien both won. Everything else is just
“He said, She said”,
“Could’ve, Should’ve, Would’ve”
Congratulations to both teams!

By: ???

??? — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:01:15 +0000