Anyway, like I said….we will all know soon enough.

You are an ILH homer. Pretty obvious. You’re bringing up pre season games when Moanalua was playing under an interim coach in a completely different system from what they were use to. You’d pick any ILH team, homer. Moanalua’s defense is day and night compared to where they were in preseason. With ILH teams lighting up the scoreboard nightly in the high 30’s, won’t take much. Kamehameha and Maryknoll are in a different class from the the rest of the ILH teams. What football bigs are u referencing? Lee and and Jake? Stop it. It will be incredibly difficult for any team to face Damien, Maryknoll and kam on successive nights. But it would be difficult for any IlH team to face the other 2 on back to back nights. Before u call anybody a homer, look in the mirror.

You are a Moanalua homer. Robinson and McRaven are not this unstoppable tandem. Robinson’s shot selection is not good at all often airballing many of his attempts of the dribble. He shot 5-15 against Kahuku putting up shots because he wants his points up. His handles are not top-notch either as he is very turnover prone trying to be fancy dribbling through defenses. Who cares if teams double him to lock him up, so be it. It’s not a knock on the defense if they want to double. McRaven is dominant for OIA standards, but in the ILH, the multi-sport football bigs are gonna be stronger than him. Every ILH team in the tournament has the personnel to go against Moanalua. Moanalua doesn’t have the talent to beat all 3 ILH seeds three nights in a row.
And as for your claim about MPI being “half the team Moanalua is now”. Please stop. MPI beat Moanalua this season already by double digits with Robinson AND McRaven in the lineup. Held them both to below double digits. Don’t act like Moanalua made extraordinary gains while MPI stayed stagnant. MPI had tougher competition on a nightly basis and took out Punahou in the state tournamnet – a team I’d pick to beat Moanalua 9/10. Put MPI in the OIA, and they run through every team. Put Moanalua in the ILH and they would be watching the state tournament from the convenience of their living rooms.

Nobody on Damien’s entire roster can matchup up against G. Robinson without help. With the exception of Tino, who doesn’t have the speed to keep up with Robinson off the bounce, the other Damien guards are way too small and would get posted up all night. The second Damien hedges to help, McRaven will get open lanes to the hoop. Forbes doesn’t have the strength to keep McRaven in check. That leaves Jake, who consistently gets himself into foul trouble. McRavens agility on the block will get Jake in the air and draw fouls. Lose track of Kauhola and he’ll make u pay behind the arc. MPI, half the team Moanalua is now took Damien to the wire losing by 4. Or we’d be taking about MPI being the 3rd ILH team in states.

Yes, the game did reaffirm that for me. Neither Moanlua or Kahuku have the talent or the discipline to beat the top ILH teams in the state tournament. Moanalua ultimately will have to get past all 3 ILH seeds. Damien, their first ILH opponent, will be too much for them. They are outmatched in every position in that matchup. There is no perk to winning the OIA as far as seedings goes.