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Mike Drago

11:59

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12:00

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12:02

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12:03

Good afternoon, time to get going.

Seven Berks teams set to open PIAA Tournament this weekend.

That's a record number.

Plus, one in each of the six classes.

12:04

That may not happen again for a long time.

I did a breakdown of the Class 6A field, for today's paper.

https://www.readingeagle.com/sports/article/boys-basketball-reading-hi...

12:05

Some real powerhouse teams in the 6A field: Roman Catholic, Abington, Kennedy Catholic.

Reading High and Wilson really have their work cut out for them.

Cards fan

12:05

A lot of Berks teams got raw deals in seeding. To move on you need to beat everyone eventually, but the BC match up vs Imhotep will not be pretty. You see any wins from Berks in first round?

Mike Drago

12:05

One of the keys to success in the state playoffs is winning a district title.

12:06

If Berks Catholic had won the D3 championship, it wouldn't be looking at Imhotep Charter again.

Bishop McDevitt is playing a fifth-place team, and gets a game about 10 minutes from it's school.

That's the value of winning a championship.

12:07

BC has to head to Philly and play on Imhotep's turf.

ExBerksCoach

12:07

Mike, I know much has been made of Antietam having to travel all the way to Troy to play their first round game and it definitely doesn't seem fair, but what about Penn-Hills and Pine-Richland? They are two state ranked teams traveling well over 200 miles for their first round games vs Berks teams.

Mike Drago

12:07

Good point, coach.

PIAA did those teams no favors.

Even though Wilson and Reading got tough first-round match-ups, they did get a break with location.

Wilson finished third and gets to play at Milton Hershey.

12:08

Reading plays on a floor at Mifflin where it plays at least once or twice a year.

Message to The Goat: You know I'm knowing going there.

Get serious and ask a real question.

OK, back to reality.

Knights of the Roundball

12:08

District 12 just called, they said that Exeter is actually the #1 seed for District 3 this year

Mike Drago

12:09

Thanks, 'ball.

Jason

12:09

It's the district of the higher seeded team that makes the choice of location correct?

Mike Drago

12:09

That's correct, Jason.

If you look at the bracket, the team on the top line is considered the "home" district, and that district selects the location.

PIAA has to sign off on it, of course.

There are a lot of factors that come into play with site selection.

For one, they try to set up double-headers.

12:10

In the case of Antietam, it plays a District 4 team, and there just aren't a lot of teams, or a lot of available sites, in that part of the state.

I think something a little more reasonable could have been found, but any way you look at it Antietam was going to travel 2 1/2 to 3 hours to play that game.

12:11

It's happened the other way. Antietam hosted a play-in game several years ago against a team from Sullivan County; that team had a three-plus hour drive.

It's a big state; someone's got to hit the road.

But, back to Penn Hills and Pine-Richland, yeah, they've got long trips.

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