Class AA Class D
Lancaster Panama
Niagara Falls Pine Valley
Lockport Forestville
Clarence Ellicottville
Frontier North Collins
Orchard Park Brocton
Jamestown Sherman
Kenmore West Clymer
West Seneca West West Valley
Williamsville North Ripley
Niagara Wheatfield
Class A1 Class A2
North Tonawanda West Seneca East
Hamburg Starpoint
Sweet Home Iroquois
Williamsville East Riverside
McKinley Lake Shore
Kenmore East South Park
Hutch-Tech Amherst
Grand Island Pioneer
Williamsville South Cheektowaga
Lew-Port
Class B1 Class B2
Bennett Medina
Maryvale Buffalo Arts
Albion Buffalo East
Springville Fredonia
East Aurora Roy-Hart
Olean JFK
Dunkirk City Honors
Burgard Akron
Depew CSAT
Lafayette Cleveland Hilll
Alden Southwestern
Newfane Wilson
Tonawanda Emerson
Eden Gowanda
Lackawanna Falconer
Class C1 Class C2
Salamanca Silver Creek
Leonardo da Vinci Portville
Allegany-Limestone Buffalo Science
OTC/MEC Health Sciences
Cassadaga Valley MST Prep Seneca
Oracle Charter I-Prep Grover
Barker Frewsburg
Martime Charter Westfield
Tapestry Charter Maple Grove
Holland Chautauqua Lake
Randolph Olmsted
Cattaraugus/Little Valley Franklinville
-centercourt
Classifications are done...Let's get some talk on the area's best players? I saw some good things from Morris and Smith (McKinley),Mulcahy (Niagara Wheatfield),Carson(CSAT)Smith(Batavia)at the BCANY Showcase.Campbell (Ken-West) could have played more inside but it was a showcase and nobody post feeds anymore. Canisuis and NFHS are going to be tough but had other obligations that day!
Posted by: Tripp | Thursday, November 01, 2012 at 05:55 PM
Don't worry Tripp, during the season you will see Campbell playing inside when he is camped out in the lane with the refs looking the other way.
Posted by: Truth Be Told | Friday, November 02, 2012 at 05:41 PM
Darnell Carson from CSAT is one of the top 5 point guards in WNY. If you haven't seen him yet, make it a point to do so this year.
Posted by: WNY BBall | Saturday, November 03, 2012 at 12:42 AM
former canisius college asst. gabe michael took wil south job
Posted by: guest | Saturday, November 03, 2012 at 09:52 AM
Good luck trying to schedule out of conference games and finding refs
Posted by: WT716 | Monday, November 05, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Schedules have been done for months and refs are assigned, not "found". What are you talking about?
Posted by: Hoop fan | Monday, November 05, 2012 at 01:43 PM
From what I have heard, refs are not going to want to do Will South games, and teams are not going to want to play them
Posted by: WT716 | Monday, November 05, 2012 at 02:21 PM
One of the season's marquee games looks to be Canisius/Olean at the AdPro on Tuesday 12/11.
Posted by: TML1000 | Monday, November 05, 2012 at 03:59 PM
Truth be told...I love guys who camp out in the paint! Why take 40% shots when you can take 95% shots and get the other team in foul trouble. Jordan Street when camping this weekend against ECC's 6'11 center and left on the All Tourney team with 22 pts and 15 rebs
Posted by: Tripp | Monday, November 05, 2012 at 07:02 PM
Post Cereal!
Posted by: Mr. Street | Monday, November 05, 2012 at 09:29 PM
Tripp...I agree with you 100% that the best shot is the shot taken closer to the basket. I like to see productive big men. My point was the lack of refs calling the 3 second rule. It unfairly works against many of the high school teams who don't have a big guy lounging around the lane. Just a pet peeve. Also, if Street had 22/15 against a 6'11 center, the 6'11 center must have been sleeping or not much of a player.
Posted by: Truth Be Told | Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 11:54 AM
What refs at any level call three seconds?
Posted by: TML1000 | Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 12:21 PM
Class AA is always better when there is a Yale Cup presence IMO. Shame there are no schools in there this year.
I like McKinley in A-1 as they return a majority of their squad from last years team.
B-1 could be the most interesting bracket this year with heavily favorite Olean but also teams like Bennett, Burgard, East Aurora and Depew all making challenges.
Posted by: StateChamps2003 | Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at 03:12 PM
I wonder how MIG will deal with the next 4 years of President Obama still in office leading our great country. He must be in pain. Too bad you lost once again Buster! Don't cry. live with it.
Posted by: MIG is not God | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 at 01:33 AM
TML1000...then get the three second rule off the books and be done with it! Although, as long as it still exists, then it should be enforced, especially when it is so obvious. Quite frankly, a big man who towers over all the other players and is allowed to stand in the lane without any call is sickening. You don't even have to call it after three seconds. Wait until 5 or 6 seconds, and you will still nail alot of big men around here that lollygag in the lane. On that note, I won't bring up the three second rule ever again. My next pet peeve-obvious fouls that are not called for reaching in! LOL By the way, congrat to Prez Obama.
Posted by: Truth Be Told | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 at 02:23 PM
Looking at the classifications there has been a large drop in the last couple of years at the larger schools in the section. There are only 11 AA schools and a total of 19 A schools compared to 30 or over in the B/C classes. I wonder if other sections throught the state have seen this decrease as well.. and we will be seeing the classification numbers which decides which school plays in what class go down to try to get more AA and A schools in those brackets.
Posted by: sec6fan | Thursday, November 08, 2012 at 05:56 PM
It depends on the section...section V has more high schools overall...both due to the fact that privates are included, as well as there being more public schools. Section V has routinely had three class C brackets and two class D brackets. They have also had two AA brackets with a total of at least 16 AA teams for some time. Other sections, like section IV have less total schools.
Posted by: TML1000 | Thursday, November 08, 2012 at 09:36 PM