Looking for a high school with amazing boys basketball coaching and academics

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Anonymous wrote:PVI

Sidwell is better academically and in basketball.

Correct on first assertion. PVI would beat Sidwell by 10+ if they played basketball right now. Full stop.

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I hate the “full stop” and “hands down” know-it-all posters. It’s so much fun when they’re flat out wrong.

LOL. That was me. Hey, I cleaned it up immediately. I was wrong.

Still hard to fathom Sidwell beating PVI after watching both teams play this season. And, it looks like Caleb Williams was in foul trouble for much of the second half, making Sidwell's win even more impressive. Like I've been saying, Sidwell plays some serious D. They held Deshawn Harris Smith to one of his lowest point totals all season. That is truly commendable.

I still don't think Sidwell is better than PVI, but they were last night!

Wouldn’t have happened if PVI’s players were all healthy.

I heard Abraham didn't play and the freshman was struggling with an injury. Now things are starting to make a bit more sense. Still a great win by Sidwell!

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Anonymous wrote:PVI

Sidwell is better academically and in basketball.

Correct on first assertion. PVI would beat Sidwell by 10+ if they played basketball right now. Full stop.

Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha
I hate the “full stop” and “hands down” know-it-all posters. It’s so much fun when they’re flat out wrong.

LOL. That was me. Hey, I cleaned it up immediately. I was wrong.

Still hard to fathom Sidwell beating PVI after watching both teams play this season. And, it looks like Caleb Williams was in foul trouble for much of the second half, making Sidwell's win even more impressive. Like I've been saying, Sidwell plays some serious D. They held Deshawn Harris Smith to one of his lowest point totals all season. That is truly commendable.

I still don't think Sidwell is better than PVI, but they were last night!

Wouldn’t have happened if PVI’s players were all healthy.

That is loser talk hun.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is great. Just curious for those who are knowledgeable… at what point would a school start to talk to your kid if they show pretty strong potential. 6th grade? 7th?

Depends. Does mama think the child has strong potential, or does the child REALLY have strong potential? If the latter, probably 8th, maybe 7th.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is great. Just curious for those who are knowledgeable… at what point would a school start to talk to your kid if they show pretty strong potential. 6th grade? 7th?

Depends. Does mama think the child has strong potential, or does the child REALLY have strong potential? If the latter, probably 8th, maybe 7th.

They start talking to you when your kid is capable of making an impact. If your 6th grader is good enough to make an impact against varsity level competition, then someone may talk to you.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is great. Just curious for those who are knowledgeable… at what point would a school start to talk to your kid if they show pretty strong potential. 6th grade? 7th?

Depends. Does mama think the child has strong potential, or does the child REALLY have strong potential? If the latter, probably 8th, maybe 7th.

They start talking to you when your kid is capable of making an impact. If your 6th grader is good enough to make an impact against varsity level competition, then someone may talk to you.

Thanks. My 6th grader isn’t there yet. Maybe 8th grade but who knows?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the PP above for the thorough breakdown. Understand where the WCAC is in the basketball hierarchy but is there a difference between the IAC and MAC? And also, just curious where GDS would fall on your list. Are they below STA for basketball (no need to discuss academics, that’s not the question). Thanks!!

MAC is usually not as competitive as the IAC, but it’s still good. The conferences schools generally have better academics than the WCAC and st Andrew’s and Sidwell are both in the MAC which for the last couple years have had better teams than any school in the IAC.

That's not true at all. Sidwell has been the class of the IAC/MAC the past two years. That's correct. But St. Andrew's has not been better than SSSAS, Bullis or Landon the past couple of years. In fact, until this past season, SSSAS was probably the strongest of all of the IAC/MAC teams over the past four or five years. Sidwell has assumed the crown while SSSAS has fallen off significantly. Bullis is doing what they can to close the gap. Landon has a great senior who is on his way to play at UPenn. Next year they may fall off a bit. But all of those IAC schools are better than St. Andrew's in basketball. Top to bottom, the IAC is a superior conference to the MAC. It's true in football, basketball, baseball and lacrosse. MAC might have the edge in soccer and tennis.

MAC has some good baseball teams.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the PP above for the thorough breakdown. Understand where the WCAC is in the basketball hierarchy but is there a difference between the IAC and MAC? And also, just curious where GDS would fall on your list. Are they below STA for basketball (no need to discuss academics, that’s not the question). Thanks!!

MAC is usually not as competitive as the IAC, but it’s still good. The conferences schools generally have better academics than the WCAC and st Andrew’s and Sidwell are both in the MAC which for the last couple years have had better teams than any school in the IAC.

That's not true at all. Sidwell has been the class of the IAC/MAC the past two years. That's correct. But St. Andrew's has not been better than SSSAS, Bullis or Landon the past couple of years. In fact, until this past season, SSSAS was probably the strongest of all of the IAC/MAC teams over the past four or five years. Sidwell has assumed the crown while SSSAS has fallen off significantly. Bullis is doing what they can to close the gap. Landon has a great senior who is on his way to play at UPenn. Next year they may fall off a bit. But all of those IAC schools are better than St. Andrew's in basketball. Top to bottom, the IAC is a superior conference to the MAC. It's true in football, basketball, baseball and lacrosse. MAC might have the edge in soccer and tennis.

Also the the IAC teams usually have more good players and a deeper bench than the average MAC basketball team.

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Anonymous wrote:DeMatha

Sports yes, academics no.

Are DeMatha academics subpar or simply not as good as the other schools mentioned here? Not OP but curious for DS looking for similar opportunities.

DeMatha academics are very good if they are honors/AP level

+1 and also SAES.

Neither school has strong acadmics.

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SJC #1 in the post rankings yesterday

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Anonymous wrote:SJC #1 in the post rankings yesterday

Temporarily.

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Thank you for the good run down of teams and coaches.

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Great advice

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Anonymous wrote:St Albans

This is a joke or someone who’s not an STA parent. The basketball program at STA is unbelievably bad. The last few years, we’ve had varsity players walk off the team in protest because the coaching was so pitiful. Recruited players left the school. We haven’t won an IAC championship in basketball since 2004. There is deep pain around the basketball program, dog.

Wow. That’s surprising. I didn’t know all this but I am aware of really good players in the younger years who are going to want a stronger basketball program. I wonder what they can do to make their program better. It’s a clear indication if recruited players are leaving!

If STA had all the kids who could be on the varsity team this year, including the ones who recently transferred out to places like Bullis, as well as the really good players who quit to focus on other sports, they would be really legitimate. Instead, players, coaches, ex-players etc are all grumbling. It really is sad.

Problems like this usually start at the top. Either the AD doesn't really care about basketball, or it's a coaching problem. But like others have noted, there are some strong JV players currently at STA. I guess it remains to be seen if they are serious enough about basketball to leave the school for other options.

So it sounds like the JV coach is strong but not so much the varsity coach. I wonder if they can swap?

The assistant JV coach is also the head varsity coach who is in charge of the overall program. He’s not going anywhere. He’s an STA alum and the AD won’t fire him.

Is STA actively trying to get out of last place or are other sports just a bigger priority? Last place for a decade warrants a change it seems.

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Very interested as well if anyone has insight into this question.

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Sidwell (1) and SAES (2) face off today in MAC finals; they were 1-1 in regular season.