Who's Got Next? The Immovable Object vs. The Irrresistible Force

Who's Got Next?  You hear that on the court off-season when the dedicated are working their butts off to get ready for next season.  You know who they are.   You see their names in the paper everyday.  They didn't get there by slacking off.  They work year round.

Guys like Caleb Love of CBC, CamRon Fletcher and Kobe Clark of Vashon, Luke Kasubke and Tarris Reed of Chaminade, Ryan Kalkbrenner and Rashad Weekly-McDaniels of Trinity, Davion Bradford and Dylan Branson of Mehlville, Jaylen Boyd of Ladue, Animu Mohammed of Greenwood, Jordan Nesbit of St. Louis Christian Academy.

They stand out in the game.  They are the difference makers when the chips are down.  When the game is on the line.  You cannot guard them.  They score on your best defender.  They score on a double team.  They find their teammates when they can't score.  It's the Irresistible Force.  A moral victory is to keep them under 20 points a game.

But what happens when the Irresistible Force meets the Immovable Object?  Take CBC and Chaminade tomorrow night.  Two great teams with game changing players.  Tough to pick but I have Chaminade by three even though the game is at CBC.  Love might throw down another 42 point night and get some help from Larry Hughes Jr, but Nade has too many other weapons.

So here's my predictions for the top 10 large and small schools for the next opponents (and remember, I am wrong 20% of the time and probably will be with these picks too).  LOL

Who will win out?  The guys that put in the most work last summer


Who's Got Next?
Rating
Large school schools - 1/29
142.0 1. Collinsville (22-0) by 3 at O'Fallon on Friday.
133.9 2. Francis Howell (17-1) by 25 over Francis Howell Central (7-7)  on Thursday.
136.1 3. CBC (12-6) 3 pt underdog to Chaminade (12-3) on Friday.
139.4 4. Chaminade (12-3) by 3 at CBC (12-6) on Friday.
139.4 5. De Smet (13-5) by 18 over Hazelwood Central on Friday.
136.7 6. Mehlville (13-3) by 31 over Marquette on Tuesday
139.4 7. O'Fallon (17-4) 3 pt underdog to Collinsville at home on Friday.
127.5 8. McCluer (13-2) by 14 at St. Mary's (9-11) on Thursday.
132.4 9. East St. Louis (14-7) by 3 at Belleville East on Friday.
129.0 10. Belleville East (13-7) 3 pt underdog at home to East St. Louis
Teams that belong: Belleville West (124.0), Webster Groves (125.6), Ladue (121.0), Hazelwood Central (120.8) Edwardsville (120.3), Fort Zumwalt South (120), Eureka (119)
Rating
Small school schools - 1/29
142.1 1. Vashon (13-4) over Chicago Curie on Saturday
128.2 2. Cardinal Ritter (11-5) by 1 over McCluer on Saturday
136.7 3. Trinity (13-4) by 3 over East St. Louis, IL on Saturday.
113.5 4. Lutheran North (15-4) by 4 at Jefferson City on Friday.
122.9 5. Westminster (14-3) over John Burroughs by 15 on Friday.
122.2 6. MICDS (15-3) by 14 over Sullivan on Friday.
114.3 7. Mater Dei (18-5) by 3 over Marion, Illinois on Saturday.
118.2 8. O'Fallon Christian (15-4) by 22 North Tech on Friday.
120.9 9. Confluence (10-6) underdog to Granite City by 7 on Saturday.
117.7 10. University City (10-7) by 34 over Affton on Friday.
Teams that belong: St. Dominic (120.8), Soldan (118.7), Lift for Life (118.6), Borgia (114.8)
Belleville West over Edwardsville by 4 on Friday
Ladue over Eureka by 3 on Thursday
Soldan over Helias by 2 on Friday
Webster Groves by 12 over Jennings on Friday
Fort Zumwalt South by 6 over Borgia on Friday
Father Tolton by 10 over St. Dominic on Friday.
Lift for Life by 31 over Orchard Farms on Friday
Lift for Life by 5 over Jennings on Saturday

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