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I agree that Carmel will be in the State Finals which I'm thrilled with since my son is a senior, but my pick from the south is Ben Davis. Name a team playing better than them right now?

Champions aren’t crowned in the regular season...

HCC had potential for 4 sectional champions - 2 of those sectionals had MIC teams residing in them. Head-to-head in the tournament in regards to teams surviving the sectional, the MIC is 2-0 and the combined score was 84-21. Zionsville will have their hands full against a Ben Davis team playing as well as they have been in the last 2 years. I believe I called for BD Vs Carmel in the 6A title game. I'll stick with my prediction. No matter what is said at this point, the fact is the HCC faded in this tournament and once again, the MIC shows they are still the conference to beat in the tournament.

This topic makes me laugh...

This isn’t meant to be funny or start a bad discussion, but will 2019 go down as the biggest tournament disappointment for the HCC?

I obviously follow them being a MIC supporter, but don’t follow them as much as I’d like being up in Greyhound territory. That said, @BDGiant93, you have to like your odds for this to continue the run to LOS.

I’ll second that minus Warren. Boy though, who would’ve thought BD Vs WC is a semi-state possibility at the beginning of the season.

I hate to say I told you so... The MIC continues their dominance. Sorry folks, you want the MIC to step aside, you can’t fade in the playoffs.

I think Carmel matches up better than Fishers, but I’ll give you this one. Really wouldn’t be a surprise to see Westfield win, they’re very good. The Hounds though have started to hit their stride and I’d say they will be a tough out.

Intriguing matchups here. I’ll take Merrillville, Penn, Carroll, Carmel, Brownsburg, BD, WC, CG 1: Merrillville [9-1] at Crown Point [6-4] [BRACKET] 2: Penn [6-4] at Warsaw [8-2] [BRACKET] 3: Carroll (Fort Wayne) [7-3] at Homestead [10-0] [BRACKET] 4: Westfield [6-4] at Carmel [7-3] [BRACKET] 5: Brownsburg [7-3] at Zionsville [4-6] [BRACKET] 6: Southport [7-3] at Ben Davis [6-4] [BRACKET] 7: Lawrence North [4-6] at Warren Central [7-3] [BRACKET] 8: Franklin Central [5-5] at Center Grove [5-5] [BRACKET]

I would agree that there is VERY strong possibility that the 5A champion this year is best in the state. 6A is stronger as a class and most likely always will be, but the top 3 are no joke in 5A.

That’s assuming they get past BD

Speaking of Noblesville, I think this answers our question about Homestead getting into the finals.

BD will roll Southport next week. Also, impossible to have an all MIC final four as it’s an HCC Championship game in sectional 5.

Ben Davis 50-0 over Perry at HT Center Grove 24-0 over CE at Half Carmel 21-0 over HSE at Half WC 10-0 over NC at Half LC 7-0 over LN at Half Pike 0-19 losing to ZVille at Half

I’m really upset over the lack of end zone cameras

One might say because the 6A athletes are bigger, faster and stronger that they might require a break in their schedule due to being significantly more banged up at their skill positions and among starters.

The IHSAA is a governing body still ran by the schools. The schools voted for this and have not once brought up playing a 10th game. Furthermore, even if there was a week 10, the schools DO NOT have to play. There have been numerous teams take week 9 off in the past. By no means are you required to play a full 9-game schedule.

This is great for the fans but a large majority of the 6A programs that I’ve spoken with prefer the week off to get healthy for the tournament. The lengthy car rides up north or down to Indy for a meaningless regular season game also, while the hardcore fan loves these games, there is no interest from students who have never heard of the opposing school will bring tens of fans to this type of game. Obviously it’s a bit different if a school has their senior night week 10, that brings up the crowd significantly. Most schools though are eliminating costs and not adding them so I can’t see a transportation department wanting to drive the 2+ hours to a regular season game for a 5th time in a single season prior to the tournament. I want to get behind this because I want to see a 10th game for these groups who only get to play 14 if you make it to the title game, but I don’t see the value for the schools unless you’re playing locally. Even then, you’ll be hard pressed to find a coach who hasn’t enjoyed resting their team the week before the playoffs begin.

I watched a majority of their game Friday night on ihsaatv. Solid program, played well.

Yea, not scared

We should all start planning now to fill their stands at their first home game of 2020. Bring your friends, bring your family, let’s fill the place up.

Lol, funny thing is they won the MIC and technically won the tiebreaker that doesn’t exist. MIC is bad though, contraction must be near.

Exactly! 15 straight wins by LC I believe

Exactly. They were in CI until the start of the 06-07 school year.