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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Wayne vs. Trotwood-Madison? Maybe in the postseason
No. 1 Wayne vs. No. 2 Trotwood-Madison in a great boys hoops showdown?
“It’s not going to happen,” said Warriors coach Travis Trice on Sunday.
The GWOC rivals both had an extra game to fill when a midseason trek to a one-game Bowling Green, Ky., event by both teams was canceled.
Fans from both schools thought it would be a no-brainer for the teams to play each other, especially since they weren’t ticketed to play during the regular season.
That was the easy part. Not so easy was deciding on the location and date.
Wayne wanted a neutral site and offered to play the game Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week at UD Arena. T-M just said no and instead extended an invite for the Warriors to visit Trotwood this past Saturday.
The only problem is Wayne already had a game scheduled vs. Centerville on Saturday.
Trotwood eventually filled its open date by luring Marshall on Feb. 20.
Complicating the possible Wayne/Trotwood matchup was Sunday’s seed meeting for the upcoming tournament. Wayne, especially, didn’t want to lose a sure No. 1 seed by losing to T-M. That’s why the Warriors wanted to play after Sunday’s meeting.
That was no secret, because Trice said just that two weeks ago to the DDN when the possibility of the game first surfaced. A game at Trotwood on the eve of the seed meeting was never going to happen.
Now, the teams will have to wait until the postseason to get it done.
Wayne (15-2) is the No. 1 seed in the D-I sectional and should blow through Piqua (0-16) and Belmont (1-15) in its first two games.
Trotwood (13-3) is the No. 2 seed and should have just as easy of a time taking out Miamisburg (3-13) and Fairborn (3-14) in its first two tourney games.
Should both teams also pass their district final tests, they eventually could meet in a regional final at UD Arena. However, to do that, both would have to get through the postseason hammer that often ends the D-I tourney trail for area teams: the Greater Cincinnati League’s best.
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