There are six District 2 teams left pursuing state championships – one, the Dallas boys, in the state semifinals and five others trying to get there.
District 2 teams play in the state quarterfinals in Class 6A, 3A and 2A boys, along with 4A girls, Wednesady.
NEPABasketball.com editor Tom Robinson, who covers and writes about District 2 basketball for the website, is once again predicting the outcomes of games throughout the state tournament after also picking all the games in the District 2 tournament.
His predictions for the Wednesday games are below.
PIAA PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS
By Tom Robinson
CLASS 6A QUARTERFINAL BOYS GAME
Lower Merion by 7 over Scranton
CLASS 3A QUARTERFINAL BOYS GAME
Holy Redeemer by 2 over Math, Civics & Science
CLASS 2A QUARTERFINAL BOYS GAMES
Constitution by 4 over Holy Cross
Lancaster Mennonite by 3 over Old Forge.
CLASS 4A QUARTERFINAL GIRLS GAME
Jim Thorpe by 8 over Dunmore
WHAT TO EXPECT
District 2 teams are guaranteed with finishing this year’s state tournament with a .500 or better combined record because of their early-round success. District 2 teams are 21-15 with six teams still in title contention. Getting a team or teams through Wednesday’s five games to join the Dallas boys in the state semifinals will be difficult.
RECAP
Tuesday’s PIAA boys pick: 1-0 (100.0 percent)
Tuesday’s PIAA girls pick: 0-1 (0.0 percent)
Tuesday’s total PIAA picks: 1-1 (50.0 percent)
PIAA state boys picks: 14-4 (77.8 percent)
PIAA state girls picks: 12-6 (66.7 percent)
PIAA state total picks: 26-10 (72.2 percent).
Total postseason boys picks: 41-8 (83.7 percent)
Total postseason girls picks: 42-8 (84.0 percent)
Total postseason picks: 83-16 (83.8 percent)
