Washington (WIAA) 1B high school boys basketball state tournament: 2024 predictions, top players
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After four grueling days of basketball at the Spokane Arena this week, somebody will be dancing with the big WIAA gold ball Saturday night.
Lummi is seeded No. 1 and could be on a collision course with defending champion Wellpinit, who is seeded second
Here are SBLive WA's teams and players to watch, and round-by-round predictions - complete with a championship-game pick.
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CLASS 1B TOURNAMENT (Bracket)
(Wednesday first-round games in Spokane)
G1: No. 11 Muckleshoot Tribal (20-6) vs. No. 6 Cusick (19-4), 9 a.m. (Winner plays No. 4 DeSales at 9 a.m. Thursday)
G2: No. 15 Summit Classical (18-7) vs. No. 7 Mossyrock (16-7), 10:30 a.m. (Winner plays No. 1 Lummi Nation at 10:30 a.m. Thursday)
G3: No. 12 Oakesdale (17-7) vs. No. 5 Neah Bay (17-5), 12:15 p.m. (Winner plays No. 3 Moses Lake/Covenant Christian at 12:15 p.m. Thursday)
G4: No. 15 Columbia Adventist (17-8) vs. No. 8 Naselle (19-4), 2 p.m. (Winner plays No. 2 Wellpinit at 2 p.m. Thursday)
Semifinals Friday: 7:15 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Championship game Saturday: 3 p.m.
FAVORITE: Wellpinit
More than 6 hours and 330 miles separate top-seeded Lummi and No. 2 Wellpinit, but there's little difference between the the Blackhawks and the Redskins, who have won 23 and 14 straight games, repectively.
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FAB FIVE
F Grant Denison, Wellpinit, sr. (14.5 ppg, 12.2 rpg)
G Jacob Lindstrom, Naselle, jr. (18.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 3.2 apg, 2.7 apg)
G Jonah Robertson, Moses Lake/Covenant Christian, sr. (16.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 4.0 apg)
G Bode Seymour, Cusick, sr. (19.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.0 apg, 4.0 spg)
G Jerome Toby, Lummi, soph. (21.7 ppg, 5.9 apg, 2.5 spg)
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jerome Toby, Lummi Nation
The son of the Blackhawks' coach has been a starter since the eighth grade, and will lead Lummi's pursuit of its first championship.
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PREDICTIONS
First-round picks:
Cusick over Muckleshoot Tribal
Mossyrock over Summit Classical
Neah Bay over Oakesdale
Naselle over Columbia Adventist
Quarterfinal picks:
Cusick over DeSales
Lummi Nation over Mossyrock
Neah Bay over Moses Lake Christian/Covenant Christian
Wellpinit over Naselle
Semifinal picks:
Lummi Nation over Cusick
Wellpinit over Neah Bay
Championship pick:
Wellpinit 65, Lummi Nation 61
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