D8 Wednesday Picks

After Monday's games, which saw St. Mary's top St. David and Monsignor Doyle take out St. Benedict, we are set for an interesting final week in the D8 league.

Today's rather mundane matchups see winless Rockway travel to play first-place St. Mary's, while Resurrection hosts St. Benedict.

Needless to say, I'll be taking both the home schools today for my picks (YTD:  21-2, .913)

Before we go any further, here's the current standings in the D8 league:

1.  St. Mary's 8-0
2.  St. David 6-3
3.  Monsingor Doyle 5-4
4.  Resurrection 4-4
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5.  St. Benedict 2-6
6.  Rockway 0-8

Now, assuming Rez holds of St. Benedict today, it sets up what could be an interesting day on Monday with:

Rockway @ Rez (assuming Rez wins this one)
St. Mary's @ St. Benedict (meaningless as far as standings are concerned)

And, of course, St. David at Doyle.  As I've mentioned previously, should Rez win their final two games (likely) and Doyle defeat SDCSS, it sets up a potential three-way tie for second (6-4).

Resurrection would be awarded 2nd as they hold a +/- tiebreaker over both St. David and Monsingor Doyle.

As St. David won the first meeting against Doyle by only three, Doyle would need to win by 4+ at home in order to hold the tiebreak over the Celtics. 

More importantly, whoever finishes third will also avoid St. Mary's in the first round and would therefore likely be the "AAA" representative from CWOSSA.  Definitely a lot on the line.