Best Team Outside the GTA

I would like to get some opinions on the best team(s) outside the GTA.

I will edit this post with some teams in consideration, and add their notable wins & losses.

St. Thomas More (Hamilton)
Wins:
Anderson 68-66 OT @ the Silver Fox - Jan 15
Losses:
Mother Teresa 63-60 @ the Heinbuch Classic - Nov 26
Beal (London) 57-44 @ the Heinbuch Classic - Nov 27
Loyola (Oakville) 61-60 @ the Mark Walton Invitational - Dec 3
Loyola (Oakville) 75-59 @ the Silver Fox - Jan 15

HB Beal (London)
Wins:
St. Thomas More (Hamilton) 57-44 @ the Heinbuch Classic - Nov 27
Loyola (Oakville) 47-46 @ the St. Mike's Invitational - Jan 6
Losses:
Oakwood 49-46 @ the Heinbuch Classic - Nov 26
GL Roberts in OT Exhibition game - Dec
Vaughan 51-34 @ the St. Mike's Invitational - Jan 8
Laurier 50-46 @ the Mother Teresa Invitational - Jan 13
Eastern Commerce 72-66 OT @ the Mother Teresa Invitational - Jan 13

Holy Names (Windsor)
Wins:
Pickering 64-56 @ the Freed's Tip-Off (Windsor) - Nov 26
Cathedral (Hamilton) 54-52 @ the St. Mike's Invitational - Jan 8
Fletcher's Meadow 52-51 @ the Silver Fox Invitational - Jan 15
Losses:
Eastern Commerce 70-55 @ the Humber College Classic - Nov 19
Denison 69-41 @ the Humber College Classic - Nov 20
St. Mike's 76-67 @ the Freed's (Windsor) Tip-Off - Nov 27
Oakwood 49-45 @ the Univ. of Windsor Invitational - Dec 18
Loyola (Oakville) 84-69 @ the Univ. of Windsor Invitational - Dec 18
Loyola (Oakville) 65-50 @ the Silver Fox Invitational - Jan 14
Cardinal Newman 65-55 @ the Silver Fox Invitational - Jan 15
Pickering 68-53 @ the St. Mike's Invitational - Jan 6
Loyola (Oakville) 67-61 @ the St. Mike's Invitational - Jan 9

Sacred Heart (Ottawa)
Wins:
Henry Carr 53-39 @ the Holiday Classic - Dec 9
Pickering 61-44 @ the Holidya Classic - Dec 10
Losses:
St. Patrick's 55-54 (Ottawa) @ Bill Wren tournament - Nov
Vaughan 65-62 @ the Holiday Classic - Dec 11
Borden (Ottawa) 48-46 league game - Jan 17

Ater seeing Sacred Heart(Ottawa) played in the Holiday Classic they were impressive no real size but good steady play. To me any team that goes out and give Vaughn a good run have to be good.
I give a Thumbs up for them.They need to be invited back to the Gta.

Sacred Heart by far is the best team outside of GTA and I would go as far as to group them with Vaughan and Richardson as the 3 best teams in Ontario. I bet Sacred Heart could beat numbers 3-16 on the GTA list with not too much problem.

They were beating Vaughan badly by 10+ points in Holiday Classic and it was a MIRACLE (4 late 3s by reid-knight) that let them slip the game.

Either way they going to be the darkhorse at offssa this year i bet, i wouldnt want to play them, there PG Stoquia and C Vik Gill are CLUTCH from all over the court.

Sacred Heart then HB Beal

Within the GTA Sacred would be top 6 and HB BEAL top 12.

I know Holy Names is supposed to be good but their record against top teams is unimpressive to say the least. Sacred Heart I would like to see them in action, possibly at the SBA tournament?

According to fatdog.ca, Sacred Heart (Ottawa) currently has a record of 15-3. They have lost to Vaughan at the Holiday Classic, and St. George's (Vancouver) at the Bedford Road Invitational Tournament in Saskatoon.

Does anyone know who their 3rd loss was to?

They lost to St. Pat's at the Bill Wren tournament in late November.

HUH sacred heart lost to st. pat's wow that hard to belive, st. pats is garbage as seen in mother teresa tourny, they lost 86-53 to Pickering.

The thing is Pickering got handled by Sacred heart and lost 61-44.

So one of two things happened, either Sacred Heart was missing a top player against St. Pats or St. Pats was missing a top player against Pickering.

I would hate to see how good St. Pats is if they really can beat Sacred heart at full strength.

Beal has a loss to G.L Roberts in overtime , it was an exhibition game before Christmas, they are a good team IMO

Unless it was a typo, Sir Robert Borden beat Sacred heart today by 2 points. Before anyone starts using derogatory descriptions, I should point out that there always tends to be a fair bit of parity among the top teams in Ottawa each year.

It is not a typo, Sir Robert Borden did beat Sacred Heart by two tonight. You are correct to point out the parity that seems to exist each year among the top teams, but this year, may be even more so as there seems to be about 8 teams at the AAA/AAAA division in Ottawa and two - four teams from the A/AA division that could beat anyone on any given night. When this is the case, you get great games like tonight's between Sir Robert Borden and Sacred Heart.

I have not seen St. Pats, but it is my understanding that they belong in the group of 8. I know that they beat Sacred Heart in a preseason tournament and when I spoke with the Sacred Heart coach the week before that tournament, they were just starting up as football had just finished. I am not making excuses for them on that loss as all games count and I am sure that Sacred Heart would not make any excuses either.

Xavier Rimrocker wrote:They lost to St. Pat's at the Bill Wren tournament in late November.

Do you know the score?

Xavier Rimrocker wrote:Unless it was a typo, Sir Robert Borden beat Sacred heart today by 2 points. Before anyone starts using derogatory descriptions, I should point out that there always tends to be a fair bit of parity among the top teams in Ottawa each year.

Do you know the score?

The score in the Sacred Heart / St. Pats game was 55-54 for St. Pats and the score last night between Sir Robert Borden and Sacred Heart was 48-46 for Sir Robert Borden.

Thanks.

I've added some more results.
See the first post.

Macnab should also get some consideration

^^^^^ I heard that school is a ball school in Hamilton

Hillcrest upset Sacred Heart 48-46 in the final of the National Capital Classic this past weekend.

Sacred Heart has qualified for AAAA OFSAA. They defeated St. Peter in the quarter-finals and St. Pat's in the semi-finals to advance to the National Capital AAAA/AAA championship game. Since they are AAAA and their opponents in the final (Hillcrest) are AAA, each team advances to their respective OFSAA tournament automatically.