The first season of "The Owner's Box" ends with a look back at four previous episodes featuring three local basketball experts -- all of whom made it clear that they did not like the idea of letting the national clearinghouse called MaxPreps take charge of the seeding (via proprietary "power rankings") of the Massachusetts high school tournaments in all sports.
The previous episodes were from February, March and May, but the comments by Foxboro High girls' hoop coach Lisa Downs, former Xaverian Brothers High coach Alex Salachi and Norwood High boys' coach Kristen McDonnell surely hinted that objections to the MaxPreps plan ran deep.
Recently, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's Tournament Management Committee voted 13-0 to temporarily delay the handoff to MaxPreps until at least the 2020-21 winter season -- but the delay will be revisited before then.
Also, yours truly offers a blistering Final Rant to close out the first 26-episode season before vacation time. It's worth listening to.
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