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After prolonged offseason with lots of 'clock-watching,' Mercer Island's leadership proved to be a separator this spring

With no Washington high school state basketball playoffs in 2021, teams don't have much to play for, right? Think again. Mercer Island basketball senior

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

After prolonged offseason with lots of 'clock-watching,' Mercer Island's leadership proved to be a separator this spring
After prolonged offseason with lots of 'clock-watching,' Mercer Island's leadership proved to be a separator this spring /

With no Washington high school state basketball playoffs in 2021, teams don't have much to play for, right?

Think again.

Mercer Island basketball senior captains Tyler Butson and David Pickles, as well as head coach Gavin Cree, joined SBLive Washington's high school basketball media days to go in-depth on the 3A KingCo, the Islanders' preparation for the season under pandemic circumstance, how it feels to beat Bellevue and much more. Mercer Island finished 6-2 in the condensed season and capped its season off with a 56-54 win at Bellevue hours after the following interview was conducted.

Watch Mercer Island’s full media day interview below.

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WATCH: MERCER ISLAND JOINS SBLIVE BASKETBALL MEDIA DAYS

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SBLive’s Todd Milles, Andy Buhler and Dan Dickau conducted dozens of interviews with boys and girls basketball teams across Washington. Stay with SBLive Washington as we roll out the interviews over the next several weeks.

More media days interviews:

Olympia boys

Tahoma girls

Wilson boys

Lincoln boys

Lake Washington girls

Kentwood boys

Timberline boys

Arlington girls

Auburn boys

Interlake boys

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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