West beat WG without Cart’Are, their 6/8 post who is a bit more brawny as a season then EJ is now.
Chaminade was missing their beefy post during the post season. He’s a bit more thick than West’s Randolph.
Toss in Hazelwood, Vashon, St. Mary’s and a few others, STL as a metro area could stack up with any other in the country. Imagine the format - eight metro areas, each gets to pick their eight representatives. Randomly sort. See which region moves the most through the brackets, scoring some March Madness style.