A team that finishes 3rd in their conference split or not will be seeded with other 3rd place finishers. If you finish 3rd you finish 3rd no other way to justify it. They are seeded with other 3rd place teams. If you want to get technical they are the second place 1a team. But they are ranked higher
Sorry yea you are right. But so stupid. They punish good teams in split conferences. It's going to make things difficult a lot of upsets will occur with all the conference teams having to play each other 3 or 4 times in one season. Mitchell is top 10 for a reason lucky to have beaten them twice already. So you are asking a 2nd ranked Avery team to beat a conference rival ranked in the top 10 3 or 4 times in one season. That's a joke. I'm not a betting man but I don't like our chances I would rather play north Rowan or pine lake
10 just doesn't seem to be our lucky number the past two years. We got left out last year because we tied for 4th in a brutal split conference finished 10th in rankings. And 3 teams from little smoky got n? Now you want to make us play a 10th ranked team in 2nd round? Cause a team finishes 3rd in a 9 team conference. And Mitchell finishes 3rd in a split conference with 6 teams? With the number one ranked 2a team not 1a is on top undefeated. Disgrace!! The nchsaa has no common sense whatsoever. Split conferences are brutal ask Allegheny fans. It's not fair at all. The top two 2a teams and top 2 1a teams in split conferences regardless of finish should be 1 and 2 seeds.
I don’t think anybody would rather play north Rowan. They are young but when they click they are tough. I get what you are saying though. If this projection would hold out and we play GS again in the championship of the tourney that will be 4 times we would have to play them this year. To be honest I wouldn’t mind the seeding rules from this year but switch it up like they had a year or two ago where they went 1west v 16 MW 1MW v 16 W etc. I don’t think there is a perfect system where everybody would be happy but if you use these seeding guidelines get them split 1-64 then east and west 1-32 then split it once more to 1-16 east Mideast Midwest and West it will help to avoid as much as possible any conf matchups in the first or second round.
Maybe next year they would be, don't agree with that statement this year. Mount Airy, Avery, Murphy and Cherokee would all beat East handily this season without Sutphin.
I just hope hope!# not going to happen since nchsaa wants to punish good teams with these stupid conference rules making good teams play hard teams early n playoffs that Avery plays east Surry. So you think that if a player is not in 3a or 4a that they cannot stop a certain player. You are crazy. I remember in 8th grade watching Avery play a great Georgia team with two twins that were 6 footers. Well one of them scored on Franklin. And this fan screamed all day. 9 blocks later he wasn't screaming anymore. Lol. Every time they drove the ball went back out to the 3 point line. Well they were big and tall. Had bout 5 inch height advantage. She may not be a espn recruit. I get that. But speed shooting rebounding shot blocking without fouling she can hang. She is the leader in whc in blocks. She prides herself on defense. So before you go around with this garbage bout 1a players not being able to stop another 1a player. Better check yourself at the gym door. Cause there is a certain phrase called meeting your match. You need to tell me who can stop Franklin because every game I have seen she gets to the foul line at will.
Oh a ref closed my thread because I was honest. Let me ask you this Mr official? How come there have been videos of games sent to the nchsaa. I don't know you you don't know me. But last time I checked this is a free country. If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. I don't use profanity I just call it like I see it. I was speaking for all high school athletes. There are dirty cops and dirty officials everywhere that care more about themselves than doing what is right seen it with my own eyes. Coaches related to officials. If it didn't happen nobody would be complaining about it. I Didnt see you reply when comments were being made bout smc officials being terrible
They won by 3 points you idiot. And Franklin dominated north wilkes career high with 3 6 footers. They blew Avery out without Franklin just like east Surry would get blown out without sutphin wander what mh and Murphy fans think of your comments. And yes you said no 1a team could stop her
Well if they brackets hold to form only way they could meet would be in the regional finals on a neutral floor (although the trip from Murphy to Winston is much further than the trip from Pilot Mtn ha) but if that's how it played out I'd look forward to it.
That's good news for the Avery/Murphy sectional, had honestly forgotten they were moving to Hickory. It's still a good bit closer from Pilot Mtn to Hickory than from Murphy but would be more of a true neutral site than Winston.
You said no 1a player could match up with her. And mh has a former wnba player as their coach They are in the hunt every year. As far as ma last year not so sure they beat brakes out of either of those teams. Nobody is debating that east Surry is not a great team but that you don't know the whc no more than I know the nwc
I know this conference matchup in early rounds does not make sense.at least in the pod system you see different conferences battle it out. You get an idea of how good teams really are when they play teams they have not seen so far. Don't really know what to expect make in game adjustments. Makes exciting basketball games
Mount Airy Girls has only 2 players that are 5'9" and a 5'7 all others smaller. East Surry has 6" taller Elle Sutphin @ 6'3" and a 5'10" a 5'8" and 3 5'9" players . Of East Surry's 1272 points this year Elle has scored 468 of them. Mount Airy's speed, defense and great shooting have won them the games this year but their shooting has been way off the last 3 games maybe due to good defense from the other teams or the lack of height against more evenly matched teams
Also, I would say arrive early, both the venues are very small compared to The Joel or GSO. I remember the last time they were they had to wait for fans from previous game to leave to let others in.
Does Lenoir-Rhyne have like a balcony overhead behind one of the basketball goals ? If so I can remember going up there where and spending a few minutes shooting pictures when a local team was playing. I could get a few good dunks from up there and in the back part behind the other goal some of us would go back there and shot some baskets waiting for the game to get underway. Man, I miss those days !
It's been 10 years since I was in L-R, I don't think their is a balcony. CVCC has seats behind the goals and stage on one side. You also could have been at Hickory High, they have that set-up you are talking about and I do believe some of the regional games were played there also.
This would have been between 1989 & 1999. Seems like it was maybe 1 turn off I-40 to the right and maybe 1 other turn. Probably 3 total miles at the most off I-40. Seemed we passed a restaurant called something like Yesterday's on the right.
We have 5'1 5'5 5'7 at guards 5'11 and 6'0 forwards. Our best defenders are 5'11 Franklin and 5'1 McKinney both give up size but always hold their own
Our 5'7 shooting guard is super aggressive. Sees opening and goes for it every time. Top 5 scorer in 1a
Mount Airy has great shooters but can't seem to find the basket the last week or 2 . Senior Shaunae Sawyers is 5'5" and is their best shooter & player and played on Mount Airy's back to back State Championships the last two seasons. She is the only returning starter from those 2 State Championship teams that I remember. All others were reserves or moved up from the JVs. There are other great players but seems all are in a slump. Maybe they will start shooting better in the conference and state tournaments.
Oh yea until they are beat in playoffs they are the team to beat. Reigning two time defending champs
Hope to be there lol. I know the last two 1a regional games in the west have been very competitive. The Lincoln charter mount airy game in boys was a classic. Lincoln charter could not buy a bucket shooting outside but their furious comeback in the 4th was one for the ages. I was sad cause avery girls lost a hard fought game. No team shot the ball well in that game playing ma that day boys or girls. I'm sure the girls would always want to play at the joel. Good luck to them. Avery s girls and Lincoln charters boys went 2 for 26 from 3 point line that day lol.
It may have been Hickory High. I just remember a balcony above the Goal but don't remember if there were seats. If there were seats no one was seating in them. It has been 20 plus years and I can picture it all in my head and remember going there a few times for the playoffs.
