Boys basketball 24/25

[footballstar_17]

Just comparing Monroe's basketball and football rosters, it looks like they only have 2 basketball players who weren't on the football team. Kinda hard to play when you're missing 7 of the 8 guys in your rotation.

Makes sense, but that's why I asked. It looks like they are scheduled to play three games until the end of the season. Do you think that will affect them come tournament time/playoffs, especially since they played football into late December?

Before the season started were they expected to be good/win their conference? Last couple years it looks like they were just above .500, but before that they won the conference. I know nothing about the team, other than they seem to be off to a decent start so just wondering what to expect from them.

 

[BleedBurnsBlue]

2a Boys CVAC conference halfway standings

1. Maiden 7-0
2. Lincolnton 6-1
3. Bandys 4-3
4. Newton Conover 3-4
4. West Caldwell 3-4
6. East Burke 2-5
6. West Lincoln 2-5
8. Bunker Hill 1-6

Question about Lincolnton. I know they have the "stud" in Smith. But he takes 27 shots a game. That is absolutely insane. Does he not have any help? Or is it a legitmate one man band?

 

[Vik-Val 86]

Anyone know what right off hand when the State Championship weekend is going to be.

 

[FreedomAlum]

Anyone know what right off hand when the State Championship weekend is going to be.

March 14-15 with the regionals from the Monday through Thursday preceding those dates.

 

[Vik-Val 86]

March 14-15 with the regionals from the Monday through Thursday preceding those dates.

Thanks

 

[Maiden Creek]

Question about Lincolnton. I know they have the "stud" in Smith. But he takes 27 shots a game. That is absolutely insane. Does he not have any help? Or is it a legitmate one man band?

I’ve heard this numerous times from others….”one man team”… but I disagree. Smith is an incredible player…he can make a shot from anywhere! He made a turn around jumper from the baseline for 3 against Maiden that was beautiful.. he was chasing the ball to keep it inbounds…pulls up with a quick release…nuttin’ but net!💰I’m sure he has the green light anytime, anywhere…which probably explains his numbers.

However, the Wolves have other really good players that can shoot, their point guard is good, fast too! The wolves are tall, very athletic, and they match up very well against Maiden.

It isn’t just Smith…at least in my opinion….the Wolves have a great team!

 

[Naquedskwirrels]

1/23
Metro 4A
N Guilford 63 Page 49
Grimsley 68 SW Guilford 66

Central Piedmont 4A
Lexington 53 Morehead 48
W Stokes 60 McMichael 39
Reidsville 87 HP Andrews 58

Central Carolina 1A/ 2A
Thomasville 54 N Davidson 44

Northwest 1A
Carver 49 WS Prep 48
NC Leadership Academy 62 Cornerstone Charter 48
Piedmont Classical 51 Bethany Community 23

 

[BusterBrown1980]

1/23
Metro 4A
N Guilford 63 Page 49
Grimsley 68 SW Guilford 66

Central Piedmont 4A
Lexington 53 Morehead 48
W Stokes 60 McMichael 39
Reidsville 87 HP Andrews 58

Central Carolina 1A/ 2A
Thomasville 54 N Davidson 44

Northwest 1A
Carver 49 WS Prep 48
NC Leadership Academy 62 Cornerstone Charter 48
Piedmont Classical 51 Bethany Community 23

Woah. Thomasville beat North Davidson by 10? What is going on in the waterrr in welcome

 

[tarheel fan1]

Max Preps 2a Men’s Basketball Rankings 1/21/25

1. Reidsville
2. Farmville Central
3. SW Onslow
4. Washington
5. Northwood
6. West Bladen
7. Kinston
8. Pine Lake Prep
9. Randleman
10. Maiden
11. SW Edgecombe
12. Northeastern
13. SE Alamance
14. Lincoln Charter
15. South Granville
16. North Stanly
17. Monroe
18. Salisbury
19. Lincolnton
20. Wallace Rose Hill
21. North Surry
22. Surry Central
23. Greene Central
24. TW Andrews
25. Eastern Wayne

13 east-12 west…top 25.

Monroe in the fray now.

We’ll see.

Feels like maiden could be higher

 

[Maiden Creek]

Feels like maiden could be higher

They’re getting there…slowly but surely.

The east is just loaded with very good teams as far this state wide ranking is concerned.

I do like that the Blue Devils are sitting 3rd in RPI in the 2a West. I’m hoping they continue on this hot streak. They’re really playing well.

 

[Vik-Val 86]

Salisbury sits at 13-3. They take on Thomasville this evening on 1/24. Didn’t realize they had beaten Dudley earlier in the season. But not sure how much Dudley is about being a good basketball team.

 

[Naquedskwirrels]

Metro 4-A
NG(5-2)
WG(5-2)
SWG(5-2)
Grimsley(5-2)
NWG(4-3)
Page(3-4)
SEG(1-6)
Ragsdale(0-7)

Mid-State 3-A
HP Central(6-0)
Smith(5-1)
Dudley(5-1)
NEG(3-3)
ROCK(2-3)
SG(2-5)
EG(1-6)
Atkins(1-6)

Mid-State 2-A
Reidsville(6-0)
West Stokes(5-1)
Walkertown(3-2)
HP Andrews(3-3)
Morehead(2-3)
McMichael(1-4)
North Forsyth(0-7)

 

[Vik-Val 86]

Final scores in other areas in boys game 1/24
North Rowan 93 South Davidson 50
Central Cabarrus 70 East Rowan 39
Concord 77 South Rowan 45

 

[Vik-Val 86]

1/24
Greater Metro 4A scores
Mooresville 78 Cox Mill 49
West Cabarrus 54 South Iredell 46
Hickory Ridge 99 AL Brown 72

 

[Naquedskwirrels]

1/24
Metro 4A
SW Guilford 68 Page 50
Grimsley 64 SE Guilford 45
N Guilford 70 Ragsdale 50
W Guilford 55 NW Guilford 45

Central Piedmont 4A
MT Tabor 55 RJ Reynolds 42
W Forsyth 75 Parkland 36
Reagan 64 Glenn 49
E Forsyth 58 Davie Co 43

Mid-Piedmont 3A
Ledford 74 N Davidson 62
Oak Grove 62 C Davidson 53
Asheboro 72 Montgomery Central 36

Mid-State 3A
Dudley 68 HP Central 59
Smith 92 Atkins 39
Rockingham Co 80 S Guilford 55
NE Guilford 81 E Guilford 41

Foothills 2A
N Surry 76 Wilkes Central 43
E Surry 44 N Wilkes 31
Surry Central 63 W Wilkes 58

Mid-State 2A
Reidsville 82 N Forsyth 41
Walkertown 65 W Stokes 62
HP Andrews 76 McMichael 51

Piedmont Athletic 1A/ 2A
Grace Christian 88 E Randolph 80
Randleman 82 Wheatmore 39
SW Randolph 60 Trinity 38
Providence Grove 63 Uwharrie Charter 50

Northwest 1A
Starmount 62 Forbush 56
S Stokes 76 Alleghany 53
Elkin 65 N Stokes 59
E Wilkes 58 MT Airy 56

Northwest Piedmont 1A
Bishop Mcguiness 61 Cornerstone Charter 22
Piedmont Classical 57 NC Leadership Academy 45
WS Prep 75 Phoenix Academy 31
Carver 62 Triad Math & Science 44
College Prep & Leadership Academy 86 Bethany Community School 25

 

[Maiden Creek]

Max Preps 2a Men’s Basketball Rankings 1/27/25

1. Reidsville
2. Farmville Central
3. SW Onslow
4. Washington
5. Northwood
6. West Bladen
7. Kinston
8. Maiden
9. Pine Lake Prep
10. Randleman
11. SW Edgecombe
12. Northeastern
13. SE Alamance
14. Lincoln Charter
15. Salisbury
16. South Granville
17. North Stanly
18. Lincolnton
19. Wallace Rose Hill
20. North Surry
21. Burns
22. Surry Central
23. Bandys
24. TW Andrews
25. Eastern Wayne

 

[Eagles/Trojans13]

The Metro 4A and CPC Standing are a complete mess right now with the top half in each league. Should be an interesting 2 weeks to see how it all shakes out. CPC has 4 teams in the top 8 in RPI and 3 of the 4 are in the top 4 of RPI.

 

[FreedomAlum]

Max Preps 2a Men’s Basketball Rankings 1/27/25

1. Reidsville
2. Farmville Central
3. SW Onslow
4. Washington
5. Northwood
6. West Bladen
7. Kinston
8. Maiden
9. Pine Lake Prep
10. Randleman
11. SW Edgecombe
12. Northeastern
13. SE Alamance
14. Lincoln Charter
15. Salisbury
16. South Granville
17. North Stanly
18. Lincolnton
19. Wallace Rose Hill
20. North Surry
21. Burns
22. Surry Central
23. Bandys
24. TW Andrews
25. Eastern Wayne

Another showdown between Reidsville and Farmville Central in the state championship game would be 🔥

 

[BleedBurnsBlue]

Another showdown between Reidsville and Farmville Central in the state championship game would be 🔥

In the West, there is no one to stop Reidsville. Who out there can give Farmville Central a game? West Bladen has beaten them already. Is that the only one?

 

[FreedomAlum]

In the West, there is no one to stop Reidsville. Who out there can give Farmville Central a game? West Bladen has beaten them already. Is that the only one?

Looks like they've got a couple of losses to private schools, West Bladen and Reidsville. If the scores are anything to go by all of these were reasonably close (less than 10 points). So it looks like they've been playing well.

 

[tarheel fan1]

In the West, there is no one to stop Reidsville. Who out there can give Farmville Central a game? West Bladen has beaten them already. Is that the only one?

The east has a couple of teams that will give farmville a game. Northwood will be a sleeper that just recently came down from 3a. I think the 2nd team out west is Maiden then Lincolndton has that big time scorer, also sure its a few other teams.

 

[Vik-Val 86]

Salisbury may not be a threat to Reidsville but they could make a good run in the 2A playoffs.

 

[Maiden Creek]

Western Foothills 3a Boys Conference standings

1. East Lincoln 6-2
1. Hickory 6-2
1. North Lincoln 6-2
1. Statesville 6-2
5. North Iredell 3-5
5. St. Stephens 3-5
7. West Iredell 2-6
8. Fred T Foard 0-8

This is always a fun conference to watch!

Can’t help but chuckle….one of the toughest teams that Maiden has played this year is those boys from St. Stephens. They’re currently 33rd in RPI in 3a West. I’m pulling for them, with all I got, to get in the playoffs.

SSAW!🫵

 

[Maiden Creek]

In the West, there is no one to stop Reidsville. Who out there can give Farmville Central a game? West Bladen has beaten them already. Is that the only one?

I’ll bet ya…a Weiner Works combo…that Washington wins at home this Friday night against Farmville!😂

Farmville ain’t won their conference yet!

Take a look at West Bladen…they’re only allowing 35 points a game! Do what? Just blows me away.

What kind of ball they playing down there?😂

 

[Naquedskwirrels]

Central Piedmont 4A
W Forsyth 16-2 (7-1)
Davie Co 13-4 (6-2)
MT Tabor 12-4 (6-2)
E Forsyth 9-3 (6-2)
Reagan 10-7 (4-4)
RJ Reynolds 5-12 (2-6)
Parkland 5-11 (1-7)
Glenn 5-13 (0-8)

Mid-Piedmont 3A
Oak Grove 11-3 (4-0)
Ledford 14-1 (3-0)
C Davidson 8-8 (2-2)
Asheboro 10-6 (1-3)
N Davidson 8-9 (1-3)
Montgomery Central 0-15 (0-3)

 

[Sportsnut17]

When is the final week of regular season?

 

[FreedomAlum]

When is the final week of regular season?

Second week in February.

 

[Vik-Val 86]

1/28 Lake Norman 87 AL Brown 50

 

[Naquedskwirrels]

1/28
Metro 4A
Page 55 Ragsdale 42
SW Guilford 71 W Guilford 56
Grimsley 56 NW Guilford 49
N Guilford 65 SE Guilford 58 4OT

Central Piedmont 4A
MT Tabor 69 E Forsyth 48
Parkland 44 RJ Reynolds 43
Reagan 59 Davie Co 48
W Forsyth vs Glenn ??

Mid-State 3A
Smith 83 Rockingham Co 37
NE Guilford 81 S Guilford 45
Dudley 87 Atkins 49

Mid-Piedmont 3A
Asheboro 48 Oak Grove 46
C Davidson 59 Ledford 56

Mid-State 2A
Reidsville 81 Walkertown 53
HP Andrews 81 N Forsyth 30

Foothills 2A
Surry Central 64 Wilkes Central 48
N Surry 65 E Surry 40
W Wilkes 71 Forbush 46

Piedmont Athletic 1A/2A
Randleman 80 E Randolph 72
SW Randolph 58 Providence Grove 53

Northwest
S Stokes 100 MT Airy 63
N Stokes 69 Starmount 50
Alleghany 53 N Wilkes 52

Northwest Piedmont 1A
Bishop McGuinness 67 NC Leadership Academy 47
Cornerstone Charter 64 Triad Math &Science 33
College Prep &Leadership Academy 64 Carver 60

 

[rambbq]

Not sure who made Reidsville's schedule but they played last thursday, last friday, this monday and again last nite...jeez...they won all 4 by comfortable margins including beating Walkertown last nite 81-53...Rams are off now until Sat. nite when they host Gretna High School out of Virginia who is sporting a 13-1 record........Rams have now won 47 in a row.........

 

[Sportsnut17]

 

[REWhitley]

1/28 Lake Norman 87 AL Brown 50

Lake Norman sat it's leading scorer Tre McKinnon out for the game as a precaution. He hurt his knee against Mooresville and Coach Hodges did not want to take any chances.

AL Brown was actually a very hard charging team, tried to run with the ball and press the offense. But they do not have any real height to combat for rebounds. So if AL Brown thought they were fast, they learned fairly quickly that you can not out run hard thrown outlet passes to other players just as fast if not faster than them.

Lake Norman had at least 4 players in double digit scoring. Coach Hodges played 5 JV players almost the entire 4th quarter and the score did not narrow at all.

 

[Vik-Val 86]

Lake Norman sat it's leading scorer Tre McKinnon out for the game as a precaution. He hurt his knee against Mooresville and Coach Hodges did not want to take any chances.

AL Brown was actually a very hard charging team, tried to run with the ball and press the offense. But they do not have any real height to combat for rebounds. So if AL Brown thought they were fast, they learned fairly quickly that you can not out run hard thrown outlet passes to other players just as fast if not faster than them.

Lake Norman had at least 4 players in double digit scoring. Coach Hodges played 5 JV players almost the entire 4th quarter and the score did not narrow at all.

Do you know the condition of Tre McKinnon. How long he might be out. I wasn’t at these games but someone relayed me the scores.

 

[REWhitley]

Do you know the condition of Tre McKinnon. How long he might be out. I wasn’t at these games but someone relayed me the scores.

I spent maybe 15 to 20 minutes talking with him before the game. This was completely caution. He could have played. Unless something else develops which I would not expect then he will play Friday night.
He is really excited about having signed with Appalachian and is completely settled in that decision, despite other larger schools showing interest now.

He said that Josh Yates (Sr) is beginning to get some small school interest and Nick Arnold (Jr) is also.