I really don't know how much of a factor that's been for MA, though. WSP has been one of the worst teams in the state the last two seasons, Bishop is still good but nothing like it was, and Atkins moved up to 2A after last year. This year, the NW1A was Mount Airy, two good-but-not-great teams in East and Bishop, and that was it. The 13 in a row probably ends next year, unless WSP or Bishop loads up again.
One of the reporters actually asked Jo Snow about the conference preparing them to win the championship in the postgame press conference on Saturday, and she was kind of stumped about how to respond. The best anyone did was Bishop losing by 15 and 13, and when they played them in the tournament final, MA won by 30.
Other than West Forsyth, the best teams they saw in the regular season were Forbush and North, both non-conference. Other than that, it was just the playoff teams.