Basketball in the SMC is right around the corner. Curious to what others around the SMC think and are looking forward to this season.
On the boys side I think the top 3 will remain among the top, with hayesville pushing those teams. I think it is evident that cherokee will be considered the front runner with rosman, hayesville, and swain fighting for 2-4. Robbinsville still returns all smc reece adams. Murphy has a new coach but returns their main core and habe some great athletes. Andrews return a couple good players and now have a very experienced coach in maennle that already has several smc titles.
Cherokee looks to be front runner with returning everyone. Mintz and straughn are two really good players and look for them to have a great year. Evans and santa maria are good complements of them. I think lossiah will really break put this year into a nice player. He is a good game controller that passes well and is a solid on ball defender. Plus they will have good depth and look for them to be tough to beat this year.
Rosman returns smc poy Deland Thomas. One of the best players ive seen in the smc for sometime now. His little brother looks to be coming along nice and was a solod scorer for the tigers last year as a freshman. Losing harper reese will be a big blow for them as he has been the engine for their uptempo offense for the past 4 years. Chappel kid is a good athlete and good defender for them as well.
Hayesville will be in good hands with josh cottrell. Look for him and thomas from rosman to battle for poy this year. He is also one of the best players ive seen in tbis conference for awhile as well. His supporting are all mainly back. I look for dwain cook to break out as a nice secondary guy to cottrell.
Swain returns arguably the best big man in the conference in zeke bradley. Very tough matchup for any other big man with his versatility. Brier younce should be a great guard for the devils this year. If they were not so deep last year i think he would have been talked about a lor more. Seth parker is an athletic forward that can rebound the ball well. Although i heard he got hurt in football. Dont know the severity? A lot of talent on jv coming up and look for them to male a difference later on in the season.
Look forward to it!
On the boys side I think the top 3 will remain among the top, with hayesville pushing those teams. I think it is evident that cherokee will be considered the front runner with rosman, hayesville, and swain fighting for 2-4. Robbinsville still returns all smc reece adams. Murphy has a new coach but returns their main core and habe some great athletes. Andrews return a couple good players and now have a very experienced coach in maennle that already has several smc titles.
Cherokee looks to be front runner with returning everyone. Mintz and straughn are two really good players and look for them to have a great year. Evans and santa maria are good complements of them. I think lossiah will really break put this year into a nice player. He is a good game controller that passes well and is a solid on ball defender. Plus they will have good depth and look for them to be tough to beat this year.
Rosman returns smc poy Deland Thomas. One of the best players ive seen in the smc for sometime now. His little brother looks to be coming along nice and was a solod scorer for the tigers last year as a freshman. Losing harper reese will be a big blow for them as he has been the engine for their uptempo offense for the past 4 years. Chappel kid is a good athlete and good defender for them as well.
Hayesville will be in good hands with josh cottrell. Look for him and thomas from rosman to battle for poy this year. He is also one of the best players ive seen in tbis conference for awhile as well. His supporting are all mainly back. I look for dwain cook to break out as a nice secondary guy to cottrell.
Swain returns arguably the best big man in the conference in zeke bradley. Very tough matchup for any other big man with his versatility. Brier younce should be a great guard for the devils this year. If they were not so deep last year i think he would have been talked about a lor more. Seth parker is an athletic forward that can rebound the ball well. Although i heard he got hurt in football. Dont know the severity? A lot of talent on jv coming up and look for them to male a difference later on in the season.
Look forward to it!