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Unlike the girls basketball team, going into tonight's action against Northern Nash Rocky Mount knew if they won, they won the conference. If they lost they could lose the top seeding in next week's conference tournament as well as a #1 seeding in the sectionals.

There was no more motivation needed as Rocky Mount pour it to Northern Nash from the git go in downing the Knights 90-63. Doing so the Gryphons wrap up the conference regular season crown and a bye until Wednesday in the Big East tournament to be played at Hunt.

Tashawn Mabrey and Darius McKnight combined for 57 points 32 and 25 to lead the way for the Gryphons. Rocky Mount finishes the regular season 18-2.

I told Morgan Friday afternoon that the girls might lose tonight due in part to a improving Northern girls team but also that with Fike losing twice this week and the conference crown being hand delivered to the Lady Gryphons on a silver platter their motivation might not be there tonight.

Between an ever improving Knights squad loaded with freshmen who now have beaten Fike and Rocky Mount both at the time both were either tied or in first place or no mojo the Knights beat the Lady Gryphons 36-35. The Lady Gryphons still hold the conference crown and the #1 seed and a bye in the Big East tournament until Thursday at Hunt. The Lady Gryphons finish the regular season at 16-4.

Carolina got more bad news today for it's floundering basketball team. Ed Davis broke his wrist Wednesday against Duke and is out at least six week and the way this season is going for Carolina the season might be over by then.

Carolina and State have over the history of the ACC finished first or second many times, but in ACC basketball history neither has ever finished 7th and 8th in the old ACC or 11 and 12th in the expanded ACC.

As I sit in front of this computer on a Saturday morning just after midnight both Carolina and State have a combined four wins between them. They play each other again today in Chapel Hill. Snow is falling and who knows how much we might get before it is over but you can believe if no one shows up to watch the game (for lack of interest) we can blame it on the snow anyway.

Has anyone thought much about this. Carolina has been on a down hill spiral ever since Roy Williams threw that Presbyterian fan out of the Dean Dome.

Dear Roy: Next time you play a religious school be nice YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.