Friday, January 16, 2015

Critical Week For Big East Basketball

Everyone has played once in conference play and once again only one conference game this week due to exams.  If the "old wives tales" are right next week will be under stress of weather .  I don't know about you but it thundered at work on Monday while a drizzle was falling in the fog and depending on how many days you have heard it should snow sometime between Monday and Wednesday of next week.  If it does happen no telling what the schedule might be next week.  Vital match ups high light this weeks games.

Hunt @ Northern Nash:  On the girls side this will pit two 1-0 teams  and record wise Hunt 10-3-1-0 could give Northern a tussle 12-0  1-0.  I doubt it will happen at Northern Nash.  This game does pit two of the three conference undefeated teams in this one.

The boys find Hunt 8-5 visiting Northern Nash 3-9:  Hunt showed the world against Rocky Mount that their height will be a major factor for any team wanting to take away from the defending conference and regional champs the 2015 conference championship.  This will be a tall task for Northern.

Southern Nash @ Fike:  Fike 9-3 - 0-1stumbles at Nash Central while Southern 9-1- 1-0 did their business to Northern.  This is a must game for Fike.  Nobody wants to be  0-2 but if it happens  to anyone the key to this season and any other is the ability to hold on for home court wins and steal a few on the road.  All three boys games Friday are1-0 team playing 0-1 teams.  We could have three teams 2-0 or three 0-2 or somewhere in between.

Southern girls 0-13-0-1 will not get too many opportunities to win this year.  This might be one  even though it is ever so slight.  Fike 5-6 - 0-1 will be on it's home court and this is surely not a game anyone in Big East can afford to lose.  As far as conference games go not many games on any one's schedule that they will be  out right favorites other than Northern.   Fike can't let this one get away.

Nash Central @ Rocky Mount:  Nash Central girls 9-3- 1-0 seems primed while Rocky Mount 5-5 0-1 still needs to get the water pump gushing.  Vital game for Rocky Mount having already lost at home. Here we go again looking at stealing one on the road for the traveling team and holding serve at home.   If Nash Central wins and goes  to 2-0 this could give them  the confidence to push on while if Rocky Mount drops to 0-2 it could work the other way.  Talk about a big game but this is it.

Nash Central Boys 8-3 - 1-0 Rocky Mount 7-3  0-1.  Both seem to have the same roster in size and speed.  Classic inter city Rocky Mount game.  I would suspect the gym will be over flowing by game time of the boys game.  Rocky Mount is staring at five of last eight games on the road and this is a must for them.

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