Tuesday was lost for playoff games and Wednesday has joined in as both Wilson and Nash County schools are closed tomorrow. If school is in session Thursday and Friday then the playoffs will go three straight nights which surely could be a major advantage for the home teams. Reality tells us that the home team has all the advantages regardless of playing three straight nights over every other night.
This weather forecast has nothing in it that would make anyone think there will be school for the rest of the week. If that happens then the first possible day for basketball playoffs will be Saturday. Last year basketball was allowed on Sunday for the first time in history. So if games are played Saturday and Sunday that still leaves the championship for Monday which is suppose to be press conference day at the Crown Complex in Fayetteville.
There is still one other possible disaster for the basketball playoffs. Suppose this Wednesday night Thursday weather turns into a major storm and there is no way to get any basketball in before Monday. The regional is suppose to start Tuesday with 3-A boys in the Coliseum and 2-A girls in the arena. If the first round of the sectional are played Monday what happens then?
There will be two rounds yet to play and Thursday would be first day for the regional. I could see a triple header Thursday and Friday in Fayetteville and maybe play enough games Saturday to play the Championship of the Regional on Sunday. This is of course contingent on no bad weather next week.
Here is another option drop teams in sectional seeded 17 through 32 and it only takes two games to win sectional. The Big East boys would not get to play would be Rocky Mount, Fike, Nash Central and Southern Nash. The girls would lose Fike, Rocky Mount, and Nash Central.
This weather just may cause some unusual circumstances and all of it depends on how deep the snow or ice is by Dark Thursday night.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
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