This spring is the end of the sixth year of the Big East high school conference with Fike and Hunt from Wilson County joining the four high schools for Nash County. Talk will begin soon on the next realignment which will occur when the school year for 17/18 starts. The Big East is perfect as far as the how far are your away games. I think every conference needs at least eight teams but looking at who could fit the profile of the Big East then more travel is needed to enlarge the conference to eight.
Six years ago I don't think anybody would have voted if you had to choose Is the Big East going to be better in Football or Basketball I think the vote would have been 80% football. Surely that has not proven to be the case as we look back at the Big East history in both.
2009 the first year of the Big East the BE went 4-2 in the football playoffs with Southern Nash playing in the Eastern finals. A long the way Southern had to knock off Hunt in the second round which gave the conference a 4-2 overall playoff record. Basketball saw Rocky Mount win the state championship and the conference over all was 7-2 in the basketball playoffs.
2010 saw the BE going 4-3 in the playoffs but Nash Central had to play Hunt the first round which took away a BE win but it also saved a loss to someone else in the playoffs. Hunt lost in the regional finals. Basketball saw the conference go 5-4 and Rocky Mount made it to the regional losing in the semi finals.
2011 saw a BE tangled in the second round which took away a win and a loss but 4-3 was the record with Hunt losing in the East Regional. Over on the basketball side Rocky Mount won the big enchilada for the second time in three years and over all the conference went 7-2 and along the way Nash Central had to face Rocky Mount.
2012 BE football sent Hunt to the regional final game again but they started out the playoffs facing Southern Nash. The conference was 2-2 against all others. Basketball was 5-3 but Nash Central collided with Hunt in a first round tango. Rocky Mount lost in the semi finals of the regional.
2013 Hunt won the regional and played in the state championship game to give the conference four wins but no one else had a win to give the league a 4-4 playoff record. Basketball went 6-2 with Hunt winning the regional and playing in the big game.
2014 Football featured Fike and Hunt in an opening round playoff game and no team made it past the second round giving the league a 2-2 playoff record. Basketball sent Hunt to the Regional final so the basketball league was 4-5 in this years playoffs.
So is this a football league or basketball league. Five of the six years of the Big East football has had a team in the regional Final winning once. Basketball has made it to the Regional final four of six years and twice won the state crown.
It is my opinion that the Big East is an excellent football league but at this point two state basketball titles trumps 0 football titles. The Big East is a basketball league. What is proven by both sports the Big East is the best football and basketball league in the East. 9 out of 12 regional final games in six year has had a Big East Team. No other league comes close.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
NCAA Chops On The Cuse, Boeheim
HUNT LOSES REGIONAL FINAL 65-52
No wonder Syracuse decided to miss the ACC Tournament this year in Greensboro. Of course Jim Boeheim the Syracuse coach wants no part of Greensboro when he compares it with Madison Square Garden. The NCAA gave us the answer they have known since October. Friday the NCAA slammed Syracuse and if I am a Carolina fan I might want to gulp after the penalties handed down.
Jim Boeheim has to surrender 108 wins which drops him from the door step of 1000 wins down to sixth on the all time list. He must sit out the first half nine games of the ACC conference season next year. Syracuse must return all monies won in playoffs in 2011-12-13. Lose twelve scholarships to boot.
Those of you who might think that the NCAA took many of Joe Paterno's wins away at Penn State but has since reneged and given them back to him there is one major difference. Paterno's failures had nothing to do with wins and losses on the football field. Boeheim has run a program that let in players who weren't eligible gave them extra benefits for winning games. Paterno never did any of that he just covered up a coach sex offender which had nothing to do with wins and losses as long as you don't consider the coach in question may have help coach many of those wins if he had of been in jail where he belonged Penn state just might lost a few of them.
Today is the last day of the ACC basketball season. Several seeding's for next week's ACC tournament are still undecided. I have tickets for Wednesday games and of course State for sure is playing Wednesday either at 7pm or 9:30 depending on today's outcome on all games. Carolina still has an outside shot at the double day bye if they beat Duke tonight.
Who are you picking tonight in the battle of the blue part II. Here is my feeling. Duke made 10/20 threes in Durham and it took overtime to beat Carolina. Carolina wins tonight.
Saturday is the last game of the season for Syracuse. I bet they play their butts off for Boeheim. The question is what is State going to play like. If they win and play at 9:30 Wednesday I'll be there in Greensboro until midnight planning on working Thursday. They lose they play at 7:00 Wednesday. I have a catch 22 with this game.
Can the University of Virginia keep winning with mirrors with at least two starters still missing. Louisville needs this one and I think they take UVA. Wake plays at BC. That could be a barn burner of a game.
I don't know how the seeding's will play out after today but I hope Wake wins Tuesday and Carolina also has a Wednesday game along with State. At least three of the Big Four could be there while I'm there.
Hunt High tries to win their second straight Eastern Basketball regional today when they play Terry Sanford. If they do the Big East will send it's fourth team in six years to the state championship basketball game.
No wonder Syracuse decided to miss the ACC Tournament this year in Greensboro. Of course Jim Boeheim the Syracuse coach wants no part of Greensboro when he compares it with Madison Square Garden. The NCAA gave us the answer they have known since October. Friday the NCAA slammed Syracuse and if I am a Carolina fan I might want to gulp after the penalties handed down.
Jim Boeheim has to surrender 108 wins which drops him from the door step of 1000 wins down to sixth on the all time list. He must sit out the first half nine games of the ACC conference season next year. Syracuse must return all monies won in playoffs in 2011-12-13. Lose twelve scholarships to boot.
Those of you who might think that the NCAA took many of Joe Paterno's wins away at Penn State but has since reneged and given them back to him there is one major difference. Paterno's failures had nothing to do with wins and losses on the football field. Boeheim has run a program that let in players who weren't eligible gave them extra benefits for winning games. Paterno never did any of that he just covered up a coach sex offender which had nothing to do with wins and losses as long as you don't consider the coach in question may have help coach many of those wins if he had of been in jail where he belonged Penn state just might lost a few of them.
Today is the last day of the ACC basketball season. Several seeding's for next week's ACC tournament are still undecided. I have tickets for Wednesday games and of course State for sure is playing Wednesday either at 7pm or 9:30 depending on today's outcome on all games. Carolina still has an outside shot at the double day bye if they beat Duke tonight.
Who are you picking tonight in the battle of the blue part II. Here is my feeling. Duke made 10/20 threes in Durham and it took overtime to beat Carolina. Carolina wins tonight.
Saturday is the last game of the season for Syracuse. I bet they play their butts off for Boeheim. The question is what is State going to play like. If they win and play at 9:30 Wednesday I'll be there in Greensboro until midnight planning on working Thursday. They lose they play at 7:00 Wednesday. I have a catch 22 with this game.
Can the University of Virginia keep winning with mirrors with at least two starters still missing. Louisville needs this one and I think they take UVA. Wake plays at BC. That could be a barn burner of a game.
I don't know how the seeding's will play out after today but I hope Wake wins Tuesday and Carolina also has a Wednesday game along with State. At least three of the Big Four could be there while I'm there.
Hunt High tries to win their second straight Eastern Basketball regional today when they play Terry Sanford. If they do the Big East will send it's fourth team in six years to the state championship basketball game.
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