Lady Gryphons/Northern Boys Own Outright Leads

Friday night the Nash Central girls pulled the rug out from under the high flying Lady Warriors of Hunt.  Having won 14 of 15 Hunt looked to be class of the Big East.  Tonight Hunt comes to Rocky Mount now the only undefeated team in the league but Hunt can jump right back in first with a win.

The first three quarters this game is what first place battles are suppose to be.  Tied 41 all the fourth quarter belongs to the Lady Gryphons.  They out score Hunt 25 -8 to run away and hide winning 66-49.

The Lady Gryphons hold first at 4-0 with a trip to Northern Nash Tuesday.  Hunt losses their second in a row by double digits 2-2 in conference.

The Knights of Northern Nash who right now state wide hold the second best record in the state did not tarnish their record tonight beating Southern Nash 80-69. 

They are 4-0 and are the only unbeaten Boys team left and they finish up the first round of conference games Tuesday hosting Rocky Mount.  Southern falls to 0-4 and 5-13 on the season.

Rocky Mount hosted Hunt boys in a games where the winner gets to the middle of the pack.  Last year at this time Rocky Mount was still looking for their first win of the season.

Tonight Rocky Mount moves to 2-2 with a 67-64 win over Hunt.  They up their record to 6-7 and even though they played football almost to Christmas just like last year their record is much better than last still seeking one win.

Hunt falls to 1-3 4-13 has a meeting with Fike Tuesday.  Rocky Mount travels to Northern.

Nash Central boys played a close one to the wire with Fike as the last few minutes made the difference as the Bulldogs survive to beat Fike 58-53.  The Dogs are second in the Big east at 3-1  11-4 while Fike is 2-2 12-5.

Fike plays Southern Nash Tonight while Fike has rival Hunt.

Where Is The Next Coach Coming From?

Is there an upcoming crisis in the heart of Tobacco Road? February 13th coach K turns 70 years old.  Roy Williams will be 67 on August 1st.  How much longer will either be at the head of their basketball juggernauts?  Back in Raleigh  NC State is now in the sixth year of Mark Gottfried.  Since the departure of Jim Valvano only one coach has survived more than six years.

Over at Duke Coach K has gone under the knife and all Duke fans need to realize the Jeff Capel who has stepped in to be head coach is right now Having and on the job interview to be the next coach.  If they lose more than they win while K is out will not be good for Capel especially if Duke starts winning again when K returns.

Capel has brought Duke into the era of one and done with his recruiting which Kentucky had a monopoly of at it's inception.  The team of Capel's recruits them K coaching them has kept Duke in the top five of major colleges in basketball.

If Roy Williams retired today Carolina fans who is in line in Chapel Hill?  Should it be someone from the Carolina tree?  Jeff Lebo ECU.  I thought back in his playing days at Carolina he would be the next coach at Carolina after Dean Smith. He has been a college coach almost 20 years now and has never made NCAA tournament.

Scott Cherry, Wes Miller, King Rice.  None have had overwhelming success but Wes Miller is the youngest still under 40.  Really it looks who ever replaces Roy when the time comed might be from some other big time school.  Remember after Bill Guthridge left there were not many high profile coaches who wanted to follow the legend or were tied into their contract.

Raleigh has a different problem altogether.  The Pack is 2-5 in conference play and for the most part have only played the teams predicted to finish second division in the ACC. How can any one expect more wins when there are not many easy ones left?  Just look at the high priced seats at mid court as they have already deserted Gottfried.  When that happens you better start Winning now.

There has never been a history of bringing in a Wolfpacker to coach except Sidney Lowe but is there any Wolfpack limbs deserving a look should the end be near for Gottfried?

What about Archie Miller the head coach at Dayton?  The Pack for the most part has been more willing to find the bright New coach
Up and coming coach.  Since they have been in the coach searching business more that Duke and Carolina they already know about these unbreakable or too high to buy out contracts in the world of College coaches.

What I don't want to see is a Joe Paterno or Bobby Bowen situations in Durham or Chapel Hill where both K and Roy hang on too long.  I would like State to find somebody where they could have that problem in 30 years.