The basketball season is now over. I, for one hate to see it end. Just a few observations from the 12 games this week.
1. The VHSL barely gives the kids a second to celebrate before they are lining them up to receive medals and pictures. These kids have worked their butts off. Let them savor the moment. It literally is like 2 minutes from the final horn until they start calling out names for medals.
2. Go back to putting the championship games on TV instead of the NFHS network. Every game I watched on the network, there was no audio. I understand from others that there wasnt any audio for half the games today either. There was issues with all 4 games on Thursday, yet it doesn't sound like nothing was done to resolve the issue. A real disappointment for anyone that paid for a subscription.
3. The girls team in the Western part of the state play beautiful basketball. I watched Parry McCluer, Central Wise and even Spotswood at 3A play basketball the way it should be played. All three teams are hard nosed, play in your face defense, make their free throws and play fluent offense. The Eastern teams while extremely athletic seem to play more one on one.
4. Surry vs Eastside and Northside vs Phoebus were the two best games of the week. Both games were back and forth affairs. I'll give a slight edge to the Northside game because it came down to 2 clutch free throws with 3 seconds left
5. The 1A and 2A crowds showed why community is everything. Other games had good crowds but today, you could tell the community pride of the schools involved was special
6. 2A Radford can play with any team in the state. I'm not saying they would beat every team, but I didn't see any boys team at any level that I thought was head and shoulders above them, and QMR is one of the best players in the state at any level.
7. I hate that the season is over. Seemed like it just started. Basketball season is where I can take time and just be a fan for about 3 months. Football is my passion and I love coaching high school football, but it is nice to just take in games and be a fan for a few months. Although this season has made me want to get back into coaching basketball again too.
8. Thanks for everyone who read my rankings, reviews etc this year and I appreciate all of the kind words.
1. The VHSL barely gives the kids a second to celebrate before they are lining them up to receive medals and pictures. These kids have worked their butts off. Let them savor the moment. It literally is like 2 minutes from the final horn until they start calling out names for medals.
2. Go back to putting the championship games on TV instead of the NFHS network. Every game I watched on the network, there was no audio. I understand from others that there wasnt any audio for half the games today either. There was issues with all 4 games on Thursday, yet it doesn't sound like nothing was done to resolve the issue. A real disappointment for anyone that paid for a subscription.
3. The girls team in the Western part of the state play beautiful basketball. I watched Parry McCluer, Central Wise and even Spotswood at 3A play basketball the way it should be played. All three teams are hard nosed, play in your face defense, make their free throws and play fluent offense. The Eastern teams while extremely athletic seem to play more one on one.
4. Surry vs Eastside and Northside vs Phoebus were the two best games of the week. Both games were back and forth affairs. I'll give a slight edge to the Northside game because it came down to 2 clutch free throws with 3 seconds left
5. The 1A and 2A crowds showed why community is everything. Other games had good crowds but today, you could tell the community pride of the schools involved was special
6. 2A Radford can play with any team in the state. I'm not saying they would beat every team, but I didn't see any boys team at any level that I thought was head and shoulders above them, and QMR is one of the best players in the state at any level.
7. I hate that the season is over. Seemed like it just started. Basketball season is where I can take time and just be a fan for about 3 months. Football is my passion and I love coaching high school football, but it is nice to just take in games and be a fan for a few months. Although this season has made me want to get back into coaching basketball again too.
8. Thanks for everyone who read my rankings, reviews etc this year and I appreciate all of the kind words.