Boys District 5 AA

[sppawfan]

I say c.t. takes it all in a district with a lot of nice teams. Jmo. They are playing well and dillon boyer is a top guard in this area with experience and leadership. A total team player, because if he wanted to score 30 a game, he could, but has great passes to other teammates for easier shots.

[D5fanD5]

I think having a first round bye sometimes is hurtful for teams. They get too much rest and come out slow. Look in the NFL last few years wild card teams have won. I agree 5 teams have a great chance of winning. And I think if tussey or SF can get to UPJ that big court is to their advantage.

[sppawfan]

I agree with the byes. Yes they do get rest and heal up time, but other teams get and stay hot and come into the game hot with experience already that those bye teams didn't get. Two ways to look at it I guess, but I sooner would be playing, unless I had some healing up to do with some kids. Shanksville beat sf and tussey. So if they are top teams in the bigger d-5aa, I say ct will win it beating the vikings at home. I think shanksville and shade would beat most of the 5aa teams.

[BigSkyCountry]

Who ever wins will have to be on their "a" game the whole way through. Would love to see a NBC - ct rematch at upj.

[Sideling Hill Fan]

I would agree that the week and a half that CT and NBC will have off could be a curse or could be a blessing. Home court advantage is huge in the semifinals though too.

Besides the obvious, Conemaugh Twp., S.Fulton is the team from the eastern half of the district that is on a roll right now. Other than a blip on the radar in a strangely contested Saturday game vs Shanksville they have been on a roll since mid/late January.

As they've already won at TM a few weeks ago, I'll take SF to win a Quarterfinal before playing C. Twp. Ridge over Windber and then NB will get one more chance to end C.R's chokehold they seem to have on them.

I won't go against streaks (CR) or homecourt in a game with unfamiliar opponents (CT) so I look for CT to beat CR at UPJ in the final. Shade and Shanksville are almost undoubtedly headed to a Single A final.

[d6footballfan]

NBC loses to Bellwood rather handily, that's a head scratcher. Without Davis I thought this was a certainty to NBC; even though Davis plays sparingly and he was only about 60-70 percent, game wasn't even close. CT has some length that matches well with NBC, I look for CT to win this by 5 - 10. Look for CT to come out on top in D5AA as well.

[MightyMouse]

NBC loses to Bellwood rather handily, that's a head scratcher. Without Davis I thought this was a certainty to NBC; even though Davis plays sparingly and he was only about 60-70 percent, game wasn't even close. CT has some length that matches well with NBC, I look for CT to win this by 5 - 10. Look for CT to come out on top in D5AA as well.

Four seasons ago NBC went undefeated and won the the JRHigh ICC champoinship and they did it with what now is 11th graders, thus, did it then what was all 8th graders. So what im saying is (NOW,2013) 4 great athletic senoirs/players were added to that JR ICC champion team which would i think would have strengthen todays team. My Question is , Why do you think NB is not as dominate now as they were then? Some willsay "well, other teams as freshman had there good players moved up and did not play as a JR that season". , BUT, remember so did NBC, they had 4 that did not play as jr's at there freshman year,(Pressel twins, england, barns) soyou can not use that excuse, because these 4 kids mentioned are troumendous athletes and would counter balance the excuse at hand. So, i ask again why do you think NBC is not as dominate now as they were then?

[d6footballfan]

I think many things could be the source for an answer. For example, NBC has many talented multisport athletes, so specialization of one sport such as B-ball hasn't been an option, priority, or desire of some of these multisport stars from their younger days. Other teams perhaps the exact opposite has happened, where they were perhaps smaller and weaker in JH days and then grew and began to specialize on B-ball, all culminating of their becoming more competitive, even against taller foes. NBC as a team has some weaknesses that have been exposed, such as overall quickness. Loose balls, and ability to apply pressure D to smaller teams is an issue. Playing a zone D a large percent of time against teams that can get into lanes and create scoring ops is also evident. So to say its one thing would be wrong, but perhaps a combo of many "little things" . Don't get me wrong though, they are still a very good team, I think to be at the next level they have some vulnerabilities to solve.

[MightyMouse]

Thxs D6footballfan
Although the 5 nb starters do play allseason long except during football season. They play all summer at building rec 2 and AAU ball.

I do agree with you that we dont apply pressure well enough. NBC team barley did that all season.WHY? "dont know"

Nb has i think ten days till there home playoff game. I agree, they need to change , coaching staff needs not to be old school and make some seroius changes or they wont even compete, kind of like last night. NB has 6 kids that can play well, but for some reason there coach makes a 3 guard change at around the 4minute mark of the 1st peroid. And it doesnt matter if they are hot or not. Coaching needs to let the starters gell and only make changes if a player is completely winded or not playing well. The 7 and 8 guy should not even touch the floor unless its a blow out.

[thebrigade]

NBC loses to Bellwood rather handily, that's a head scratcher. Without Davis I thought this was a certainty to NBC; even though Davis plays sparingly and he was only about 60-70 percent, game wasn't even close. CT has some length that matches well with NBC, I look for CT to win this by 5 - 10. Look for CT to come out on top in D5AA as well.

Four seasons ago NBC went undefeated and won the the JRHigh ICC champoinship and they did it with what now is 11th graders, thus, did it then what was all 8th graders. So what im saying is (NOW,2013) 4 great athletic senoirs/players were added to that JR ICC champion team which would i think would have strengthen todays team. My Question is , Why do you think NB is not as dominate now as they were then? Some willsay "well, other teams as freshman had there good players moved up and did not play as a JR that season". , BUT, remember so did NBC, they had 4 that did not play as jr's at there freshman year,(Pressel twins, england, barns) soyou can not use that excuse, because these 4 kids mentioned are troumendous athletes and would counter balance the excuse at hand. So, i ask again why do you think NBC is not as dominate now as they were then?

i agree with d6, some of these teams are beating much bigger teams with speed and 3 point shooting. and some kids that were not as big back then have bulked up and others concentrate only on basketball. nbc has had a great season and lost some close games that could have them easily at the 1 seed. losing a few games is not a bad thing in the reg season its what they do from this point on and may end up being d5 team moving on. any of the 4 teams on top can easily beat any of the other 3 any given night. there really is no clear cut pick imo