NCHSAA West Regionals parings are set...

Class 1-A --Semifinals at Catawba Valley Community College
Thursday, March 6, 7:00 p.m.- Murphy vs. Thomasville
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.- Rosman vs. Cherryville
Saturday, March 8, 11 a.m.--championship at East Burke

Class 2-A --Semifinals at Hickory High School
Thursday, March 6, 7:00 p.m.- Ledford vs. Mitchell
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.- Newton-Conover vs. Salisbury
Saturday, March 8, noon--championship at Hickory High

Class 3-A --Semifinals at East Burke High School
Thursday, March 6, 7:00 p.m.- Monroe Weddington vs. Asheville
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.-Monroe Parkwood vs. Hickory
Saturday, March 8, 3 p.m.--championship at East Burke High

Class 4-A --Semifinals at Shuford Gymnasium, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory
Thursday, March 6, 7:00 p.m.- Northern Durham vs. Charlotte Vance
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.-McDowell vs. Durham Riverside
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.--championship at Lenoir-Rhyne

 

Big Dan I am glad that you came over. Thanks for the info.

 

Big "D" whats your take on all the pairings/winners!

I am studying hard and will be in Hickory on Saturday.......softball prevents us from being there on Thursday.....GOOD LUCK to all teams!

 

Mcdowell vs Riverside from Hickory, 92.1 fm will
have live coverage @ 8:30.

 

Mcdowell by 12 will play Vance Saturday

 

Vance/McDowell preview...

the more fans, the better.

Here is my analysis on the McDowell/Vance regional final:

I would like to compare both McDowell and Vance.

1. Athleticism: tie, both Vance and McDowell has their competition pleading for air last night, infact Danielle Rodgers for Riverside could barely run the court in the 4th period. Hence, McDowell splitting the game wide open.

2. Speed: Advantage Vance, BUT, as good as speed is, if it's not in a controlled manner, it could kill you. (i.e Turnovers)

3. Defense: Advantage McDowell, Even with Vance being athletic, they showed spurts last night of not being that good on man-to-man defense, and on the boards.

4. Size: Advantage McDowell, this is also related to defense. Vance is a relatively small team, and could face problems on the boards against McDowell's interior.

5. Backcourt: tie, Both backcourts do a good job to moving the ball and taking good shots, neither team has a significant advantage over each other.

6. Post Play: tie, but quite honestly I'm giving benefit of a doubt to Vance. Last night, Kerri Metzker just didn't show much to impress me. She will likely be matched up with Erin May, and I see McDowell potentially exploiting that matchup.

Okay, here are the keys to tomorrow's game:

Vance: For Vance to win, they need to just keep doing what has brought them to this stage. But, I also think that Metzker needs to get more touches inside and try to draw fouls on McDowell's interior to negate McDowell's size advantage.

McDowell: McDowell can run with anybody, let that be known right now. But the thing that makes McDowell so good is that if they don't have an open lane to the hoop, they are patient and will work the ball around to find a good matchup. If McDowell will continue to be patient, they will be just fine. I also think that McDowell might sneak in a couple possessions of zone just to confuse Vance. I noticed last night when Northern Durham went zone, it took away the easy baskets that Vance got, and speaking of that, when McDowell is playing in man-to-man defense, do not allow the guards to Vance to have a free lane to drive inside and score. That is what killed Northern Durham last night.

Well, that's my opinion on the two teams, good luck to both Vance and McDowell tomorrow afternoon.

 

Western Regional All-Tournament Team

BigDan, do you know who made the All-Tournament team?(3A Western)