B-Ball

With Basketball fast approaching what are your alls preseason predictions for District winners and Player of the Years!!

Pound should have a good team in the LPD along with Gate City and Norton.

Haysi should be the favorite in the BDD.

Twin Springs should have the edge in the Cumberland and may be the favorite again to win the Region D championship.

Twin Valley will dominate the BDD this year. With the addition of Goodman, they should win the region easily.

I agree Twin Valley should win the BDD & will be favored to win the Region D. LPD should be competitive this year with GC, Burton, Pound on top. Season will be here before you know it.

Twin Valley will be tough.. i think the lpd will come down between kelly gc and pound.. kelly should surprise some teams with all the transfers and the exchange student.. the cumberland will come down to ts and castlewood.. a lot of people will think ts is down this year...but they will surprise some teams.. dont count themn out of it yet

itll be TV and council out of the BDD
Castlewood and TS out of the CD
and GC and PV out of the LPD

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GC and PV out of the LPD

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Gate City and Powell Valley? Didn't both teams' starting 5 graduate last year? I think Miles will take J.I. Burton to the Region Tourney along with Pound, considering they didn't lose a single player from last year's team. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kelly upset a lot of teams though if their transfers are legit. Castlewood and Rye Cove out of the Cumberland. Haysi and Twin Valley out of the Black Diamond. LPD will get destroyed when the Region Tourney arrives.

actually no...gate city has kilgore and hackney returning as starters and parks moving into nate's role at pg and he should do just fine, the 2nd best pg behind miles in the district

powell valley was really impressive at the summer camps and have a lot of potential...pound, well pound was just an embarassment at regionals last year, but they should finish in the top 4 or 5, burton is a one man team again this year, kelly could sneak in, but i guess we'll have to wait and see just how good the players they got are

Gate City was a one man team last year and they made it to Regionals. If Miles is back 100% then no one in the LPD will stop him. No offense to Parks, but he's not a better PG than Brad Mullins from Pound. Mullins is probably a better shooter and ball handler than Miles, he just doesn't have the speed.

nate clark was one of the top 10 players in a loaded region last year and kilgore and hackney can both score in bunches...so no gc wasnt a one-man team last year...if that were the case then JMc wouldve gotten POY, but i do believe the big argument was that brad was more valuable to his team b/c gc's players were all good...so that kinda contradicts it now doesnt it?

parks has better handles and composure than miles as well and the dude was a freshman last year, so yeah id say he'll be a better pg than mullins

either way, gc and pv

I'm gonna have to agree with Widespread on this one. Parks will be a good PG but he gets too jittery at times and that's not a good thing for a PG. Mullins on the other hand has good handles and passing ability.

parks is a jitter-bug, as you can see from football
he is MUCH more calm though, and has shown more of what he can do this summer...but all this is beside the point...gc &gt; pound and pv will join them in regionals

I wasn't that impressed with Twin Valley last year, so I would be surprised to see them win the Region. I thought Twin Springs, Haysi, and Gate City were all much better teams.

I will need to see them in action to form a better opinion.

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Twin Valley will dominate the BDD this year. With the addition of Goodman, they should win the region easily.

I don't know why everybody is automatically thinking Gate City and Powell Valley will make it to regionals. There are 3 other teams that will have a chance: Burton, Pound and Clintwood. Burton gets Miles back, Pound has everybody back and Clintwood has a new coach that will bring discipline to a team that has a lot of potential.

The addition of Kent Goodman at Twin Valley will definitely give them an edge against everyone else in the region.

Clintwood lost a lot didn't they? Not to say they won't be any good, but they will have to prove themselves. Mills has that Kelly blood in him, so I'll be pulling for him anytime except against the Indians.

Nobody has mentioned Coeburn, I wouldn't overlook them.

A lot of people in Clintwood are saying that our b-ball team wont be much. I dont really know myself, I think we will be ok. We have a couple of tall guys who can play in David Mullins and Jordan Sloan, David played real well for us last year. Evan Vanover should run our offense pretty well, I think we will be ok, what do you thing wave10s?

I think the pg from pound is preety good along with fleming and logan.. pound and gc will be the top 2 teams... pv will be ok ..does anyknow know anything about appy or coeburn... norton has lorenzo and thats about it..the region champ will be either twin valley, gc, or ts or castlewood.. thats the top 4 teams

PV more talent than anybody, yet have not put a regional appearance in years.

it's simple...out goes justin hamilton, so goes clintwood

clintwood hasn't really been competitive in bball since

Kelly Fleming will more than likely run the point with Evan on a wing. The two posts will be David Mullins and Jordan Slone. With the experience from these 2 juniors, along with the senior leadership of Fleming, Clintwood should be fine. One thing that worries me is depth.

Chris Robinson, Derek Bunch and Zach Evans will provide depth if not push for a starting position...for Clintwood

Those are all good players, but they have no varsity experience.

did your bro graduate??

Nope, he's just a junior this year.

I still think they will contribute this yr....they are too good of athletes not too

I think they will contribute too, but experience could become a factor.

I'm not making any predictions, but look out for Twin Springs at the end of Regions. I know they lost a couple of key guys this year but their JV went undefeated last year. Bunch of big kids over there that know how to play the game.

we need daniel to come out too

Yeah ts had a very good jv team. the talent is there for the next 2 years.. the younger kids will have to grow up fast... twin springs will have a very good combo in warner in dockery..

they shou lcome around as the season grows

I agree, Daniel Vanover would help tremendously at the 3.

Who do u al think will be the player of the year in the region?
I think mark dockery or adam hood or drew justice could all get it.. the cumberland will be very competitive this year.. ts, cwood,cove, and st paul should all be decent

Who will be hosting the Region D tournament this year?

It goes to the BDD this year.

TV and Haysi will come out of the BDD. Council lost their best player and a great coach to Twin Valley. Council is doomed

While i don't think Council is Doomed I do think that TV and Haysi will come out of the BDD with TV being the eairly Fav to win the Reagion IMHO

Council held their own against all the competition over the summer, and Rasnake has done a good job of gaining their control and respect

Yeah I think Haysi has more talent but I wouldn't count Council out by a long shot...should be a good race for 2nd. TV is the biggest pre season favorite to win the region in quite a few years...probably since Brad Nuckles was a Jr at Council.

you left out JJ kelly..they are going to be a good team this year..They will beat Pound,Gate City and Norton. No problem

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They will beat Pound,Gate City and Norton. No problem

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No problem? Hmmm....