GamedayinMountainDistrict 10 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 1. Union 2. Lord Botetourt 3. Radford 4. Carroll County 5. Patrick Henry (Roanoke) 6. Gate City 7. Cave Spring 8. Honaker 9. Richlands 10. Pulaski County 11. George Wythe 12. Graham 13. Eastside 14. John Battle 15. Ridgeview 16. Floyd County 17. Casltewood 18. Glenvar 19. Auburn 20. Fort Chiswell 21. Abingdon 22. Lee 23. Christiansburg 24. Northwood 25. Norton Opinion based. I welcome all comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Larry 530 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Union who just about lost to Battle and Ridgeview at No. 1? Nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 1. Union 2. Lord Botetourt 3. Radford 4. Carroll County 5. Patrick Henry (Roanoke) 6. Gate City 7. Cave Spring 8. Honaker 9. Richlands 10. Pulaski County 11. George Wythe 12. Graham 13. Eastside 14. John Battle 15. Ridgeview 16. Floyd County 17. Casltewood 18. Glenvar 19. Auburn 20. Fort Chiswell 21. Abingdon 22. Lee 23. Christiansburg 24. Northwood 25. Norton Opinion based. I welcome all comments. Slashed schools don't belong in a SWVA poll! Just my opinion but one I am certain is shared by many regulars to this site. Carroll County is terrible. They were crushed by Floyd and barely beat a helpless Galax team the other night. Radford is the class of SWVA basketball right now. The Martinsville win is as impressive a win as anyone in Virginia has had this season, regardless of division. Honaker and George Wythe are very good as well. I have seen Fort play. They will win some regular season games with a weak schedule but don't have a lot of talent and wont hang around very long in the post season. The rest doesn't matter for another month. GMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,444 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Doesn't Carroll Co. belong in the North Carolina poll instead of the SWVA poll? Chappy and sixcat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West12aaa 99 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Waiting till the end of January before I post one of these. Radford #1 gc #2 Honaker #3 by a WIDE margin and untill they lose. Basing off scores overrated Lee (unranked Richlands (20-15) till they prove it vs union. Make those changes and you'll be onto something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Doesn't Carroll Co. belong in the North Carolina poll instead of the SWVA poll? Or first in line for Mars One! cityofRaven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,261 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Union wouldn't even be in the top 5 in my poll... 1. Gate City 2. Radford 3. Honaker 4. George Wythe 5. Eastside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Is it a requirement for this forum that people overlook Graham? Seems like it. GMan, hhstigers7327 and frito gonzales 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhstigers7327 217 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I would replace Eastside with Graham in havoks poll. Eastside is very overrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,261 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I based mine off the fact that Eastside picked up two wins in the Florida tournament (have no idea what the competition was like in that tournament, but feel it was probably at least somewhat decent), and the narrow two point win by Graham over what has been discussed here as as a very mediocre at best Marion team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat Bob 491 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Hard to not have Radford at #1 at this point in time. Union may round into a top team but until they do, potential should not be placed above results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat Bob 491 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I just looked up Union's record. I stand corrected. 2 losses in the Arby's Classic is it. Maybe they are numero uno?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhsalum 31 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 to the original poster......if you include the roanoke area teams, you probably missed on the two best ones - william fleming and northside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Larry 530 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I just looked up Union's record. I stand corrected. 2 losses in the Arby's Classic is it. Maybe they are numero uno?!? Ya GC too (10-2). Both losses in the Arby's Classic to 6A Mentor (OH) (enrollment 2,800+) and 6A Tift County (GA) (enrollment 1,400+) Leatherhead Larry and Great City 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great City 210 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 ............and GC beat Honaker in a "benefit" game early in the year. However............still pretty early in the year. Will depend on who improves the most, and who stays injury free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat Bob 491 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Gate City is always pretty decent but I am not sold on the head coach. GC always seems to have talent but lacks discipline for the most part. That is just my impression. Admittedly, I have not seem them that often, other than a few games v. my beloved Bearcats the last few years. Since they will not play this year, I doubt I will see them in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat Bob 491 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Much like football was stronger in the West, I think basketball is stronger in the East this season. I get to see some of those East teams now and there some good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD15 7 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Would like to see peoples thoughts on div1 and Div2 rankings instead of them all thrown together, maybe a top ten in each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West12aaa 99 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Would like to see peoples thoughts on div1 and Div2 rankings instead of them all thrown together, maybe a top ten in each.d1 west is a cluster--z- after #5 you kinda need to rank the district/conferences before picking a top 10D2 is a little more hashed out atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Vitale 342 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Bearcat Bob... I hope you are trolling regarding Vermillion. The guys has ran train in the LPD/Mountain district as well as most recent conference 40. Someone from GC correct me bc I know I am about to get this number wrong but hasnt he won like the last 14 of 15 regular season titles/conference titles? Numerous late season runs... Come on Bearcat Bob... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat Bob 491 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Dickie V...not trolling at all. Winning the regular season means squadoosh. With some of that talent, I would have thought GC would won more than the regular season. When they get deeper in the playoffs v. the really good teams what has happened? Unbunch your panties, put on your I Love Duke hoodie and chillax. Deleted Account 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRat24 274 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Scottie has done a great job in my opinion....but as with alot of high school coaches that have alot of pride in their players and in themselves, they tend to avoid playing a zone defense. There's times when your outmanned athletically one on one and those players that can make plays with the ball in hand yet have ZERO shooting ability. It's in those cases where I have seen some great GC teams get beat. If the zone had been played on defense those teams could have been shut down as they had hardly any shooting ability whatsoever....if they couldn't dribble and drive they looked lost. When you play for GC your taught to play man defense and that's pretty much it. Alot of people agree that you don't need to run a zone at all.....I'm one of those that happens to disagree. And to each their own.....but GC runs a system and the players tend to buy into it and believe in it and their coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat Bob 491 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 And the Gate City invasion starts? Come on fellows. If you are happy with winning a district/conference then all of you GC basketball fans should be just ecstatic. However, where is that GC football mentality that championships are the only thing that matters? Some very talented GC teams have fallen well short of expectations. Like I said earlier, I have not seen them much lately BUT when I have, they do not play in a disciplined manner...and you cannot win at the highest level playing that way. Talent will always get GC to a certain level. At some point, you have to outcoach somebody on the other end of the court. If you are happy with winning districts, well good for you! I have my doubts that most of the GC faithful are really happy with the end results though. And for goodness sakes, please avoid the temptation to run the typical GC retorts. "You wish you could win the district", or "What has your team done?" or "We beat you" do not address the lack of real post season success for talented GC basketball teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamedayinMountainDistrict 10 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 If you want to see how happy the GC faithful are watch their fans during the games. They do the same thing they do in the football games. They are a bunch of 50 and 60 plus year old fogeys who couldn't get excited if you put a gallon of 5 hour energy in their coffee. Least Union fans and students especially show their players how much they appreciate their efforts. You can tell everyone from GC is nothing but a bunch of bandwagoners. When they are good they get a clap or two. When its bad they leave. Lol. If I was a Blue Devil I would move to Big Stone Gap where the real fans are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRat24 274 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 If you want to see how happy the GC faithful are watch their fans during the games. They do the same thing they do in the football games. They are a bunch of 50 and 60 plus year old fogeys who couldn't get excited if you put a gallon of 5 hour energy in their coffee. Least Union fans and students especially show their players how much they appreciate their efforts. You can tell everyone from GC is nothing but a bunch of bandwagoners. When they are good they get a clap or two. When its bad they leave. Lol. If I was a Blue Devil I would move to Big Stone Gap where the real fans are. And as a true blue devil fan.....I'd rather sand-paper my a** and soak it in turpentine than to move to BSG and root for you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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