WV Preseason AP Poll:

[Bluefield_Rules 46]

AAA

Team Pts Pvs Class AAA

1. Woodrow Wilson (8)97 2

2. Huntington (1) 83 4

3. Morgantown (1) 77 1

4. George Washington 59 6

5. Parkersburg 57 --

6. Capital 56 --

7. South Charleston 40 3

8. St. Albans 27 9

9. Wheeling Park 22 --

10. Martinsburg 15 7

Others: Parkersburg South 13, Jefferson 11, Hedgesville 5, Robert C. Byrd 2, Brooke 1.

 

 

AA

1. Winfield (8)98 10

2. Bluefield (2) 80 4

3. Logan 72 --

4. Westside 52 5

5. Oak Hill 46 --

(tie) Ravenswood 46 6

7. Sissonville 37 --

8. Wyoming East26 7

9. Lincoln 22 9

10. Weir 15 --

Others: Magnolia 14, Keyser 11, Tolsia 11, Berkeley Springs 6, Oak Glen 4, Poca 3, Philip Barbour 3, Roane County 3, Frankfort 1.

 

 

A

1. Wheeling Central (7) 95 10

2. Williamson (3) 87 4

3. Parkersburg Catholic 73 --

4. Tucker County 66 --

5. Tug Valley 43 --

6. Valley Fayette 41 5

7. Trinity 27 --

8. Charleston Cath. 24 1

9. Buffalo 22 9

10. Linsly 14 8

Others: Man 10, St. Joseph 8, Gilmer County 6, Moorefield 6, Pendleton County 5, Mercer Christian 4, Midland Trail 4, Doddridge County 3, Fayetteville 3, St. Joseph 2, Meadow Bridge 2, Union 2, Calhoun County 2.

[Bluefield_Rules 46]

Bluefield opens the season tomorrow at the Charleston Civic Center against the defending state champs and preseason #1 Winfield.

[bluefieldRocks 14]

This will be an intresting match up #1 vs. #2

hope bluefield comes out on top with there expirance in matthews and repass

[Grundy10 10]

We played Logan in the preseason and they were impressive. They have a pretty good guy in the middle and were 10 deep.

[Bluefield_Rules 46]

The big man is Lou Green. He and his brother, Zack Green, carried Logan last year, but Zack graduated. Bluefield played Logan in the state quarterfinals last year in Charleston and beat them by two points. Bluefield is playing in a holiday tournament at Logan next week and Logan will be coming to Bluefield to play Beaver late in the season.

[Grundy10 10]

I have never watched Bluefield play in basketball. Logan didnt really have much size, everybody was about the same height other than the center. They wore us out. It was our first preseason game and we had been in the gym 2 times. They have some good shooters though.

[Bluefield_Rules 46]

I'll be interested to see how Logan does this year b/c quite honestly, Zach Green carried that team in the majority of their games last year. He led them in every offensive category outside of rebounding, which Lou Green led them in that.

 

Bluefield plays a full-court man-to-man defense and usually does a lot of pressing. They like to run teams to death and wear them down. Offensively, they generally run a lot of motion and share the ball. Really, Bluefield does a lot of what a Roy Williams' coached team does on both ends of the floor. Size-wise this will be one of the bigger Bluefield teams since the mid-1990s with four starters at 6'2" or taller...

[Grundy10 10]

I think Logan's main defense is probably a 2-3. They were working on it before the game alot. They played a full court man to man pretty much the whole game against us because we were definatly not in any kind of basketball shape yet. Still hadnt made that transition from football season. A well conditioned, quick team with decent height I think will be able to handle them easily.