It's a shame that between Blackman, Columbia, Oakland & Riverdale only 2 can make it to even the Sub-State (Sweet 16) Round. And that's not including a very good Smyrna team as well. VERY TOUGH REGION!
-Fulton is now in third place in their district behind 2nd place Gatlinburg-Pittman and first place Pigeon Forge losing to PF by double digits last week. Pigeon Forge went 3 weeks with 2 of their top three players hurt at the same time but have both girls back now and their COACH is always a difference maker. I don't know where they should be ranked, but I don't see the other teams from their district being above them without having beaten them. GP may win tomorrow night to share first place but both teams have beaten Fulton. PF is also the only girls program from that district that has made the state tournament in the last 5 years.
You are right GP and PF have began to seperate themselves from Fulton and the AP should reflect that but as we know the AP rankings sometimes are hard understand. If you look like the AP though closely you can see that the AP voters have a large gap between the 6th ranked GP and 7th ranked teams (Smith Co. & Fulton). The top 3 teams are only seperated by a total of 4 points. The next 3 (4-6) spots are seperated by 19 total points. Then a gap of almost 40 points between 6th & 7th.
Thoughts? Probably move Columbia up and Mo West down. I'm I the only one that thinks Heritage is better than Mo West?
1. Science Hill
2. Blackman
3. Riverdale
4. Mt. Juliet
5. Morristown West
6. Columbia
7. Ridgeway
8. Oakland
9. Cumberland County
-(tie) Heritage
All the teams I expected, thoughts from the CoachT faithful?
Class AA
1. Elizabethton
2. Grainger
3. Cannon County
4. Dyersburg
5. Creek Wood
6. Fulton
7. Gatlinburg-Pittman
8. Lexington
9. Obion County
10. Smith County