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  1. North Greene will be a fun team to watch this season. They are coming off back to back state tournament trips and return some good players. They will probably have a different leading scorer every night. Tough schedule early in the season will have this team prepared for tournament time.
  2. I think Hampton wins the league. NG takes 2nd.
  3. Actually that may have been 1999 that NG lost to Bradford.
  4. I really thought North Greene would be in the mix this year to win it all but it sounds like McKenzie is going to be the favorite. That 2000 Bradford team beat NG really bad at the state tournament but the Greenfield team we ran into at the state tournament in 2020 was really, really good also. I agree it’s hard to compare teams from different eras, there have been many great teams over the years that belong in the conversation, all I know is that I’m ready for basketball season to be here soon.
  5. NG has had the talent to make the state tournament the last four years but coaching mistakes costed them in district and regional games, not sure it’s a bad thing for NG.
  6. I think there will be a lot of good games in the league this year but I do agree that NG should be the team to beat. It should be a fun season and an exciting District and Regional tournament.
  7. I think this will be a competitive league this season and nobody goes undefeated and there will be upsets along the way. I’ll say NG Unaka Cloudland Hampton UH
  8. Yes I think Hampton will be really good. I think NG may have a slow start but I think by the time conference games begin they will be ready to compete at a high level.
  9. I think there will be a lot of close games in this league next season. I just think that NG will be a little better than what some people may think they will be.
  10. Yeah I think NG will stay up there, they have some good young players that coach will work hard and develop over the summer.. I agree Hampton probably goes undefeated in the league.
  11. Next year I’ll go with Hampton NG Unaka Cloudland UH
  12. Those 2, until the last couple of years CD is usually pretty good, SG is always tough. They always play in the Ladies Classic against good teams and they added Elizabethton this past season also.
  13. The 2016 and 2019 Sub state games did slip away from them, but that’s gonna happen occasionally. You can’t control who you play in your district, region, or Sub state games, you just have to go win them. That’s why they play a tough non conference schedule. Not sure about the last part there, I think he does have a lot of coaching experience.
  14. Winning at the state level is not exactly easy you know, like last year when NG played Greenfield in the first round, a team that was one of the best teams I have ever seen play and I’ve seen a lot of basketball games. 2011 was a heartbreaking loss to a good Wayne Co. team, NG was close to bringing home a gold ball in that one but it wasn’t meant to be. Personally I would rather have just a decent state tournament record as to never make it to state and be eliminated in districts or regions every year. By the way, to address your last part, players that are serious about winning and getting better want to play for a coach that’s going to get the most out of them and have an opportunity to advance deep in the tournament every year, coach Tarlton is as good as any coach out there.
  15. I’m sorry you feel that way buddy. NG girls have been to Murfreesboro 5 times since 2010 with several 20+ win seasons during that time, the NG boys have been to Murfreesboro 2 times in Tarlton’s 4 seasons and won 24 and 21 in the 2 seasons that they didn’t make it to state, that’s impressive to me.
  16. The Greeneville game was at least close and they have a talented team also. We did look terrible at Jeff Co. so no excuses there but they started playing well late in the year also. I agree that we didn’t play very good basketball as a TEAM until late in the season, when coach lets this team run the floor we are as good as anybody in the area, maybe even the state. I do know coach Buchanan works hard and doesn’t like to lose and his players are working hard in the offseason to get better and I expect a really big season from them next year. I would also say that there is no one who is going to work harder than their boys coach either, coach Tarlton puts in a lot of time with them and it shows every year, NG is blessed to have both of them as their basketball coaches.
  17. Those are fair points, but remember Grainger and Northview both made good runs in the AA State tournament with Grainger almost winning it, yes I would have liked to have seen us more competitive in those games than what we were. I will have to agree with you about Cloudland, coach Birchfield is a great coach and always seems to have a good game plan for us.
  18. Well, his teams do compete very well every year with not only their league but with the AA and AAA teams in East Tennessee and they did beat the #1 team in the state in Murfreesboro this past March, but this current NG team does have a lot of talent though.
  19. That would be a mistake, they will probably have to play a different style of ball this year but they have several good athletes that can score and be able to put up a lot of points and plus they have several months to make those adjustments that are needed. I’m very familiar with the NG program and no one out there is panicking.
  20. North Greene is a team that could make a good run in the state tournament with several good pitchers, if they are hitting the ball well at tournament time they have a chance to win it all.
  21. I think the league will be more balanced at the top now but NG will still be the best team in the District and Region.
  22. CD does have a good young group but I think they are still a year away. SG has an experienced and talented group but I do think there will be a lot of competitive games in the league this coming season.
  23. I think SG will be the favorite. Second place will be up for grabs.
  24. I agree eagle, I think coach Buchanan does a great job with the NG program. I think they have the talent and will put the work in this offseason to contend for the class A State Championship next season.
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