Way Too Early 23-24 AA top preseason teams

[Dadof2]

On 2/29/2024 at 9:01 AM, catchnburn said:

Central will be will be pretty tough next year as well. 

2024-2025

Reagan Baker Sr. 

Karina Bystry Sr. 

Maddie Kirkpatrick Jr. 

Malea Masingale So.

McCary Beaty Sr. 

They will go as far as Bystry takes them. Baker is a good player and Malea Masingale is solid but it’s a big drop off after that. This is their best chance to win it all.

[maddams]

Sectional Matchups

Meigs/Gatlinburg - not close. Gatlinburg by 30+

Alcoa/McMinn - Alcoa is good enough to be a problem but not beating McMinn at home.

Pearl Cohn/York - York big setting up a killer first round state matchup against McMinn

Smith/East Nashville - good game. Smith will scare East Nashville but not beat them. 

Cheatham/Loretto - good game. Loretto is a tough place to win. Loretto by 4-8 points

Summertown/Huntingdon - game of the night in AA. Summertown guards could cause problems for Huntingdon. Kee is a matchup nightmare for Summertown. If Summertown can’t get to Murfreesboro this year, it could be a while before they get back. Give me Huntingdon in a war

Trezevant/Gibson - GC by as many as they want

Westview/Memphis Business - scary game for Westview. MBA has a few kids who can play but Westview zone will cause significant problems. Westview by 12-15

[roundhouse]

2 hours ago, Dadof2 said:

They will go as far as Bystry takes them. Baker is a good player and Malea Masingale is solid but it’s a big drop off after that. This is their best chance to win it all.

You're forgetting the Kirkpatrick girl who sat out this season with a torn ACL. Depending on the opponent she was the #6 or 7 player coming into games last year as a freshman. She scored a few points in every game and her defense is top notch. She will be a Junior next year. Central will win the district and region again next year.

[GlassHouseBound]

Huntington/summertown is the game of the night no doubt in AA.   Loretto/Cheatham Co a close second.  Any upsets possible??? Never know this time of year.  

[roundhouse]

27 minutes ago, maddams said:

Sectional Matchups

Meigs/Gatlinburg - not close. Gatlinburg by 30+

Alcoa/McMinn - Alcoa is good enough to be a problem but not beating McMinn at home.

Pearl Cohn/York - York big setting up a killer first round state matchup against McMinn

Smith/East Nashville - good game. Smith will scare East Nashville but not beat them. 

Cheatham/Loretto - good game. Loretto is a tough place to win. Loretto by 4-8 points

Summertown/Huntingdon - game of the night in AA. Summertown guards could cause problems for Huntingdon. Kee is a matchup nightmare for Summertown. If Summertown can’t get to Murfreesboro this year, it could be a while before they get back. Give me Huntingdon in a war

Trezevant/Gibson - GC by as many as they want

Westview/Memphis Business - scary game for Westview. MBA has a few kids who can play but Westview zone will cause significant problems. Westview by 12-15

Gatlinburg could win by 50-60 points if they wanted, but they will most likely do like Central did when they played Meigs and call off the dogs with the running clock in the 4th qtr. There are some very good matchups in some of these substate games tonight. The AA state tourney games look to be the best to watch this year. 

[maddams]

Just now, GlassHouseBound said:

Huntington/summertown is the game of the night no doubt in AA.   Loretto/Cheatham Co a close second.  Any upsets possible??? Never know this time of year.  

Smith could beat East Nashville. 
I don’t think Summertown over Huntingdon or Cheatham over Loretto count as upsets

[roundhouse]

On 2/29/2024 at 7:55 PM, UCSportsFan said:

Great post and I agree. Next week should be fun!

I read that York doesn't have any seniors this year, is that true?

[UCSportsFan]

2 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

I read that York doesn't have any seniors this year, is that true?

That is correct

[Jaychapman]

1 hour ago, UCSportsFan said:

That is correct

Sometimes underclass teams have less pressure knowing they got one more year but I’ll take senior led teams with great guard play to win 

[Jaychapman]

2 hours ago, roundhouse said:

Gatlinburg could win by 50-60 points if they wanted, but they will most likely do like Central did when they played Meigs and call off the dogs with the running clock in the 4th qtr. There are some very good matchups in some of these substate games tonight. The AA state tourney games look to be the best to watch this year. 

Summertown has had a GREAT 8 year run in basketball 4 state appearances 4 sub states / maybe slight drop off but don’t count them out just yet they don’t rebuild they reload 

[UCSportsFan]

44 minutes ago, Jaychapman said:

Sometimes underclass teams have less pressure knowing they got one more year but I’ll take senior led teams with great guard play to win 

I’ll take York by 3

[WestviewAlumni]

Westview back to state!