Who are the ‘Elite 8’ finalists for Mr., Ms. Basketball in North Carolina?
On the latest Talking Preps, find out who are the final eight nominees for the N.C. boys’ and girls’ high school basketball players of the year.
Randall Clark and Rick Lewis will reveals their “Elite 8” for Ms. N.C. Basketball and Mr. N.C. Basketball.
The list will be trimmed to three on next week’s show and a winner will be announced on the following episode.
Also on tap:
▪ Rick and Randall reveal their boys’ and girls’ players of the week.
▪ On “The Roundtable,” Gary Richmond offers a plan to replace the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ conference tournaments with a city championship. Special guest Preston Davis, the head coach at Independence High School, will give his feedback.
▪ On “Who Balled Out,” our video highlights portion of the show, we feature Chambers’ Tarris Bouie, Northwest Cabarrus’ Kenzie Ortscheid, Hough’s Blake Desautels and Marvin Ridge’s Josh Clark.
▪ Finally, on “Coach vs. Coach,” Gary Richmond and Clark debate the following: would an NCHSAA playoff selection committee be better than the computer? Should there only be 32 playoff teams per classification? And what steps can be taken to deal with the issue of girls’ basketball blowouts.
The show airs live at 8 p.m. Monday on YouTube with replays right afterwards.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/dTzKfLUUE7o
