{"id":30492,"date":"2013-03-12T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcntv.rcn.com\/?p=30492"},"modified":"2023-03-01T21:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T21:53:29","slug":"reflections-on-the-2012-13-basketball-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/reflections-on-the-2012-13-basketball-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on the 2012-13 Basketball Season &#8211; The SportsTalk Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>High School Basketball Thoughts: Reflections on the 2012\/2013 Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First of all, this is for amusement purposes only.\u00a0 It is simply based on my memory of the games that I saw in person this year, and not a collective decision of all games in our coverage area this season. There were some tremendous accomplishments by young people in the Lehigh &amp; Delaware Valley areas, and some moments that will stick with me for quite a while.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad to have the opportunity to share some of these\u00a0experiences with you\u2014and you\u2019re more than welcome to add your own on our \u201ccomments\u201d section to highlight the young men and women\u2019s outstanding achievements this winter!<\/p>\n<p>In no particular order, some of my \u201chonors\u201d for this year\u2019s HS boys and girls basketball seasons include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST GROUP OF SOPHOMORES <\/strong>\u2013Constitution High School. These guys practiced against the State Single-A champs as freshmen a year ago, and looked\u00a0impressive enough to defend their titles when I saw them play.\u00a0 They can not only play up-tempo basketball with the best of them, but they seem like a very smart group and have a really quality head coach in Rob Moore. Don\u2019t be surprised if they make a regular appearance in PIAA championship games for the next several years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST DYNAMIC DUO<\/strong> &#8212; CCHS&#8217;s Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rahkman &amp; Jean Lee Baez. They were not only two of the most talented players in the Eastern PA region coming into this season, but they actually got BETTER as the year went along.\u00a0 MAAR started the season as the single-biggest scoring threat in the Lehigh Valley Conference, and as the year unfolded, developed the challenging skill of making his teammates better, while still being one of the most dynamic scoring machines in the region. Baez also improved in all facets of his game (which includes adding 30-percentage points to his free throw average) and should become the most dominate post player in the area for next year. They have solid role players around them &#8212; all of whom will get better with a year of experience with their new system and by having these two players on their team. As of this writing, Central&#8217;s final chapter hasn&#8217;t been completed yet for this season, but I have no doubt that they will win titles again in 2014 and go deep into the state playoffs in the senior seasons for both Abdur-Rahkman and Baez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST BASKETBALL IQ<\/strong> \u2013 Nazareth Girls team. They showed on RCN SportsTalk that they can have some fun (although I couldn\u2019t get them to sing like the boys team did a few years ago), but when the whistle blows, they are a no-nonsense team that is very focused and always seems to make the smart play, on offense or on defense. On highlights after making a basket, when our cameras get a \u201creaction shot,\u201d they\u2019re always looking at the opponent&#8217;s defense, pointing out opponents making adjustments or cuts down-court, or sniffing out an outlet pass to make a play on it.\u00a0 They can play &#8220;junk&#8221; defenses with the best of them, and had a perfect balance of talent (one of the most prolific 3-point shooting teams of all time) and smarts (knowing WHEN to shoot the 3) to become the first-ever Nazareth team to win two major titles in one school year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT<\/strong> \u2013 Freedom\u2019s loss in the state playoffs.\u00a0 If I heard it once, I heard it a hundred times this year,\u00a0 \u201cJoe Stellato is such a nice guy.\u201d\u00a0 And he absolutely is. But I also don\u2019t know of another coach who works harder or is better prepared or has a better understanding of his team.\u00a0 I thought (and many people were rooting for) his team\u00a0to earn some semblance of a post-season honor this year; either a title or a state playoff win. They lost to two quality teams in the league &amp; district playoffs.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to take anything away from Upper Darby, but the Patriots had the lead several times in their opening round state playoff game and just took some mind-numbing bad shots when they didn\u2019t have to.\u00a0 I know that\u00a0loss will stick with me until next season \u2026 and I can\u2019t imagine how tough it\u2019ll be for Coach Joe and the absolutely fabulous \u201cRiot Squad\u201d fan base to bounce back from (hey guys, don\u2019t forget to put my face on a poster for next year\u2014if you can find enough trees for all the paper you\u2019ll need).<\/p>\n<p><strong>NICEST \u201cEVENT\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Bangor Boys basketball team. I\u2019m identifying them for a few reasons. One, their \u2018almost win\u2019 over a streaking Wilson team up at the Pensyl Gym in mid-January. They were without four regulars for the game and had the potential to be blown-out in one of the biggest regular season matchups of the year (I had thought so anyway). But Bron Holland\u2019s team battled and was down by two possessions late in the game (they did get a bad break late as well) before Wilson won the game and continued their tremendous regular season run. The team also got a chance to witness a major Top 25 NCAA upset in person at Gola Arena. Then, of course, they battled back to win a thrilling Colonial League Championship (their\u00a0first in 25 years)\u00a0in OT and avenge the Wilson loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOST OVERACHIEVING TEAM<\/strong> (although they shouldn\u2019t have been) \u2013 Parkland Boys basketball. I\u2019m giving them the nod for this because I was shocked at how many pre-season prognosticators didn\u2019t expect this team to do as well as they did. Sure, they were picked to win the North Division in the LVC this year, but I was amazed by some of my announcing colleagues who labeled some of the Trojans&#8217; early season wins as &#8220;upsets.&#8221;\u00a0 Even late in the year,\u00a0a number\u00a0of our local experts thought the way they matched up against Freedom would be too much for the Trojans to overcome\u2014and those predictions ended up looking disastrous, with Parkland making the district championship victory look seemingly easy. They had a solid all-around player in Austin Beidleman (and I do have to give credit as always to Mr. Keith Groller who continued to have a solid \u201cStone-Cold Lock\u201d by making Austin THE player to watch this year on our \u201cSportsTalk\u201d HS Basketball Preview show in December), a very heady point guard in Jimmy Hahn, a inside and outside threat in Justin Zajko, a player I had touted last year in Nick Rindock (insert my \u201csee-I-told-you-so\u201d line here), and some nice \u201crole\u201d performances by the likes of Austin Jones, Nick Selvaggi (boy did he come up looking solid in the playoffs) and others. Most of these players are back next year, so be on alert and don\u2019t try to underestimate this team again in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIGGEST INDIVIDUAL MATCH-UP FOR NEXT YEAR<\/strong> \u2013 Vincent Eze vs. Phil Pierfy.\u00a0 Both of these underclassmen have made great strides over the last two years. Both have the potential to be major players at the college level\u2014although each one has their own, very different style. The Notre Dame\/Wilson match-up is always a fierce rivalry and is competitive at least twice a\u00a0year regardless of the team\u2019s records and standings position, but I\u2019m hoping I can see these two players do battle at least once next year.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019d hate to be one of the people that might have to choose between one or the other for the best center in the Colonial League next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYER MOST SORRY TO SEE LEAVE<\/strong> \u2013Liberty\u2019s Greg Noack. No player came over to the announcers&#8217; table more often in 2013 and say \u201chey how you doing,\u201d or \u201cthanks for doing our game\u201d than Mr. Noack this year and no one had more pressure put on him to do well this season. The Canes season ended a bit earlier than I had thought this year (they got a TOUGH matchup with Williamsport in the \u201cChester\u201d bracket), but through all the ups-and-downs, this year, Greg helped his team earn an LVC title this year and made for some great memories for the loyal-Liberty fan base.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYER(S) MOST GLAD\u00a0TO SEE RETURNING<\/strong> \u2013Liberty\u2019s DeShawn Oyeniyi &amp; K J Williams. No player made more of a difference for his team nor improved from last year more than the guy whose last name no one can\u00a0correctly pronounce (except of course for the RCN announcers). Oyeniyi proved to be a solid double-double threat on nearly every night, and should become one of the premiere LVC players next year\u2014ifLiberty can find another player to take some of the post-presence heat off of him (this will not be an easy task).<\/p>\n<p>Also, Tom Stoudt called K J Williams the most athletic player in the league this year, and I cannot disagree with him. He\u2019s one of the premiere players to watch in both football and basketball (seriously, think about how many players we\u2019ve seen as good as Williams in two different sports the last few years!), and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing him racing down the sidelines &amp; making unbelievable catches in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FRESHMAN<\/strong> &#8212; Allen\u2019s Zay Jennings. No team went through more ups-and-downs this year than the William Allen Boys Basketball team. Through it all (and one of the \u2018benefits\u2019 of the off-the-court issues), there were several outstanding contributions by the Canaries underclassmen, who made the most of the earlier-than-expected increase in playing time.Jennings quickly established himself as a premiere perimeter jump shooter and a very heady player\u2014his ninth grade status notwithstanding. Expect Allen to made a bigger splash in the post-season in 2014 and don\u2019t be surprised to see Zay\u2019s name on an\u00a0All-LVC team or two in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSTONE-COLD LOCK\u201d FOR BASKETBALL IN 2014<\/strong> \u2013Southern Lehigh\u2019s Girls team will be in the Colonial League Championship. A very smart, versatile and athletic team, with many returning parts from this year\u2019s league title squad will definitely be playing for a chance to defend its title \u2014 again. They play a very tough schedule and gave the District Champion Golden Hawks all they could handle in the district championship game, and I have no doubt we will see them again doing great things in the post-season next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEAM THAT COULD SURPRISE YOU IN 2014<\/strong> &#8212; Emmaus Boys team.\u00a0 They gave us some great moments in 2013 and they are absolutely LOADED with talent in the underclass levels.\u00a0\u00a0The JV team looked impressive the two times I saw them this year against opponents with traditionally strong programs.\u00a0 I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised at all to see the Hornets advancing further in the playoffs a year from now.<\/p>\n<p>OK, who did I miss? And what teams and players stick out in YOUR mind as the high school basketball season winds down? Post a comment here and email me at <a href=\"mailto:RCNSportsTalk@rcn.com\">RCNSportsTalk@rcn.com<\/a>. 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