{"id":83383,"date":"2019-12-16T14:45:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=83383"},"modified":"2023-04-11T18:44:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T18:44:21","slug":"basketball-year-review-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/basketball-year-review-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball &#038; Year-Review Previews\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The views expressed in this blog are<\/em> <em>those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because of the way our calendar \u201cfell\u201d this year, we decided to combine two of our regular \u201c<a href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\">SportsTalk<\/a>\u201d programs into one big show&#8211;the high school basketball \u201cprimer\u201d for one segment and our \u201cyear in review\u201d program for the rest of the show.<\/p>\n<p>So to get you set for both programs, here\u2019s a few of the topics we will be addressing for both of those areas.\u00a0 As always, you are invited to share your opinions on these issues so that we may read and respond to them on the next show.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you have a suggestion for a topic for us to comment on, please feel free to send them to <u><a href=\"mailto:chris.michael@rcn.net\">chris.michael@rcn.net<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Now, here are our topics of discussion for this year\u2019s Lehigh Valley high school basketball season and a look back on some of the sports topics of note from 2019 that we\u2019ll be answering.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BASKETBALL PREVIEW TOPICS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Team to Beat in the <a href=\"http:\/\/epc18.org\/\">EPC<\/a> &amp; 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