[Stardust]

I still think Holmes is the favorite to win it all, but they will be challenged by a few teams.

:Thumbs: Agreed

They will lose games this year, no doubt. They lost to a Boone County team last year in the heat of the season, and played several close scored games down the stretch before kicking it in for the Playoff stretch. Basketball is just too long of a season to go undefeated. They have a big-time schedule, impossible to maintain the same level of intensity throughout the season. For a team that just won the title last year, and is expected to win it all again this year, preseason means nothing to them. Coach will have problems with that, but I'm sure it will be a difficult sell to the players. They have nothing to prove.

As for GRC, they are trying to prove to everyone that they are legit this year. For them, this game was just as important as a February game.