[bball_fan]

In my opinion, this is the first year I have ever been able to say this too, match up problems will have a large effect on the county tournament. I believe certain teams just match up great against certain teams but bad against others. I think Dorton is a great team, but I think they will have a really tough time playing Belfry because Belfry has a very big center that can cause a lot of problems for Belter. I coach at Mullins and I'll admit size will effect us, we will have to get teams like Dorton and Johns Creek into a run and gun game and not a half court game so we can take the big boys out of the game. I believe though we match up well against Feds Creek because Cameron Justice and Dylan Meade are basically the same player and we have about the same size. Virgie showed they have problems sometimes with a effective press which could play into Feds Creek's favor. Pikeville's press could also cause Dorton, Johns Creek and Belfry problems because it will force the big men to come up court and get the inbound's pass and run them more. Johns Creek also has a ton of team speed with a 6'7 center. That will cause a lot of problems for teams in the county. So I believe it is hard to predict the future right now, because matchups are sometimes hard to over come no matter how much talent you have. Lets also not forget, as we helped to prove, if a team doesn't show up ready to play, they can get blown off the court.