Coaches always love to defend the strength of their conference. Often times it blows up in their faces when the state playoffs arrive, because teams from other conferences eliminate them quickly.
So far it looks as though North Piedmont 3A boys basketball coaches who were bragging about the depth of the NPC this season look justified in doing so.
The top four seeds won their first-round playoff games Tuesday night, and three of them triumphed on the road.
Northwest Cabarrus (NPC champion) defeated visiting Eastern Randolph (Mid-Piedmont Conference No. 4) 64-51
East Rowan (NPC No. 2) upended St. Stephens (Catawba Valley Conference No. 2) 83-65
West Rowan (NPC No. 3) knocked off Asheville Roberson (Mountain Athletic Conference champion) 60-56 in overtime
Mooresville (NPC No. 4) toppled Kings Mountain (Southwestern Conference No. 1) 76-66
And don't forget Lake Norman (NPC No. 5) took defending 3A state champion Concord to the wire before losing 74-70.
Statesville (NPC No. 6) had a rough go, losing at Trinity, ranked second in the state, 78-55, but all in all I'd say that was an impressive statement by the NPC.
If the same four can win Thursday in the second round that would mean 1/4 of 16 remaining teams in the 3A playoffs would hail from the NPC. Now that would be something to brag about.
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