I work for North Attleboro Community Television (affectionately called North TV), as well as Mansfield Cable Access and Foxboro Cable Access. For North TV, I don’t do North Attleboro games any more — I did last year, but when they got the contract to provide local programming for Plainville, they made me the play-by-play voice of King Philip football and boys’ and girls’ basketball. In Mansfield, I’m the play-by-play guy for boys’ and girls’ basketball when there isn’t a conflict with North TV (they pay me), and I do about 6-8 Foxboro girls’ games each year as well.
So who’s making it to the tournament?
Well, the King Philip girls punched their ticket Tuesday night with a win over Mansfield.
The KP boys lost to Mansfield at MHS, 62-44, but they have three remaining games in which they can win the one game they need to qualify.
The Hornet boys, of course, have won their league title and are 18-2, likely to be one of the top seeds in the Division 1-South tourney field.
Sadly, the Hornet girls won’t be going to the big dance for the first time since 2013. It was a rebuilding year for them, but they did improve a lot as the year went on.
And the Foxboro girls easily won the Davenport Division and will get a high seed in the D2-South playoffs.
There are a couple of factors still afoot that may dictate what happens for my schedule.
The word is that I will continue to follow the KP teams for North TV in the tournament, but that could be sidetracked by the fact that neither KP team is likely to get a home game in the playoffs because of their records and resultant low seeds. Some host schools are nicer than others, so a road trip may depend on how big the visiting gym may be, and other such nonsense.
Another quirky situation for me is North TV’s coverage area. They cover games involving the North Attleboro boys and girls first and foremost, and Bishop Feehan's and Tri-County’s teams on a lesser basis. Right now, the North boys aren’t going to the postseason and the Rocketeer girls need to win one of their last two games (Foxboro or Attleboro) to qualify. Looks as if it will come down to the last game.
If neither North Attleboro team makes it, I don’t know how the bosses will choose to use their two broadcast teams. The other two schools may have both basketball teams in. As Bill Belichick might say, “I’ll play where they tell me to play.”
Of course, I expect the Mansfield boys and Foxboro girls to have long tournament runs. So chances are, folks in the neighboring towns will hear the most of me once we’re past the first round of the playoffs.
Pairings will be announced a week from Friday, by the way. We'll put relevant ones up here on the blog.
In the meantime, I’ll be working with Mark Davis in Foxboro on Friday night for the game against the Rocketeer girls. Then on Monday, I’ll be back at the Albertini Gym for the two Mansfield games in the Roundball Classic — working with Alex Salachi for the girls’ game against Bishop Feehan (5:30 p.m. start) and with Kathy Hill for the boys’ game against Needham (7:15 p.m.). Tuesday, I get the final of the Warrior Classic in Foxboro, and then Wednesday it’ll be the two final or consolation games in the Roundball Classic, times TBA, working with Tommy Faria.
It’s a ton of fun. I’m not lyin’.
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