Grine: Buy, Sell, Hold - Four Weeks Down
We have two weeks left in the New Mexico high school basketball season. Today, we look at the contenders, pretenders, and teams that you shouldn't sell just yet.
Who do you buy making the playoffs and then making the Final Four?
5A BASKETBALL
Buy: La Cueva Bears (4-0 overall); Atrisco Heritage (3-2 overall)
--Scoop: The Bears are good. They are more structured, disciplined, and playing to their strengths. Micele Surodjawan (2021), Kealan Atkinson (2021), Ced Yates (2023), and Exodus Ayers (2023) have created a solid lineup. Add point guard Josiah Gulifard (2023) and that 2023 class is loaded for the Bears in terms of that backcourt. State Tournament bid and I could see this Bears team getting to the Final Four.
Sell: Volcano Vista Hawks (3-4 overall); Hobbs (5-1 overall)
--Scoop: So at the start of the season I take 5 teams that can make the Final Four. In a normal season, I would chop it down as value falls or rises. Well, let's say I held on too long on Volcano Vista. This was a tough week in a tough district. Hobbs could still be a player at this point with a 5-1 record but they have to make sure they can lock up one of the three at-large bids. After the Roswell game, I just don't feel I should hold on to them anymore. I feel still good money at this point to sell and not lose as they have the stock to get it down the next two weeks but my list of 7 has to get to 6 this week.
Hold: Alamogordo (6-1 overall), Cleveland (9-0 overall), & Las Cruces (7-0)
--Scoop: So of my preseason 5 that I could see making the Final Four has its first official change. I've sold on Volcano Vista and Hobbs and bought La Cueva and Atrisco Heritage. Yes, Alamogordo fell to Las Cruces at home but I can't sell them and will hold on to them getting an at-large and then winning in the first round. Cleveland and Las Cruces are too talented not to make the Final Four. Bulldawgs are playing like a repeat is almost a certain thing.
We have two weeks left in the New Mexico high school basketball season. Today, we look at the contenders, pretenders, and teams that you shouldn't sell just yet.
Who do you buy making the playoffs and then making the Final Four?
5A BASKETBALL
Buy: La Cueva Bears (4-0 overall); Atrisco Heritage (3-2 overall)
--Scoop: The Bears are good. They are more structured, disciplined, and playing to their strengths. Micele Surodjawan (2021), Kealan Atkinson (2021), Ced Yates (2023), and Exodus Ayers (2023) have created a solid lineup. Add point guard Josiah Gulifard (2023) and that 2023 class is loaded for the Bears in terms of that backcourt. State Tournament bid and I could see this Bears team getting to the Final Four.
Sell: Volcano Vista Hawks (3-4 overall); Hobbs (5-1 overall)
--Scoop: So at the start of the season I take 5 teams that can make the Final Four. In a normal season, I would chop it down as value falls or rises. Well, let's say I held on too long on Volcano Vista. This was a tough week in a tough district. Hobbs could still be a player at this point with a 5-1 record but they have to make sure they can lock up one of the three at-large bids. After the Roswell game, I just don't feel I should hold on to them anymore. I feel still good money at this point to sell and not lose as they have the stock to get it down the next two weeks but my list of 7 has to get to 6 this week.
Hold: Alamogordo (6-1 overall), Cleveland (9-0 overall), & Las Cruces (7-0)
--Scoop: So of my preseason 5 that I could see making the Final Four has its first official change. I've sold on Volcano Vista and Hobbs and bought La Cueva and Atrisco Heritage. Yes, Alamogordo fell to Las Cruces at home but I can't sell them and will hold on to them getting an at-large and then winning in the first round. Cleveland and Las Cruces are too talented not to make the Final Four. Bulldawgs are playing like a repeat is almost a certain thing.
