Preseason Rankings: No. 37 Piedra Vista Panthers
The 2015-2016 season has officially started and today we start our countdown of the top 50 programs in New Mexico Big School Division (6A-4A).
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Piedra Vista comes into the season ranked 37th in the state after a (13-16, 4-4) season that seen them reach the state tournament.
Overview: Head coach Adam Huff has put is staple on the Panthers program and they will be looking to build off a successful campaign in 2014-2015. The Panthers graduate five players including their leading scorer and rebounder leaving voids to fill. The Panthers averaged 55 points per game last season and hope to continue as an uptempo team for the most part. Many of the games that they won early in the season they were putting in 60 points or high 50's. Keegan Acosta (6'2"/2016) returns as one of the players to watch this season. Acosta had 8 points per game along with 3.6 rebounds, both numbers that will rise this season.
Last Season
Record: 13-16, 4-4
Home Record: 4-6
Away Record: 4-6
Post Season: First Round, lost to Grants (55-53)
Points per game: 54.9 (1593)
Points against: 54 (1566)
Realistic Prediction: Replacing your top scorer is always a difficult thing to do but the underclassmen for the Panthers could be players that make an immediate impact. They return five seniors and three sophomores to create a well balanced team to be above the mid-line in 5A basketball. We could see around 15-win season and battling for the District (we think it's wide open this season with Gallup replacing it's head coach).
District Champ: 90%
Playoff Team: 90%
Elite Eight: 60%
Final Four: 20%
Title Game: 1%
Returning Players: The Panthers graduated 5-players but have enough young depth to replace those holes with. Along with Acosta, Jimmy Wood (2016) will be another senior to help the Panthers each the Elite Eight in 2016. Wood averaged 5.3 points, 3.5 rebounds per contest.
Roster
Fidel Castillo (2016)
Erick Estrada (2016)
Jimmy Wood (2016)
Tyler Edwards (2016)
Keegan Acosta (2016)
Jarrett Graham (2018)
Jacob Brown (2018)
Brady Brown (2018)
The 2015-2016 season has officially started and today we start our countdown of the top 50 programs in New Mexico Big School Division (6A-4A).
More: Preseason Rankings Home | Rankings 72-51 | Preseason Preview Page
Piedra Vista comes into the season ranked 37th in the state after a (13-16, 4-4) season that seen them reach the state tournament.
Overview: Head coach Adam Huff has put is staple on the Panthers program and they will be looking to build off a successful campaign in 2014-2015. The Panthers graduate five players including their leading scorer and rebounder leaving voids to fill. The Panthers averaged 55 points per game last season and hope to continue as an uptempo team for the most part. Many of the games that they won early in the season they were putting in 60 points or high 50's. Keegan Acosta (6'2"/2016) returns as one of the players to watch this season. Acosta had 8 points per game along with 3.6 rebounds, both numbers that will rise this season.
Last Season
Record: 13-16, 4-4
Home Record: 4-6
Away Record: 4-6
Post Season: First Round, lost to Grants (55-53)
Points per game: 54.9 (1593)
Points against: 54 (1566)
Realistic Prediction: Replacing your top scorer is always a difficult thing to do but the underclassmen for the Panthers could be players that make an immediate impact. They return five seniors and three sophomores to create a well balanced team to be above the mid-line in 5A basketball. We could see around 15-win season and battling for the District (we think it's wide open this season with Gallup replacing it's head coach).
District Champ: 90%
Playoff Team: 90%
Elite Eight: 60%
Final Four: 20%
Title Game: 1%
Returning Players: The Panthers graduated 5-players but have enough young depth to replace those holes with. Along with Acosta, Jimmy Wood (2016) will be another senior to help the Panthers each the Elite Eight in 2016. Wood averaged 5.3 points, 3.5 rebounds per contest.
Roster
Fidel Castillo (2016)
Erick Estrada (2016)
Jimmy Wood (2016)
Tyler Edwards (2016)
Keegan Acosta (2016)
Jarrett Graham (2018)
Jacob Brown (2018)
Brady Brown (2018)
