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Lucas McNelly

Lucas McNelly

Filmmaker. Writer. Basketball data nerd.

Cross-Class War

Cross-Class War

Ever since Maine basketball went to a 5-class system, it's been popular to assume that the schools in AA are far and away the best of the best, clearly the be all and end all of high school basketball in the state. You see this in Facebook comments

Basketball in Every State: Indiana

Basketball in Every State: Indiana

We leave pretty insular lives here in Maine. Sure, we go to Boston for the occasional Celtics/Red Sox/Patriots/Bruins game, but for the most part that's pretty much it. People in Portland famously won't leave their city unless they have to and folks in

The State (Game)

Impact-Site-Verification: 0306f552-b617-4d58-86b5-a1863c91e11f I don't know if you've heard, but the Caribou boys have a long drive to play in the Gold Ball Game. They'll have to drive 301 miles each way to Portland, which just happens to be further than their opponent will travel

Central Aroostook and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

The good folks of Mars Hill had every reason to be hopeful for the C North tournament, as both their boys and girls teams entered the tournament as the #1 seed. That generally means you're in for at least one solid tourney run and several trips to Bangor.

A North's Musical Chairs

It's the final day of the regular season. Normally, this is pretty chaotic, but this year is pretty settled. Except, of course, for the A North Boys, which has 4 teams fighting for 3 spots. (The A North girls are very settled). So let's run through

This is a No Dunking Zone

This is a No Dunking Zone

In case you didn’t see this. If you followed the tournament then you probably know why this technical foul call is controversial...but here we go again. pic.twitter.com/EGEQmracbS — Travis Lee (@TLee_WMTW) February 24, 2018 This is a joke. It’s an embarrassment to the state.

The Stax Index

The Stax Index

Ever wonder if a game is going to be worth the drive?