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Tom and Steve break down the boys and girls brackets for all Classes in the North on this weeks episode of Northbound

The Starting 5 Podcast is presented by Town & Country Federal Credit Union. 

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Starting 5: 

Special Guest: Travis Lee

The Starting 5 Podcast is presented by Town & Country Federal Credit Union. 

Intro: 
1. Saint Joseph's College (Kolbyn Dunphe  and Grace Ramsdell)
2. Simon McCormick named Maine Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week in NESCAC.
3. Playoff time is here! The action starts with preliminary games at higher seeds on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then shifts to the Portland Expo, Augusta Civic Center and Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center on Friday. In addition, Class AA teams have quarterfinals at higher seeds next week before the winners head to Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. State championships in five classes are scheduled for March 1-2.
4. MVC Championship Games.

Starting 5: 
1. AA North & South Headlines. 
2. Who ran the regular season table in Southern Maine? (Undefeated teams) 
3. Defending champions in good position for another title run out of the South?
4. Favorites for Mr/Miss Maine Basketball
5. Southern Maine Stock Market (Regular Season)
- Biddeford girls. 0-18 last year in Class A, are 11-7 and a ninth seed in B South. 
- Waynflete girls. The second seed in D South, led by Lucy Hart, after missing the Class C tournament last year. (St Doms under Brandon Rogers has become formidable) 
- Poland girls are the sixth seed in C South after going 0-18 last year in B.
- Deering girls. 8-50 in AA the last three full seasons, are the fifth seed in A South.
- Noble boys. The Noble boys, who at 14-4 are the third seed in A South behind Gray-New Gloucester (16-2) and Falmouth (15-3). The Knights had one winning season in 35 years entering this winter.

Special Guest: Thomas Curtis

Tom and Steve look ahead to the final week of the regular season, breakdown the top of A Boys, highlight the Fort Kent girls big win over Caribou, show the Katahdin boys some love, start looking at the Mr. Basketball race and Ellsworths Chance Mercier joins the show to close out the episode.

Intro: 

Starting 5: 

1. AA North & South Headlines. 

(South Portland girls rolling while Oxford Hills boys turn heads)

Tom and Steve look back at another hectic week as three undefeated teams take their first loss, Class B boys gets more unpredictable than expected, Calais boys are shown some respect and everything else in between on this weeks episode of Northbound.

Tom and Steve are joined by TrophyMode to pick their contenders and pretenders in Boys North along with recapping the week that was on this weeks episode of Northbound

The Starting 5 Podcast is presented by Town & Country Federal Credit Union. 

Intro: 
St Joseph’s College Monks boys/girls filled with local talent.
Cash McClure blossoming this season at Bentley
Chris Taylor back in Maine last weekend. (General Manager of Indiana Mad Ants)

Starting 5: 
AA North & South headlines. 
Congestion in Class C South boys.
Biggest surprise thus far? 
Southern Maine Stock Market. 
York High School (BBB) York improved to 11-1 with their fifth straight win since a 48-44 loss to Class A Greely. Derek Parsons and sophomore Reece MacDonald can both shoot. Jack Joyce scorer and Lukas Bouchard can score and hit the boards. 
Poland Regional High School (GBB), have won five straight after starting the season 1-5 in Class C South
St Doms (BBB) Undefeated so far in D South, big win over Waynflete Flyers on Monday
Kory Donlin of Medomak Valley 23 PPG (4th in KVAC) 8.8 RPG (T-8th in KVAC with Nolan Leso of Mt Blue) 1.7 BPG (6th in the KVAC) and is just a Junior. 
Oceanside boys’ vs the MPA?


Interview: Emily Esposito

Tom and Steve take a look at some of the bigger wins from the past week, try to make sense of Class B boys, look at any potential road blocks for the Southern Aroostook girls, break down the contenders and pretenders for girls Class A-D and are joined at the end by Ellsworth girls head coach Andy Pooler.

The Starting 5 Podcast is presented by Town & Country Federal Credit Union. 

Intro: 
UMaine Women/Men start conference play. 
Nick Fiorillo thriving at UVM. 
Anna DeWolfe getting big Minutes at ND.
Zach McLaughlin gets 1K.

Starting 5: 
The Maine Event.
AA North & South Headlines.
Oceanside boys’ and girls’
Most Competitive region? (Girls & Boys)
Southern Maine Stock Market. 
Michel Butera (Sophomore from Deering)
Cai Dougher (Sophomore from Spruce Mountain.)
Gorham Ram girls’ team

Interview: Trophymode