No. 1 Carson
Record: 10-1
Season record vs. Moir teams: 2-0
All-time record in Moir: 3-5
Coach: Brian Perry (4th season, 31-55)Top player: Brevard signee Darius Moose is the county’s leading scorer at 20.9 points per game.
Underrated player: Cody Clanton (10.5 ppg). Not everyone has a combination 3-point shooter/shot blocker on the roster.Wild card: His 3-point shot isn’t always clicking, but Nick Houston (11.8 ppg) makes the Cougars hard to beat when he’s on.
Best game: Blew away Statesville on the road.
Worst game: Couldn’t hit anything at Hickory Ridge.
Key to winning tournament: The first-day bye is helpful, and the Cougars play good defense. They only need two wins. Everyone else needs three.
Moir titles: 0, no championship game appearances
No. 2 North Rowan
Record: 6-1
Season record vs. Moir teams: 2-1
All-time record in Moir: 43-44
Coach: Kelly Everhart (12th season, 143-139, 1 Moir title)Top player: Post man Javon Hargrave (15.6 ppg) is a sure double-double.
Wild card: Sam Starks (10.7 ppg) has scored as many as 22, as few as two.
Best game: Beat West Rowan.
Worst game: Smashed at Salisbury.
Key to winning tournament: They’re really young, but this is Everhart’s most talented team since 2000-01.
Last Moir title: 2000
Last MVP: Police officer Marcus Lawing
Moir titles: 6
Last championship game appearance: 2000
No. 3 Davie County
Record: 6-4
Season record vs. Moir teams: 2-2
All-time record vs. Rowan teams in Moir: 32-40
Coach: Mike Absher (8th season at Davie, 2 Moir titles)
Top players: Springy post man Shannon Dillard (14.0 ppg) is the leading scorer. Shooter Nate Jones (13.5) is right behind him.
Underrated player: Athletic Jamal Mayfield (12.2 ppg) can also shoot. He scored 29 against Starmount.
Wild card: Raheem Martin, an injured potential star, might be back for the Moir
Key to winning tournament: Absher’s team is mostly sophomores, so they’d have to mature in a hurry.
Moir titles: 4
Last Moir title: 2004
Last championship game appearance: 2007
No. 4 West Rowan
Record: 2-2
Season record vs. Moir teams: 1-1
All-time record in Moir: 51-35
Coach: Mike Gurley (13th season at West, 277-69, 4 Moir titles)
Top player: Sophomore guard Keshun Sherrill (14.5 ppg) is on pace to be a 1,000-point scorer.
Underrated player: Domonique Noble (9.8 ppg) is a nice slasher as well as a top-notch defender.
Wild card: B.J. Sherrill (10.0 ppg) has to score for West to make noise.
Best game: Hammered Davie.
Worst game: Lost an ugly struggle against A.L. Brown.
Key to winning tournament: Falcons are good defensively and physical. If they can put it in the hole a little bit, they’ve got a shot.
Moir titles: 10
Last Moir title: 2005
Last championship game appearance: 2008
Last Moir MVP: Jamel Carpenter
No. 5 Salisbury
Record: 2-3
Season record vs. Moir teams: 2-2
All-time record in Moir: 55-34
Coach: Jason Causby (6th season, 92-52, 2 Moir titles)
Top player: Darien Rankin (14.7 ppg) is a high-flying athlete with an NFL frame Underrated player: Alex Weant (11.7 ppg) keeps improving quietly.
Wild card: Jahaan Hailey (16.2 ppg) can blow open games when he’s on.
Best game: Handed North its only loss.Worst game: Hornets lost at East before the football players arrived.
Key to winning tournament: The Hornets’ chances are as good as anyone’s. This is a veteran team.
Last Moir title: 2008
Last MVP: Rankin won it as a sophomore.
Titles: 12
No. 6 South Rowan
Record: 4-6
Season record vs. Moir teams: 0-1
All-time record in Moir: 40-50
Coach: John Davis (11th season, 93-161)Top player: Senior John Davis (17.5 ppg) is second in the county in scoring. Underrated player: B.J. Grant (10.6 ppg) is one of the county’s most explosive athletes
Wild card: Blake Houston had 22 points vs. Salisbury, two points against Statesville.
Best game: Won at A.L. Brown.
Key to winning tournament: South has scored 70-plus five times. If it can get some stops, maybe.
Last Moir title: 1995
Last MVP: Jason Crook
Last championship game: Lost to West in 2002
Moir titles: 1
No. 7 East Rowan
Record: 2-7
Season record vs. Moir teams: 1-3
All-time record in Moir: 36-52
Coach: Jim Lankford (1st season)
Top player: Leading scorer is soph guard Cole Honeycutt (11.3 ppg).
Underrated player: Riley Weber (5.3) does all the little things well
Last Moir title: 2006
Last MVP: Spenser Davis
Moir titles: 2