On this episode, I’m joined by five of Northern Virginia’s top basketball coaches for a wide-ranging, mid-to-late-season look at Loudoun County hoops, the kind of conversation that only happens once the games have accumulated enough truth to tell a story.Joining me are Ben Farquhar (Heritage), Jeff Hawes (Potomac Falls), Michael Newkirk (Tuscarora), Jacob Krogh (Broad Run), and Konstantine Papastergiou (Woodgrove). Together, we take stock of where their teams are now compared to where they thought they’d be, which players have emerged as the season has unfolded, and what really matters when you’re trying to make a deep postseason run rather than just survive February.From there, we walk district by district through Catoctin, Dulles, and Potomac, handicapping the strongest teams, the most impactful players, and the matchups that will shape the stretch run as the regular season winds down.We close with a coach’s-eye view of the late season: how preparation and messaging change when margins get thinner, how rhythm is affected by school closures and snow, and what separates teams that peak at the right time from those that don’t.Insightful, honest, and rooted in the day-to-day realities of the local game, this is another must-listen episode for anyone who follows Northern Virginia basketball closely—or wants to understand why this part of the state continues to produce such compelling high-school hoops.
