DURHAM, N.C. _ In North Carolina, some are holding out hope that play will eventually resume after this coronavirus lockdown, and that several teams will reach their goal of winning a NCHSAA basketball championship.
If that happens, the C.E. Jordan boys won't be one of those teams. The Falcons weren't even in the field, bowing out in the opening round of their conference tournament, ending their season at 11-13 overall, an even 7-7 in Triangle 8 Conference play.
It was the second straight season the Falcons have been on the outside looking in when the postseason rolled around, but there was an improvement.
After the 2018-19 season, Jordan was 7-17 overall and 1-9 in league play. Despite the disappointment of not making the playoffs, on paper there was a vast improvement. So what happened?
About one year ago, the returning Falcons' players gathered in the media center on campus to meet their new leader. After a speech from members of the Durham Board of Education, in walked their 6-10 first-year head coach, a local legend who over time would realize he needed this group of teenagers as much as they needed him.
