Last but not Least: The BCC’s Final Scouting Report

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If you have been following our series scouting the Big Central Conference's returning talent across each of its <em>twelve </em>divisions, you ought to be as convinced as me that top-to-bottom, left-to-right, and cross-cross, this conference is absolutely crawling with talent. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>From rising juniors to rising sophomores, it did not matter. Group IV to Group I schools, it did not matter. Middlesex, Union, or Somerset counties, it did not matter. The BCC is a monster-sized conference with monster-sized depth across each team's roster.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Today we will write our final offseason report on the Conference. 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