Black Friday marked the start of the boys basketball season in the Lehigh Valley. With tipoff tournaments in the rear-view mirror and fingers thawed after a couple trips to the PIAA football finals, it’s time to take a spin around the local hoops scene.

Read below for a primer on the area’s Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, Colonial League and independent programs. Click here for a list of the area’s top returning scorers and All-Area honorees.

EPC

New leadership

Four EPC programs debuted new head coaches this winter. Nazareth ’s Dave Wickmann is off to the fastest start.

Wickmann was a longtime assistant for previous Blue Eagles boss Joe Arndt and is a Nazareth alum.

“Dave is a respected figure in the Lehigh Valley basketball community and stood out as the ideal candidate to lead

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