To call the tryouts street ball would be a compliment. It was some of the worst basketball I have ever seen.
Before the tryouts I looked at the Indiana roster. 12 of the 13 girls are going to a D1 school. I tried to find information on their tryouts, but couldn't. Then I found the following on the ibcacoaches.com web site:
"Miss Basketball is selected through a balloting process of coaches and media overseen by game organizers from the IBCA. The remainder of the team is finalized by All-Star game director Charlie Hall after observing numerous games and events throughout the season, conferring with coaches, school officials and media across the state and reviewing votes submitted by coaches and media who each can recommend up to 12 players."
It doesn't sound like they even have a tryout. In hind sight, Sunday was not a tryout either.
Kentucky has 9 girls going to a D1 school that I am aware of:
Ivy Brown (LaRue County) - Western Kentucky
Katelin Bundy (Lexington Christian) - Belmont
Makenzie Cann (Anderson County) - Cincinnati
Devin Conley (Garrard County) - Binghamton
Danielle Lawrence (Lou. Butler) - IUPUI
Eriel McKee (Anderson County) - Morehead State
Madison Raque (Eastern) - UNC-Wilmington
Daijia Ruffin (Sacred Heart) - Tennessee-Martin
Madison Rich (Edmonson County) - Austin Peay
Shalika Smith (Glasgow) - Western Kentucky
Sara Cooley (Lafayette) - Canisus
I am not sure if all of these girls were at the tryout or not. But the ones that were, you could tell why they are going to a D1 school. They may not have (been able to) taken the most shots on the teams they were on, but it was clear they played the game at a higher level. The way they move on the court, their ability to see the court - I never saw one of them take a bad shot, saw them defend, rebound ,etc. Their overall game was just better.
In the end, it doesn't matter. I am glad for the girls who made it, feel bad for the girls who should have but didn't, feel worse for the girls on the team that won't have the best team around them when they play in the games.