9th Region All-tournament team:

 

Liza Tibbs (Dixie Heights), Sydney Foster (Boone County), Savannah Neace (St. Henry), Carly Lange (Ryle), Brianna Adler (Highlands), Michaela Ware (NewCath), Cessie Mayhaus (Holy Cross), Tyra McClendon-Englemon (Holmes), Ansley Davenport (NewCath), McKenzie Leigh (Highlands), Hannah Tubbs (Holmes), Abby Hassert (Holy Cross).

Congratulations to these girls. My question is. Why do they pick girls from teams that only play one game. Doesn't the all tournament team go to the best players in the tournament? These teams that played one game and lost there is no way any of these girls played better than McClendon did from Holy Cross. Imo she should have won mvp. She didn't even make all tournament team. It's my understanding that the coaches vote for there own players right? No disrespect to any of the kids that made it.

Understand your point of view, but it is a tradition to award a losing team one spot on all tourney team, similar to other sport traditions that may not always make sense. It is unfortunate that more time and opinions other than the head coach don't typically go into all tourney selection, but it may be only option as an arena full of people are waiting for the results and trophy presentations.

 

Congratulations to all of the selectees this year, one could make an argument for other Lady Bulldogs not selected, as well as any one of HC top six, but keep in mind the award should look at the total contribution of the tournament with perhaps strong consideration for the individual impact on winning the championship game.

 

Holy Cross scoring totals for tournament :

Turner - 48 (22 in champ game)

A Mayhaus 28 (13 in final)

Hazzert 25 (10 in final)

Tucker 23

McClendon 17 (4 in final)

Cessie 9 (2 in final)

 

Turner's award as MVP makes perfect sense, she makes it look so easy, some may not notice how much she brings. She scored 22 of Cross's 53 in the final. Double digits each tourney game. Hazzert played with great heart and worked both ends of court extremely well. That effort, combined with 10 points yesterday put her in the the running for A-T Team, but McClendon is certainly vital to HC each and every game, she barely sits and is certainly key to HC success! Just not sure her actual results were more deserving of accolades than her team mates during this tournament. But the really confusing thing for me was the selection of Ally over Cessie. Both great players, hard working and tough to get around. But as the award was for performance in the tournament, I see Ally being the more obvious pick as the more all-around player who contributed more to her team yesterday, in particular. May have been a draw with her sister for the other games, although Ally was HC's second leading scorer for tournament... Even young Tucker had a noteworthy tournament, leading scorer for the opening round game, solid through out...

 

HC has really put together a basketball T E A M, well balanced and thus difficult to name the "best 3"! I just hope the head coaches make these selections with the idea of "best performance in the tournament", and don't award a player simply because they played above their average or because another played below expectations.

 

Good luck to the whole team!

Very well put.

Understand your point of view, but it is a tradition to award a losing team one spot on all tourney team, similar to other sport traditions that may not always make sense. It is unfortunate that more time and opinions other than the head coach don't typically go into all tourney selection, but it may be only option as an arena full of people are waiting for the results and trophy presentations.

 

Congratulations to all of the selectees this year, one could make an argument for other Lady Bulldogs not selected, as well as any one of HC top six, but keep in mind the award should look at the total contribution of the tournament with perhaps strong consideration for the individual impact on winning the championship game.

 

Holy Cross scoring totals for tournament :

Turner - 48 (22 in champ game)

A Mayhaus 28 (13 in final)

Hazzert 25 (10 in final)

Tucker 23

McClendon 17 (4 in final)

Cessie 9 (2 in final)

 

Turner's award as MVP makes perfect sense, she makes it look so easy, some may not notice how much she brings. She scored 22 of Cross's 53 in the final. Double digits each tourney game. Hazzert played with great heart and worked both ends of court extremely well. That effort, combined with 10 points yesterday put her in the the running for A-T Team, but McClendon is certainly vital to HC each and every game, she barely sits and is certainly key to HC success! Just not sure her actual results were more deserving of accolades than her team mates during this tournament. But the really confusing thing for me was the selection of Ally over Cessie. Both great players, hard working and tough to get around. But as the award was for performance in the tournament, I see Ally being the more obvious pick as the more all-around player who contributed more to her team yesterday, in particular. May have been a draw with her sister for the other games, although Ally was HC's second leading scorer for tournament... Even young Tucker had a noteworthy tournament, leading scorer for the opening round game, solid through out...

 

HC has really put together a basketball T E A M, well balanced and thus difficult to name the "best 3"! I just hope the head coaches make these selections with the idea of "best performance in the tournament", and don't award a player simply because they played above their average or because another played below expectations.

 

Good luck to the whole team!

 

I agree it is very well put. But scoring is one dimension of the game. I know it's what everyone looks at and is the popular stat...but in my opionion, if you take McClendon off that team, they do not win the region. Period. Teams would have played them much differently. She effects the game in ways that you don't even know because you can't do to them what you'd like to. She is the X factor on that team. Turner had a nice scoring tournament, no doubt. And I really don't care who is MVP. But McClendan is THE most important factor on that team. Without her, you would see teams attacking them much differently and I'm not sure they handle the pressure of some of the teams in the tournament without her. HHS and Holmes would have a much different defensive strategy if McClendan isn't on the floor. I could care less about points. If you don't have someone to minimize turnovers and get the ball into the hands of the scorers, those points don't come.

 

I really don't care who made it and it's not a knock on anyone that did, but McClendon just being on the floor does things that we'll never know.

I totally agree with you

Congratulations to all these well deserving young ladies and good luck to the seniors in their future endeavors!