The Edwards loss will hurt, where he leads County follows. That is some big shoes to fill. T.Ware and Sebree will need to fill his leadership shoes, not just his talent.

Hoptown loses talent in Ware but retains their leaders in Johnson and Cager. Watch out for Nicholas, he plays similar to Matlock to when he was a frosh. Could be as good when all is said and done.

2nd should be exciting again next year.

Transfers have been a part of Ky HS basketball for decades...Pulaski Co won the State Championship in 1986 with two Hanson brothers from NC and Barry Stringer, who lived in Casey Co and was a vital starter on that team....seems like this has recently became a hot topic sine Mercer got a couple. Not much different than the private schools do EVERY year...anybody else agree?

 

With the mention of Mercer Co., let's not forget the 90's LexCath teams, especially those featuring Mercer County's VonDale Morton - who had quite a long commute.

 

The situation of this entire thread is rampant, maybe more so, on the girls' side of the b-ball ledger. It's the "ACCUMULATION OF TALENT" that is driving many of the successful teams/programs. FREE AGENCY is now the norm in KHSAA basketball. Circumvention of rules and their intent has gone crazy, as parents pimp-out their kids, kids go to the best offer, and kids and parents collude to go here or there, just like the James/Wade/Bosch drama with the Miami Heat.

 

I recall a mid-90s Sweet 16 in Louisville that featured about 25% of the participating teams utilizing players who had played on another team that very same season!!! It was sickening then, but the problem is much more widespread and worse now. It is now all about the accumulation of talent.