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So if Scott Co. deserved an asterisk, doesn't Holmes deserve one last year with 3 starters who were transfers?

Of course, two of them were Covington natives who came back after a year in Cincinnati. I really don't consider those guys to be "transfers" in the classic sense, just as I don't Shotwell at Scott County.

 

Bottom line ... the situations are remarkably different. Scott County has four starters and a key reserve who transferred in with no previous ties to the school system.

Then you look at their schedule they go to City of the Palms or Beach Ball every year, which are huge hs tourneys that get a ton of exposure. With the program Coach Hicks has built kids are going to want to play there.

Other programs travel, too. And other schools have quality programs, too. It's just that none of them have the number of high-profile transfers that Scott County has had over the years.

People move to populated areas...Scott County has undeniably benefitted from that. It is what it is. I agree with LMB. They do what any school would do...they put the best team they can on the court made up of eligible players at their school each year.

 

Kids transferring to and from schools happens all over the state and its more common now...Scott County just gets criticized more because they've achieved the biggest success. They aren't the only "guilty" party...just the most successful.

 

And, for clarification, "guilty" was tongue-in-cheek.

Ding, dong, the witch is dead!!!!!!

 

Congrats Ballard, for beating the team fans love to hate.

 

From their crowd size, they don't have many fans of their own team.

 

And there will be a new witch out there somewhere next season. So don't worry Don Quixote, there will be another windmill for you to attack soon.

So if Scott Co. deserved an asterisk, doesn't Holmes deserve one last year with 3 starters who were transfers?

Actually, Housley came off the bench.

People move to populated areas...Scott County has undeniably benefitted from that. It is what it is. I agree with LMB. They do what any school would do...they put the best team they can on the court made up of eligible players at their school each year.

 

Kids transferring to and from schools happens all over the state and its more common now...Scott County just gets criticized more because they've achieved the biggest success.

No, Scott County gets criticized more because they have had more high-profile transfers than anyone: namely Rick Jones, Scott Hundley, Gelawn Guyn, Dakotah Euton and Chad Jackson.

No, Scott County gets criticized more because they have had more high-profile transfers than anyone: namely Rick Jones, Scott Hundley, Gelawn Guyn, Dakotah Euton and Chad Jackson.

 

More high profile transfers and elite level success would go hand-in-hand, I suppose. Its the same point, however you word it. They get criticized more because they win more. They win more because they have better players. They have better players because more good players come there.

 

The same stuff goes on all over the state. The only difference is that Scott County takes it state championship level, while a lot of others only take it regional championship level. Take Knott Central, for example, their PG, and arguably best player, started his career at June Buchanan. Both of those teams made appearances in Rupp during his career, and he played an instrumental part in both.

 

I could care less if the projected all-state team transferred to Scott County this off-season. If they're cleared by the KHSAA, go for it. There's obviously something in Georgetown that is attracting good basketball players. That's life. :idunno:

The same stuff goes on all over the state. The only difference is that Scott County takes it state championship level, while a lot of others only take it regional championship level. Take Knott Central, for example, their PG, and arguably best player, started his career at June Buchanan. Both of those teams made appearances in Rupp during his career, and he played an instrumental part in both.

Does it really go on all over the state? Can you name another school that has had two future Mr. Basketballs and at least five Division I players transfer in over barely more than a decade?

 

And is it merely a coincidence that Guyn, Euton and Jackson and others arrived in Georgetown just as the program appeared to have a downturn in homegrown talent?

More high profile transfers and elite level success would go hand-in-hand, I suppose. Its the same point, however you word it. They get criticized more because they win more. They win more because they have better players. They have better players because more good players come there.

 

The same stuff goes on all over the state. The only difference is that Scott County takes it state championship level, while a lot of others only take it regional championship level. Take Knott Central, for example, their PG, and arguably best player, started his career at June Buchanan. Both of those teams made appearances in Rupp during his career, and he played an instrumental part in both.

 

I could care less if the projected all-state team transferred to Scott County this off-season. If they're cleared by the KHSAA, go for it. There's obviously something in Georgetown that is attracting good basketball players. That's life. :idunno:

 

Then back to my original statement, that this is the biggest threat to the one-class system. Scott County obviously benefits from it's ability to draw top notch talent to their school. Most of the other schools of the state don't have this advantage. It then no longer becomes a level-playing field (as if it ever was). Players are not supposed to transfer to a school for athletic advantage, but they obviously do, and the KHSAA allows it. How is this fair to the other, especially smaller schools of the state.

 

I guess if we didn't have a one-class system this all wouldn't draw the attention that it does, but how can anyone possibly justify allowing some schools to derive major advantages over others without folks getting upset?

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Last 10 years...

 

Regional Championships

 

7 = Mason County, Warren Central

6 = South Laurel, Shelby Valley

5 = Christian County

4 = Paducah Tilghman, North Hardin, Ballard, Holmes, Hazard

3 = Scott County, University Heights, Owensboro, PRP, Lexington Catholic, Corbin, Elliott County

 

Scott County has won three regional championships in the last 10 years. That ties them for 11th on the list. Sixteen teams have made as many, or more, trips to the Sweet 16 as Scott County in that span.

 

Finals Appearances - Mason County (3), Ballard (3), Warren Central (2), Holmes (2), Paducah Tilghman, Apollo, Central, Jeffersontown, Male, Scott County, Lexington Catholic, Lafayette, South Laurel, Shelby Valley

 

Fourteen teams have made appearances in the final game. Four have done so more than once. Scott County hasn't.

 

Championships - Mason County (2), Warren Central, Jeffersontown, Holmes, Scott County, Lexington Catholic, Lafayette, South Laurel, Shelby Valley

 

Nine teams have won championships. Only Mason County has won two in that span.

 

 

The KHSAA really needs to do something about Scott County. The results prove that nobody else has a chance. :idunno:

 

I'm not a Scott County fan, but I've grown tired of the constant complaining about them. Perhaps the case would be more convincing if they had more hardware...3 regional championships and one state championship in 10 years from Scott County would hardly be cause for the KHSAA to switch to a class system.