sportsmaniac

Congratulations to Coach West, his staff and the girls.

Congratulations to Coach Utter and his staff and players. Best wishes for a successful season.

Dayton did make the playoffs in 2016.

Great job Greendevils!

Did the KHSAA include middle school students who played on High School teams in these numbers?

Yes

Congrats to Coach Utter!

Congrats Caleb!

Way to go Kyle!

Congratulations to Michael and his family. They are great people!

I am a basketball guy and a former coach and dread saying this, but fewer games might be better. The thing that football has going for it is that each Friday night is an event and people don't want to miss it. With Basketball teams play 2 or 3 games a week and it is not a big deal to miss a game. I don't think it would fix the problem completely, but it might help if basketball games were more of an event.

I have lots of thoughts about the tournament. I have gone as a coach, fan, and administrator. I think what needs to be done is create an atmosphere of excitement. A lot of open seats even if tickets are sold effects the environment. How many seats are in the bottom bowl of Rupp. Maybe close off the upstairs and charge less for end zone seats or the higher areas of the lower arena?

That's good to know. Jason is a good man and i would hope that they are treating him well there.

Restless with Jason Booher or restless with basketball?

Great thread!

Very happy for Carson and his family. Good luck at NKU

Sportsmaniac and my children will be there. I have taken my son every year for the tournament since he was in Kindergarden. He is a senior this year. 13 years straight for us. We have a blast!

Congratulations to Coach Simpson and his South Oldham Dragons.

Some of what you say is correct. It is not always the parent, school, or communities fault, but i do think we need to remember that we only pay HS head coaches about 7-8 thousand a year and expect them to have great programs on a shoe string budget. Sometimes the coaches do not need to be head coaches, but that is because it is hard to find quality people to do this much work for that little of pay.

With what content?

As a former coach that scheduled really tough: Scheduling tough does not always help your program. The first 4 years I was head coach, we probably played some of the toughest schedules in school history. The reward was a barely over .500 record each year, but one. We had 1 regional championship appearance and 1 district title. We were able to compete against the top teams in the region, but still could not beat them. If we would have scheduled a little easier and maybe had 4 20 win seasons instead of just 1, the perception of our program and me as a coach might have been a little different. The reality is most people just look at win totals and do not really understand level of competition. Just my 2 cents. Enjoy the past season. 22 wins is nice! Your team was in the final 64!

Never have understood why people root for others to not have success. Just root for your own team to be successful; not for someone else to fail.

Very proud of our Lady Bearcats this year. Hold your heads high you had a great year. Also, congrats to the Lady Raiders on the win.

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Proud of my son, Kyle Kinmon and his teammates. Three of these seniors had to start as sophomores when a lot of kids left the program. They struggled through a 4 win season that year. They continued to work hard and were rewarded with an 18 win season and an appearance in the regional tournament. Proud of all of you!