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Yes, because they did leave on their own. I recollect our coaches maybe saying that in certain games, particular kids may not get as much playing time, but that is the nature of select sports and will be true with any high-level AAU team. It isn't rec ball where everyone plays equal amounts in every game. The players who the coaches feel give the team the best chance to win will be in more. Many times, our team has been able to play all 10 kids equally in a game. We have never cut a kid. Once a player is on the team, they are a member until they choose to leave. If a player is not happy with the amount of playing time they have on a particular team, it's in the player and parents' best interests to find a new team. I know plenty of select teams in basketball and other sports who have tryouts each year and cut existing players or move them down to a B team.

Well said.

Thank you for your comments ;-)

The KY Patriots are the D-One Sports Kentucky Patriots, didn't realize that I had to spell everything out. D-One Sports is sponsored by Reebok, the KY Patriots have been sponsored by Reebok since Feb. 2006. If Reebok and Nike want to provide them with shoes, uniforms, bags, t-shirts and tournament entry fees the Patriots will call their team anything the sponsors want. The Patriot boys just want to play ball. Why the attitude towards the Patriots? Are you mad because the Patriots are good? The D-One Sports Kentucky Patriots are good because they've played ball together for years, they have great coaching, they play year-round, and the boys have a passion for the game. Don't be a hater because they are good.:fight:

You DID misunderstand what the parents told you. The coaching staff of the KY Patriots has never cut a player off the team. Every kid that has left the team left on their own or because their parent took them off the team. This goes all the way back to 4th grade. The Patriots have never had tryouts or "cut" a single player. The KY Patriots do not play with different players in different tournaments. When they play as the KY Patriots they always play with the full Patriot roster. There have been a few tournaments where some of the Patriot boys played without three or four of their teammates, when this happens, they play as "KY Prep". These tournaments were usually the local BCI tournaments in N. KY. The only other time the Patriots play under a different name is in Nike Tournaments where they play representing Eddie Ford's Nike organization as the "KY Hoopstars East" where they won both the Nike Midwest Regional Middle School Championship in Henderson, KY and the Nike National Middle School Championship in Nashville, TN.

Thanks. Didn't get rid of anyone. Some kids left on their own over the last couple years due to natural attrition, choosing other sports, etc. 4 years ago, the team was all Boone County kids and could not compete with the elite national teams because there just wasn't enough size to choose from in our area. Kentucky has to draw from all over the state to compete with teams from large metropolitan areas. The Pats finished third in KY even when they were all Boone County kids a few years ago, but that was due to extraordinary ball-handling, three-point shooting, and good coaching with what they had.

Tough for a new coach to come in and lose his Sr. point guard. Neeley is a great kid and very good player, good luck in Owen Co.:thumb:

That's true. I don't know if they have fixed that yet or not.

He played well in most of the games. The wrist was not a factor.

The AAU KY Patriots won one of the 16 medals at the 14-U 8th grade Division 1 AAU nationals in Orlando this past week, finishing 13th in a field of 162 teams. Congratulations to the following boys. It was a total team effort! Andy Earls (Boone County) Austin Flannery (Boone County) Ryan Popp (Boone County) Clay Coleman (Ryle) Dakotah Euton (Rose Hill) Chad Jackson (Rose Hill) Kyle Bair (Rose Hill) Josh Sewell (Louisville Trinity) Jordan Siebert (Princeton) Juwan Staten (Dayton Colonel White) Tyrell Willis (Calloway County)

The game was played at the Sports of All Sorts in Florence, KY. Those courts are brand new this year. This facility did not have courts before this year. It is a nice facility.

The Patriots got beat 88-87 by the KC Bruins (finished 7th last year) in the second round of the championship bracket. They dropped to the second round losers bracket and beat..... Charolette Royals (N. Carolina) 85-63 D-Wade Allstars (Wisconsin) 84-70 Alabama Titans 88-61 United Celtics 82-72 The Patriots are guarenteed a medal. Tomorrow at 11:30, they play the Arkansas Lions (Ark. AAU State Champions) if the Patriots win they finish 8th if they lose they finish 13th. Not a bad performance in a national tournament with 162 of the best teams throughout the nation.:ylsuper:

They came in 5th at the YBOA Nationals in Orlando the Div 1 AAU Nationals was in Detroit for the 15U age group. The 14U D-One Sports KY Patriots from N. KY & Ashland beat the 15U EKY Lightning in the 15U YBOA KY State Championship game in Florence a couple of months ago. The Patriots did not compete at the YBOA nationals this year. Last year they finished 3rd in the nation at YBOA nationals.

More 15 & Under Ronald Cotton (Boone) Clay Coleman (Ryle) Tate Nichols (Ryle)

The Patriots came in first in their pool and they advanced to the Championship Bracket and play the Kansas City Bruins @ 1:00 tomorrow.

The Florida Showtime Ballers lost all three of their pool games by 20+ points each game.

The Patriots have won their first two pool games in a tough pool with... #1 D-One Sports KY Patriots #2 Boo Williams Peninsula Black (VA Div 1 AAU State Champions) #3 Fla. Team Belly (FLA Div 1 AAU State Runners-up) #4 North Carolina Garner Road They play tomorrow, Friday @ 4:00 against Boo Williams Peninsula Black They beat Garner Road on Wednesday & Fla. Team Belly today. See the AAU national web site for daily updates. http://www.aauboysbasketball.org

Jackson is almost 6'4" and can get to the basket with ease. Very athletic and jumps out of the gym. He is a very good defender and rebounder. He is very long and quick and can make the opposing team shiver when he is in the middle of a press. Has the ability to penetrate and dish. Needs to improve his outside shot. Definitely has potential to go Div 1. Cox is an outstanding shooter and sees the floor very well. Can take the ball to the basket but usually pulls up for a short jumper. Also a good decision maker. Size may be an issue when playing bigger and stronger guards or teams. Justice plays as hard as any player I've seen. Great attitude and is a leader on the floor. Can shoot the ball but is better at creating opportunities for his teammates to score. He is an assist generating PG. Size may be a problem for him against bigger players and teams.

He was held back but he was playing up before.

Lebanion doesn't play for the Kentucky Patriots.

Are there any others that are top 10-15? Feel free to fill in or correct anything. Note that some of these I've listed below are holdbacks. I think that some of the non-holdbacks will surpass some of the holdbacks when they mature more physically. I've seen all of these players several times except Wyatt. I think that point guards are perhaps the most important to the overall success of a team because they direct the offense. Some of these I've listed below might actually be closer to 2 guards. I think that J-Town and Boone County could end up having the best backcourts in the 2010 class. Top 10: Chad Jackson - Rose Hill, Kentucky Patriots (6'3", more of a scoring PG, ranked top 10 freshman by Kentucky Prep Hoops, ranked in the top 100 nationally by Hoop Scoop, great rebounder, defender, and slasher/finisher, athletic) Tate Cox - June Buchanon, Eastern Kentucky Lightning (5'11"?, a holdback, great shooter, smart player) G'lawn Guyn - Lexington (5'9", very quick, good slasher and scorer) Ryan Popp - Boone County, Kentucky Patriots (5' 8" great court vision and on-the-ball defender, smart player) Thomas Jackson - Jeffersontown, Derek Smith Saints (a holdback, 5'9"?, very quick and athletic, good leaper, good slasher) Elisha Justice - Shelby Valley, Eastern Kentucky Lightning (a holdback, 5'8", very smart player, good outside shooter, good defender) Richard Kennedy - Jeffersontown, Louisville Lakers (5'8"?, very quick and athletic, good leaper, good slasher) Mike Gabbard - Boone County (5'9", great ball handler and court vision, above average passer) Travis Johnson - Grayson County, Kentucky Hoopstars (holdback, 5'9"?, strong, good outside shooter and finisher) Isaac Wilson - Corbin, Louisville Yellowjackets (5'7", good ball handler and shooter) ? Wyatt - St. Xavier Next 5: Nick Noble - Breathitt County (a holdback, 6'0", great shooter) Zack McElwain - Seneca, Derby City Ballers (good shooter and scorer) Daniel Corbett - Trinity (5'3"?, quick, good ball handler, good outside shooter, very smart player) Zach Lother - Highlands (5'3"?, quick, good passer, good outside shooter) Branden Burdette - Lexington

In two years, Boone will be one of the serious contenders for the regional title. Boone, Ryle, and Highlands 2010 classes have outplayed all N KY schools in their class in school and AAU ball the last several years. Of course, with their recruiting flexibility, CCH could also be in the mix. Dixie will also have a good team.

Popp made the all-state middle school team this year. Popp and Gabbard are equally talented point guards. Popp has excelled against some of the best point guards in the nation in AAU ball. Gabbard has a very good handle. Both have great court vision. Popp has great decision making and defensive skills. Both of these in the backcourt with the other three freshmen will be a formidable force.

I don't know which game he saw because they did not play quarters, they played two 16 minute halves. There's only one big monster from Rose Hill and that is Euton. He did not guard the curly headed kid. The curly headed kid was only about 6'1", Earls from Boone may have guarded him but I doubt it, the Patriots pressed and fell back into a zone defense most of the game.

Yes I saw the game and Euton (Rose Hill) and Flannery (Boone Co.) had 20 each. The next leading scorer was Earls (Boone) with 10. Jackson (Rose Hill) has a broke wrist, he was not even in the building, and Bair (Rose Hill) had 5 points. I don't think the coach knows who is from Rose Hill and who's from Boone. When I said that Gallatin had a good group of freshmen coming up, I thought we were playing against some of them. I thought the younger boys on the team we played against were the freshmen you commented on post #13 on this thread. Sorry. Gallatin does have a good team, I think Neeley will help the team if he transfers there.