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Just curious, looked at the box score and did not see Tamara Sneed's name, is she out for one game or is she hurt and out for many. There was a lot of talk before the season started about her skills, etc....and just looking to see what she was doing.

SHS, I agree. The varsity played very little compared to the others players. I think there might be some evaluation going on but it was disappointing with the last scrimmage before a game that the expected regulars played very little together. I don't know about you but it is hard to get a handle on how the team will hold up this year. There was some signs of good things to come in the Newport scrimmage but too much mix in the Paris scrimmage.

Just for the record, you must be thinking about someone else, I have not mentioned that my daughter has any letters from any coaches, etc....Does she have a great work ethic and good grade, yes. All girls going into sports, for the most part are competitive. Do all possess athletic ability, no. Are there teams out there with limit potential against the BC or ND, yes. Are there more of these teams than those that do match up, yes. Do those teams know it, YES. My point was that teams try to match up with the super teams but it does not take very long into the game to take the wind out of their sails. For the very same reason it was mentioned that on any given day anyone can beat anyone, you can state ,if an only if the talent level is there to start with. This is not college where all of the teams have the same opportunity to recruit a star player, this is HS. Last year ND was 14-3 against Northern Ky teams. They lost to Holy Cross and BC and NCC. All three teams ranked high through out the year and each game would be a toss up going in. The other games, the average margin of victory was 24.5 pts. BC on the other hand was 16-2 against Northern Ky teams. They lost to ND and St. Henry. Their ave. margin of victory was 11.5 pts. Do we see a pattern here. Maybe this will stir the pot, what do all of the above teams have in common, excluding BC. (Hint: Holy Cross, Notre Dame, St. Henry, Newport Catholic) It seems to me that all of your daughters have played AAU at one point or another. You must know then that at most every tournament, the talent level is in 3 stages. The why did that team come, the they were competitive through the first half and ran out of steam group, and the group that will give you a run for the money. Unfortunately that is the same type of grouping we have in high school basketball. For the most part the public school system teams all start out in group 2. What makes a difference is when that star player comes along and makes the other girls better. Then transfers. If that happens a couple of times and they go to the same team, then you have a team that is heads and shoulders above the rest and some in the why did that team come catagory.

Thank you CoachK. I sure would be happy to be number 18, wouldn't you? I am pretty sure now someone will let us know how much playing time number 18 gets. I agree with you about playing varsity for a HS team and then going to another should be considered a transfer. I wonder how the BC community would feel if instead of this going on at BC it was at Ryle. I am an absolute BB fan and love watching the girls play. For the most part there is parity in girls HS basketball, each team has one or two players that can make a difference and the balance of the team is the luck of the draw, but watching BC play against anyone else or NDA against anyone else just isn't that much fun. You know the outcome prior to the game, you just don't know by how much they are going to win by. With that being said, both of the coaches do try to hold the scores down, but the other teams girls know going in they are no match and barely show up for the game. Sure they give it a try but when you are down 10-2 or something similiar before you break a sweat it is hard to get up for the balance of the game.

The big, tall center from Scott, KiKi Brown, is just a junior, if not this year then next

I did not say 5 girls this year. I said 5 girls recently. Start with Sam Bowling and work to today. I don't know all of the girls names so I won't even try but I know Behrens, at least 2 last year, and I don't think Bowling was the only one that year. If your freshman girl moves to attend Boone does is that a transfer? If it was only four I stand corrected and you missed my point entirely. My point is what about the girl on the bubble that has been there for years and is displaced. Does she have to transfer to play ball now?

I am already on record as saying that I do understand the transfer thing, do I have any strong feelings about it one way or another, not really, it is what it is and some things are more important for one than another. I don't nudge my daughter in any direction. Her love of the game is her motivation. My greatest hope for my daughter is to be a productive, caring person. Basketball is just something she does. As a matter of fact, I did spend a lot of money when she was playing AAU for a team in Cincinnati, this last year she did not play and chose to take some time off. I told her if she wanted I would line up a personal trainer so she could keep in shape. She ended up working out with an ex-Xavier player once a week ($40/week). In addition she played volleyball. Would my daughter love to play on a winning team, yes. Her AAU team was top 5 in Ohio two years in a row in her age group. Is it a necessity in high school ball, no. My daughter has been in advance placement classes since 8th. grade, with that being said, if she were not able to get an education that I thought was fitting then I would have no recourse but to transfer (There is a point where a parent must take the reins) but with her input. As before when she was asked if she would like to transfer to BC she would have a say in it. What I have learned over the last couple of years is it is not me who is directly effected by transfering it would be my daughter. The overflow would be on me. Talking with recruiters they have mentioned that the most important aspect in choosing a school/university is one. are you going to have the opportunity to play., two. do you mesh with the others., and three are you happy. A man much more wizer than me has expressed that if your daughter goes to a D1 school, loves the game of basketball, and is riding the bench, her school work will suffer and ultimately has set herself up for failure. If she chooses to to D11, D111 or NAIA and is playing, is happy, then her chances to succeed are far greater. My point is, that it is not whether I am happy or not it not my choice. As my daughter goes forward with her career we are looking at coaches and their on and off the court success but with 1,2, and 3 in mind. It is not the most necessary criteria for high school choice.

I understand the transfer thing because we all want our daughters/sons to have the best opportunities they can have. I know my daughter will be playing at the next level, but that might not necessarily be true for some others without some solid coaching, high visibility, etc.... In addition I am all about fair. What about the 5 girls that have been playing in the Boone County School System that were displaced by the 5 that transfered in recently. Do they have to transfer to play ball? They may be better than the 6 - 10 man on most teams but can't play for Boone. I think that for the most part there are some very good High School coaches that can do well by some of these girls that transfer to BC, I think that sometimes they just need to give them (the coaches) a chance. My daughter , if nothing else, has taught me that sometimes the talent pool is a little thin, but transferring to a school just to win is overrated. She is helping to build a program with her talent and skills. After Varsity practice, she goes back for another 2 hours and works with the freshmen. In my mind this is the mark of a true winner and she will surely be noticed for her efforts.

My daughter plays basketball for a Northern Ky High School team. She is now in her Junior year and has been playing Varsity for 4 years. She is a player that most teams would love to have on their team. As a Sophomore she was All-District, HM All-Region, HM Cin. Enquirer All-star team. Top 15 in NKy. in PPG and rpg. I bring this up because recently there was a coaching change and I asked my daughter if she would like to play for BC. We had been asked by a couple of parents on BC to consider. In addition, my wife also took classes with Nell at NKU. My point is, I believe Nell gets a bad rap when people talk about recruiting to BC. I think Nell would have loved to have my daughter play for her but it NEVER came up in conversations with her, by either party. As a matter of fact, Nell did the classiest thing I have ever seen and told us that our new coach will do a wonderful job for our daughter. To date the new coach has done that wonderful job with her and I see her growing as a player and person on a daily basis. By the way, my daughter told me she had no intentions of transfering school she was playing with her friends of many years, no matter what the outcome. I do have a question though, once Nell retires, where will all of the talent transfer to next?