Claude Henry Smmoott

Thanks Jim. Those teams were stacked! Have there been any others???

I will take Pettigrew. It is great that Walls' team won the whole thing but Pettigrew shouldn't be punished because he doesn't play on a loaded team. Mr. Basketball is an individual award. Does anyone know the last player to win it and a state championship in the same season?

Interesting question. I hope someone has an answer for it.

It is not about whining or handouts or anything else like that. I think some private schools abuse the fact that they can have students from outside their county or state. That upsets a lot of people. JBS doesn't seem to fit that mold. Public or private, when you receive transfers regularly, there is scrutiny that comes with it. Witness Scott County's boys programs in previous years with their players from the Corbin and Lexington areas.

"It has been shown over and over that an overwealming majority of the students that change after 8th grade go from private schools to public." This statement I have a very hard time believing to be true. Even if it is, how many of these students are good, or even great, athletes. That seems to be the case with a few of the programs across our commonwealth. If you don't believe me, ask a few coaches who have worked in Fayette and surrounding counties.

I think UHA took such a beating because their roster was littered with foreign exchange kids each year and kids seemed to transfer in a lot more than they transferred out. From what I have read, most of JB's players have attended the school since they were in elementary school. If every private school played with kids who had been there for 5-8 years, I think you would hear fewer gripes. Just Claude's opinion....

Coaches select the all tournament team. If you lose in the second round, you get one player. If you lose in the next round, you get two and so on. It is OK to question why a player didn't make it, but don't call out individual players who did make it.

They were very impressive. Congrats to them and their coaching staff.

Relax Scooter. I don't remember attacking you or your mom. Why do you get so heated so quickly? If you think certain private schools have 200 players in their football program and all those players live in the same county as the school they attend, then you are in need of more info. There are several students who live in my county and attend a private school in a different county. But I guess you want their names, right? Easy big fella...you will not change my opinion and I don't care to change yours.

I am on Fletch's side (obviously). But I would guess he was being humorous...no offense intended I am sure.

I agree to disagree with anyone who argues that private schools do not have an advantage. I will not call out particular schools on a website. There are problems and the playing field is not level. I will continue rooting for my favorite teams and hope something or someone comes along and makes everyone play by the same set of rules.

I think that is an interesting question. Is is written anywhere whether the award is for a year or a career? One thing is certain...there are some great basketball players in our state and some are going to be disappointed. Best of luck to them all.

Private schools have the ability to "lure" students from outside a given area. Certain schools in this state have students from as many as 12 different counties and three different states. So, how is that fair to the public schools who have a designated area from which they draw students? Argue all you like and rationalize it any way you want, those are not fair ground rules and it will not change as long as the KHSAA doesn't want it to. The member schools made their opinions known and that didn't work out too well. That tells me all I need to know. I'm not saying anything about LCA in particular, but private schools as a group have a distinct advantage in enrolling students.

I support merit as well. But I also support everyone playing/working with the same set of rules. No matter what anyone says, this isn't the case with public and private schools.

If it means a win, I would run one offense all night. Apparently, they did enough to win. I would rather play poorly and win than play well and go home with an ever dreaded "moral" victory.

She (Brown) is a special player. I think WKU is getting a steal and she has a chance to play a lot immediately. All of the players mentioned in this thread are special. It is a matter of familiarity and individual preference when discussing the best. That is the great thing about discussions like this...it can also be the frustrating part.:lol:

Cast my vote for Hope Brown from North Hardin, especially if they make it to the state and she plays well.

I hope we all remember this thread the next time someone posts about a player yelling at an official. They are ALL kids, whether they are Miss Basketball candidates or not. And I doubt there are any parents out there, Scott County or otherwise, that would condone such behavior.

I have seen "water spills" that needed to be cleaned up when a team was out of or low on timeouts. It seems that the bench where the water is spilled usually has no towels.

If they dress 10 players, 5 have to start. At the end of the game, if the coach pulls all of his starters, there are only 5 players on the bench. That means all the starters are on the bench and all of the reserves are on the floor. If a sub fouls out, only starters are on the bench to sub for her. This is your daily math/logical reasoning lesson.

Whoever reported that is incorrect. They weren't called for 53 fouls. I am not sure about the exact total but it was not in the neighborhood of 53.

They didn't get called for 53 fouls. It may have seemed like it but it wasn't anywhere near 53.

Pretty weak? Region 6 has two of the top 10-15 teams in the state. Region 5 has three top 10 teams and Franklin-Simpson from the 4th was the last team to lose a game and they are very, very good and ranked in the top 10. And that is not to slight any of the other regions in the top bracket. That is just off the top of my head.

The top half looks to be the stronger bracket. Of course, it is hard to tell until the teams actually win a region and the brackets get completed.

I wasn't there so I can't judge what happened. Here is what I do know...it is a coach's job to make his team better and see that they play hard. It is not his job to see that the game is kept close for the other team. That would be the opposing team's coach's job. Unless it is a district game, a coach can control this with their scheduling. Truth be told, we have already spent more time discussing this than the Beth Haven players and coaches have. Tournament time will be here soon...let's start looking forward to that!!!