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Post by apollo on Jun 15, 2013 12:45:28 GMT -6
Indiana Boys beat Ky, Girls Lose.
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Post by apollo on Jun 16, 2013 10:47:30 GMT -6
Boys sweep Ky. with a 2nd win also.
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Post by richsapper on Jun 18, 2013 16:01:52 GMT -6
Is this even relevant anymore?
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Post by apollo on Jun 19, 2013 21:06:54 GMT -6
Best attended in a decade.
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Post by richsapper on Jul 5, 2013 12:45:10 GMT -6
Still, the selection process is horrible. There is no way that it can be perfect, but it could be better. The attendance increase is good, but still there is very little interest in this outside of the families of the participants. Good for the kids who made it, but there are always some (and NWI had an example of this) where someone knows someone and the kid from their team gets on the all star team and a better player is left off. I have a natural disdain for all star games anyway, but this one in particular is everything that is wrong with sports.
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Post by jtjrmoney8 on Jul 6, 2013 0:56:17 GMT -6
I think for the most part the best players DO make the team..but you'll get one or two who have "connections" that enable them to make the team
Making the Indiana All-Star team is a very big honor..and more importantly, it's another opportunity to gain exposure for colleges as a player..pretty nice to have on the resume..I have not attended the event but might consider it in the future
I didn't see who the all stars were for boys but for girls I think the senior team was spot on..as for the juniors there were a couple who I thought were questionable..the girl from Barr-Reeve, Jenna Knepp, is just not on the level of the top juniors in the state..Jaclyn Heath from LaPorte, is a questionable pick in my opinion..I think she is an example of a player who made it because of connections, AKA her father
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Post by richsapper on Jul 6, 2013 21:57:14 GMT -6
The best players don't make it though. I will agree that the junior all star team is worse than the senior version, but Jaclyn Heath is very deserving to be named to something like that. That said, when you look at the boys roster, Schlotman over Nick Davidson? Seriously? Scholtman is a hell of a player, but Davidson is clearly a better player. The history of the game shows that many of the best players don't make it. The selection process is flawed beyond flawed with people making decisions who never see these kids play.
As far as a resume builder and exposure to colleges, man if these kids haven't signed already (99.9% in the history of the series have) there is a huge problem. What does it matter if you were an all star or not. Your ticket has been punched long before generally. Again, if they have not signed someone there may be a grade issue that keeps them from signing anyway, or maybe they just aren't that good. The Junior team maybe, but once you are already going to a school, I fail to see how it helps. It doesn't get you on the floor quicker in college, NBA teams could care less about that and it sure won't get you a job in the real world.
It doesn't matter anyway. All Star games as a general rule are stupid. This one, the MLB game (every team needs a player, really?), the Pro-Bowl is an absolute joke to the point that the commissioner would like to cancel it, heck the NHL named a post season all-star team (with no game) that named the same guy to the first team as a right wing and the second team as a left wing. There is so little interest in these games that they have become irrelevant. That's one reason like it or not (and I don't) that the MLB All Star game determines home field. I think it's stupid, but at least it's an attempt to do something to make it somewhat important.
Not only that, but the "rivalry" with Kentucky is not relevant anymore anyway. Indiana simply is no longer a basketball state. Kentucky, barely. No one cares about beating Kentucky if you're north of Indianapolis.
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