[nky]

The reason they wait till the finals are done is to give the voters a chance to see players outside of their area against solid competition. otherwise NKY voters would have more NKY guys on their team, Mountain voters the same, Central KY voters the same, Louisville voters the same, etc.

Same with Mr. Football and Basketball. Anthony Hickey was incredible last year, but he doesn't win Mr. Basketball if it wasn't announced after the tournament. Otherwise it would have been Chane from BG

right on
He's a prime example second team LB - Paul Lampone, Cov. Holy Cross
He would have been an also ran until voters saw what he could do in the state finals