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In our neck of the woods Basketball has taken a huge hit the last 10 years. In other parts of the State it has as well, but not as much as Mountain Basketball. Everyone mentions the lack of population and that does have a lot to do with it, especially when Kentucky doesn't have as many bigger cities like Ohio, i.e. Cincinnati, Cleveland.

One big problem in the mountains of course is just the size of the schools, and some schools feeder programs aren't as strong as others. HS Basketball in Kentucky isn't what it used to be obviously, but it's always going to be at a competitive level, more than any other state, just because of the Sweet 16.