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i think they should go back to the old way of picking mr. basketball. one region might have the best 3 players in the state and this way one coach might know more coaches then the other coaches and get the coaches he knows to vote for his player to give him player of the year in that region which puts the other 2 players out. it happened in the 14th region one year when the day kid from buckhorn was player of the year and perry had jaysean paige who was voted the best player in ky by the courier journal and not voted player of the year in his region. paige went on to west virginia and let them in scoring his senior year and a #6 ranking in the nation. the way they do it now they dont have the best players getting voted on

I definitely preferred the old method. In 2012, Matt Day had the better year and, overall, high school career in the 14th region and is actually listed as the runner-up for Mr. Basketball behind the kid from Trinity. Paige was great but he was great for one year and was eliminated in the first game of the district by Day and Buckhorn. Player of the Year isn't based on D1 potential. It's based on results at the high school level and Day had as good a year as anyone statewide. Post high school, Paige was obviously more productive at West Va. and proved his worth as a basketball player to anyone that might have doubted him. Day did end up at UVa-Wise with a very solid career finishing 6th on their all time scoring list and being top ten in the NCAA in double doubles his senior year aside from earning his degree.