[P. Fanning]

How am I bashing? Look how many mountain kids sign to play NAIA at Alice Lloyd for example and look at how many either quit before the season starts, or after a year or so. That's what I meant by NAIA is a step up from the 14th Region. That's not discrediting the NAIA schools, if anything it shows how competitive and how much talent is at that level. It's one thing to have a big signing day and getting it featured on WYMT, but its another to stick it out for four years.

If you can have a great career at Alice Lloyd or Georgetown that is great, its even better if you walk across the stage with your degree in hand and have most, if not all of it paid for thanks to your basketball talent.