[goodguy]

Pitino has been to see Justice play twice. Various other coaches, D1 and NAIA, have been to see him numerous times. Transy has been to see Hatfield various times. If you are good enough, coaches will find you.

And as for the Mr. Basketball argument, go look at Paintsville's 1998 schedule. Other than the All "A" and a trip to St. Louis the only non-mountain road game that Paintsville played was at Marshall County, and Marshall was 12-15 on the season. Yet J.R. Vanhoose still came away with Mr. Basketball. I understand that Paintsville did well at Rupp, and am not suggesting that SV will do the same, but as you can see it does happen that you can win Mr. Basketball without "marketing" them in the golden triangle...

I agree with what you are saying but in 1998 did J.R. Vanhoose have as many good candidates competing against him for Mr. Basketball?

Christian County was 1-2 at Ashland. Also, it's funny that you consider Christian County as "struggling" at 10-2, and they only lost by 3 on a neutral court to Mason County who is considered one of the top teams in the state...

Not this year, they only have one starter returning from last years team. They are no where near one of the top teams in the state.