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As long as schools (and recruiters) place so much emphasis on stats and numbers, you will continue to see the expansion of the "safe schedule syndrome" which calls for schools to play teams you can beat in order to get the stats up and thus get players noticed. Some schools don't do it, like Lexington Catholic and Boyle County and Johnson Central, which will play anyone anywhere. But there are too many 'good' programs which in recent years have opted for safe scheduling to get noticed. I guess there is no way to stop it, but while it allows a few position players to build a rep, it ultimately dims the program. There were plenty of schools in 2009 which rang up great records against ho-hum competition. But not a single one carried home a trophy.