SeniorDrill
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On this day as we honor those who have "Given Their All" to allow us to even be able to sit and watch a Tennessee basketball game, please take a moment and think about that. About a month ago a new poster basically asked a question about what the Rocky Top League was all about. Someone, don't remember who, responded that they took they Tennessee players, divided them up, and placed them with a bunch of high schoolers making it appear that that was it. Since I had just recently looked at the rosters of all of the teams, I corrected the error by saying that indeed the rosters were mostly college players. That started the fireworks. I was told by another that I was the one who was wrong because they had attended Rocky Top games for years and high schoolers played. There were a cadre of others who said I didn't know what I was talking about, high schoolers played. Well, maybe, but not many in 2013. I am a retired scientist, in addition to being a retired drill sergeant, so I am quite used to using statistics to establish validity. I have attached the rosters and statistics of all of the teams in the Rocky Top League in 2013. There were 74 players on the rosters and 67 of them had a college listed by their name. The other 7 may have been high schoolers but I bet not. Those 67 players scored 99% of the points scored in the league and the 7 scored the remaining 1%. Brandon and Galen played on the KNS team that won the league; Demontre and AJ played on the DeRoyal team; Josh, Armani, and Darius played on the Rice Buick team, Robert played on the Next Level Training team, Jordan and Pops played on the Campus Lights team, and Choice Spine had no current Tennessee players.
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Regarding the league statistics I later posted the KNS statistics just saying they were interesting. They bolstered the resume of a certain point guard who was a fourth year senior walkon who could be deserving of a scholarship if there was one left over because those were the only statistics he had playing full time. He had successfully piloted a team to a championship playing against college competition and his scholarship teammates. He was immediately attacked like he was a second class citizen and should never even be considered for a scholarship. Those scholarship players yet to be signed were first class. This was even though he averaged 14 dishing the ball,had shot 62% from the field, and 81% from the free throw line in 6 games. That started another barrage.
Well, going back to the college Rocky Top League versus the high school Rocky Top league, I think those people were just confused. The high schoolers have a Rocky Top League of their own!
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Regarding the league statistics I later posted the KNS statistics just saying they were interesting. They bolstered the resume of a certain point guard who was a fourth year senior walkon who could be deserving of a scholarship if there was one left over because those were the only statistics he had playing full time. He had successfully piloted a team to a championship playing against college competition and his scholarship teammates. He was immediately attacked like he was a second class citizen and should never even be considered for a scholarship. Those scholarship players yet to be signed were first class. This was even though he averaged 14 dishing the ball,had shot 62% from the field, and 81% from the free throw line in 6 games. That started another barrage.
Well, going back to the college Rocky Top League versus the high school Rocky Top league, I think those people were just confused. The high schoolers have a Rocky Top League of their own!
Rocky Top High School Fall League Rosters (Knoxville) | Tennessee Prep Hoops