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Does Burkey have Carter in his back pocket like Insell had?

What I am referring to is the by-laws every AAU team has to abide by. I believe there is a pretty thick book of rules and regulations. Is this subject covered anywhere? If so, where and what does it say?

There should be something in the AAU "Manual" about this subject. What does it say?

Very Impressive!!!!!

More about Tenn. Team Pride. Where from? Who are the coaches? etc.

If they have a ligit reason for forfeiting, then they should be allowed to play on. Otherwise they should be out of the Nationals. I would say the tournament director should know.

Ok Trueline, you say she never finished in the top 16 in any year playing for Southern California. I will try to find out. I have been thinking about the Super Regionals etc. and I see nothing wrong with them. I admitted that our state, and some others, have a dozen or so better teams than some state's champions. But what I would suggest is that the teams already qualified for the Nationals, not play in the state to make it more competitive and exciting.

OK you won me over. Not a bad idea as long as the super regionals are open to anyone, not just a hand picked few to get you qualified like in softball sometimes. I did notice in some years every team from Tennessee would be much better than the state champion from certain states. And even a dozen or so left at home would be better than the champion in that state. So I guess it is a good idea. I guess it makes the state tournament less exciting, but so be it.

Am I seeing this correctly? 8 teams from Tennessee made the Nationals? My Goodness, how many teams were at the Nationals, 200 or more? So what are you saying that every team that made it to the State tournament went on to the Nationals? How many teams were signed up in the 13 and Under age group in Tennessee? Please don't tell me AAU is getting like softball with qualifying tournaments, where you have some patsys come to your place for a tournament to qualify yourself for the Nationals.

Isn't that the girl that played for Southern California in AAU that won the Nationals in the late 1990s? Was a contender for the National title almost every year? Or am I thinking of someone else? If she is the one that played for Conneticut, I am sure she was on the Southern California team. Where did you get the info that they didn't do well?

For the young ladies to be seen they should make it to the big bracket. Most coaches don't even show up until then. When is the last time you saw Gino or Pat at the consolation tournament. Fewer teams, more chance for a winner and be seen.

But we had some really good Celtic Teams. Ok so I jumped the gun. The 14s and 15s start this weekend. How many teams will represent Tennessee in each age bracket, 8 or 9? Use to you would have 3 or 4 really good teams and they would pick up the best of the rest and we would kick butt at the Nationals.

Earlier I made a statement that it looked like a down year for Tennessee Girl's AAU basketball, but I promised to wait until the end to make a final judgment. Please, someone give us a final tally on the Tennessee teams at the "AAU National Tournaments." And if you can give it like this......1st, 2nd, 3rd, tied for fifth, tied for ninth, etc., etc. or, didn't qualify for the main bracket, but attended. Don't need what they did in the YBOA, which at times can be just another invitational tournament. Don't need how teams faired in a super duper regional in Boise, Idaho. Don't need how teams did in the NASSTT, or the NABBCD, or the NATITT, or any other nationals, just the AAU Nationals. Don't need how teams faired in the Class B, Class C, Class D, etc. of the AAU. Don't want to hear about sandbaggers that went to a lower class just so they could do well, faired. After we get this list maybe we can determine what went wrong. My guess is that too many Tennessee teams or at the Nationals. Maybe if we only had 3 in each classification we wouldn't have the teams so watered down. Comments please.

Well good luck to Lil Shooter. Congratulations for signing with MTSU. She will do well, cause she always has. Hope she breaks all the records at Bradley this year. I will look back in about a week or so to see how everything turns out in AAU. I had just looked over the younger age groups and didn't see much success like the old days. Maybe things will level out. If you go to the dog tracks, pick 3-4-7 on a trifecta. See ya, Let me hear from you.

I have been away for a while. Just looking over the results of the Tennessee teams in the Nationals. What in the world has happened? Tennessee use to be the most feared and hated state at the Nationals. It wasn't unusual for 3 or 4 Tennessee teams to be in the sweet 16 in every age bracket. Am I missing something?