granddadone

Sorry, but we don't have a daughter. We just love basketball at all levels and hate to see some schools and administrations covertly recruit while the TSSAA counts its money.

Perhaps, but If the TSSAA is only going to be concerned about pizza money then what good is it?

You might be right. Some player's families can't afford to rent a second home or move on a whim. Bradley did have a transfer last year.

Some good and valid points. However, there are many cases that are quite obvious like if a girl plays AAU and her coach just happens to also coach a high school team in another town and she magically transfers to that school. Or when a girl transfers 3 or 4 times in 4 years. Or when one parent rents a cheap apartment in one town while the rest of his family stays in their home in another town. The TSSAA seems to have no interest in pursueing these abuses. The least they could do is set a precedent by at least once punishing a coach or a school

Good points, but the transfer fever will continue at some schools until the TSSAA gets a backbone!! Every coach or administrator who encourages a child to transfer should be fired. Way too many young women spend years working their butts off for a school only to have someone walk in from out of town and put them on the bench. I would really like to know if any school without transfers has won a state championship in the last several years.

Some transfers are probably living with their 3rd cousin on their step mom's side of the family. It apparently doesn't matter to the TSSAA. All the TSSAA has to do is check the addresses parents list on their Tax Returns and simply require all transfers to sit out a year unless they physically moved from another state or county and are not living even part-time in their previous abode.

Well, so far that makes two schools with the transfer fever....Blackman and Mt Juliet and two schools with no transfers....Jefferson County and Morristown West. How about the other four AAA at state?

With the onslaught of recruiting on the high school level in girls basketball, it would be interesting to know how many transfers each team has on their rosters. Of course, the granddaddy of transfers is Riverdale which had at least 5 on its roster this year but didn't even make the state tourney (Karma). I know Blackman has at least one stolen from Mt. Juliet. Jefferson County had zero and Morristown West had zero. Maybe some of you can help me with the transfer situation at the 5 other AAA schools. Also would be interested to know how many AAA schools that have won state championships in the last ten years did so with players recruited from other schools. I bet there aren't many. Maybe if the TSSAA was half as interested in policing this transfer mess as they are in making sure no one brings a cup of coffee into the Murphy Center, we could finally level the playing field and have some degree of fairness in high school basketball.

Mo. West lost their starting point guard and second leading scorer a few games ago so SH losing Tarter should make things a little more equal. Still, I think West will have to have one of its best games with SH having a subpar game for West to win. West losing to Jeff in the district after beating them twice this year was a real downer for West. But now, maybe just maybe.

Tommyman, just be thankful that schools in your area are honest and above board. Winning is nice, but integrity is everything.

Not barking up the wrong tree warrior. Just commenting on the FACT that Riverdale encourages transfers instead of working with and building up the girls who grew up in Riverdale schools and who must step aside to allow multiple transfers to move into town just long enough to win another tainted trophy. I would love to see local teams grow and develop players in their own communities who have lifelong loyalties to their towns and their schools. An occasional transfer is normal, but having all five starters is a disgrace to the concept of school spirit and loyalty. I'll leave it at that.

So 100% of Riverdale's starters transferred from other schools. The TSSAA definitely needs to take a closer look at the shenanigans at Riverdale !!!

Fairness , integrity and equality sure mean a lot to most, but apparently not to the coaches and administration at Riverdale.

I see that 60% of Riverdale's starters transferred in from other schools and 80 % if you count the senior who transferred there after the 8th grade. Sounds like an investigation by the TSSAA might be in order at some point.

One or two more transfers ought to do it for Riverdale. Another girl who has given her all for her home school can go have a seat with the other scrubs. Winning is all that counts at Riverdale.

Not a coach, but do enjoy the game. My guess is that without Lyons West could beat SH on a given night. With her, West would have to play its very best game with SH having a kind of off night. Most of Lyons blocks came from the weak side after west players had beaten the one guarding them. If one of West inside players had screened Lyons as soon as her teammate penetrated, there would have surely been fewer blocked shots. Would have been a more interesting game if West new players had a game or two under their belts. Most of the 10 or more turnovers in the first quarter were mainly from trying to force passes inside by the new players. SH definitely has two very outstanding players who will give everybody fits. And West showed that it has a real diamond in one of its freshman as well as some very solid upper classmen. I will predict that West will win its district and will face SH again in the region finals. But , of course, I could be wrong.

I saw the game. West got so far behind in the first quarter that they had to play catch up for three quarters. Terrible shooting from the field and the free throw line for west. Science Hill's Lyons is the real thing, she is definitely the difference maker. SH blocked at least 8 shots and played very smart basketball. About the only negative for SH was that their bench wasn't very strong, but they didn't need them on this night. The positives for West were that its several freshmen on varsity were playing their first high school game and will get better while their best outside shooters only took two 3 point shots the entire game. Also, SH is the only team in Region 1 that will play man to man against West for the whole game so West knows it must improve its dribble , drive and DISH mentality and its ability to create more opportunities to get open threes when they do play a quick and long team like SH. The positives for SH are obvious. They have a great point guard and center. They have two exceptional outside shooters and they are very long for a high school team. Lyons makes SH perhaps unbeatable in East Tennessee.

Sorry about that. For district one I would say SH then maybe Kingsport.

I would guess Morristown West. Then Cocke County. Then probably Morristown East.

Never said they didn't. I am assuming you have personally checked on this.

Good points. I know one athletic director at a high school who personally checks on transfers. He has been known to go to a listed residency and make sure the transfer student actually stayed there the previous night. Listing Grandma's house as their residence has become popular with some transfers. However, I assume that most directors don't get so involved in making sure everything is legit. But the season is starting and I do plan to enjoy watching lots of games.

More vulnerable? Two players at Riverdale have already committed to D1 schools and 3 all-star transfers have arrived. Yes, some other teams will work harder to try and unseat Riverdale and if they do justice will have prevailed. If Riverdale wins the state again with a pocket full of transfers then most in Murfreesboro will celebrate again and most of the other schools will just shrug and say " Transfer City did it again" while a few schools will say, "Lets go get us some transfers".

Advocating for fairness is not being a crybaby. Most of the transfers to Riverdale are already on the radar screens of colleges due to them already being all-conference players at their former schools. Plus they also have exposure thru AAU. If I were a high school principal and my coach was out recruiting from other schools I would fire his butt.

Thanks. SH plays Morristown West, I believe on Nov. 12. That should be a good indicator for Region 1.