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I wasn't being negative at all. Not every kid gets to play after high school. D 3 or NAIA was just my opinion!!

Saw Connor twice. He'll play Division 3 ball or NAIA.

I do see your point. I guess it all comes down to who is doing the evaluating. I didn't see any of those kids play, so I'll take your word for it. Seems like everyone sees things differently. I'll give you an example. Where you able to see the Mr. Basketball and runner up Mr. Basketball play?? I got to see both play 3 times. Well Tyreke Key won Mr. Basketball for class A. Was he better than the kid from Union City, Stewart?? Well college coaches who do the evaluating think so. Tyreke Key is going to Indiana State and chose the best fit for him. His choices of schools were between 5-7 mid to low major schools. He scored over 3,000 points I think in high school. Which is a lot. The Stewart kid went to the school that fit him. His choice of schools were between 20-30 high major schools. He scored 2500 points in 2 and a half years. A lot of people thought he would have won Mr. Basketball if he was from Tennessee. At the state tournament I asked 3 High Major BCS coaches why the Stewart kid had better and higher offers than Key. They all had the same answer. That Stewart is bigger, taller, stronger and a better college prospect. Just goes to show how much I know because I thought the couldn't possibly be a better player in class A than Key!!! I went to their recruiting profiles and they were telling the truth. Stewart had all High Major and BCS offers. Key had all low and mid. So not to be long winded but talent is clearly in the eye of the beholder!! I don't have a dog in the fight either way. Sorry to hear if some kids were left off and were deserving. I was offering my opinion early on as to why.

Who is Connor Arnold?? What are the names of the Harriman kids?? I guarantee you if they were going to play division 1 college ball, people outside of there region would know who they are and would care whether or not they made the all state team. It's not a headscratcher at all.

D1 does matter!!!!! You guys are getting bent out of shape. I was just pointing out why some kids got what you called "snubbed" on the all state team. Committees are going to vote for a kid that has a D1 scholarship over another kid 10 out of 10 times ESPECIALLY in class A. Unfortunately for some of the kids that you guys think got "snubbed", there happens to be a good # of class A kids on the all state team going to play division 1. And yes in real life the ball does stop bouncing and you need to be prepared and all of that rah rah stuff. But in real life it also matters at times "WHO" you are. And the "WHO'S are going to make the all state team first. Facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Parker Stewart Union City runner up Mr. Basketball going to Ole Miss. Tyreke Key going to Indiana State. Kid from Humbolt going to a division 1 school. Josh Conrad form WEB Dubois signed committed yesterday to a division 1 school. There's 4 for you right there from class A playing at the next level "Division 1" and what do you know, they're all state and in the all star game tomorrow!!! Those are just 4 off the tool of my head. Stop fooling yourself!!!!!!!

I stand corrected. I meant Division 1 college basketball. That's what REALLY matters!! And again, no disrespect to your team but all state is a who's who of division 1 caliber talent.

All State is an individual award. No disrespect to Harriman but there isn't 1 player on that team that will play basketball in college. The kids on the all state team will play in college. Just like the all star game in Cookeville tomorrow. No one from Harriman is in it. All of the kids in the game are on the all state team. It is what it is.

You guys keep harping on a player getting calls in a game. Give it a rest!!!! Certain players are going to get calls in a game because of who they are and what they have done. They have obviously earned that right in the officials eyes to get those calls. It happens in the pros, college and high school. Who you are and what you've accomplished DOES matter. It is what it is!!!!

Not at all. Just making an observation and giving my 2 cents. Highly doubt Parker's dad who is a D1 college head coach cares about what people think on a high school message board.

Parker got high praise over the weekend from Penny Hardaway. Penny is quoted in the paper saying that Parker is hands down the best player in Class A and could easily be Mr. Basketball for class AA or AAA. He said his criteria for Mr. Basketball is someone who is clearly better than anyone else. The fact that Parker is double and sometimes triple teamed the whole game in class A is a sign of the other team saying this kid is better than us. Very interesting point from an NBA great!!!!!!!

Definitely wasn't taking anything away from Humbolt. I think a lot of those fouls were actually warranted. Stewart is just so frickin big. He makes those guys look tiny!!!! So they grab and pull because they had no choice. Humbolt is a solid team. I guess I'm just trying to digest watching one kid almost beat Humbolt by himself. Stewart is the REAL DEAL

Just left the game. Humbolt wins a close one at the end. Questionable no call on the Stewart kid. I have to be honest though, the Stewart kid is soooooo much better than anyone on the court. I had no idea he was that good. There were literally 3 guys trying to guard him the whole game and he went for 30!!!!!! Was obviously named district MVP Congrats to Humbolt on the win.

I concur. Have heard a lot about the Stewart kid but haven't ever seen him live until last night. WOW!!!!!!!! That kid had almost 40 and it was effortless. He has huge size for a guard and shoots the leather off the ball. Clearly the best player I've seen around here in a long time. Not even close. Ole Mi$$ is getting a good one. Going back to watch UC verse Humbolt tomorrow night.

Advantage Union City. Parker Stewart plays UNBELIEVABLE in that UTM gym. He works out there twice a day and even practices with UTM's men's team!!! Absolute game changer for Union City!!!! SMH Helps when your Dad is the Head Coach at UTM

Just goes to show neither one of you have any idea what you're about!! The Stewart kid is going to the SEC for a reason. None of the kids that you listed are going to a BCS/high major school. Nor do any of them have 1 single offer from a school at that level. The Stewart kid had 30 plus offers from BCS/high major schools. All those million dollar a year coaches aren't wrong. Last, Stewart is a Mr. Basketball finalist. NONE of them!!!!! Parker Stewart is!!!!! Case closed. Good for that kid. It's not you guys fault. You just don't get it because you're stuck here in West TN and don't know talent.

I vote for Union City's Parker Stewart class of 2017. 6'5" True PG. Has 12 High Major offers as a junior. Got 3 more BCS offers after the game tonight verse Mitchell. Ranked 15th best player in the country by ESPN. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/207538/parker-stewart

dmm88- I was actually educated on the Stewart kid tonight. He was offered 3 more BCS level scholarships by coaches that were at the game after a loss tonight at Mitchell. So my curiosity got the best of me and I asked the Associate Head Coach from the Big 12 why no one was interested in #2 from Mitchell (who I thought had a good game tonight). He said the difference between Parker and that kid is simple. He said that there may be 50,000 kids in the country 6'0"-6'3" that play the wing like #2. But there are only about 50 people 6'4"- 6'5" that can truly play the point like Stewart and 20 of those 50 are in the NBA. He stated that his size and skill are leaps and bounds ahead of most high school kids and he is college ready right now. He told me to look up the ESPN ratings and see for myself because that is the only evaluation that college coaches care about. I looked it up and pasted it below. The kid is ranked the 15th best player in the United States!!!!!!!!!!! http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/207538/parker-stewart I'm glad the Big 12 coach even gave me the time of day tonight because I now know what I thought about Stewart has substance. I've been watching UC basketball for decades and Stewart is about as good as they come. His 12 High Major scholarship offers validate that!!!!