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Boy would I have loved to see this game. Congrats to AE.

Not sure about the 1100 number, but earlier in the year, I was told by someone within the schools administration that they had 1006 students. The 996 number was the number of students that preregistered or something. I think the 1006 number was the total after new students and transfers were included. Anyway, best of luck to the lady panthers tomorrow night!! Wouild love to see them advance.

Very well said. I agree completely. I'm not sure where Jabstep got his numbers but if you look at the individual stats posted on the Knox Prep Extra Website, I believe the post he refers to as making only 30% of her shots, actually makes about 47%, thats according to the stats on Prep Extra. Not sure how accurate those are though. It really doesnt even matter, basketball is not an individual sport, it should be all about the team. I personally dont care who does the scoring, I would just like to see the girls average more than 30 or so ppg.

Congrats to the girls who made the team Coach of the Year - Tim Smith (SM) Player of the Year - Laura Novikoff (CAK) All District Team Chelsey Brown (SM) Jada Buckner (Loudon) Destiny Dishman (SM) Blair Ellis (A.C.) Mardessa Hampton (Loudon) Kaycee Harvey (Loudon) Brielle Hoffman (CAK) Kate Lowe (Scott) Janell Manard (Loudon) Erica Martin (SM) Emily Oaks (A.C.) Lindsay Smith (SM) Tayler Smith (Kingston) Addison Springer (Catholic) Brittany Strunk (Scott) One that is surely missing that should definitely be on the list: Whitney Elliott (A.C.) I believe she's their teams leading scorer and probably the best player they've got. Not exactly sure why she wasnt chosen.

I'm all for giving him time, however, he's had all last summer and 29 games so far this season. I think its unrealistic to think they would have a winning season this year after watching them last year. I do think, that as a fan, I would expect to see some kind of gradual improvement from where they were at the beginning of the season. Watching them play, I can tell you that they havent made any progress, if anything, they've gotten worse. They still struggle to make good passes, their shooting is about the worse I've seen at the high school level and he still hasnt done anything about some of the players attitudes. I do support the program, but I would like to see some kind of improvement!! I'm not even expecting wins, just teach them how to pass a basketball without turning it over.

I dont think I'm confused about Talent vs Athletic potential. Remember, several of these kids are only Freshman and Sophmores, to be that young, they have some talent. A coach has to be able to develope that talent as well. As for your "scouting report" , it has some merit. I just get tired of watching Coach Anderson do the same thing over and over. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over and expecting different results. One thing you say that I totally disagree with is "give him time" and "seen him do it", heres my questions, how much time does he get? They've played 29 games and that doesnt count the games during the summer camps they attended. If you've really watch as many games as you say, you know this team has gradually gotten worse. I would also ask what have you seen him do? As far as I know, his first Coaching job was as an assistant to Plemons the last few years and he didnt seem very involved in what was going on during the game. Please explain what you've seen him do as a Coach.

What has happened to the Kingston Girls Basketball team? I've never seen a team nose dive like this one has! Considering the level of talent they are suppose to have, why have they fallen apart this year. I've seen them play a few times this year and man, its hard to watch. I looked at their record on Coacht and crunched some numbers, check this out - Since Dec 15th, they are 1 - 18 They're scoring an average of 32 ppg They lose by an average of 24.3 ppg If I hadnt seen them play, I would never have believed they were in this kind of shape. Is anyone coaching them??? If so, what are they doing???

I hope you're referring to making it to the Region before they graduate. They're not going to make it this year. I've seen them play several times this year and even before they lost Gentry or Hardin, they were a team that was struggling. They have absolutely no one that can shoot from outside consistently which makes it somewhat difficult to get the ball inside to Smith or Martin. I also agree with JACKETDAD about them turning the ball over. Although their point guards are young, there's no reason they should be turning it over like they do. They make some of the worse passes I've ever seen a team make. I really do hope Anderson can turn this program around, he's got some athletes on this team if he can just get them to play up to their potential.

I've seen both teams play and if Kingston plays up to their ability, they should come out of this one with a win. They've got the talent if they just learn to come together and show up each night they're scheduled to play.

Tayler Smith (Soph) at Kingston, started as a Freshman, avg 8 ppg & 8 rpg.

I'm sure Nicole is a very good basketball player, however, when have you seen every single sophmore in the east tennessee area play. I'm assuming you havent so how can you say she's "the best" when she hasnt been compared to every other sophmore player? Just curious?

Did anyone see this game? How did both teams look?

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Dont they scrimmage Kingston tomorrow (Wednesday)? Who will win this one?

Dont have anyone playing. I follow them because I have a friend thats originally from Kingston who now lives and works in knoxville. I go with him to quite a few games when I can. Since he doesnt post on CoachT, I do. Thats about it.