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TENNESSEE GIRLS TOP 100 BASKETBALL WORKOUT

Visit www.bcathoops.com for registration and medical release forms

Medical release AND school physical form is mandatory.

Open to any / all rising 10-12 grade girls

WHEN: SATURDAY MAY 4, 2013

WHERE: BLACKMAN HIGH SCHOOL, Murfreesboro, Tn.

TIME: Registration 8a.m.

Workout 9 a.m. to 5p.m.

Lunch 12-1(provided)

COST: $50 per player

$40 per player (If 3 or more from the same school attend)

Players receive:

*Exposure, will be open to Colleges and recruiting services.

*Valuable Skill development

*Reversible Top 100 Practice Jersey

*Top 100 T-shirt.

*Chance to make the BCAT Team that will compete in the National High School Basketball Coaches Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind.

Who is Eligible: Rising 10 thru 12th grade players.

Register early as space is limited

This will be a high intensity skills workout for players looking to play at the college level.

Conducted by Tennessee High School Coaches

TENNESSEE BOYS TOP 100 BASKETBALL WORKOUT

Visit www.bcathoops.com for registration and medical release forms

Medical release AND school physical form is mandatory.

Open to any / all rising 10-12 grade boys

WHEN: SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2013

WHERE: BLACKMAN HIGH SCHOOL, Murfreesboro, Tn.

TIME: Registration 8a.m.

Workout 9 a.m. to 5p.m.

Lunch 12-1(provided)

COST: $50 per player

$40 per player (If 3 or more from the same school attend)

Players receive:

*Exposure, will be open to Colleges and recruiting services.

*Valuable Skill development

*Reversible Top 100 Practice Jersey

*Top 100 T-shirt.

*Chance to make the BCAT Team that will compete in the National High School Basketball Coaches Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind.

Who is Eligible: Rising 10 thru 12th grade players.

Register early as space is limited

This will be a high intensity skills workout for players looking to play at the college level.

Conducted by Tennessee High School Coaches

This was very disappointing. It was suppose to be for unsigned seniors to have a fair chance to play in front of college coaches for possible recuritment. Well this was not the case! Dekalb High School coaches were there with their players. Just so happens they get to coach the team their players is on. The rules were suppose to be the coaches substitute 5 players every 5 minutes so that all players get equal playing time. Dekalb coaches DID NOT do this. Their players played the whole time while the other players may have got 3 minutes of playing time if they were lucky. The last game 3 players didn't get to play at all!!! The guy "Tim" that was over this "showcase" was informed but did nothing about it. First of all Dekalb coaches should not have been allowed to coach their own players. There were other coaches there with their players but they coached other players not their own. Dekalb coaches should have been considerate to all players they were coaching and let all players get equal time to "showcase" their talents. After all, thats what this was suppose to be about right??

The Basketball Coaches Association of Tennessee (BCAT) takes great pride in promoting "OUR" basketball players in the great state of Tennessee. This association is non-profit and relies on members to procure corporate sponsors and they themselves impose a fee for their own coaching clinic which in turn helps fund this event in the spring. Here are some points that people should know:

1. This was a free event for all unsigned seniors and college coaches. Slots were limited to the first 50 players. BCAT emailed every college in Tennessee and surrounding states about the event. All unsigned seniors were given a shirt provided by BCAT. The expense of the shirts was covered by BCAT at no cost to the student and they were allowed to keep them afterwards. BCAT wanted the kids to have a something to take home with them for participating. This free shirt was left behind on the floor by this "one" upset parent.

2. Every coach that worked the event donated their time, including any personal time needed from their 'real full-time' careers, and their travel expenses to and from the event. "Some" people do not take into account that these coaches have families and other commitments in their lives. Instead of appreciation for this, some parents have the attitude of what can you do for my individual child?

3. There was no set rule about subbing players every five minutes, but everyone was given an equal opportunity to play. If by some chance this was not kept to the second; our apologies we are only human. Never are decisions made for personal gain; perceptions may be skewed due to personal bias. The players did play for two hours, and afterwords instead of calling the event over all of our volunteer coaches agreed to give their time to two five minute mini- games that were not apart of the original agenda. One change we made included playing in both gyms at the same time, allowing for more playing time for all. Thankfully, Middle Tennessee Christian generously allowed us to use their facilities, again. Something we should not have done was kept up with the score in the games.

4. This is the fifth year for the unsigned senior game and up to this point over fifty players have received college scholarships after participating in this event.

5. This is an ever growing event and there were many students who wanted to be apart of this opportunity but were unable due to limited slots available. It also needs to be made clear that the students are not chosen by a committee but actually a first come first served basis eliminating any favoritism.

6. The refs were all paid by BCAT, again at no cost to the parents. In order for more playing opportunities this year we took on the added expense and logistics for games to be continuously played on two courts instead of just one as done in previous years to ensure that each player got the most visibility possible.

7. The unsigned senior game was created to give more opportunities for players to be seen. The most opportune time to do this was before the ALL-STAR game.

8. BCAT will always look for ways to improve any event we put on. We want COACHES feedback.

I am sorry that you feel you kid got snubbed out of five minutes of playing time. I can tell you that the DeKalb coaches and the other coaches are very good men. They donated their time to help every player there; just as all the other coaches that participated in this event did.

The coaches do not get caught up in petty rivalries, seasons are over, it has been agreed that we are all on one team for the students. Unfortunately, we endure ridicule year round from parents who make this personal and take away from the love of the game.

This event now has approximately four hundred players participating and you are the first parent to complain. As I reflect I have determined that statistics alone prove that your opinion stands alone. I am sorry that for whatever your personal motivations were you decided to become libelous and try to taint professional and public opinions of such a worthy event. A simple thank you for providing your son an opportunity to be involved would suffice.

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Can someone tell me why TJ Tarius Johnson(Liberty Tech) is not on this team....That is absolutely preposterus.

Probably because his team is still playing.

BCAT ALL STAR GAME

MIDDLE TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

11:30 AM

EAST TEAM:

MICAH BALLARD WILLIAM BLOUNT UNDECIDED

CORY STANTON SPRINGFIELD WRIGHT STATE

TYLER HOOD LENOIR CITY SAMFORD

ARTHUR MCMILLAN HILLSBORO MOREHEAD STATE

MITCHELL HILL COOKVILLE UNDECIDED

EMMANUEL ANDREWS SHELBYVILLE UNDECIDED

TEREAS CLEMMONS MT. JULIET UNDECIDED

DAMARIUS SMITH KENWOOD LIPSCOMB

MICHAEL BRADLEY TYNER UCONN

ROBERT BOYD FULTON LIPSCOMB

DARONTE CLARK GALLATIN UNDECIDED

COACHES:

MARK ELDRIDGE MARYVILLE

MIKE WRIGHT OAKLAND

WEST:

CHRIS CRAWFORD SHEFFIELD MEMPHIS

DARRIAN GRAY SOUTHWIND UNDECIDED

THOMAS GREER WEST CARROLL AUSTIN PEAY

RONALD BROWN RALEIGH-EGYPT UNDECIDED

MARTERRACE BROCK RIDGEWAY UNDECIDED

MARCUS TERRANCE KINGSBURY UNDECIDED

KRIS BREWER RIDGEWAY UNDECIDED

A.J. CUNNINGHAM CORDOVA UNDECIDED

JAREKIOUS BRADLEY MEMPHIS EAST UNDECIDED

CEDRIC JANES DYER COUNTY UNDECIDED

COACHES:

WES HENNING RIDGEWAY

TERRANCE SCALES CORDOVA

BCAT Unsigned Seniors Games

Games to be held prior to the BCAT All-Star Game at Middle Tennessee Christian High School at 9, 10 am

Game 1 Time: 9 am

Team 1:

Mason Hensley Jackson County

Joseph Wilbart Hunters Lane

Chris Jones Richland

Blake Bell Lipscomb

Tashawn Kelly Austin East

Zack Holden Knox East

Matthew Williams Columbia Academy

Laster Gude Covington

Aaron Hyndman Creekwood

Will Walker Oakland

Zack Henson Portland

Joshua Walker Cordova

Team 2:

Antwan Vanbier Hunters Lane

Killan Middleton Middle Tn Christian

Camaron Edwards Richland

Madison Futrell Munford

Brandon Tubbs Parsons Riverside

Marquention Brown Lausanne

Vincent Dotson Creekwood

Jared Hilton Lenoir City

Jyiamin Kelly Austin East

James McLain Covington

Dantario Dansby Harpeth High

Game 2: 10 am

Team 3:

James Upshaw Culleoka

Lynnwood Holloway Knox Central

Michael Titlow Greenback

Reggie Elkins Brighton

Alex Gardner Sante Fe

Justin Bridges Lebanon

Shawn Garrett Clay County

Tavaris Clark Riverdale

CJ Allred Clinton

Andre Scott East Literature

Bradley Williams Clinton

Team 4:

Rakivi Pollard McNairy Central

Carl McKenzie Covington

Christian Cunningham Perry County

Mark Vaughn Milan

Tyler King Independence

Sammy Garrett Sante Fe

Jacob Gobble Collinwood

Darnell Williams Knox Central

Antonio Daily Austin East

Ryan Beadle Lebanon

Carter Sanderson Lipscomb

Coach Pearl will be speaking. It is my fault he is not on the agenda. He was added after I had posted on the digitalsports.com/bcat site and I didn't update it. The new website, www.bcathoops.com will be up before the clinic. We had some issues that will be taken care of with the new site. My apologies for any confusion.

Tim

Girls:

Friday, Feb. 13

#7 Peabody hosts #10 Halls

#8 Dresden hosts #9 South Fulton

Monday, Feb. 16

#1 Bradford hosts Dresden/South Fulton winner

#2 Humboldt host Peabody/Halls winner

#3 Lake County host #6 Greenfield

#4 Gleason hosts #5 Union City

Thursday, Feb 19 at Trenton Peabody

Semis

Bradford/Dresden/South Fulton winner v Gleason/Union City winner 6:00

Humbold/Peabody/Halls winner v Lake County/Greenfield winner 7:30

Saturday, Feb 21 at Trenton Peabody

Consolation 6:00

Finals 7:30

District 14 A Tournament Pairings:

Play-In Games are played at higher seed

Saturday, Feb. 14

#7 Dresden hosts #10 Bradford 6:30

#8 Halls hosts #9 Gleason (Halls won the coin toss to break tie with Gleason) 3:00

Quarter-finals are played at higher seed

Tuesday, Feb. 17

#1 Humboldt hosts winner of Halls/Gleason 6:30

#2 Lake County hosts winner of Dresden/Bradford 6:30

#3 Union City hosts #6 Greenfield 6:30

#4 Peabody hosts #5 South Fulton (won coin toss to break tie with Greenfield) 6:30

Friday, Feb. 20 at Trenton Peabody

Semi-finals

6:00

Winner of Humboldt v Halls / Gleason

vs

Winner of Peabody / South Fulton

7:30

Winner of Lake Co. v Dresden / Bradford

vs

Winner of Union City / Greenfield

Saturday, Feb. 21 at Trenton Peabody

Boys Consolation, 4:30 pm

Monday, Feb. 23 at Trenton Peabody

Boys Championship 7:00 pm

The 5th Annual West Tennessee Coaches Association Meeting will be held at Diamond Oaks - between Trenton and Milan on April 11th.The "official" meeting begins at 9:00 am but get there early for some special guests from the mid-state area. We have several interesting topics to discuss. If you have questions, feel free to email me at allent6@k12tn.net.

The 5th Annual West Tennessee Coaches Association Meeting will be held at Diamond Oaks - between Trenton and Milan on April 11th.The "official" meeting begins at 9:00 am but get there early for some special guests from the mid-state area. We have several interesting topics to discuss. If you have questions, feel free to email me at allent6@k12tn.net.

The 5th Annual West Tennessee Coaches Association Meeting will be held at Diamond Oaks - between Trenton and Milan on April 11th.The "official" meeting begins at 9:00 am but get there early for some special guests from the mid-state area. We have several interesting topics to discuss. If you have questions, feel free to email me at allent6@k12tn.net.

I wanted to let everyone know that the 5th annual West Tennessee Scheduling Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 5th at Persimmon Hills Golf Course in Sharon. The "meeting" will tee off, I mean start, at 9:00 am. They have been generous enough to give us the winter fee of $20 for golf and cart. Hope you all can make arrangements to be there. Feel free to call or email me with any questions/comments/suggestions at:

allent6@k12tn.net

Tim Allen