High School Fall Leagues in Middle & East TN

[TheEdge26]

Here's another positive spin on TSSAA new 50% rule: In the years before the 50% rule small schools were excluded from HS fall basketball leagues because they did not have enough players to fill a roster.

Many private school, A and AA athletes play multiple sports so they could only get 3 to 5 players to commit per school. Now the playing field has been leveled out. All schools both big and small can send players in groups of 3 or less to be mixed and matched with players from other schools.

 

The small school players will have the same opportunity as the big school players.

 

The two Fall Lgs that I am aware of are located in Knoxville at Karns High and in Middle Tn at Hooptown.

 

Not sure how to find out info about Karn's but here's Hooptown's website. www.Hooptown.net

[PANTHER2331]

Nothing positive about it in East Tn. The Karns league has always been a good league but is playing only 3 on 3 in the high school ages because of the new rule. The kids who want to work on their game (and there are a LOT) are struggling to find a place to play. None of the small schools in East, TN ever had a problem fielding a team in the Karns league. May be positive in middle TN but not over here.