by d_fense » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:14 pm
My nearest "Big City" is Fargo. For those who are not in the Fargo area, I can assure you that the "media" in this area pays very little attention to class b basketball. I think they do a pretty good job with small school football, but basketball is an after thought. Television stations don't often send cameras out to small schools when they can keep their people in town to shoot video of a NDSU, MSUM, Concordia College, or multiple Class A schools. Not to mention the MINNESOTA Professional teams. They just don't put many resources into Class B. I know that Grand Forks does a better job with WDAZ probably because they have fewer options. I'm not sure about Bismarck and Minot television, but I do think they both have local papers that put more into B schools than the Fargo Forum.
I personally think a committee would be a waste of time and effort. Who would be on such a committee? Who would want (alright I am sure on this sight many would want to be on such a committee) to take the time or even have the time to watch all the best players in the state. And then go back for second and third looks when narrowing the field down. Who would pay for transportation, lodging, meals, and other expenses? All this for a $20 trophy, 50 second interview on TV, and little notoriety that most will forget about in a hand full of years. Heck, you can't even get a group of coaches that play one another to agree on all district teams or come to a consensus on Regional Player of the Year. I don't personally think there have been any horrible selections for the Mr. Basketball award. A few years back some complained that it should have went to the young man who is attending Boise State (sp?) over the B kid who put up crazy numbers throughout his career. Whatever your thoughts were that year, the outcome was much more a product of one player missing a number of games because of injury and a debate over is it an award for career or senior year performance.
Is the system perfect? I don't think so. Is it worth messing with? Not in my opinion.