re: Cats at Bama baseball

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but basketball beginning to trend downwards in Kentucky kind of worries me a bit.

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It's a trend, at least in fan following, that is organic ... and at least two decades in the making.

It goes back to high school ... and, in all honesty, Indiana as well. Indiana went from single class, everybody plays everybody else for one champion - back in the late 90s. That hurt the talent pool - because interest dropped immediately. And Kentucky pulled plenty - and I do mean plenty - of talent from Indiana. Walter McCarty. Sean Woods. The list goes on and on.

Kentucky still does the Sweet Sixteen - for high school basketball - but it simply is not the event it used to be. The interest is just not there.

But you should see High School Football now. Back in the day, the Louisville Catholic schools drew big crowds and dominated. Not so much now. Big crowds all across the state. Same in Indiana.