re: Anyone else ever done this?

This is completely normal. One of my buddies played in high school and he ended up making the "team". This was a few years ago when Georgia was really good, like in the top 10, and I asked him if he was gonna be embarassed when they lost to a group of girls. He said they could've basically named their score against them. This ragtag group of guys who may or may not have played high school ball absolutely dominated a top 10 women's college team on a daily basis.