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The process is as follows:
coaches who are members of the arizona basketball coaches association nominated first or second team all region players for the all star team. If you are not a member, you cannot nominate. It is the all star game sponsored by the AZ BB coaches association. Part of the problem is the lack of coaches who attended the coaches meeting last Saturday. In order to be selected as one of the participants, the coach had to be in attendance, or have a representative sent on his/her behalf. With the 4A/5A girls, there were approximately 8-10 schools represented total. There were 20 girls nominated by those coaches. Those 20 were selected to the teams. The alternates were girls who were nominated via email by their coaches, but the coaches did not attend the meeting. Coaches were sent numerous emails regarding the meetings and the nomination process. They knew beforehand that if they were not in attendance, their players would not be selected. The girls who are listed as alternatives were added due to the fact that there were not enough coaches at the meeting for those girls to be selected. I would say this, as coaches trying to advance girls basketball in the state of Arizona, it is sad to say that out of approximately 90-100 4A and 5A girls basketball programs in the state, that we had less than 10% attendance at this meeting. As a coach of one of these all star teams, I take exception to the comment that I ought to be embarassed by this group of players that I selected. Please get your facts straight before you make allegations about "fiasco" and embarassment". This website is loaded with "inaccuracies", "I heard this", "this parent said this", and criticisms of high school athletes in a public forum. The coaches did not hand select their own players as you say, in spite of other players who are obviously deserving of all star status. The selection was made by coaches under the rules and regulations outlined prior to the meeting. As a member of the AZ BB Coaches Association, my hope is that in the future, our coaches attendance at this meeting increases, for the goals of insuring that the "best of the best" play in this game, but also for the advancement of girls basketball in the state of Arizona as a whole. I would also say this. If you have anything that you would like to speak about in reference to my comment here, I will not hide behind it or anything else. Contact Todd Nelson at 623-696-5721. I would say this, this website is a forum to celebrate girls basketball and the achievements of these young ladies in the sport of basketball. The rest of the stuff thrown out on this website is like "taking 2 steps forward, and 3 steps back". Let's try to move ahead to make it better for all these kids. This was the honest appraisal of the events of this all star selection from one in attendance.

Coach 1501,
I would agree with you. The hope/goal of the AZ BB Coaches Association is to increase their numbers in the organization and attendance at the meeting, and do, as was stated many times at the meeting, what is best for kids. It is obvious from the list of players, that many of your best AZ girls basketball players were not included in the top 20. My point was not to blast the coaches not there, but to educate those on the process and why many of those kids were not named on the team as to stop the steady stream of inaccurate information regarding this topic . If you want to question the process, that is fine, but don't go and make accusations that there was "political wheelings and dealings" being done to keep certain kids off the team and put others on to benefit egos or programs. It just did not happen that way.