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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are freshman teams a nail in the coffin for a basketball HS player?  Kid is hoping to play all 4 years.[/quote]

Not for local public school programs. Probably half to 2/3 of those players make it all the way to varsity by senior year.

For the WCAC high school programs and other private schools that recruit, the freshmen players rarely make it to varsity. [/quote]

In my observation that is an overstatement and our HS has a mediocre varsity boys basketball program (3 winning seasons over the past decade).  If a freshman team is strong maybe half will progress to varsity.  If it’s weak it’s more like 15-25%.  Keep in mind the size of the freshman rosters also tend to be big.

Our girls varsity program has been stronger (multiple district titles) but the overall talent pool is thin.  In many cases no girls on the freshmen team ever make varsity, even if the freshman team is .500 or higher.  It’s also much easier for talented freshmen girls to make JV or varsity. [/quote]

That's to the point above that making freshman team can be a nail in coffin.  It means they don't see you as someone who will develop into their Varsity program.  The talented freshman are on JV and maybe even Varsity.[/quote]the talented freshman aren’t always on JV or varsity.  Now days kids are reclassing so they are more mature.  Usually it’s the older kids on JV [/quote]

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