BKP, I disagree from this standpoint: Kids in Kansas don't have the overall exposure to the upper levels of this sport the way kids in neighboring states do. All of our boardering states have at least one D-I program to follow, emulate and aspire to. A brief mention like this on the Kansas high school forum is both harmless and in the long run, a good thing.

Not all of the high school kids are going to check out the college portion of the Forums the way you do. And with the NCAA tournament coming to Kansas City in March, we probably should be — at the high school level — be building interest in our kids. Trust me, it's the greatest show on mat and I hope as many of my kids as possible can make it down there for at least a round.