Who do you think should win 2014 IndyStar Miss Basketball?

321 Comments

  • dondey - 10 years ago

    Whitney just named Gator Ade Indiana girls basketball player of the year. Way to go Whitney. She is now in the running for the national girls player of the year award. Congratulations to Whitney, and all of the athletes who put so much effort in their effort to raise the girls basketball bar in Indiana so much higher than it was only a decade ago.

  • Alan - 10 years ago

    Whitney Jennings will be next Miss Basketball of Indiana. Not only has she had an incredible h.s. career, she will have the best college career of these candidates. Watch some of her videos on youtube. Her skill set is way above the rest. She has lead a small, rural, 4A team to semi-state. Her main competitor has a great supporting cast and therefore team expectations are way different.

  • Food for Thought - 10 years ago

    Peyton Manning only has 1 Super Bowl win, but has been named MVP 5 times? How does that happen without having 5 Super Bowls wins? They should strip him of 4 of those MVP titles and give them to someone who won the Super Bowl those years. I just don't understand, since winning a title is so important in being Ms Basketball. Hmmm.... Comparable scenario? I think so! Not saying Maura isn't good, just saying you don't have to win titles to be the best player, obviously!

  • hi - 10 years ago

    im waiting for the moment when kindell fincher comes back with 200,000 votes in one night an wins it all.

  • md can kiss this ass - 10 years ago

    lol. you guys aren't better than logan,never have been,& frankly never will be. okay? this is stupid. whitneys better obviously

  • So - 10 years ago

    In other news.. Maura Muensterman missed 7 games of her junior season and if she would've played in those lets imagine how high her assist total would be oh and she'd probably have just as many points. The funny thing about all of this is, Maura and Whitney are extremely close friends and most likely think this poll is ridiculous.

  • Hoosier Fan - 10 years ago

    Ok... Let's go with your logic that seem success means nothing and ONLY individual stats matter.

    So... If MD just passed the ball to Maura every single time and no one else took a shot then Maura would average like 50 points a game while her team goes 0-24. But, since she individually averaged 50 points a game then who cares about her team going 0-24, right!? She should be Miss Basketball!! Wrong...

    This is why your logic makes no sense. Anybody can average alot of points and pad their stats. Maura chooses to care about the only stat that really matters which is WINNING. She does what her team needs her to do. Whether that is assists, rebounds, points, whatever. Her stats mean so much more when they are done at important times when her team needs her to make plays. A basket is only worth two points... but Maura's game winning shot in the state championship game her sophomore year was more valuable than any basket Jennings would ever dream of scoring.

    So yes, individual stats matter (which Maura still holds the all-time assists record... again, more than you can say for Jennings) but team success is also relevant.

  • wrong again - 10 years ago

    Dearest LOLOLOL, I think that you made that triple double up?

  • oh really? - 10 years ago

    this is for LOLOLOL, since you apparently weren't at that game or you were inebriated.

    Whitney Jennings:
    Points - 18
    two point fg: 5-13
    2%:38.46%
    3’s:2-8
    3%:25%
    FT:2-2
    FT%: 100%
    Reb: 7
    A: 6
    T: 1
    S: 0
    B: 0

    and Maura Muensterman
    Pts:40
    2’s:9-14
    2%:64.29%
    3’s:7-10
    3%:70%
    FT:1-1
    FT%: 100%
    Reb: 10
    A: 5
    T: 0
    S: 0
    B: 5

    Whitney's stats per Varvee, submitted by Logansport. Sadly, there appears to be no triple or even a double-double. Maura, however, scored a double-double.
    Whitney did attempt to guard Maura at times during the game to no avail.

  • LOLOLOLOL - 10 years ago

    you realize whitney had a triple double in the game against MD right?? and maura and whitney didnt guard each other at all. So please stop acting like one game matters. Logansports team is trash without whitney. If you take whitney and maura off their teams, and have them play MD would win by 15

  • cheating sore losers - 10 years ago

    Anyone that can't see how much MD needs maura Muensterman on the floor clearly isn't watching MD play, just reading the stats. Mater dei would have 0 state titles without her. Not to mention if Whitney and lhs would've won this weekend you would be reverting back to your talk about how 4a competition is better but since MD won and lhs lost now you're back to individual stats argument, still never acknowledging that when Whitney and maura faced off Whitney fell apart. Oh well guys keep trying to prove Whitney deserves it by whining about how everyone else doesnt

  • Dino - 10 years ago

    @Hoosier Fan, team stats DON'T belong in this award decision. Try this scenario: Put any of these girls on a team that finished 0-24 this past season and start the season over. They finish maybe 20-4 or 18-6. Does that mean that now they are not as good as they were on a 22-2 team? Of course not. What it means is they were surrounded by better players who complimented their skills. In any given year, it could be conceivable that the best player in the state could come from a sub .500 team. However, by using your logic, any time two teams play, the winning teams best player is better than the losing teams best player, period. Now, having said that, the winner of this award could be any of these girls, but it should be regardless of any state championships or team stats.

  • lmao - 10 years ago

    Didn't Ana Owens punch someone during a game? She's up for miss basketball? Lord have mercy

  • Hoosier Fan - 10 years ago

    Great individual players lead to team success. So team success is very relevant in ranking individual players. And yes Logansport got blown out by Mater Dei last year and Maura individually scored FORTY points on Jennings. So lets talk stats... Maura has the most assists EVER in Indiana Girls Basketball History. That shows how well-rounded she is because of how great of a scorer she is. Maura cares about one stat... WINNING. You act like Maura's stats don't compare to Jennings when that is just false. If Maura doesn't win it will only be because Maura is from the southern part of the state which gets no media attention (since this is a media award). Jennings is a great player, do not get me wrong. But, possibly THREE straight state championships, the all-time assists leader in state history, and among the state's leading scorers. Tell me... what else does she have to do?

  • neutral - 10 years ago

    Don I believe Hoosier fan was referring ti the game where logansport played mater dei, not the semi state game

  • Don Strasser - 10 years ago

    Hoosier Fan for your information the Team is Logansport and Whitney Jennings is a member of that team, and you also said that they got blown out you better check as they only lost by 3 points. As for deciding Miss Basketball this is an individual honor on what the individuals can do and we will let the stats set you straight there, this is not a team event. If it was a TEAM event it would probably be called the Miss Team of Indiaana 2014.

  • Don Strasser - 10 years ago

    Hoosier Fan for your information the team is Logansport and Whitney Jennings is a member of the TEAM and also for your information they diid noti

  • HoosierFan - 10 years ago

    Maura just advanced to her THIRD STRAIGHT state championship game while Jennings team was defeated at semi-state. Maura already has two rings and now going for her third. She has the all-time assists record while being a top scorer in the state every year. Maura torched Jennings last year when they played. Maura dropped 40 points on her and Jennings' team got blown out. Jennings has never been to a state championship game and Maura has a chance to win her THIRD state championship. Maura should be the next Miss Basketball... and it is not even close.

  • baskin - 10 years ago

    i don't see why every one is arguing over this.if you've seen Whitney play then you would get why she has so many votes.maybe you guys have to cheat for votes but she doesn't. she's amazing and she's definitely going to win. okay bye :)

  • Turn up - 10 years ago

    I don't even like basketball y we do dis

  • Hedr - 10 years ago

    You people are seriously whining about the number of votes that have gone up between Whitney and Maura? Seriously, go cry about it.

  • Elizabeth - 10 years ago

    Ana Owens is the most dedicated player i have ever met. Her life isn't just about Basketball, her life IS Basketball. She pours her heart and soul into every game and never gives up. She deserves this. Please vote for Ana.

  • Eminem - 10 years ago

    yo momma

  • Poop - 10 years ago

    HIIII MOOOMMM!!!

  • olive/liberson - 10 years ago

    VOTE FOR MAURA. MAURA IS AMAZING

  • @ EVANSVILLE - 10 years ago

    WHY CANT WE BE FRIENDS, WHY CANT WEEE BEEE FRIIIIENDS!
    CAUSE YA'LL NASTY.

  • Quincy Hartfeld - 10 years ago

    VOTE FOR MAURA!!!!!

  • jesus - 10 years ago

    lol the only reason whitney wouldnt win is because of Maura's state title and the fact that she is going to an Indiana school. Nothing individual wise is she better

  • lol rude - 10 years ago

    3A

  • Sad part - 10 years ago

    Sad part is that Whitney already has this in the bag. You'll see when MD's , the little 2a team, basketball star will become another could've been Miss Indiana Basketball.

  • the good thing is - 10 years ago

    The good thing is logansport has made themselves look so thirsty for one vote. Lol if Whitney was so great you wouldn't have to vote for her with a bot.

  • sooo - 10 years ago

    Actually this does count for one vote.

  • not quite - 10 years ago

    actually honest Abe the vote doesn't happen until the Sunday after the state games so I dont know how you could know unless you personally polled all the coaches in indiana

  • loganfan - 10 years ago

    @sooo Logansport doesn't need to use automated voting, there is strength in numbers. And why would you want to disqualify either one of these outstanding athletes when they clearly have nothing to do with this ridiculous voting process?? They are both awesome and deserving of this. This poll is not even the dediding factor.. smh

  • Honest Abe - 10 years ago

    Whitney already one, this is just for the newspapers!

  • sooo - 10 years ago

    So its okay for you to do an automated voting because you are pretty sure MD did it too? I say disqualify both maura and Whitney from this fan vote and give it to a player with legit votes

  • Back Atch'a - 10 years ago

    @good job. MD started the vote war when Maura would jump ahead overnight by 11000 votes. I don't think you had 11000 people stay up to vote that many times. You got beat at your own game! Don't come up in our house and whine about something started by all ya' all!

  • good job - 10 years ago

    Congrats logansport for making yourself look like the absolute biggest group of tools. And tell me again how 18000 people cast over a hundred thousand votes. Go ahead guys cause mauras gonna win

  • F MD - 10 years ago

    LOL guess you guys arent the only ones who can put up 12,000 votes in a night:)

  • kevin pruett - 10 years ago

    hi

  • Felix Says - 10 years ago

    Can't we just all get along? Let the voting go. So we all can fire up a voting machine. Let these girls just enjoy being exceptional athletes. Calling for the vote machines to be shut down. If this one vote is important to MD then so be it.

  • Billy Joel - 10 years ago

    @lmaoooo it was obvious that there was a voting bot when M's votes jumped 11000 overnight. How long is your school day? I didn't think so. Don't bring a LeapPad to a tech challenge. We didn't start the fire.

  • lmaooo - 10 years ago

    lol i go to logansport... we have 1200 in our school and like 18000 in our town

  • what - 10 years ago

    Evansville and Vanderburgh county is home to a quarter million people with like 12 high schools who are mostly all voting for maura. Its 250,000 people in case you were wondering its a lot more than 1200

  • lmaoooo - 10 years ago

    Our principal came over the intercom and said something about the voting during the day, we have 1200 kids in our school and every one of them has a laptop, thats how we caught up fast. the only reason maura was ahead is because we didnt know the poll existed. for god sakes we spend like the first 4 periods every day trying to catch up. we honestly havent used one... but at least you guys admit it

  • lmao - 10 years ago

    Hey pot, there's someone I'd like you to meet... Kettle. Maura was winning by a considerable margin when the poll was originally posted. Then, suddenly Whitney's votes went up about 5000 in less than an hour. Hm, interesting.

  • lmaooooo - 10 years ago

    I find it humorous that Evansville had to cheat to stay with us in voting... stay classy

  • Lighting McQueen - 10 years ago

    Help Whitney get that Piston Cup - wait I mean Miss Basketball - ummm KA-CHOW!

  • super teacher - 10 years ago

    I hope you all realize that this is just an independent poll run by the newspaper and in no way will it be how Miss Indiana Basketball is determined.

  • JImmie Johns - 10 years ago

    I think that whit and maura should play 1 on 1 and whoever wins, is ms basketball but obviously that would be whit.

  • LHS Graduate of 2025 - 10 years ago

    Atleast LHS doesn't have to use a voting bot to win the poll

  • Concerned Niqqa - 10 years ago

    How does Maura's votes keep going up by like 20 every time someone votes? #DisquallifyEvansville

  • Tony the Tiger - 10 years ago

    Whits GRRRRRREEEEAAAAT!

  • The Real Immanuel - 10 years ago

    The sense of an enlightened approach and the critical method required that "If one cannot prove that a thing is, he may try to prove that it is not. And if he succeeds in doing neither (as often occurs), he may still ask whether it is in his interest to accept one or the other of the alternatives hypothetically, from the theoretical or the practical point of view. Hence the question no longer is as to whether perpetual peace is a real thing or not a real thing, or as to whether we may not be deceiving ourselves when we adopt the former alternative, but we must act on the supposition of its being real."

  • Immanuel - 10 years ago

    Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction.

  • LHS - 10 years ago

    Guys turn our voting bot back on mauras winning again

  • Coach Bradley Urban - 10 years ago

    I think whitney jennings is what logansport football needs to go get a state championship

  • Barack Obama - 10 years ago

    Basketball sucks. #disqualifyeveryone

  • Anime - 10 years ago

    Kawaii desu ne!

  • Bruce Willis - 10 years ago

    Honestly she puts the action onto that basketball court and i think she should be in the next Die Hard movie #disqualifyevansville

  • Bruce Lee - 10 years ago

    Vote for Whitney or me and you will have problems!!!

  • hayley phillips - 10 years ago

    everyone vote for Whitney :)

  • logansport - 10 years ago

    Md stole our idea of hacking the votes :(

  • #disqualifyevansville - 10 years ago

    This poll doesn't matter anymore. Whitney is the BETTER PLAYER. Miss basketball isn't a team award. Who has better overall stats? . You dont get miss basketball for winning state titles in 2a basketball. If whitney played for evansville and maura didnt they would've won state all 4 years.

  • sarah palin - 10 years ago

    if you aint talkin' whitney I don't wanna talk. #disqualifyevansville

  • queen of england - 10 years ago

    #disqualifyevansville

  • #disqualifyevansville. - 10 years ago

    you guys really are representing your school well by hacking into the polls so you guys can win. that's so immature. even If whitney were to not win (which she will) id hope anybody else but Evansville wins. Evansville needs to be disqualified hash tag it #disqualifyevansville

  • evansville - 10 years ago

    guys we probably shouldn't have hacked into the voting polls and shot us up 12,000 votes in 4 hours.

  • Ted Johnson - 10 years ago

    I think Kindell Fincher is the most deserving of this award. Shes averaging over 26 ppg and over 9 boards.

  • Another 1986 LHS Grad - 10 years ago

    I agree with Mick's comments. However, Maura received over 12,000 votes from 11 pm last night to 5:30 am this morning. If her fans need to cheat by using an automated voting system, which is obvious they are, they are doing Maura a great injustice. I don't know Maura, but I definitely know she and Whitney would be appalled at what they see happening with this poll between the comments and the cheating. Neither side of fans are representing their players very well to the Indianapolis Star and anyone else who is watching this poll. Good luck to both girls. Of course, I am rooting for Whitney, but I wish the best of luck to both of them. Stay classy Logansport fans and students!

  • Anthony - 10 years ago

    This poll is no longer legitimate. It is obvious technology has taken over when Maura jumped 10000 votes and Whitney is staying close. This poll should of been taken down in 48 hours. What an accomplishment for these girls to be selected! Now the outcome of this doesn't matter. There is nothing to gain and all this for one vote.

    Thank you Indianapolis Star and natnewell for creating an environment that diminishes what these girls have accomplished. What an embarrassment for the Star.

  • Brady Truman - 10 years ago

    Yo Maura hit me up with that number or nah? 765-860-5873

  • Robby Robot - 10 years ago

    Hey Evansville, we started a web bot to rack up the votes! I guess if we can win with actual votes we will show them we can win our way!

  • Lauren - 10 years ago

    These two young ladies are both great people and great basketball players. My honest opinion is it could go either way and it is well deserved. What wonderful girls to have as the top two candidates.

  • Brian Morrill - 10 years ago

    Well said, Mick.

  • heidi - 10 years ago

    GO WHIT UVE GOT THIS

  • Mick A Schoenradt- 1986 Grad - 10 years ago

    I am significantly disappointed in the Logansport posters that were distasteful. I do beleive that it was all in fun andjust being sarcastic and trying to be funny. But they do go too far and are not representative of our wonderful community and school. Maura is, by everything I read and heard is an outstanding athlete, student and human being. Someone that we would be extremely proud of if she were from Logansport. I support Whitney for this award....and I do not want to detract from any other student athlete in my support. I believe that Whitney has proven this year that she should be Miss Basketball. To detract from others is really to detract from her accomplishments. Earning an award is not to diminish the competition, but to rise above. That is something that the Logansport "detractors" did NOT do....rise above. Please accept my apologies as a former Logansport High School graduate. These girls ALL HAVE EARNED AND DESERVE OUR RESPECT.

  • FACTS - 10 years ago

    The fact is that the Miss Basketball award goes to the best overall player in the state of Indiana, not the best player on a great team, or where you commit to play college ball. The award goes to a single senior in Indiana not based on prior years or career stats, as is Illinois with Buss. When you take all of that into account, there is only one who deserves this award. Without taking anything away from Maura and her outstanding season and career, the award goes to Whitney Jennings.

  • Why waste your time - 10 years ago

    I hope that you all realize that the only votes that count are all the indiana high school coaches. And the winner has already been leaked out. So stop wasting your time. Whitney Jennings won by a landslide.

  • Dave Price - 10 years ago

    GO WHITNEY JENNINGS!

  • Hey dumb. i meen um - 10 years ago

    Get over it. And all you whiners. Its over with WHIT WON !!!!

  • um - 10 years ago

    This poll needs to be taken down since its all LHS spamming. They don't know when to quit with the rude comments and I think it makes Whitney look bad when you insult her competition. Come on guys

  • G.L.M. - 10 years ago

    3 reasons why Whitney Jennings will win Miss Indiana Basketball. 1. Whits stats speak for them selfs . 2.there is not a double team in the country who can stop her two on one. 3. Whit has a GLM. What is a GLM? GOOD LOOKING MOM! sweeeet!!

  • marcus - 10 years ago

    vote whit

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  • madikeplinger - 10 years ago

    I love kazzam

  • madikeplinger - 10 years ago

    I

  • mmm girl - 10 years ago

    mmmm girl I think I know who's gonna win this

  • Maura Muensterman - 10 years ago

    honestly i have no grit... i think Whit should win she has booty

  • Zane #raccoon - 10 years ago

    I eat raccoons for diner

  • Thomas Paine - 10 years ago

    Lets all use some Common Sense!

  • Maura Muensterman - 10 years ago

    Thanks for all he Help MD but its pointless to vote anymore because Whitney will win

  • Stiner the Miner - 10 years ago

    I like to listen to Daft Punk and play the WiiU

  • kennedy achey - 10 years ago

    HUNTER DEHAVEN WILL WIN MISS BASKETBALL 204

  • Kanye West - 10 years ago

    Only person more important than me is Whitney

  • The new Jew - 10 years ago

    I think that I should win the biggest killing spree. These Germans are pretty bad

  • Thomas Paine - 10 years ago

    Whit will give game instead of Paine!!

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  • TIFFANY - 10 years ago

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  • Lighning McQueen - 10 years ago

    kerchow

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