Were up to 51 teams nominated for Memphis Prep Hoops Madness! Thank you to everyone who has chimed in with their suggestions/nominations. Over the weekend, we added a slew of great teams, including 1975 Bolton, 1980 Mitchell, 1986 Westside, 1990 Fairley, 1997 Melrose, 1998 Kingsbury, 2005 Mitchell and 2005 Ridgeway! There is still time for you to chime in with your favorite team, the team that you think is the best to ever come through the Memphis-area high school ranks! List your suggestions here, on my Twitter (@leroywatsonjr), on the AM 730 Twitter (@730yahoosports) or by calling my radio show, Inside Preps in the Afternoon from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. 901-452-3094. Here is the full list of the 51 teams currently under consideration for the field of 64: 1964 Lester (Claude Humphrey, Bingo Smith, Black high National Champs) 1968 Bartlett (7’4” Steve Turner) 1968 Carver (Marvin Brooks, Willie Gunn) 1969 Melrose (Larry Finch, Ronnie Robinson) 1969 Overton (Johnny Neumann) 1971 Hamilton (Clint Jackson, Robert Newman) 1972 White Station (Bill Cook) 1974 Melrose (John Gunn, Alvin Wright, 33-0, state title) 1975 Bolton (Coach Joe Branch, 35-0, state title [small schools]) 1975 Northside (George Jones, Larry Spicer, state title) 1977 Hamilton (Kenny Brown) 1977 Treadwell (Hank McDowell, 30-7, state title) 1978 Melrose (Michael Brooks, James Campbell, state title) 1979 Hamilton (Kenny Brown) 1979 Northside (Edgar Johnson, Anthony Love, Eddie Morris, state title) 1979 East (Jerry Harris, Andre and Eric Laird, 34-2, state title) 1980 Trezevant (Johnson brothers, Terry McGhee, state title) 1980 Mitchell (Curtis Green, Andre Turner) 1980 Northside (Marion Brewer, 33-7, state title) 1981 Carver (Stanley Blue, Dwight Moody) 1983 Melrose (Sidney Adkins, Dewayne Bailey, William Bedford, state title) 1984 Kirby (Dwight Boyd, 33-5, state title) 1985 Bolton (Sylvester Gray, 33-3, state title) 1985 Whitehaven (Marv Alexander, Rod Douglas, Ron Huery, state title) 1986 Westside (David Harris, 35-5, state title) 1986 Westwood (Cheyenne Gibson, Anthony Tolbert, state title) 1987 Christian Brothers (32-5, state title) 1988 East (Anthony Douglas, Billy Smith, Vernard Watkins, state title) 1988 Hamilton (Todd Day, Keelon Lawson) 1989 East (Anthony Douglas, Billy Smith) 1989 Westwood (Jerrell Horne, Marcus Jones) 1990 Fairley (Corey Beck, Dwight Stewart) 1991 Treadwell (Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway) 1993 Fairley (Deuce Ford, Vincent Rainey, Marlon Towns, state title) 1994 Hillcrest (Leroy Carter, Dorian Davis) 1996 East (Tony Harris, state title) 1996 Hamilton (Paris London, Curtis Murray, Casey Newsom, Will Smith) 1997 Melrose (Jeremiah Brooks, David Payne, Cedrick Wilson, runnersup) 1998 Kingsbury (Carlos Kimbro, Brian Kizzie, Travis Mull, state title) 1999 Carver (Randy Brown, Terrance Saulsberry, Qyn Woods, state title) 2000 White Station (Dane Bradshaw, Earnest Shelton, state title) 2001 Bartlett (Jonathan Loe, state title) 2001 BTW (Andre Allen, Taurean “T-Head” Moy, state title) 2002 Ridgeway (Yual Banks, Derrick Byers, state title) 2005 Mitchell (Brandon Powell, Andre Thornton, Thaddeus Young) 2005 Ridgeway (Pierre Niles, 34-5, state title) 2006 Hamilton (Brod Gilchrist, Myron Strong, Jeremy Williams, state title) 2010 Melrose (Chris Jones, Ced McAfee, Adonis Thomas, state champs) 2011 Cragimont (Sam Craft, Darius Gibson, Rodnerius Lewis, state title 2013 Southwind (JaJuan Johnson, Johnathan Williams, state title) 2014 White Station (Leron Black, Chris Chiozza, Davell Roby, 31-3, #5 in country at one point) Trying to shut down nominations on FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014!!!!
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:18:02 +0000
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