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The departure from SIU of Kevin Dillard made me wonder how each of the past Illinois Mr. Basketball's have done...
The most recent, 2010, Jereme Richmond, hasn't even entered college, but he certainly has a bright future.
The 2009 Mr. Basketball, Brandon Paul, played a lot and was a key part of Illinois' team, starting about half the games,
and averaging 8 ppg, 3 rpg...but also his future is bright and he hasn't exactly floundered.
The going all the way back to 1995, EVERY OTHER ILLINOIS MR. BASKETBALL has either jumped right to the NBA and had a great payday or been a star in the NBA...
and all the rest, save for one, have been great college players, many All Americans.....(Rose, Scheyer, Dee Brown)..
But one guy stands out, not only for being the guy who won with the least vote totals, but also the guy who has failed to distinguish himself much at all...
After two years at SIU, he's a decent player with better than average numbers, but he has prevailed over two of THE WORST YEARS THAT SIU HAS HAD IN MEMORY!!! (13-18, 15-15)
In fact, to find a season that was worse than the 18-losses you have to go back to the early 1980's..almost 30 years ago!
These two seasons with Kevin Dillard as floor chief, have been two of the worst 4 or 5 years since SIU went D-I!!
Here are the past Illinois Mr. Basketball's all the way back to the mid 90's......
Year...Mr. Basketball... School........ Points received ...College
2010 Jereme Richmond Waukegan High School, Waukegan 455 Illinois
2009 Brandon Paul Warren Township High School, Gurnee 337 Illinois
2008 Kevin Dillard Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 228 Southern Illinois
2007 Derrick Rose Simeon Career Academy, Chicago 720 Memphis
2006 Jon Scheyer Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook 1187 Duke
2005 Julian Wright Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 645 Kansas
2004 Shaun Livingston Peoria Central High School, Peoria 1056 NBA (Letter of Intent: Duke)
2003 Shannon Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 887 Michigan State
2002 Dee Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 952 Illinois
2001 Eddy Curry Thornwood High School, South Holland 1443 NBA (Letter of Intent: DePaul)
2000 Darius Miles East St. Louis High School, East St. Louis, Illinois 1264 NBA (Letter of Intent: St. Johns)
1999 Brian Cook Lincoln Community High School, Lincoln 903 Illinois
1998 Frank Williams Manual High School, Peoria 1049 Illinois
1997 Sergio McClain Manual High School, Peoria 1361 Illinois
1996 Ronnie Fields Farragut Academy, Chicago 1270 CBA (letter of intent: DePaul)
1995 Kevin Garnett Farragut Academy, Chicago 1443 NBA (letter of intent: DePaul)
The most recent, 2010, Jereme Richmond, hasn't even entered college, but he certainly has a bright future.
The 2009 Mr. Basketball, Brandon Paul, played a lot and was a key part of Illinois' team, starting about half the games,
and averaging 8 ppg, 3 rpg...but also his future is bright and he hasn't exactly floundered.
The going all the way back to 1995, EVERY OTHER ILLINOIS MR. BASKETBALL has either jumped right to the NBA and had a great payday or been a star in the NBA...
and all the rest, save for one, have been great college players, many All Americans.....(Rose, Scheyer, Dee Brown)..
But one guy stands out, not only for being the guy who won with the least vote totals, but also the guy who has failed to distinguish himself much at all...
After two years at SIU, he's a decent player with better than average numbers, but he has prevailed over two of THE WORST YEARS THAT SIU HAS HAD IN MEMORY!!! (13-18, 15-15)
In fact, to find a season that was worse than the 18-losses you have to go back to the early 1980's..almost 30 years ago!
These two seasons with Kevin Dillard as floor chief, have been two of the worst 4 or 5 years since SIU went D-I!!
Here are the past Illinois Mr. Basketball's all the way back to the mid 90's......
Year...Mr. Basketball... School........ Points received ...College
2010 Jereme Richmond Waukegan High School, Waukegan 455 Illinois
2009 Brandon Paul Warren Township High School, Gurnee 337 Illinois
2008 Kevin Dillard Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 228 Southern Illinois
2007 Derrick Rose Simeon Career Academy, Chicago 720 Memphis
2006 Jon Scheyer Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook 1187 Duke
2005 Julian Wright Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 645 Kansas
2004 Shaun Livingston Peoria Central High School, Peoria 1056 NBA (Letter of Intent: Duke)
2003 Shannon Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 887 Michigan State
2002 Dee Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 952 Illinois
2001 Eddy Curry Thornwood High School, South Holland 1443 NBA (Letter of Intent: DePaul)
2000 Darius Miles East St. Louis High School, East St. Louis, Illinois 1264 NBA (Letter of Intent: St. Johns)
1999 Brian Cook Lincoln Community High School, Lincoln 903 Illinois
1998 Frank Williams Manual High School, Peoria 1049 Illinois
1997 Sergio McClain Manual High School, Peoria 1361 Illinois
1996 Ronnie Fields Farragut Academy, Chicago 1270 CBA (letter of intent: DePaul)
1995 Kevin Garnett Farragut Academy, Chicago 1443 NBA (letter of intent: DePaul)
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