Illinois Mr. Basketball- tie

[Da Coach]

The Illinois Mr. Basketball award is shared between Chasson Randle of Rock Island HS, and Ryan Boatright of East Aurora. It is the first time there was a tie for the Mr. Basketball award. Wayne Blackshear of Chicago Morgan Park was 3rd, Chicago Perspectives HS's Anthony Davis was 4th, and Lisle Benet's David Sobolewski was 5th.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-03-29/sports/ct-spt-0330-prep-mrbasketball-voting-20110329_1_rock-island-s-chasson-randle-east-aurora-s-ryan-boatright-benet-s-david-sobolewski

The Ms. Basketball winner was Ariel Massengale of Class 4A state champion Bolingbrook.

[Da Coach]

Previous Illinois Mr. Basketball-


YEAR ....PLAYER......HIGH SCHOOL....COLLEGE......NBA
2011 Tie- Ryan Boatright East- Aurora (UConn) and Chasson Randle- Rock Island (Stanford)
2010 Jereme Richmond- Waukegan HS- Illinois
2009 Brandon Paul- Warren Township- University of Illinois
2008 Kevin Dillard- Homewood Flossmoor- SIU
2007..Derrick Rose..Simeon..Memphis..3 seasons with Chicago Bulls (#1 draft pick in 200
2006..Jon Scheyer..Glenbrook North..Duke
2005..Julian Wright..Homewood-Flossmoor..Kansas...Drafted by New Orleans #13, 4 seasons in NBA (NO, Toronto)
2004..Shaun Livingston..Peoria Central..No College.....6 seasons in NBA (LA Clippers, Miami, Oklahoma City, Washington, Charlotte)
2003..Shannon Brown..Proviso East....Michigan State....5 seasons in NBA (Cleveland, Chicago, Charlotte,Lakers)
2002..Dee Brown.........Proviso East.......Illinois..............2 years in NBA (Utah, Washington, Phoenix)
2001..Eddy Curry........Thornwood.......No college.........9 seasons in NBA (Bulls, Knicks)
2000..Darius Miles......East St. Louis..No college.........7 seasons in NBA (Clippers, Cleveland, Portland, Memphis)
1999..Brian Cook........Lincoln.............Illinois.......... .....8 years in NBA (Lakers, Orlando, Houston, Clippers)
1998..Frank Williams..Peoria Manual...Illinois...............3 years in NBA
1997..Sergio McClain..Peoria Manual...Illinois...............Did not play in NBA
1996..Ronnie Fields.....Farragut.........No college...........Did not play in NBA
1995..Kevin Garnett.....Farragut.........No college...........16th year in NBA (Minnesota, Boston)
1994..Jerry Gee...St. Martin de Porres..Illinois................Did not play in NBA
1993..Rashard Griffith...King.............Wisconsin............. Drafted by Milwaukee, never played
1992..Chris Collins...Glenbrook North...Duke..................Did not play in NBA
1991..Howard Nathan..Peoria Manual..DePaul................Part of one season with Atlanta
1990..Jamie Brandon....King...............LSU................. ...Did not play in NBA
1989..Deon Thomas....Simeon...........Illinois............... ...Drafted by Dallas, never played in NBA
1988..Eric Anderson.St. Francis de Sales..Indiana.........2 seasons with New York
1987..Marcus Liberty....King..............Illinois............. .....5 seasons with Denver
1986..Nick Anderson..Simeon............Illinois.............. ...13 seasons with Orlando, Sacramento, Memphis
1985..Ed Horton...Springfield Lanphier..Iowa...................1 season with Washington
1984..Brian Sloan..McLeansboro......Indiana................... Did not play in NBA
1983..Marty Simmons..Lawrenceville..Evansville..............Di d not play in NBA
1982..Bruce Douglas..Quincy............Illinois............... ....1 season with Sacramento
1981..Walter Downing..Providence....Marquette...............Did not play in NBA

[electricmayhem]

Safe to say that D-Rose is the best player on that list by a mile...

[Da Coach]

Safe to say that D-Rose is the best player on that list by a mile...

Give Kevin Dillard a chance

Dillard, who transferred from SIU to Dayton a year ago and sat out this past season, now is stuck there waiting for them to hire a new coach.

[cpacmel]

Safe to say that D-Rose is the best player on that list by a mile...

Maybe over time, but you can't ignore the career that Kevin Garnett has had.

Also Da Coach, Chasson Randle is from Rock Island HS, not Moline.

[Da Coach]

Correction noted- sorry.

[TylerDurden]

Safe to say that D-Rose is the best player on that list by a mile...

Kevin Garnett disagrees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Garnett

Edit: Noticed that cpacmel mentioned this about an hour ago. Credit given.

[tornado]

Max got little respect outside of Peoria...

[BuB]

As noted by Coach it was the first time in history the vote finished in a tie. It was a good thing for Randle that someone in the media noticed that the ballots were not mailed out to all voters on time. I can't find the story but it basically said that most of the voters south of Chicago had not received a ballot by the time the votes were due. The committee had to send out "new ballots" to those did not vote and pushed back the original deadline.

Anyone know where Max finished?

[Da Coach]

The information released only listed the top 5. The Chicago Tribune is scheduled to have more detailed information, including the 2011 All State teams, and the complete Mr. Basketball balloting on Sunday.