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Media Fact Sheet Storylines:
• North Crowley won class 5A state championship in 2007 and is returning to defend their Orange Division title.
• In 2005, Sports Illustrated named Long Beach Poly the “Best Sports High School in the Country.”
• Three nationally renowned teams, California’s Long Beach Polytechnic High School boys and West Anchorage, Alaska girls and boys will compete.
• Girls Blue Division will showcase three top-ranked, small school teams in Texas:
o Brock - #1 in 2A
o Argyle - #2 in 3A
o Abilene Wylie - #3 in 3A
Total Number of Players in 51 Tournaments: More than 15,000
Total Number of Teams in 51 Tournaments: 1,314 All-Time Top 10 Best Teams to Play in the Whataburger Basketball Tournament:
1. Los Angeles Crenshaw (1987)
2. Oak Hill, Va. (1989)
3. Baltimore, Mary. Dunbar (1984)
4. De Matha Catholic, Hyattsville, Mary. (1981)
5. Fort Worth Dunbar (1990)
6. Washington, D.C. Dunbar (1992)
7. Miami, Fla. Senior (1992)
8. Fort Worth Dunbar (2003)
9. Fort Worth I.M. Terrell (1966)
10. Bowie (1958) Notable Past Tournament Players:
Sam Cassell:
• Played for Baltimore Dunbar
• 15 yr. NBA veteran, retired in 2009
• Assistant coach for the Washington Wizards
Danny Ferry:
• Played for DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Md.
• Drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1989 NBA draft
• 13 yr. NBA veteran, ending career in 2003 with San Antonio Spurs
• Currently the General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers
Rashard Lewis:
• Played for Alief Elsik High School near Houston, Texas
• 11 yr. NBA veteran
• Current Team: Orlando Magic
Willie McGinest:
• Played for Long Beach, Calif. Polytechnic High
• 16 yr. NFL veteran, Won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots
• Current Team: Cleveland Browns
Kevin Ollie:
• Played for Los Angeles Crenshaw
• 12 yr. NBA veteran
• Current Team: Oklahoma City Thunder
Brian Skinner:
• Played for Temple High School in Temple, TX
• 11 yr. NBA veteran
• Current Team: Los Angeles Clippers
Sean Williams:
• Played for Mansfield
• 2 yr. NBA player
• Current Team: New Jersey Nets Faces to look for:
Coach Robert Hughes, Sr. – Former coach Ft. Worth Dunbar H.S.
• Nation's all-time winningest boys basketball coach
• Most wins in the tournament
• Coached for 47 years, 31 at Fort Worth Dunbar
• 1,333 wins and five state titles
• Inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame Quotes on Tournament:
• “It was like a carnival the first couple of years, then it became a tradition. We would tell them that we don’t want you to play for the small trophy, we want you to play for the championship trophy. It became expected that we were going there to win. We went to compete. Even when our school dropped from 5A to 4A, we continued to compete in the 5A competition.”
• “The year that Oak Hill Academy came in with a 55 game winning streak and we took them in the finals. There was also the year that Berbum Die had players that were 6’5” and 6’8” and killed everyone. I think the half time score was 40-13 Dunbar and it didn’t get any better.”
• “It’s not a local tournament. It may be played in Fort Worth, but teams come to play from all around the country.” Robert Gill - Referee
• Associated with the tournament since 1964
• Been a fan, player, coach and now, referee
• Played for Fort Worth Carter Riverside in 1968, 1969 and 1970 as a guard; Chosen for all tournament team in 1969
• He was the assistant and then the head basketball coach at Arlington from 1978 – 1992.
• For the past five years, he has been a referee at the tournament. He also plans to be a referee this year at the tournament.
Quotes on Tournament:
• “I think that it is great to watch. Great for college teams to recruit. It is a good warm-up for teams that have a good idea of where they are in the district. It’s a good endurance test. You play for three days.”
• “Play different teams not in your district. It always gave me an idea of where we were. It gave me a good idea of what some of my concerns [for the team] were.”
• “I think players in general look forward to the tournament. They get a chance to be showcased. There are college coaches there to watch them. They also get a chance to watch teams that they would never have gotten an opportunity to watch or see. “
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