2010 Georgia High School Basketball Tournament: You pick the state’s best player and No. 1 teams (UPDATED)
Hey, the 2010 high school basketball season is over (click on the brackets below for final results).
What are your thoughts on the 2010 season? Out of the five boys state champions, which team is the state’s best? Is it Milton? Or what about GAC? And which team is No. 1 out of all the girls champions?
Perhaps, most importantly, who is the state’s Mr. and Mrs. Basketball? Is it Wheeler’s Jelan Kendrick, the only Georgia player picked for the Parade All-America game? You may disagree, but I think not. My “lock” was Westlake’s Marcus Thornton, before he missed the state championship game with an ankle sprain from warmups. I like Fayette County’s Adam Smith, and GAC’s Malcolm Brogdon.
What about the No. 1 girl? Pick any of the NBA daughters.
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HSBasketball
March 12th, 2010
10:57 pm
Thanks for that. As long as you know what’s up.
Redan's #1 Fan
March 12th, 2010
10:59 pm
Redan Lady Raider’s, you are still champions. Tonight was a prime example of the old saying “$$$MONEY TALKS$$$”. Norcross, I hope you enjoy the championship that your $$ PURCHASED!!!
ScrewMilton
March 12th, 2010
11:00 pm
Screw this…. Milton doesn’t deserve the crown.
jroc
March 12th, 2010
11:02 pm
Ric Patino and Calipari bounce around in college b-ball and win Atlanta just has enough talent where guys can hang around for a long time and if they have conections or options or can recruit well can bounce around from team to team. Good coach aaahhh maybe. Oportunist Yeesssss!!!
GREENWAVE
March 12th, 2010
11:03 pm
3A Semifinal (Boys)
LaGrange – 50
North Hall – 49
Final
CRAZYMAN
March 12th, 2010
11:04 pm
Haha, seems like Milton had unlimted luck this year, huh? That call in the quarterfinal game and now Thorton gets hurt in the finals. Wow!
GREENWAVE
March 12th, 2010
11:07 pm
Last 2 State Finals are set
3A Girls
Carver(Atlanta) vs Columbia
3A Boys
LaGrange vs Columbia
GREENWAVE
March 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
I really wish GHSA would incorporate a shot clock. I really hate how a team can literally sit on the ball for 2 mins or more to run the clock out
jroc
March 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
Congrats Lagrange man yall been escaping by the skin of your teeth
SouthGARules
March 12th, 2010
11:13 pm
Oh the bitter Redan fans. Angie Hembree is one of the best girls coaches of all time. Winning 3 titles @ Collins Hill (for you haters out there-only one of those was with Maya Moore. Tracey Tipton gravy trained the other 2 @ Collins Hill) & one of many with Norcross.
NorcrossStudent
March 12th, 2010
11:13 pm
Hey just thought I’d come on here to say if we weren’t forced to leave our section after our girls win tonight, we were planning on letting Milton know that we should of been the ones in that game (by cheering “you shouldn’t be here”). And by the the way Milton outplayed Westlake, we should of won the whole thing. Yeah, I’m a little bitter, but it’s the truth.
wareaglefever
March 12th, 2010
11:15 pm
Wolverine, Miller Grove lost to Marist in 2008 @ Miller Grove in Triple OT…one of the greatest games i’ve ever seen!
GREENWAVE
March 12th, 2010
11:15 pm
State Finals for tomorrow
1A Girls – Savannah Christian vs. Wesleyan
2A Girls – Buford vs. Vidalia
3A Girls – Carver(Atlanta) vs Columbia
1A Boys – Whitefield Academy vs. Wesleyan
2A Boys – Thomasville vs GAC
3A Boys – LaGrange vs Columbia
Go Milton Eagles
March 12th, 2010
11:23 pm
Woulda, coulda, shoulda… there seem to be a lot of people drinking the Haterade. And Michael, are you really questioning the intentional foul on Westlake when their 300 pounder raped the Nolte kid? Really?? Please tell me you’re talking about another intentional fould I missed while getting a beer from the fridge. Cause the one I saw was CLEARLY an intentional foul and Nolte almost got decapitated..
Go Milton Eagles
March 12th, 2010
11:24 pm
Might I add, Angie Hembree also coached Milton a long time ago. So congrats to Coach Hembree! It was a good night for Milton – past and present.
NYRIC
March 12th, 2010
11:24 pm
@ GREENWAVE: I agree, they do need a shot clock. Saw a team hold the ball in a couple of games tonight. Reminds me why college introduced it, after the king of holding the ball PRINCETON, did it all the time.
@ CRAZYMAN: Milton did have some luck this year, but a team needs a little luck. As far as Thornton, watch what you say, it’s not saying much for the other 5 guys who are 6′5″+ on the team or are you saying that Westlake is a one dimensional team. You win as a team. PS: I am not a Milton fan.
@jroc: Yeah I saw the kid bust his chops after the win. Looks like he bounced up and is ok. Thank god for that.
@gpb.: I asked earlier about the accusations of recruiting at Milton and mentioned to correct me if I was wrong, that these kids have been playing together since 8th grade. The only one that confirmed, was GPB, who said they have been playing together since 6th grade. Must have been in Alpharetta, I played ball with Julian Royals dad 10-15 years ago, so I know he’s not recruited.
Again congrats to all the winners………..asterisk or not!
HSBasketball
March 12th, 2010
11:24 pm
Ha! You mean the one where he didn’t even fall down and the guy made a play on the ball? Yeah……. Ok…… Go ahead and think that’s an intentional foul.
Desmomd O
March 12th, 2010
11:33 pm
Westlake should be ashamed. All that size and depth and can’t even break 50 points. What a pitiful joke.
jroc
March 12th, 2010
11:36 pm
Both teams didnt impress me what is all the hoopla about
Norcrossbball
March 12th, 2010
11:37 pm
Congrats to the Lady Blue Devils! You beat the best to become the best. Also, congrats to the Milton Eagles for their State Championship. We win with class and we lose with class.
* someone wanted an asterisk beside Milton’s name…how about the two teams and their coaches have not acted like the fans and showed mutual respect for each other, because they both played their butts off in two great games this year. And my guess is, if they meet again next season, we will see the same class and respect and the same type of hard fought game.
Go Blue Devils and Lady Blue Devils!!
HSBasketball
March 12th, 2010
11:41 pm
Oh no, the Milton coach was not a good sport at all… i have some choice words to call him, but I’ll refain for now.
Crazy Hoops
March 12th, 2010
11:51 pm
JROC: Common man, talk about recruiting. What about those non-Albany players that was on some of those Westover teams. You know it. Willie Boston had some players from across the border from Florida. Stop all that ATL recruiting crap, when Boston was notorious for it. Who was the player from Florida that he adopted. I think he was like 6-11 and attended Mississippi State before he was shown the door because he couldn’t read or write. And we all know about the scholarly Mr. Dontonio Wingfield. Albany had its run in the 1990s, but that’s gone. JROC, step into the present.
Noneya
March 12th, 2010
11:54 pm
I thought the officials in the Redan vs Norcross girls game were “inconsistent” with their calls in the 4th quarter. Never the less Norcross has a very talented young team and should be in the mix for years to come.
Noneya
March 12th, 2010
11:55 pm
If you all really want to see what the hoopla is about catch those three guys from Milton in AAU this summer.
Noneya
March 12th, 2010
11:57 pm
The big guy from Westlake appeared to tweak his ankle in the pregame if you ask me.
NYRIC
March 13th, 2010
12:07 am
HERE HERE CRAZY HOOPS! ^5
high SCHOOL BALLER
March 13th, 2010
12:07 am
game of the year for the 4th time this season Carver(girls) against Columbia(girls) i think it will be better than the other games
SouthGARules
March 13th, 2010
12:07 am
Crazy Hoops: Great call on Dumtonio Wingfield. He never graduated from Westover. He wound finishing at a high school in Cincinnati before playing for the Bearcats. At least he had a longer NBA career than a college career.
high SCHOOL BALLER
March 13th, 2010
12:09 am
Westover lost last year and this year yall might as well give it up for next year too
bodog
March 13th, 2010
12:46 am
Congrats to all the teams that made it to the finals in all classifications….You deserve every bit of praise you get….be proud of what you have done this year. Good luck to every team tomorrow, and win or lose it has been a great season; so do not hold your head any way but up!! GOD BLESS…..
g-dub
March 13th, 2010
1:12 am
Congrats Norcross, I under estimated you, yall played a helluva game and the future looks very bright. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!
mpd
March 13th, 2010
1:19 am
Milton made history 2night, 1st state championship in bball (with no seniors)(also julian, kevin, alex, nolte, chase, luke, michael all were in the area b4 their freshmen year and parker, riley, and jordan r related and came from New Orleans during katrina and were new 2 the area.) btw that was shannon scott who fell, but he was fine
SGT CHRIS
March 13th, 2010
1:32 am
not to sound picky but the LaGrange score was 60-49 not 50-49. does anyone have the times of the games?
AstroFan
March 13th, 2010
1:40 am
I can’t believe you just called him Dumtonino Wingfield! LOL!!! I miss those days. If you recognize my name, you know what school I’m coming from. I remember when Southside and Douglass ran basketball in the Atlanta area. But sadly, there was recruiting going on. But I’m not going to lie. Coach Dollar had his best years at Douglass.
W/E
March 13th, 2010
1:42 am
Why do you suck up to Boyd so much Carvell? Lipscomb will have surpassed him in wins another 5-10 years and already has as many rings. Also, to just hand Milton the title next year is frivolous considering Wheeler and Centennial will reload with transfers (sorry to those who lose out) but they both will. Also It took a few shaky calls in the region semis against to get them to the region final, take that game away and Boyd has never beaten Lipscomb, even though Boyd’s Berkmar teams in ‘02 and ‘03 were waaaaaay more loaded than anything Wheeler had, but Lipscomb coached up what he had and beat them anyway. And Lipscomb usually follows a down year (ie losing in the 2nd round) with a great year. Just don’t be surprised if Wheeler and Milton meet if Wheeler pulls the upset just as they did against the vastly more talented teams of Berkmar (’02-’03), McEachern (twice in ‘03), South Gwinnett in ‘05, and were dang close to being 2-0 against your boys in North Fulton this year even though Wheeler was outnumbered 4-1 in high-major talent. Milton should absolutely be favored next year, but they didn’t make unscathed this year in state play and won’t next year.
W/E
March 13th, 2010
1:47 am
Daijon is from Marietta and moved when he was cut by Charlie Hood
Shannon originally went to Lovett
Nolte and Royal are Homegrown
Eagle Pride 94
March 13th, 2010
1:50 am
Great job Columbia High girls and boys for making it to the finals. The girls against Carver should be a good one, this will be the fourth match up of the year with Columbia having a 2-1 lead.The Columbia boys should handle Lagrange with no problems, we are to big and we can go deep on the bench if we need to.
GSUGA
March 13th, 2010
1:54 am
It has gotten bad that so much recruiting is going on now. The small private schools and their AAU and recruiting programs have killed any small community high schools chance of ever winning a state championship again. As for recruiting. The Dougherty County Schools had the most cut throat recruiting against each other in the early and late ’70s that I have seen. Sequoyah girls had two girls, seniors from Norcross one year when they won the state. Those girls went back to Norcross after the state championship and graduated at Norcross, GHSA has not shown any movement to stop this except in a less popular school or school system.
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Mays Raider for life
March 13th, 2010
6:57 am
The GOOD, the BAD and the ugly:
Good: Mays’ boys making the finals
The Mays fan support
SWD defeating NWW
Miller Grove’s cheerleaders
The smallest player on Redan’s team
Bad: The way Miller Grove beat us
Their fans showing up at halftime
Mays’ sorry ass cheerleaders
The arrogance of #22 @ MG
#32 for MG was too big to be that soft
The final score….geez
Ugly: The vest that the MG coach wore
Having to watch NWW girls play knowing it should have been you
#44 from NWW trying to fight…classless
Again…still being mad @ Mays’ girls coach for being OUTcoached
The high food prices at the arena
The dude that sat next to me after he bathed in garlic!
Kendall not getting enough minutes
Mays’ sorry ass cheerleaders
Mays Raider for life
March 13th, 2010
7:05 am
One more UGLY:
Mays appears to be one of the only schools not recruiting
HSBBSCOUT
March 13th, 2010
7:43 am
Good game for the Lady Blue Devils. Very talented young players on offense but very slack when playing on the defensive side. Great players give it their all even when they do not have the ball in their hands.
indianman
March 13th, 2010
8:35 am
vidalia indians all the way
The Real Eagle 1
March 13th, 2010
9:07 am
As I have said time before we are battle tested!!!! Westover was good we are just better.We get it done nothin fancy…hard defense and patience!!! Way to go Girls and Boys!!! Lets bring 2 to 2106 Columbia Dr.
Like i said all year its lonely at the top!!!
@ Michael Carvell Thanks for writing so little on the Columbia game,its ok.When we win it all please dont print it!! Jershon Cobb is a monster he has performed like a veteran suposed to do. He has destroyed every one in his path!!!! Congrats Eagles one more game!!
Columbia Role Call Where U At!!!!
Devil Nation
March 13th, 2010
9:09 am
Norcross girls victory could have been the biggest championship upset in Georgia girls basketball history. Visit http://norcrosshighbasketball.blogspot.com/ for all of the related articles and comments..
Gwendolyn Ferrell
March 13th, 2010
9:20 am
We will be coming to Macon to see those LHS Grangers take home the championship!!!! Go Grangers!!!!!
EJ
March 13th, 2010
9:40 am
@ Jroc thank you my brother for spreading your wisdom to these people on here. People dont be upset with Jroc for speaking the truth. Hey if it wasnt for the the south ga schools (Westover,Albany,Dougherty,Mitchell-Baker,Randolph-Clay) than your school would not be as good because we the south set the bar years ago. I got a question for yall how many cities has 2 state champion in the same city Dougherty & Westover 2001. How many cities has the state championship decided by schools from the same city westover and Albany 1991 1992. Hey we just speak the truth thats all.
By the way the late great Coach Boston should be recognize as the greatest Coach in GA history.
SWD Panther Paw
March 13th, 2010
9:48 am
Oh! by the way Dylan and the rest of you NW fans – what’s the deal with the McCurdy girl??????? she has a very bad attitude. The day before she and her mother were arguing with SWD fans and yesterday after the game she tried to fight the SWD player during the handshake to the point the Whitfield police had to walk her out. She was totally out of control and showed bad sportsmanship.
Eagle 2
March 13th, 2010
10:01 am
Eagle 1 you know the eagle faithful a.re still around. its mighty quiet on here now and somehow we got jroc on here claiming glory days of albany….that day is over….kinda like Greece & Rome was a super power in ancient history…that day is gone now…you know it happens. but you dont hear todays romans and greeks talking about how back in the day they ran stuff and they tought the americans how to do it…..bottom line…..get the heck outta here with that junk. then yall go screaming recruiting….go ahead PROVE IT. We just win and thats what you call a PROGRAM. But i must give him his props for at least congratulating us. everybody else there is just one more bandwagon to jump on with hopes that they can knock us off…BUZZ where you at? i got your seat ready! just let me know if you need a window or an aisle seat. i’d hate for you to be standing on the tracks when the train is coming through….so if you cant beat us Join us….let me see if i can get like some of these other fans on here….ANYONE from any other schools wanna join our crowd and help us beat those undefeated grangers. if so wear your orange and fill up the seats right behind our bench…LOL
Eagle 2
March 13th, 2010
10:04 am
@ EJ to answer your question about how many cities have 2 state championships in one year…….well between SWD (girls), Millergrove (boys), Columbia (Boys and Girls) thats 4 championship trophies within less that 15 miles from each other. Dekalb wins multiple championships every year. Sorry didnt mean to bust your bubble….ON TO THE NEXT ONE!!!