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At least 41 Georgia products in NCAA tournament
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Congratulations, Georgia basketball fans. Your state’s college basketball teams may not have come within shouting distance of the NCAA men’s tournament — in fact, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Mercer and Savannah State were a combined 71-132 — but take solace in this: No state without a team (there’s 17 of them) in the dance will have more players than Georgia.
No fewer than 41 players from Atlanta and elsewhere in Georgia are on NCAA tournament rosters, from No. 1 seed Connecticut (Jonathan Mandeldove from Stone Mountain) to No. 16 seed Morehead State (leading scorer Leon Buchanan of Albany is one of seven Georgians on the roster).
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Former Norcross star Al-Farouq Aminu leads Wake Forest against Cleveland State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Aminu is one of at least 40 Georgia products playing in the Big Dance.
When Arizona forward Jordan Hill (Atlanta) posts up against Utah on Friday in Miami, he’ll likely be leaning against Luke Nevill, an Australian who graduated from Kell High School in Cobb County.
Said Hill, “Georgia’s got some tough boys, some tough hoopers.”
The top Georgians in the tournament:
Al-Farouq Aminu, forward, freshman, Wake Forest (Norcross)
vs. Cleveland State, Friday, 9:40 p.m.
The all-ACC freshman team member has 10 double-doubles.
Chris Allen, guard, sophomore, Michigan State (Lawrenceville)
vs. Robert Morris, Friday, 9:50 p.m.
Has 10 games in double figures for No. 2 seed Spartans
Toney Douglas, guard, senior, Florida State (Jonesboro)
Vs. Wisconsin, Friday, 9:55 p.m.
First-team all-ACC and league’s defensive player of the year led ‘Noles to ACC finals
Robert Dozier, foward, senior, Memphis (Lithonia)
vs. Cal State-Northridge, Thursday, 12:25 p.m.
Helped Tigers to national championship game in 2008
Jordan Hill, forward, junior, Arizona, (Atlanta)
vs. Utah, Friday, 7:10 p.m.
First-team all-Pac-10 player shoots 54.8 percent from the floor
Landon Milbourne, forward, junior, Maryland (Roswell)
vs. Cal, Thursday, 2:55 p.m.
Contributes 11.6 points per game to No. 10 seed Terrapins
Luke Nevill, center, senior, Utah (Marietta)
vs. Arizona, Friday, 7:10 p.m.
Mountain West player of the year this year
Other Georgians in the NCAA tournament:
Leon Buchanan, F, Sr., Morehead State (Albany State)
Jerome Burney, F, So., Maryland (Atlanta)
Jordan DeMercy, F, So., Florida State (Norcross)
Buford Foote, C, Jr., Morgan State (Atlanta)
David Forrest, G, Fr., Morehead State (Atlanta)
Jevon Freeman, G, So., Alabama State (Covington)
Delwan Graham, F, Fr., LSU (Atlanta)
Khaliq Grant, G, Sr., Cornell (Norcross)
Dennis Harris, F, Fr., LSU (Jonesboro)
Dante Harvey, F, Fr., Chattanooga (Stone Mountain)
Terrance Hill, G, Fr., Morehead State (Columbus)
Jacquiese Holcombe, F, Jr., Mississippi State (College Park)
C.J. Jackson, F, Jr., Illinois (Buena Vista)
Pierre Jordan, G, Fr., Florida State (Atlanta)
Avery Jukes, F, Jr., Butler (Snellville)
Jonathan Mandeldove, C, Fr., Connecticut (Stone Mountain)
Jeffery Middlebrooks, G, Fr., Alabama State (Atlanta)
Robert Murry, G, Jr., Morehead State (Cleveland)
Steve Peterson, F, Fr. Morehead State (Columbus)
Calvin Roland, C, Sr., VCU (Hephzibah)
Ralph Sampson III, C, Fr. Minnesota (Duluth)
Brandon Shingles, G, Jr., Morehead State (Albany)
Chris Singleton, F, Fr., Florida State (Canton)
Tanner Smith, G/F, Fr., Clemson (Alpharetta)
Cameron Tatum, G/F, Fr., Tennessee (Lithonia)
Cecil Tayor, G, Jr., Morehead State (Decatur)
J.T. Tiller, G, Jr., Missouri (Marietta)
Byron Walker, F, Jr., Alabama State (Douglasville)
Mike Walker, F, Sr., Western Kentucky (Macon)
J.C. Ward, F, Fr., ETSU (Marietta)
Ray Willis, G, Fr., Oklahoma (Atlanta)
Wesley Witherspoon, F/G, Fr., Memphis (Atlanta)
Tony Woods, C, Fr., Wake Forest (Rome)
Andre Young, G, Fr., Clemson (Albany)
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