Live from Glens Falls

By RICHARD A. ROSS

richardross@riverreporter.com

GLENS FALLS, NY — Superlatives fall far short of describing the most memorable state boys basketball championship weekend in recent memory. This was a year in which kingpins fell and underdogs ruled as seemingly unbeatable Class AA Mount Vernon fell to Bishop Magin on the same day that juggernaut Peekskill was blown out by Jamesville Dewitt in a Class A shocker. To add icing to the cake, never-say-die Olean knocked off defending champion Malverne in the Class B final.

Thousands poured through the doors at the Glens Falls Civic Center on March 14 to 16 to watch game after game of unparalleled excitement, which featured nail biters, blowouts, unbridled joy and the devastation of defeat.

Live theatre at its best, this year’s championship tournament was indeed one for the ages.

For a visual tour of this year’s tourney, see pages 40-42 of this week's print newspaper.

Visit riverreportersports.com to read about the tournament in detail and look at the history of the crown jewel of the NYSPHSAA championships.

The tournament by the numbers

1 Number of titles won by northernmost Section 10 following Chateaugay’s Class D win this year

2 Number of Section Nine teams to ever win boys championships (S.S. Seward and Millbrook)

3 Class B teams returned to the final four this year from last year’s field

4 Most consecutive titles ever won by a team (Amityville). Peekskill lost its bid to tie that total.

5 Teams this year made their first-ever trip to the final four

7 Most three-point shots in a final four game (Mike Hoyt, S.S. Seward, 2003, among others).

8 Most titles won by any school (Bridgehampton and Mount Vernon)

9 Teams returned to the final four from last year’s field of 20

12 Most three-point shots scored in one game (S.S. Seward, 2003)

15 Most assists by a player in final four game

16 Consecutive points scored by Jamesville DeWitt in third quarter to put away Peekskill

19 Most free throws by a player in a final four game.

22 Most three pointers by a team in the tournament (S.S. Seward, 2003)

25 Most rebounds by a player in a final four game.

34 Final four veterans who went on to play in the NBA

37 Number of consecutive wins by Peekskill prior to its loss to Jamesville DeWitt.

47 Most points scored by a player in a final four game (Adonal Foyle, Hamilton, 1994)

171 Final four veterans who have gone on to play at Division I colleges