PROVISO WEST HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
50-YEAR ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

DEE BROWN, Proviso East – A four year starter for the Pirates, as a freshman, Dee Brown led his team to the 1998 Holiday Tournament championship game; a consolation championship in 1999 and another Final Four Trip in 2000.  In his junior year, Brown averaged 19.8 points in tournament play and was selected to All-Tournament Team.  As a senior, Brown tallied 22.3 points per game in three Holiday Tournament contests and was selected as Mister Basketball in 2002 as the state’s top high school player.  Brown would play college ball at the University of Illinois and guided the Illini to the 2005 NCAA National Championship Game.  Brown was drafted in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft and played for the Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards and Phoenix Suns.

SHANNON BROWN, Proviso East – The leading scorer of the 2002 Proviso West Holiday Tournament, Shannon Brown averaged 24.5 points for the third place Pirates and was selected to the All-Tournament Team.  In 2003, Brown was selected as Mister Basketball in Illinois and a McDonald’s All-American.  Brown would play college ball at Michigan State, advancing to the NCAA Final Four in 2005.  Shannon was selected as the number 25 pick overall in the 2006 NBA Draft and would play for Cleveland, Chicago and Charlotte.  In 2009 Brown was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and was a member of the back-to-back 2009-2010 NBA Championship teams.

KEVIN DILLARD, Homewood-Flossmoor – A two-time All-Tournament Team selection, Kevin Dillard was named to the first-five team in non-consecutive years as he made the first five as a sophomore in 2005 and again as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player in 2007.  As a senior, Dillard guided the Vikings to the championship game, was the tournament leading scorer with a 24.5 points per game average and established the all-time career record for free throws.  Kevin was named Mister Basketball in 2008.  Dillard would play college ball at Southern Illinois University and was named as the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year in 2009.

ALEX DRAGICEVICH, Glenbrook North – One of the most prolific scorers in tournament history, Dragicevich scored over 20 points in seven of his ten Holiday Tournament games.  Alex Dragicevich tallied 121 points in four games in his senior year and was named Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2009.  That year in the only game Alex didn’t score 30-plus points, his team managed to score only 33 points, but he chipped in with 21 points of his own.  Dragicevich’s 2009 performance ranks as the seventh best scoring mark for a single tournament and his three-year total ranks eighth all-time in career points scored.

 

DEMETRI McCAMEY, Saint Joseph – The winningest player in tournament history, Demetri McCamey established a perfect 12-0 win-loss record games in which he played in en route to the Chargers consecutive tournament titles during their championship run of 2005-2007.  McCamey averaged 20.3 points per game in the 2007 Holiday Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team in both 2006 and 2007.  McCamey played college ball at the University of Illinois and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection in 2010.

JEREL McNEAL, Hillcrest – A three year starter in Holiday Tournament competition, Jerel McNeal guided the Hawks to a championship game appearance in 2002 and was named to the All-Tournament Team first five in both 2003 and 2004, as he averaged 22.8 points per game as a junior, and 25.3 points per game as a senior.  McNeal went on to play college ball at Marquette University, where he started all 130 games he played and was the school’s all-time leader in points scored and steals.  He was the Big East Conference defensive player of the year in 2007, and All-Big East First Team selection and second team All-American in 2009.

ELLIOTT POOLE, Farragut – A three year starter for the Admirals, Poole was the tournament Most Valuable Player as a junior guiding Farragut to the 2000 Holiday Tournament title, leading the event in rebounds with 46 in four games.  In the championship game that year, Poole scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds.  As a senior, Elliott was named to his second consecutive All-Tournament Team as he was runner-up tournament Most Valuable Player.  Poole played in college at the University of Illinois at Chicago

JON SCHEYER, Glenbrook North – The holder of ten different Holiday Tournament records, Scheyer was a three-year All-State player for the Spartans and led them to the 2004 state title, was selected as Mister Basketball in Illinois and a McDonald’s All-American in 2006 and would later start at Duke University and as team captain would guide them to the 2010 NCAA National Championship.  Scheyer was probably best remembered for scoring 21 points in 75 seconds during a quarterfinal loss at the 2005 Holiday Tournament.  He would end up with 52 points for the game, setting the single game mark and would eclipse both the single tournament and career records two days later.  Scheyer was named to the 100 Legends of Illinois Basketball by the Illinois High School Association in 2007.

EVAN TURNER, Saint Joseph – Part of back-to-back Holiday Tournament championships in 2006 and 2007, Turner was an All-Tournament Team selection in 2006 and Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2007.  In his senior year, Turner averaged 25.8 points per game, but it was his assist on the last play of the game that guided the Chargers to a one-point victory.  In college, at the Ohio State University, Turner led the Big Ten Conference in scoring in both his sophomore and junior seasons and became the first player in league history to finish in the top five in points, rebounds and assists.  Turner was named National Player of the Year in 2010.  After his junior year, Evan declared for the 2010 NBA Draft and was selected as the second overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers.

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