McDonald's High School All-Americans

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Answer 1

Damon Bailey

Damon Bailey

Damon Bailey (born October 21, 1971) is a retired American basketball player. Bailey rose to national prominence after being recruited by Indiana coach Bob Knight as an 8th grader, an unusual event at the time. Bailey went on to become Indiana's all-time high school leading scorer and would earn All-America honors playing for the Indiana Hoosiers. He became a cult figure during the late 1980s and early 1990s in Indiana. Bailey is currently an assistant coach of the Butler University's women's basketball team.

In early 1986, when Bailey was a 14-year-old eighth-grader, Indiana coach Bob Knight watched two games featuring Bailey's team. At the time, Knight and his 1985–86 team were being covered by author John Feinstein for his book A Season on the Brink, which would later go on to be a national best-seller. After taking in the game, Knight remarked to his assistant coaches that "Damon Bailey is better than any guard we have right now. I don't mean potentially better, I mean better today." Due to the national and statewide popularity of Feinstein's book, Bailey's legend took off.

Later that year, as Bailey was entering Bedford North Lawrence High School (BNL) and Feinstein's book was being published, the acclaimed basketball movie Hoosiers was released. Comparisons between the movie and Bailey's career were frequently made. He told Sports Illustrated, "BNL had a lot in common with Hickory. Not because we're a small school. We're one of the biggest in the state. But we had nobody over 6-3, and no one thought we could win it."

In November 1986, as his freshman year of high school was beginning, Sports Illustrated tabbed him the country's best ninth-grade hoopster. That freshman year he led BNL to the state Final Four, averaging over 23 points a game in the process. His team's tournament run ended to two-time defending champion Marion in the semifinals. Bailey scored 20 points in that game and BNL trailed 47-46 after three quarters, but he fouled out with 2:06 to go and the opposing team – led by Lyndon Jones and Jay Edwards – prevailed 70-61 en route to their third straight state title. Bailey was named First Team Indiana All-State that year, and every other year of his high school career.

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Lonzo Ball

Lonzo Ball

Lonzo Anderson Ball (born October 27, 1997) is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins. As a high school senior in 2016, he was awarded multiple national high school player of the year honors, and led his team to an undefeated record, as well as a national championship. As a college freshman in 2016–17, he led the nation in assists and broke the UCLA record for most assists in a season. He earned consensus first-team All-American honors and won the Wayman Tisdale Award as the top freshman in the nation.

Ball was born in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Anaheim, California, to LaVar and Tina Ball, who were both former college basketball players. The 6-foot-6-inch (1.98 m) LaVar played at Washington State before transferring to Cal State Los Angeles, where the 6-foot (1.8 m) Tina was also playing. A two-sport athlete, LaVar also played American football professionally for the London Monarchs in the World League of American Football.

Ball started playing basketball when he was two. He grew up with his younger brothers, LiAngelo and LaMelo. Until they reached high school, the trio played together on teams coached by their father. Ball attended high school at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California. As a junior in 2014–15, he averaged 25 points, 11 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 5 blocks, and 5 steals. In his senior year, he led the school to a 35–0 record and a state title, and the Huskies were ranked the consensus No. 1 team in the nation. His younger brothers, junior LiAngelo and freshman LaMelo, were also on the team. Ball averaged a triple-double with averages of 23.9 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 11.7 assists per game. He received national honors including the Naismith Prep Player of the Year,Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year,USA Today Boys Basketball Player of the Year, and Mr. Basketball USA.

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Answer 3

Mohamed Bamba

Mohamed Bamba

Mohamed Karlakwan Damala Bamba (born May 12, 1998) is an American basketball player who attended Westtown School in Westtown, Pennsylvania. Considered one of the top high school prospects of the class of 2017, Bamba has committed to play at the University of Texas at Austin.

Bamba was born on May 12, 1998 in Harlem, New York to Lancine Bamba and Aminata Johnson, who both emigrated from Ivory Coast. Mohamed's grandparents were born and brought up in Mali. His older brother Sidiki Johnson played college basketball at Arizona, Providence, and Wabash Valley. Bamba first became interested in basketball at age six, inspired by the game's popularity in his hometown.

In eighth and ninth grade, Bamba attended Cardigan Mountain School, an all-boys boarding school in Canaan, New Hampshire.

Before his sophomore year, Bamba transferred to Westtown School in Westtown, Pennsylvania. As a junior he averaged 14 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks per game. He played in the 2017 McDonald's All American Game and the Nike Hoop Summit.

Bamba is rated as a five-star recruit and is ranked among the top recruits in his class. His final four schools were Kentucky, Duke, Texas and Michigan. Ultimately, Bamba chose to play for the University of Texas for his college career.

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Freddie Banks

Freddie Banks (born March 6, 1965) is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. Banks attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is a member of the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame. Banks was the first pick of the second round (#24 overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.

Banks attended Valley High School in Las Vegas, where he was a 1983 McDonald's All-American Banks chose to stay home to attend and play collegiate basketball at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Banks played for UNLV from 1983-1987 and helped lead the Rebels to the 1987 Final Four. Banks averaged 13.7 points and 3.5 assists in his UNLV career, making 42% of his 3-point shots and scoring 2,007 total points. As a Senior in 1986-1987 Banks averaged 19.5 points per game in leading the Rebels to a 37-2 record and the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Final 4. Banks scored 38 points and hit 10 3-point shots in his final game, a 97-93 loss to the eventual Champion Indiana Hoosiers in the semi-final game. “He was the most clutch shooter I ever coached,” His UNLV Coach Jerry Tarkanian said.

A 6' 2" Guard, Banks was selected 23rd overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1987 NBA draft. Banks then played six seasons as a pro in the Continental Basketball Association for the Mississippi Jets, San Jose Jammers and in Greece.

Banks was inducted into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame on February 7, 2005. At his induction Banks said: "It really is an honor. I feel really blessed to be a hometown kid that got to play for coach Tarkanian and win so many games here. For those of you who watched me during my fours at UNLV, just remember, Freddie Banks is still behind that three-point line."

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Answer 5

Gene Banks

Gene banks are a type of biorepository which preserve genetic material. For plants, this could be by freezing cuttings from the plant, or stocking the seeds (e.g. in a seedbank). For animals, this is the freezing of sperm and eggs in zoological freezers until further need. With corals, fragments are taken which are stored in water tanks under controlled conditions. Plant genetic material in a 'gene bank' is preserved at -196° Celsius in Liquid Nitrogen as mature seed (dry).

In plants, it is possible to unfreeze the material and propagate it, however, in animals, a living female is required for artificial insemination. While it is often difficult to use frozen animal sperm and eggs, there are many examples of it being done successfully.

In an effort to conserve agricultural biodiversity, gene banks are used to store and conserve the plant genetic resources of major crop plants and their crop wild relatives. There are many gene banks all over the world, with the Svalbard Global Seed Vault being probably the most famous one.

GeneBank is listed in the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data.org.

The database of the largest gene banks in the world can be queried via a common website, Genesys.

A seed bank preserves dried seeds by storing them at a very low temperature. Spores and pteridophytes are conserved in seed banks, but other seedless plants, such as tubercrops cannot be preserved this way. The largest seed bank in world is the Millennium Seed Bank housed at the Wellcome Trust Millennium Building (WTMB), located in the grounds of Wakehurst Place in West Sussex, near London.

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Answer 6

Anthony Barber (basketball)

Cat Barber

Anthony "Cat" Barber (born July 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA Development League. He played three seasons of college basketball for NC State, where he earned first-team All-ACC honors as a junior.

Barber grew up in the same area of Virginia as NBA star, Allen Iverson. Barber has even drawn comparisons to the former superstar in both his appearance and style of play. A standout player for Hampton High School, Barber averaged 21.0 points per game in his sophomore campaign. In 2011, Barber was named to the All-Eastern Region's first team in the Peninsula District as the only underclassman. Barber led his school to a 27-6 record and a Virginia State Title in 2012. During his championship junior season, Barber averaged 21.3 points per game, earning him Class AAA Player of the Year honors. His senior year solidified his legacy at Hampton, posting a 22-6 record and averaging 20.2 points per game. He finished his high school career with 2,097 points total. During his high school years, Barber played AAU basketball under Boo Williams. D Barber was selected to the McDonald's All American Game. The 2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was held in Chicago's United Center where Barber recorded 11 points, 4 assists and 2 steals. Barber was also able to capture a bronze medal in the 2012 Nike Global Challenge.

Barber was ranked fourth among point guards in the 2013 recruiting class, and was a highly coveted recruit. On September 15, 2012, Barber signed with North Carolina State University to play for the N.C. State basketball team after being recruited by assistant coach, Rob Moxley. In his recruitment process, Barber also looked at attending the University of Kansas or the University of Alabama.

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Answer 7

Ken Barlow (basketball)

Kenneth Barlow (born September 20, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. Barlow graduated from the University of Notre Dame, in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Barlow played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame, with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

He served as team captain his final two seasons, while helping the Irish to two NCAA tournament berths (1985, 1986), and a runner-up finish at the 1984 National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

After college, Barlow was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

Some of the clubs that he played in Europe with include: Olimpia Milano, Maccabi Tel Aviv, PAOK, Pfizer Reggio Calabria, Benetton Treviso, Olimpia Pistoia, and Mabo Livorno.

Ken has two sons who both played college basketball: Kelsey Barlow, who played at Purdue (now at UIC), and Keenan, who played for Tiffin. He also has a cousin, Ashley Barlow, who tri-captained the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team in 2009 and 2010. She played for Notre Dame from 2007–2010.

Ken is now a minister, at a local church in Indianapolis.

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Answer 8

Harrison Barnes

Harrison Barnes

Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes (born May 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before being selected by the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft with the seventh overall pick. Barnes won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015.

Harrison Barnes was rated as the number 1 player in the class of 2010 by Scout.com and in the ESPNU 100. He was rated as the number 2 player by Rivals.com. In his junior year, Barnes and teammate Doug McDermott led Ames High School to an Iowa 4A state championship where he had 24 points and 8 rebounds in the final, capping off a 26-0 season. In his senior year, Barnes and McDermott led Ames to a 27-0 season and a second straight Iowa 4A state championship becoming Iowa's big-school class's first team to go undefeated in consecutive seasons. In the finals he scored 19 points against Southeast Polk. He averaged 27.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 4.0 assists during his senior year and was selected to the USA Today All-USA First Team. Barnes capped off his Ames High School career as their all-time leading scorer with 1,787 points. Barnes played in the 4th annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic where he scored 18 points for Skip To My Lou.

On January 20, 2010, it was announced that Barnes was selected to the 2010 Junior National Select Team. The team played at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, on April 10. He was also selected to play in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game where he led the West team to a 107-104 victory. He scored a team high 18 points and was named co-MVP with Jared Sullinger. He also played in the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic where he was named co-MVP with Kyrie Irving. On March 10, 2010, Barnes won the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award, which goes to the nation's top player.

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Answer 9

Andre Barrett

Andre Barrett

Andre Rashawd Barrett (born February 21, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for Obras Sanitarias of the Liga Nacional de Básquet. He played college basketball for Seton Hall.

Barrett was undrafted following a college basketball career at Seton Hall University, and he began his professional career by signing prior to the start of the 2004–05 National Basketball Association season as a free agent with the New York Knicks. He played with the Knicks for three weeks before being waived during the pre-season. He then signed with the Houston Rockets, and he later went on to play for the Orlando Magic.

On September 27, 2005, the Milwaukee Bucks signed Barrett to an undisclosed free agent contract. He participated in eight preseason games with the team, however, he was waived prior to the start of the 2005–2006 season on October 27. Starting on March 1, 2006, Barrett signed two consecutive 10-day contracts with the Phoenix Suns, but he was released from his second contract on March 14. The following day, Barrett signed two consecutive 10-day contracts with the Toronto Raptors, with whom he averaged 15.8 minutes per game. On July 13, 2006, he was waived.

In the 2006 NBA D-League Expansion Draft, held on September 25, 2006, the Bakersfield Jam selected the signing rights to Barrett with their first draft pick. The previous season, he represented another team from the league, the Florida Flame.

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Answer 10

R. J. Barrett

R. J. Barrett

Rowan "R. J." Barrett Jr. (born June 14, 2000) is a Canadian basketball player for the Montverde Academy and the Canadian junior national team. He was unanimously ranked as the number one recruit from all scouting websites for the class of 2019 but decided to reclassify to the class of 2018. He reclaimed the top spot in recruiting rankings after Marvin Bagley III decided to reclassify into the class of 2017.

The son of former Canadian international Rowan Barrett left his native Ontario in 2015 to further his career at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. He earned Most Valuable Player honours at the 2016 Jordan Brand Classic International Game, after tallying 22 points and eight assists in the contest.

In February 2017, he received MVP distinction at Basketball Without Borders during the NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. Barrett was a member of the World Select Team at the 2017 Nike Hoop Summit, netting nine points in 20 minutes of play, while tallying two assists and steals.

He has already received scholarship offers from several major universities including Arizona, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, UCLA and USC according to ESPN. Speaking to nbadraft.net in April 2017, Roy Rana, who coached Barrett at the 2017 U19 World Cup and at the Nike Hoop Summit, was quoted as saying about Barrett: "A star. A potential superstar down the road."

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