B-Ball D1 State Championship: St Aug (NOLA) 47 Scotlandville (Baton Rouge) 44

[RedZone]

St Aug shocks Scotlandville 47-44 for the D1 State Championship.....

Scotlandville is hard to beat.

Purple Knights get it done. 

 

Lots of football players on that St Aug B-Ball team.

[RedZone]

St Aug is one of the most talented high schools in Louisiana/Nation in football and basketball most every year.  St Aug is a all black private high school in NOLA for those that didn't know.

They have produced 35 NFL players and if they could ever put together the right coaching staff they would be unstoppable in football. 

[RedZone]

St Aug won a MNC in basketball in 1995 (3 polls)....just a little context and history.

 

1995 — St. Augustine (New Orleans, La.) (37-1); HC–Bernard Griffith; NPP-USA-NSNS.–The Purple Knights opened the season unranked in the National Prep Poll Top 25, but climbed to the No. 1 spot during the season and capped their improbable run to the top of the polls with a 57-33 victory over Catholic-Baton Rouge in the Class 5A state title game. St. Augustine lost its second game of the season to in-state rival Glen Oaks and top-notch junior Lester Earl, but won two holiday tournaments and finished the season riding a 36-game winning streak. Bernard Griffith upped his record to 242-36 in his eight seasons at St. Augustine and has been selected district coach of the year six times and was also named Student Sports National Coach of the Year this year. Leading the Purple Knights to their third state title overall was 6-foot-5 forward Maurice Robertson, the Times-Picayune’s All-Metro Large Schools most outstanding player who averaged 17.0 ppg. The other bookend forward was 6-foot-7 junior Eugene Edgerson, a no-nonsense type that checked in with norms of 15.9 points and 6.0 rebounds. The preseason No. 1 team, St. John’s of Prospect Hall, finished No. 2 after losing in overtime to Laurel (Md.) Baptist, which received 40 points and six assists from Louis Bullock to pull out a 62-56 victory. Preseason No. 2 Oak Hill Academy lost three times, but beat preseason No. 4 Mater Dei in the finals of the Las Vagas Holiday Classic while preseason No. 3 Farragut of Chicago, led by consensus national player of the year Kevin Garnett and super junior Ronnie Fields, was stunned in the Class 2A state quarterfinals by a Thornton of Harvey team led by Tai Streets.

 

A detailed listing of the all-time No. 1 nationally-ranked high school basketball teams

https://ballislife.com/fab-50/salute-to-all-time-fab-50-no-1s/

[Frosty4024]

I guess NCHS and Scotlandville forgot they had to WIN the State Title Game to be champs. 🤷🏿‍♂️

 

 

[RedZone]

12 minutes ago, Frosty4024 said:

I guess NCHS and Scotlandville forgot they had to WIN the State Title Game to be champs. 🤷🏿‍♂️

 

 

Yep......have to play the game!

[RedZone]

Funny side note: Apollo Creed is from NOLA and went to St Aug....he was 1-1 vs Rocky. 😀

 

[MA Fan]

3 hours ago, RedZone said:

preseason No. 3 Farragut of Chicago, led by consensus national player of the year Kevin Garnett and super junior Ronnie Fields, was stunned in the Class 2A state quarterfinals by a Thornton of Harvey team led by Tai Streets.

 

That Thornton team had three future NFL players, with Antwaan Randle El and Napoleon Harris coming off the bench. Plus a future NBA lottery pick in Melvin Ely.

 

[Ga96]

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[RedZone]

13 hours ago, MA Fan said:

That Thornton team had three future NFL players, with Antwaan Randle El and Napoleon Harris coming off the bench. Plus a future NBA lottery pick in Melvin Ely.

 

Good stuff!

[RedZone]

15 hours ago, MA Fan said:

That Thornton team had three future NFL players, with Antwaan Randle El and Napoleon Harris coming off the bench. Plus a future NBA lottery pick in Melvin Ely.

 

 

18 hours ago, RedZone said:

St Aug won a MNC in basketball in 1995 (3 polls)....just a little context and history.

 

1995 — St. Augustine (New Orleans, La.) (37-1); HC–Bernard Griffith; NPP-USA-NSNS.–The Purple Knights opened the season unranked in the National Prep Poll Top 25, but climbed to the No. 1 spot during the season and capped their improbable run to the top of the polls with a 57-33 victory over Catholic-Baton Rouge in the Class 5A state title game. St. Augustine lost its second game of the season to in-state rival Glen Oaks and top-notch junior Lester Earl, but won two holiday tournaments and finished the season riding a 36-game winning streak. Bernard Griffith upped his record to 242-36 in his eight seasons at St. Augustine and has been selected district coach of the year six times and was also named Student Sports National Coach of the Year this year. Leading the Purple Knights to their third state title overall was 6-foot-5 forward Maurice Robertson, the Times-Picayune’s All-Metro Large Schools most outstanding player who averaged 17.0 ppg. The other bookend forward was 6-foot-7 junior Eugene Edgerson, a no-nonsense type that checked in with norms of 15.9 points and 6.0 rebounds. The preseason No. 1 team, St. John’s of Prospect Hall, finished No. 2 after losing in overtime to Laurel (Md.) Baptist, which received 40 points and six assists from Louis Bullock to pull out a 62-56 victory. Preseason No. 2 Oak Hill Academy lost three times, but beat preseason No. 4 Mater Dei in the finals of the Las Vagas Holiday Classic while preseason No. 3 Farragut of Chicago, led by consensus national player of the year Kevin Garnett and super junior Ronnie Fields, was stunned in the Class 2A state quarterfinals by a Thornton of Harvey team led by Tai Streets.

 

A detailed listing of the all-time No. 1 nationally-ranked high school basketball teams

https://ballislife.com/fab-50/salute-to-all-time-fab-50-no-1s/

St Aug (NOLA) won the City of Palms Classic in 1995 rolling over St Patrick, NJ. 

"Eugene Edgerson led New Orleans (Louisiana) St. Augustine to a 76-55 victory against Elizabeth (New Jersey) St. Patrick"

 

They won another big holiday tournament that year....Maybe I'll look it up later. That's how St Aug won the MNC that year winning those 2 tournaments most likely. Those BIG tournaments don't mean as much today. Not with this club basketball and teams playing national schedules.