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1168:S. R. Butler
1074:Nigel Miguel
992:Oral Roberts
987:Palos Verdes
891:Dwayne Polee
768:High school
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574:Brooklyn, NY
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1199:Wichita, KS
1037:Stuart Gray
1018:Wichita, KS
913:Manual Arts
833:Lansing, MI
817:Sam Vincent
780:Eric Turner
741:West roster
706:Ed Pinckney
373:Milt Wagner
300:Jeff Adkins
262:East roster
246:Sportsworld
1920:Categories
1305:References
1240:South Side
1096:Notre Dame
1028:Undecided
965:Mark Acres
870:Quincy, IL
696:Georgetown
659:Georgetown
585:St. John's
548:Louisville
400:Louisville
389:Camden, NJ
363:St. John's
241:NBC Sports
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765:Hometown
762:Position
733:Villanova
722:Bronx, NY
432:Asheville
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807:Michigan
511:Maryland
358:Xaverian
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214:All-star
161:Referees
82:2nd half
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1253:Coaches
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1795:2010s
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1600:1980s
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881:Iowa
858:6-10
750:No.
271:No.
208:The
198:1982
193:1980
124:Date
106:West
91:East
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1265:of
1222:6-9
1216:N/A
1187:7-1
1150:6-9
1113:6-9
1078:6-5
1041:7-0
1006:6-4
932:6-3
895:6-5
821:6-2
784:6-3
710:6-9
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599:6-8
562:7-0
525:6-7
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451:6-5
414:6-4
377:6-5
340:6-6
303:6-5
256:NBA
223:in
151:and
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