[J. R. VanHoose]

I think it helps if you have good numbers and your team does well over the course of your career. When I was in 6th or 7th grade Mike Fields wrote a list of "Mr. Basketball Factors" for the Lexington Herald-Leader. I cut it out and put in up in my room back then. Here were the factors:

1. Statistics
2. Team Success
3. Exposure ("Sweet 16" and games across the state so others can watch you)
4. Health
5. College Choice
6. Where The Player Is From (he mentions Louisville, Lexington and Eastern Kentucky - where loyalty from coaches tend to make them vote for one of their own)
7. Coach


Do keep this in mind, out of Kentucky's top 30 all-time scorers (those over 3,000 points) only the following have been named Mr. Basketball:

"King" Kelly Coleman
Harry Todd
Charles Thomas
Ervin Stepp
J. R. VanHoose