More testament to just how big an event Marshall County's Hoop Fest has become ... there were five players in key roles on Final Four teams that made an appearance at Reed Conder Gymnasium.
Memphis had point Derrick Rose (Chicago Simeon) and reserve guard Willie Kemp (Bolivar, Tenn.).
Kansas had backup guard Sherron Collins (Chicago Crane).
North Carolina's best two players — Tyler Hansbrough (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) and Tywon Lawson (Oak Hill Academy) — were watched by Tar Heels coach Roy Williams on their visits to Marshall County.
North Carolina had another Hoop Fest alum on its roster — Will Graves, who played for the Greensboro (N.C.) Dudley team that lost to the Chris Lofton-led Mason County squad in 2003.
Memphis had backup point guard Andre Allen, who was suspended for the Final Four and played at Hoop Fest for Memphis' Booker T. Washington. Widebody reserve Pierre Niles is another Memphis native and starred for Ridgeway, but he had transferred to a prep school in Florida by the time Ridgeway made its first Hoop Fest visit in 2005.
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