Dan Hudson, the director of the Mid-America Summer Hoops Classic, has been working hard on trying to get the event back up to the standard set by its first few seasons, and judging from the tentative list of participating teams, he's made some big strides in that direction.
At the moment, the field includes 40-plus schools from five different states, some of which will field more than one team. Most of the First Region schools are committed, as are some Second Region stalwarts and several top programs from southern Illinois.
Among the expected entries:
Massac County was the Class 2A state runner-up. Raleigh-Egypt, from Memphis, was the Tennessee Class 3A state runner-up.
In Kentucky, Graves County and Christian County were regional champions, and the Colonels are expected to be one of Kentucky's top 10 teams next season. The Illinois list includes perennial powers East St. Louis, Carbondale and Belleville Althoff. Dyer County and Union City are strong programs in west Tennessee.
The Mid-America was moved to June this year so that Tennessee teams, long a staple of the event, could rejoin the fray — Tennessee allows its basketball programs to compete in team events only in June. The event is June 15-17 at Murray State University's Regional Special Events Center.
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