Mr. Basketball Candidate: Josh Anderson
Editor's Note: We will be profiling a number of Louisiana basketball players who are candidates for Mr. Basketball throughout the summer. There will be a power ranking of those players as the season approaches. Player: Josh Anderson, Madison Prep, 6'4 SG Previous…
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SubscribeEditor's Note: We will be profiling a number of Louisiana basketball players who are candidates for Mr. Basketball throughout the summer. There will be a power ranking of those players as the season approaches.
Player: Josh Anderson, Madison Prep, 6'4 SG
Previous Season: 33-0 record, 1A Champion, 1A Honorable Mention
Why Will He Win? With senior's Brandon Sampson (LSU) and Christion Thompson (Rhode Island) off to play college ball, it will be junior guard Josh Anderson's team now. He was already an integral part of last year's title run and will now step into the role of leader. With a load of talent along side him, he should be able to flourish and put up large numbers for Madison Prep who moves up in classification to 2A. Last year's Mr. Basketball was Brandon Sampson and Madison Prep and current Memphis Grizzlies' player Jarell Martin won it is 2013.
Why Won't He Win? Like most of these underclassmen who will appear on the list, they will have their work cut out to get voters to put them above high major signee's in the class of 2016. That and he'll have to go through Riverside (3 time state champions in the 2A class) to win a state title which is the best way to make a case for this award. If Madison Prep can win the title and he is the major reason with big numbers, he could become the 2016 Louisiana Mr. Basketball and make it 3 in 4 years for his school.
