2023 Tarkanian Platinum Division All-Tournament Team: Guards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 2023 Tarkanian Classic wrapped up on Thursday afternoon at Bishop Gorman High School as the championship games in each bracket took place pitting top teams against each other. Some of the best games included St. Pius X St. Matthias (CA) vs Desert Mountain (AZ) (Platinum Championship), Weston Ranch (CA) vs Liberty Magnet (LA) (Ball Dawgs Championship), and Carlsbad (CA) vs Riverside Poly (CA) (Spalding Championship). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='1502820' first='David' last='Mack']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'8u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77246","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"St. Pius X St. Matthias","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"David was excellent throughout the week in wins over Coronado (NV), Alta (UT), St. Augustine (CA) and Desert Mountain (AZ) en route to Pius winning the Platinum bracket championship. 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