Best Pure shooter in East Tennessee now... and of all time

[basketball2223]

It seems there is present and past "Best Pure shooter in East TN."

 

Past Ron Widby Knox Fulton (UT SEC Champs player also)

 

Jimmy England Holston (A Vol also)

 

Billy Justice Fulton (Jersey Retired at Fulton and a Vol

 

Bill Armstrong Knox Central (60) 28 pts a game before 3 point)

 

Eddie (pee wee)Chandler Knox Rule

 

A W Davis Rutledge (The Rifle) (UT)

 

Jerry Cannon Powell (C.N)

 

Mike Ogan Powell (could flat shoot from anywhere)

 

Jay Cole Knox South (avg 40 a game from outside Sr. year)

 

Pogue (last name) South Doyle

 

I am sure there are more from the past. Just the ones I saw.

 

I need to think about East TN now group of Best Pure Shooters.

 

 

good list! this is way before my time haha but ogan i heard plenty of stories!

[dontknowmuch]

good list! this is way before my time haha but ogan i heard plenty of stories!

 

 

Got to throw Denton Jones (Knox Central) in the mix. Scored over 30 per game (senior year) without the 3 and could shoot from anywhere on the court.

[PTMUPS]

I agree about Denton Jones also. His career ended after the collision with Bobby Knight on the UT practice floor. I do not think he was the same after that injury. I know it halted his college career. I am sure we are missing some other old "pure shooters."

[Big Daddy]

I agree about Denton Jones also. His career ended after the collision with Bobby Knight on the UT practice floor. I do not think he was the same after that injury. I know it halted his college career. I am sure we are missing some other old "pure shooters."

 

 

 

I played against Jones, and Ogan. Jones was much more the shooter in high school....Ogan was more of an inside player in high school. Ogan learned to shoot it from anywhere by playing thousands of games of horse with Chris Jones while at Carson-Newman....he was one of the best shooters I ever played against in college.

 

Dickie Scates at Halls was very good, and because of where he played (Claiborne County) he did not get the ink of some of the others but Mike Maples averaged 26 points per game before the 3 point shot was the best high school shooter I ever saw.

 

Some others of note in East Tennessee that were great players not necessairly great shooters....Rupert Breedlove, Austin East.....Lenard Hardin, Fulton....Marshall Mills, Morristown East....Steve Chancey, and Jimmy Meadows, Knox South....Kent Hollenbeck....Terry Russell.

[feartheveer]

who was the guy that played at Maryville sometime around 97' or 98'. I remember that little guy could flat out stroke it. I remember something about him being really small, so he had to get his shot off in a hurry. I can't for the life of me remember his name. I think he actually ended up going to play college ball somewhere

[TylerDurden]

2 older guys who could really shoot were Mark Mason and Joe Treadway. Joe is an older guy who most of you younger guys don't remember but some of you might remember Mark Mason who has a video out about shooting and also holds shooting camps!

[crazzyness]

Eddie Holly from Unaka could shoot lights out from all I have heard...

[JcToPpEr103803]

One of the best pure shooters that has played in Knoxville that I have seen in awhile is the great Ryan Walden of Knox Catholic. As good as a shooter as he is, I think the Knoxville Thunderbolts should give him a shot after his playing days at Milligan are over... /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

 

Ryan is somethin serious, he's quick and he can shoot the lights out. Plays pretty good D as well. I go to Milligan and I play with him about 4 times a week and still haven't beaten his teams /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

[Lord Vader]

Are you talking about the Webb kid from Cosby that played in the mid to late nineties? He was an incredible shooter and one of the best I have ever seen! Don't remember his first name though?

 

Yea thats him. His name was Josh Webb. I remember when Hampton played them in the Sectionals in like 1999. The Dogs went to Cosby and got smashed. That Hampton team is probably the best team they've had since 1992, and they had nothing for Webb. He lit em up. I think Cosby finished as the state runner-up that year and Webb set a record for most 3's ever made in a state tournament...

[old24eagle]

Are you talking about the Webb kid from Cosby that played in the mid to late nineties? He was an incredible shooter and one of the best I have ever seen! Don't remember his first name though?

 

Cosby has had several great 3 point makers , Eric Coggins held the 1A record for most made in a career at one point , Josh Webb could flat out shoot it as well but still don't hold a candle to his old man Paul Webb , who in my opinion is the ALL TIME best basketball player I have ever shared a court with. The best thing about Webb and Coggins was that they could knock em down from 10 feet behind the line with ease , I seen em make coaches lose their minds when they had to stretch their "D" all the way out to half court to stop em.

[TylerDurden]

I didn't see Coggins play as much as Webb, but I know Webb would pull up from ANYWHERE and just drill it. Anywhere past half court if he was open he would shoot it. Sometimes he would shoot and you would think, there is no way he can make it from there, or think that is a stupid shot, but it would go in. He was a coaches nightmare!

[Pantherman85]

Bert Bertlekamp (co-voice of Basketball Vols) was one heck of a shooter at Bearden back in the mid 70's. Played at Tennessee with Ernie and Bernie after Bearden.