An impressive number of State Tournament alumni have reached the highest level of basketball achievement - the National Basketball Association. Here's a listing of those whose Tournament experience was a springboard to basketball's ultimate challenge:

Alumni Year High School College NBA Kenny Anderson 1987 NYC-Arch. Molloy Georgia Tech New Jersey, Charlotte, Portland, Toronto, Boston --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Artest 1997 NYC-LaSalle St. John's Chicago, Indiana --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andre Barrett 1999 NYC-Rice Seton Hall Houston --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Berry 1982 NYC-Franklin St. John's Port, San A. NJ, Houston --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elton Brand 1996 Peekskill Duke Chicago, LA clippers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derrick Chievous 1984 Flushing-Holy Cross Missouri Houston --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adonal Foyle 1994 Hamilton Colgate Golden State --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart Granger 1979 NYC-Nazareth Villanova Cleveland --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Jackson 1983 NYC-Bishop Loughlin St. John's NY, LA Clippers, Denver, Indiana, Toronto --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Kempton 1980 Oyster Bay-St. Dominic's Notre Dame Charlotte --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christian Laettner 1987 Buffalo-Nichols Duke Minnesota, Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas, Wash. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Felipe Lopez 1994 NYC-Rice St. John's Vancouver, Wash., Minn --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephon Marbury 1995 NYC-Lincoln Georgia Tech. Minnesota, NJ Nets, Phoenix --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jamal Mashburn 1990 NYC-Cardinal Hayes Kentucky Dallas, Miami, Charlotte --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodney McCray 1979 Mount Vernon Louisville Houston, Sacramento --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlton Scooter McCray 1978 Mount Vernon Louisville Seattle --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Mullin 1981 NYC-Xaverian St. John's Golden State, Indiana --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Perkins 1979 Colonie-Shaker North Carolina Dallas, LA Lakers, Seattle, Indiana --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Pinckney 1980 NYC-Stevenson Villanova Phoenix, Sacramento, Boston, Toronto --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Khalid Reeves  1989 NYC-Christ the King Arizona Miami, Charlotte, NJ, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Rencher 1991 NYC-St. Raymonds Texas Miami, Phoenix --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Satterfield 1999 NYC-Rice Cincinnati Denver --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malik Sealy 1988 NYC-Tolentine St. John's Indiana, LA Clippers, Detroit, Minn. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodney Strickland 1984 NYC-Truman DePaul NY, San Antonio, Portland, Washington, Miami --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jamel Thomas 1995 NYC-Lincoln Providence Boston, Golden State --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Thomas 1998 Schenectady Texas Portland --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Voce 1982 NYC-Tolentine Notre Dame Cleveland --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wallace 1992 Greece-Athena Syracuse NY Knicks, Toronto, Detroit, Phoenix --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Wennington 1981 Brookville-L.I. Lutheran St. John's Dallas, Chicago, Sacramento --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Werdann 1987 NYC-Archbishop Molloy St. John's Denver, New Jersey, Chicago, Vancouver ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------