Each year the California Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of California.[1] Many have gone on to play in the NBA.
Voting is done in a points system. Each voter selects first, second, and third place votes. A player receives five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The player who garners the most points receives the award. The California Mr. Basketball award is the second oldest such award in the nation; only Indiana Mr. Basketball, which was first awarded in 1939, predates it.[2][3]
- ^ myespn.go.com https://web.archive.org/web/20091015072057/http://myespn.go.com/blogs/calhisports/0-6-77/Mr--Basketball-2009--Kawhi-Leonard.html. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009.
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