By Kyle Sutherland | Photo by Tommy Land With the start of a new season, SBLive is previewing Arkansas high school basketball. Today, we feature eight teams
UA signee given first Hall honor
The names of NBA All-Stars litter the temporary banners hanging on the far side of the court at Little Rock Southwest’s Gryphon Arena.
Karl-Anthony Towns, Damian Lillard, Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, Jaylen Brown, Bam Adebayo they’re just a handful of the 100 or so eventual NBA Draft picks who once played in the Real Deal in the Rock.
None of them, however, are Real Deal Hall of Famers. In fact, nobody held that honor until Friday night, when tournament founder Bill Ingram presented Magnolia’s Derrian Ford with a plaque, making Ford the inaugural inductee.
Arkansas Baptist College Athletic Director Bill Ingram is usually about as cool as they come whenever he's out at various sporting events, but there are certain occasions where he'll find himself a bit more anxious than usual.