Each year the Alabama Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Alabama. The award winner is selected by members of the Alabama Sports Writers Association. [1]
School | Number of Awards | Years |
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S. R. Butler High School, Huntsville | 3 | 2011, 2010, 1993 |
Jefferson Davis High School | 3 | 2007, 1996, 1995 |
Calhoun High School | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
Mountain Brook | 2 | 2018, 2019 |
John Carroll Catholic High School | 2 | 2004, 2003 |
Virgil I. Grissom High School | 2 | 2001, 1999 |
Phillips High School | 2 | 1981, 1983 |
Number | Program |
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19 | Alabama |
3 | Mississippi State |
3 | UAB |
2 | NC State |
2 | Vanderbilt |
2 | Arkansas |
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