The award's legitimacy was challenged in February 2017 when Henry Sibley, Minnesota high school basketball coach John Carrier called out owner and chairman Ken Lien for his politicized anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant tweets from the @mrbasketballmn Twitter account.
The Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association was among many who announced their support of Carrier's complaint.
[1][2][3] The award was established in 1975 and is given to the person(s) chosen as the best high school boys' basketball senior in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Conroy attended Northeastern Illinois University, which upgraded to Division I in 1991, his sophomore year.
[13] The 1981 winner, Redd Overton, never attended a university and chose the junior college route instead.