Hill: Nike EYBL shows what Memphis Sports and Events Center can do
DJ Okoth (0) from Bartlett High and representing his Alabama Fusion AAU team in action Friday, May 16, 2025, playing against the Oakland Soldiers in an EBYL game played at the Memphis Sports and Events Center at Liberty Park. (Drew Hill/The Daily Memphian)
The parking lot was full before 11 a.m. Friday.
In fact, the spots were so limited a line of sprinter vans carrying teenage basketball players began to form on the street just down the road from the iconic Liberty Bowl.
Space to walk inside the Memphis Sports and Events Center at Liberty Park was a premium. Parents tried to hold bleacher seats just before tipoff. Coaches searched for hallways and corners to gather their roster.
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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