Hill: Nike EYBL shows what Memphis Sports and Events Center can do
A youth basketball camp practices on the courts of the Memphis Sports and Events Center at Liberty Park on Dec. 10, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
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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