Cam Boozer's storied career has only 1 blemish, and it's as unlikely as you could imagine: 'Best memory I have in my basketball career'
Boozer has won everywhere he's been and has Duke right in the thick of things in the NCAA tournament. But there was one meaningful game where an opponent got the better of him.
For months, college basketball fans have been bombarded with the notion that Duke phenom Cameron Boozer is his sport’s ultimate winner, that he has captured every championship that he has ever contested. Turns out that’s only 99. 9% right.
Yes, Boozer led a private, all-boys Miami high school to four consecutive state titles in Florida’s top division. Yes, he also captured three straight Nike EYBL championships as the centerpiece of his AAU team and a pair of gold medals while starring for USA Basketball. Yes, he has made winning at the college level look easy too, carrying Duke to a sweep of the ACC regular season and tournament titles and the No.
1 overall seed in this year’s NCAA tournament. But there’s one piece of hardware that the most decorated player in this year’s freshman class is missing, one empty spot in Boozer’s overcrowded trophy case. Three years ago, a collection of unheralded players at a Miami public high school dealt Boozer maybe his only meaningful loss, stunning his juggernaut Columbus High team to claim an improbable district championship.
To say that Palmetto High was the underdog entering that 2023 district playoff matchup doesn’t even begin to describe it. The Panthers were facing a Columbus team that was ranked No. 5 in the nation by MaxPreps and that had only dropped games against out-of-state juggernauts that season.
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