If you played against him in that Hawthorne gym, you weren't just playing against his team, I can guarantee you those refs were solidly on their side.
I've been so a lot of high school basketball games and I've NEVER seen more biased officiating anywhere......
On a related note, Hawthorne High school hasn't been closed? It is considered the worst school in Alachua County by far.
Lol...yep I played at Hawthorne many times. When he was there Hawthorne was as good as any team in the county. The reffing didn’t matter because they were just flat out better than us.
After he left it was more even and we beat Hawthorne. I used to joke the refs were helping da brothas. So, my experience was the same.
My sister played there once and they were thoroughly whipping Hawthorne. A Hawthorne player got called for a technical foul, and the crowd erupted. People were getting up out of the stands. I thought there was going to be a fight, and the refs called another technical on my sister’s team just to get the crowd back under control. It was insane.