Team O.J. Mayo

#2 seed Team O.J. Mayo defeated #8 seed Dime Magazine 99-78 for the 2008 Chosen League Championship. The champions are perhaps the greatest assembly of the players the league has ever seen, as the roster is stocked with seven Division 1 scholarship players. The game started close with the favorites leading 16-12 early. Team O.J. then implemented a full court press, pulling away to an insurmountable 57-22 halftime lead.

2008 O.J. Mayo Roster:
-Malik Wyans, Roman Catholic, Senior committed to Villanova
-Tony Chenault, St. John Neuman Goretti junior, committed to Wake Forest.
-Miguel Boccachico, Freshman at Long Island University.
-Devon White, Freshman at LaSalle University.
-Dewayne Davis, Freshman at Morehead University.
-Courtney Stanley, Freshman at Loyola-Chicago University.
-Lamar Trice, Freshman at Mount Saint Mary University.
-Eddie Frazier, Freshman at Delaware Technical Junior College.
-William Respes, Senior at Delasalle High School

Team Dime Magazine

Factoids:

-1st time in The Chosen League’s seven year history that an 8 seed (Dime Magazine) has upset the # 1 seed 57-56 (Thaddeus Young) in the quarterfinals and beat the # 4 seed (H.T.E) 72-59 to advance to the finals. Dime was led by Ferg Myrick.

-Team O.J. Mayo defeated #7 seed Delaware Pal 108-82 and #6 Derrick Rose 101-73 to play for the championship. They were powered by Dewayne Davis (Strawberry Mansion HS–freshman at Morehead State in the fall).

-#6 seed Derrick Rose, led by Matt Hankerson (20 pts and 3ast) defeated #3 seed Mike Beasley 69-54 in the quarterfinals.

-#4 seed H.T.E defeated #5 seed SLAM 61-54. The victors were led by Ali Baba Odd who had 16 points in the quarterfinals.