Jerry Lucas: Greatest High School Basketball Player in the Country? 1958
[We’ve looked at Wilt Chamberlain, Lew Alcindor, and Artis Gilmore as preps. Here’s another prep profile from way back when. This one checks in on 17-year-old Jerry Lucas, who was big stuff entering his senior season at Middletown (Ohio) High School in the late 1950s. Lucas went on to star at Ohio State before embarking on his Hall of Fame pro career. T…