| In 2006, Matt Buren became
the first person to earn back-to-back
tournament MVP honors since Macomb's Tony
Moore won the award three straight years
(1971-73). An ankle injury brought
Buren's tournament to an early end in
2007, ending a shot at earning a
third-straight MVP.
As a
sophomore, Buren was named the 2005
tournament MVP. He was the first
sophomore to be named MVP since 1987 when
another Bomber, Ty Margenthaler, did so.
Ty
Margenthaler was a two-time MVP (1987
& 1989)
The only
person to win three straight tourney MVP
awards was Macomb's Tony Moore who earned
the honor in 1971, '72 & '73.
Other
Bombers to be named MVP: Rocky Owens
(1979), and Raam Jani (1994).
Buren set
a tournament mark in 2006 for field goal
percentage after converting on 32 of 44
(72.7%) of his attempts.
Since the
tournament expanded to 16 teams in 1969,
no team has captured three straight
tourney titles. Macomb was denied that
opportunity when Lewistown defeated
Macomb 54-36 in last year's semifinals.
In winning
the 2005 championship, the Bombers denied
Rock Falls, two-time defending champs, an
opportunity at a three-peat as they
picked up a 62-55 overtime victory.
Bomber
skipper Danny Watson is a former
assistant coach at Pleasant Plains and
was there during their two state
championships.
The 2005
tourney championship game was the first
to go into overtime since Canton's 66-58
OT victory over Illini Central in 2002.
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