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Since the this would usually be the time of year for the NCAA Basketball tournament, but the games aren't being played for obvious reasons, I will try to post some historical references relative to the thread.
This first reference of a tournament game will be of a Second Round game from 1983 that features Tennessee, which started PG Tyrone Beaman from Niagara Falls(attended NF, the now closed Bishop Neumann in Williamsville and graduated from Jamestown HS) versus Louisville(featured the McCray brothers from Mount Vernon in Westchester County/Downstate): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prPLM5Jjqec
From this preview before the 1986 NCAA Tournament, there is a segment about St. Joseph's University(Philadelphia) and at the 15:30 mark, it talks about their top player at the time Maurice Martin, who is from Liberty in Sullivan County(was drafted by and little bit for the Denver Nuggets/st. Joe's lost in the second round to Cleveland State at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse after being Richmond by 1 in the first round): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXSa1Ncj5A
Just as an update, here are some neighborhoods/areas that are predominantly or pluralistically more black(or have such areas) and have some degree of a middle class presence...
For those that didn't see this post in another thread, this shows some interesting radio rankings for the Buffalo and Rochester areas, in particular the #2 station in Rochester, which is black owned by the same family since the beginning: https://www.city-data.com/forum/57709211-post34.html
From the wiki entry: "The station currently places first in Nielsen ratings of 18-34 and 25-54 listeners, both urban and suburban, and has ranked second overall in the Rochester market behind WBEE-FM in recent ratings surveys."
Here’s a professional reference in the Houston area that is a graduate of Highland Falls O’Neill HS and played Basketball at SMU in the early/mid 1980’s, including in the NCAA Tournament in 1984 and 1985. He was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-lewis-86315952
Some NCAA Tournament references for those missing their usually fix this time of year...
Here is a 1988 1st Round matchup between Syracuse and North Carolina A&T, which actually has a couple of relevant player references in A&T's top player Claude Williams who attended the former Charlotte HS(now Leadership HS) in Rochester and Rochester McQuaid Jesuit grad guard Glenn Taggart(#12), who came off the bench for the Aggies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZIgPjK5Jtk (from WHEC in Rochester, ironically and maybe why this is on YouTube)
Taggart's son I believe played at Fairport HS and Cayuga Community College and his nephew is current McQuaid Jesuit Basketball star Jermaine Taggart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS55j3zIrfI
Around 2(hrs.):08 of this set of clips from the 1992 NCAA Tournament, there is a game between St. John's, which started Jason Buchanan, a graduate of Syracuse's Nottingham HS(#12) and Tulane, which had Carlin Hartman(#32) from Grand Island outside of Buffalo. Hartman was a part of "The Posse", which was a set of bench players that allowed Tulane to play at a high level of energy all game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eg7wdlDFv4
Around 1:12 in of these highlights from the 1st round of the 1994 NCAA Tournament is a matchup between Syracuse, which started Greece Athena grad John Wallace and current SU assistant coach and Jamesville-Dewitt SD resident Adrian Autry versus Hawaii, which started Trevor Ruffin, a graduate of Buffalo's Bennett HS and Tony Maroney, a Lockport HS grad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xTB...rsvsy&index=33
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