Meet the 2024 All-Tidewater boys basketball teams

First team

Player of the Year

Silas Barksdale

Woodside, 6-11 junior center

• Scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds — including 10 offensive rebounds — to help the Wolverines (27-1) beat L.C. Bird to win their second consecutive Class 5 state title.

• Class 5 Player of the Year

• Class 5 Region B Player of the Year

• Peninsula District Player of the Year

• Averaged 17 points and 15 rebounds during the postseason

• Recorded 25 double-doubles this season

• Rated the No. 5 junior in the state by 247Sports and No. 7 by On3 and has more than 10 scholarship offers, including those from Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Pittsburgh

Rodney Baines

Lake Taylor, 6-8 senior forward

• Helped lead the Titans (25-2) to the Class 3 state championship game

• First-team All-Class 3

• Class 3 Region A Player of the Year

• Eastern District Player of the Year

• Averaged 19 points, 11.3 rebounds and two blocks

• Has offers from Norfolk State and Hampton

Brennan Chatman

Norfolk Collegiate, 6-4 senior guard

• First-team All-VISAA Division II

• Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools Player of the Year

• Averaged 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.5 steals.

• Led the Oaks (31-5) to the TCIS regular-season and conference titles and to to the VISAA Division II state semifinals.

Malik Johnson

Hampton, 6-4 senior guard

• Had 10 rebounds, eight points, five assists and three steals to help lead the Crabbers (25-2) to the Class 4 state title

• Class 4 Player of the Year

• Class 4 Region A Player of the Year

• First-team All-Peninsula District

• Averaged 13.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.4 steals.

Deshawn Spellman

Landstown, 6-6 sophomore wing

• First-team All-Class 6

• First-team All-Class 6 Region A

• Led the Eagles to Class 6 state tournament

• Averaged 16 points, 14.3 rebounds, three blocks and two steals during the postseason, but missed the state quarterfinal because of the flu

• Has recorded nine double-doubles and recorded six blocks three times

Elijah Washington

Lake Taylor, 6-8 senior forward

• Led the Titans (25-2) to the Class 3 state championship game

• Two-time All-Tidewater selection

• First-team All-Class 3

• First-team All-Class 3 Region A

• First-team All-Eastern District

• Averaged 15 points, 14.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks for the season, including a 28-point, 19-rebound performance in a state semifinal

• Named second-team All-Tidewater in football and will play tight end for Syracuse University.

Second team

Sincere Jones

Churchland, 6-8, junior forward

• First-team All-Class 4

• First-team All-Class 4 Region A

• Averaged 19 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and three assists while facing double- and triple-teams all season to lead the Truckers to the Class 4 state tournament

• Had 24 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks in a Class 4 state quarterfinal

• Has offers from Virginia Tech, Norfolk State, Old Dominion, Duquesne, Robert Morris, Radford, Virginia Commonwealth and Manhattan

EJ Joyner

Peninsula Catholic, 5-8 senior guard

• First-team All-VISAA Division II

• First-team All-Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools

• Led the Knights to the VISAA Division II state semifinals for the first time in program history

• Averaged 16 points, five assists, five rebounds and five steals

• Scored a school-record 40 points against Hampton Roads Academy

• Had 21 points and six assists to help the Knights hand Class 5 state champion Woodside its only loss of the season

• Scored 1,133 career points

Ben Nacey

Cox, 6-9 senior center

• Two-time All-Tidewater selection

• First-team All-Class 5

• Class 5 Region A Player of the Year

• Averaged 21.7 points, 12.4 rebounds and four blocks and recorded 20 double-doubles this season

Adrean Newton

Maury, 6-0 junior guard

• Two-time All-Tidewater selection

• First-team All-Class 5

• First-team All-Class 5 Region B

• First-team All-Eastern District

• Led the Commodores to the Class 5 state tournament. He scored a game-high 19 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, to help Maury beat King’s Fork in a region semifinal

Ulysses Young

Oscar Smith, 6-0 senior guard

• First-team All-Class 6

• Class 6 Region A Player of the Year

• Led the Tigers to the Class 6 state semifinals and made the game-winning shot in a quarterfinal

• Averaged 12.2 points, 6.1 assists and 3.5 steals to lead the Tigers to the Southeastern District title

Third team

Emmanuel Angila

Kempsville, 6-1 senior guard

• Led the Chiefs (20-6) to the program’s first state tournament appearance and best record in history.

• First-team All-Class 5

• First-team All-Class 5 Region A

• Averaged 19 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks, including 21 points in a state quarterfinal

Daron Baugh

Hampton, 5-10 senior

• Led the Crabbers to the Class 4 state title

• First-team All-Class 4

• First-team All-Class 4 Region A

• First-team All-Peninsula District

• Averaged 11 points, four assists and two steals. Increased his assists average to seven in the postseason and scored 17 points in a state semifinal

Brandon Freeman

Bruton, 5-10 junior guard

• First-team All-Class 2

• First-team All-Class 2 Region A

• First-team All-Bay Rivers District

• Led the Panthers (19-8) to the state semifinals for the first time since 2014 and to the program’s first winning season since 2015

• Averaged 17 points, six assists, six rebounds and three steals, while shooting 44% from 3-point range and 82% from the free-throw line

• He has scored more than 1,000 career points, with another season remaining

Tre Miller

Green Run, 6-5 junior forward

• First-team All-Class 5

• First-team All-Class 5 Region A

• Led the Stallions to the Class 5 Region A title and the state semifinals

• Averaged 18.7 points and 8.8 rebounds

Ashton Walker

Catholic, 6-4 junior guard

• First-team All-VISAA Division I

• First-team All-Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools

• Led the Crusaders to the VISAA Division I state semifinals

• Averaged 17.9 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.4 steals

• Has scored more than 1,000 career points, with another season remaining

Larry Rubama, 757-575-6449, larry.rubama@pilotonline.com