Mark Lewis

Mark Lewis is a national evaluator and photographer for Blue Star Basketball as well as the lead columnist for Blue Star Media. Twice ranked as one of the top 25 Division I assistant coaches in the game by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), he logged 25 years of college coaching experience at Memphis State, Cincinnati, Arizona State, Western Kentucky and Washington State. Lewis serves as a member of the prestigious McDonald’s All-American selection committee as well as the Naismith College Player and Coach of the Year committees.

Stories By Mark Lewis

HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

Nike TOC Daily Double – Team Take

GILBERT, Ariz.—It’s “halftime” in the Valley of the Sun and the participating teams will enjoy the day off and a trip...

By Mark Lewis
HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

Nike TOC Stocking Stuffers – Day Two

Tony and Fred offer their take on the day two action from the 2015 Nike Tournament of Champions in Gilbert, Arizona. ...

By Mark Lewis
HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

Nike TOC Daily Double

GILBERT, Ariz.—For the 19th consecutive year the royalty of girls high school basketball has gathered in the Valley of the Sun...

By Mark Lewis
HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

Nike TOC Stocking Stuffers

GILBERT, Ariz.—Blue Star Media is fortunate to have experienced journalists Tony Bleill and Fred Kroner in our corner at the 2015...

By Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
/ 9 years ago

Seeing A Bigger Picture

When you write a column it’s not uncommon to hear from others time and again about how “you’ve got a platform”...

By Mark Lewis
HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

Seventh Annual She Got Game Classic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The holiday tournament schedule is in full swing now and you might need a basketball GPS to locate...

By Mark Lewis
HS Girls
/ 9 years ago

Tennessee Turkey Jamm

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.—While it’s not quite the tradition of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Tennessee Turkey Jamm has become a staple...

By Mark Lewis
Events
/ 9 years ago

Tip-Off In Texas

DEER PARK, Texas—For the 11th consecutive year (six more for the boys) the Deer Park and Pasadena school districts have benefited...

By Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
/ 9 years ago

Losing a Lady Tiger

I lost one of my “kids” last night. Oh, I guess the word “kid” is a stretch since she was 47,...

By Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
/ 9 years ago

Signing Class Impact On Future Recruits

As a coach you have a tendency to never quite enjoy the beauty of the moment. Big wins, verbal commitments or...

By Mark Lewis
Events
/ 9 years ago

Providence Day Super Scrimmage

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—While the college folks are tuning up with exhibition games and closed scrimmages their scholastic sisters are just getting underway...

By Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
/ 9 years ago

Over-Socialization

More and more the information superhighway is the modern day equivalent of a gridlocked traffic jam. The sad part is that...

By Mark Lewis
Events
/ 9 years ago

Girls’ Basketball Loses Dan Wiley

By Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis
/ 9 years ago

Athlete Alert

We’ve got a lot of dirty laundry in our sport. There are folks defining ethics considerably different than Webster. Others are...

By Mark Lewis
USJN
/ 9 years ago

USJN – Autumn Observations

They Still Call Him Coach On the surface, Mike Divilbiss’ life is much like it was in previous years when he...

By Mark Lewis
Travel
/ 9 years ago

Show-n-Prove 2015

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—While the Spring NCAA Evaluation weekend is limited to just a few sites that carry substantial weight among recruiters,...

By Mark Lewis