Collegiate connections to QHS hoops program continue to be far ranging

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 23, 2022
Quincy High School graduate Gary Phillips, left, became an All-American at the University of Houston and led the Cougars to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in 1961. Photo courtesy University of Houston athletics

QUINCY — How many roads intersect with the Quincy High School boys basketball program? Quite a few it turns out. For example, the University of Missouri men’s basketball program’s newest coach, Dennis Gates, was a starting guard on the Chicago Whitney Young powerhouse that beat the Blue Devils in the semifinals of the Class AA…

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