Google him.
Those were the only words MC Ghee-Funny would say whenever Archie Goodwin received the rock at the 2025 Danny Rumph Classic.
A quick internet search would find someone seeing that Goodwin played at Kentucky after becoming Mr. Basketball in Arkansas in 2010 and 2011. He spent four seasons in the NBA, where he averaged six points and five more seasons in the G-League, where he averaged 17 points per game.
Now, he has one more accolade to his name — Rumph Classic MVP.
How does it feel? Dope.
“It’s a dope feeling,” Goodwin said. “The work that I put in just shows when I get a chance to play and to be able to do it and win is amazing. So I’m happy about it.”
Goodwin never participated in the tournament before, but showed up last year to support the Morris twins, who are Philadelphia natives. The 19th annual Tournament put the weekend on his radar and Joe Ross convinced him to return for a second season.
Only this time he was playing.
He missed opening night but quickly made his presence felt the following day. He poured on 24 points on Friday and dropped 26 points in the semi-finals to catapult Blue Magic into the Championship with a 3-0 record.
“I just came straight here from a flight,” Goodwin said. “I needed to get my legs warm, touch the basketball and get used to it. Being able to get the rhythm going, my teammates trusting me, that’s a big thing. So I’m glad that they let me get myself going.”
The one thing in Blue Magic’s way was a TBB team that had also never lost a game and boasted Justin Joworski, Taylor Funk and Mo Watson. However, it didn’t matter as Blue Magic quickly jumped out to a double-digit lead. While Goodwin started slow, he seemingly began to find his groove as the game went on.
Goodwin became Mr. Do-it-all for Blue Magic, whether it was on the offensive or defensive side of the ball. He scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half, while dishing out four assists and rejecting two shots — and you can’t leave out the three steals.
His offensive explosion came while TBB nearly mounted a 20-point comeback. During TBB’s late run, he continued to stay calm and composed with the ball in his hand. Goodwin picked apart the TBB defense, exposing the holes to get easy buckets.
“[We] just wanted to win. Whatever we need to do to win,” Goodwin said. “I know that they had a lot of momentum in the second half, so I just wanted to do whatever I could to try to stop them from making those big plays, to get the crowd involved and getting in their way.”
But it was his last block that came when it mattered most.
TBB has gotten back within single digits and has the ball on the fast break. Funk received the ball right under the basket and just had to lay the ball in to continue the newfound momentum. Instead, he passed the ball to Jack Forrest before Goodwin made him pay for the extra pass.
He swatted the shot away, effectively killing the momentum.
“He took too long, so I was able to get to it,” Goodwin said.
The win gives the 13-year pro a Rumph Championship in his first time playing in the tournament, something he will hold on to.
“For me to be my first time playing and getting the championship, that’s amazing,” Goodwin said. That’s something I can hang my hat on and be proud about.”