Antoine Glen Joubert (born February 20, 1965) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He played high school basketball at Southwestern in his native city of Detroit, Michigan, where he was ranked as one of the best players of his class, winning the Michigan Mr. Basketball award and being named a McDonald's All-American as a senior in 1983. He signed to play for Michigan in college, and was a three-year starter. He was selected in the 6th round of the 1987 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons but he did not make the team, and went on to have a 15-year career playing professional basketball abroad, winning MVP honors in Venezuela and having notable stints in Mexico and Poland. After retiring from his playing career, Joubert took up coaching, being hired as the head coach of Oakland Community College in 2008. He is nicknamed Judge.
High school career
Joubert was born in Detroit and attended Southwestern High School in the Southwest Detroit area. Joubert played predominantly basketball at Southwestern, but he also played American football, beginning in his junior year. Joubert was part of the varsity basketball team since his freshman year in the 1979–80 season: he played 20 games and recorded 123 points (6.1 per game) and 93 rebounds (4.6 per game). He became one of the main players on the team in his sophomore year, playing as a center, since the guard spot was taken by highly ranked senior Leslie Rockymore. He averaged 19.4 points (446 total) and 10.4 rebounds (239 total) in 23 games, winning the Public School League championship.
In his junior season, Joubert established himself as one of the best players of his class. He moved to play in the backcourt and averaged 30.6 points, scoring 825 total points in the season, one of the highest single-season marks in Michigan high school basketball history. He also posted averages of 16 rebounds and 7 assists per game, shooting 64% from the field, and won his second Public School League championship. He scored 48 points against Wyandotte in the 1982 Class A district finals; his team won, 78–59. He was described as an all-around player who could shoot, defend and score with both hands.
As a senior, Joubert was ranked among the top-5 players in the nation in the 1983 class, with some recruiting services ranking him as number 1 overall. In his senior year, he averaged 31.3 points per game (814 total points in 26 games), another of the all-time best performances in Michigan high school basketball; during the Class A playoffs he scored 44 points in the semifinal game on March 25, 1983, against Southfield, and on March 27 he scored 47 points in the final game against Flint Central. During that game, he shot 20/40 from the field; despite his scoring effort, his team lost, 80–84. His 47 points were the most scored in a state final, and the second-best behind Bob Bolton's 50 points scored in the Quarterfinals in 1956. As of 2019, this performance is third-best overall in postseason state games behind Bolton's 50 points and Keith Appling's 49 (established in 2009 in the state final). He also averaged 14 rebounds and 7 assists during his senior season.
Joubert was ranked by Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports as the 25th best player in the class of 1983. Joubert was named Michigan Mr. Basketball by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan with 576 votes, and he received first-team All-American selections by Parade and USA Today. He was also selected as a McDonald's All-American: in the 1983 game, Joubert scored 4 points, shooting 2/7 from the field.
Joubert finished his career at Southwestern with 2,208 career points over 96 total games played; at the time, he was the only player other than Magic Johnson to score 2,000 points in Michigan high school basketball history.
College career
Freshman season
Joubert was recruited by several major NCAA Division I programs and received offers from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue and UCLA. He restricted his final choice between Northwestern, Michigan, Purdue and UCLA, and signed to play for Michigan on February 20, 1983. At Michigan, Joubert found his former high school teammate Leslie Rockymore. As a freshman, Joubert started 22 of 33 games, playing 26.5 minutes and averaging 9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game; he participated in the 1984 NIT, during which he scored a then career-high 18 points (including 6/6 on free throws) against Xavier in the tournament quarterfinals, and scored 17 points against Virginia Tech in the semifinals. In the final game against Notre Dame, Joubert scored 12 points, the second-best on his team behind Roy Tarpley's 18, and Michigan won the tournament.