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Re-handicapping the Big 10 women
Like the men, I handicapped the Big 10 women a month or so ago, but what the heck. They’ve all…
Re-handicapping the Big 10 men as the conference season opens
The Minnesota Gopher men open the Big 10 season this Wednesday against Michigan State at the Barn. By Saturday, 17…
Get your Hopkins-Benilde box score here!
Hopkins defeated Benilde 64-62 in the finale of the Minnesota Stars Thanksgiving jamboree at the new White Bear Lake high…
Get your Providence box score here! (Lions 71 Dowling 69)
Oh, and there’s some commentary below. These are my unofficial stats. I don’t doubt that I missed a couple. But…
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2023 MN Basketball Team of the Year Candidates
You may already have noticed that we liked the UMD Bulldogs women as our Team of the Year. They went…
2022 Hoops Awards
Well, so we were waiting on the Minnesota Lynx to make our awards and, as you know, they kinda fizzled…
The Lynx at the Halfway Point (2023)
OK, not quite halfway. The Lynx are 10-13 as of July 25. The All-Star game is come and gone, and…
Boys State Tournament Statistical Analysis
OK, one final commentary about the boys state tournament. Some of you may know that I’ve been tracking the scoring…
Boys State Tournament Preview–The Little Dogs and More fo the Big Dogs (The Pre-Tournament All-Tournament Candidates)
Ok, these guys are not the Mastiffs and the Saint Bernards but no, they’re not exactly Jack Russells and Yorkies.…
Boys State Tournament Preview –The Big Dogs
That would be Class AAAA and Class AAA. And, hey, time is tight. As some of you know, I’ve just…
The All-Around (All-Classes) Girls All-Tournament Teams and Stats Leaders 2023
First Team C–Nunu Agara, Hopkins, 6-3, sr., 15 ppg PF–Taylor Woodson, Hopkins, 6-1, sr., 22 ppg Wing–Olivia Olson, Benilde-St. Margaret’s…
The Real Girls All-Tournament Teams 2023–Class AAAA and AAA
Check out my post re. Class A and AA for my rationale for why this all-tournament team is needed, which…
The Real All-Tournament Players Girls 2023–Class A and AA
Anyone reading this post already knows who made the official all-tournament teams. This is not that. This is the real…
Hats off to Hopkins…and Providence and St. Michael-Albertville
Hopkins Vulnerable? I wrote a post a couple of days ago called “Hopkins Girls Vulnerable.” You may or may not…
Is it too soon to assess the Rudy Gobert deal?
Hey, far be it from me to say I told you so. But, well, I told you so. Well, not…
2022 Hoops Awards
Well, so we were waiting on the Minnesota Lynx to make our awards and, as you know, they kinda fizzled…
A Tribute to Bob McDonald
I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob McDonald on the occasion of his final regular season game back in 2012.…
Minneapolis Roosevelt 1956-1957 Revisited
Minneapolis Roosevelt 1956-1957 Revisited Thanks to Tom Nordland, star of Minneapolis Roosevelt’s 1956 and 1957 state championship teams, for a…
