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St. Thomas women roar back to beat Northern Arizona
Things were looking decidedly down for the St. Thomas women at halftime of their game against the 1-7 Northern Arizona…
Has parity really reached the MIAC? (Women’s version)
With the retirement of St. Thomas from the MIAC, it has been said that the venerable conference has enjoyed greater…
Girls High School Basketball Roundup, December 1
The early season, all-star, jamboree phase of the girls high school basketball season is over. Now begins the grind, with…
Hopkins girls hammer Stevens Point 92-69
The 2nd annual Minnesota Stars Thanksgiving jamboree (I don’t think that’s it’s name, but that’s what it is) is continuing…
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What’s wrong with the Timberwolves?
Everybody is asking, What’s wrong with the Timberwolves? It’s all over the internet and talk radio/podcasts, etc. So I don’t…
Remember the old private high school state tournaments? I didn’t think so.
I’m pretty sure that not many of you remember the old Minnesota private high school basketball tournaments. They were held…
So, who the hell is Gus Young anyway? And what’s he got to do with Warroad?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I visited Gus Young Court at Gustavus Adolphus for the 1st time last…
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…
Timberwolves Update November 5 (playing the Knicks tonight)
Timberwolves Season Beginning to Come Into Focus Things have not started out quite like you’d like for the Minnesota Timberwolves,…
The 212 Conference, School Consolidation and High School Basketball in Minnesota
An interesting chapter in Minnesota high school basketball is the demise of dozens of small-town schools that had injected such…
2024-2025 Minnesota Basketball Awards, Part 4–Game of the Year
The candidates are: Providence Lions girls 66 Hopkins Royals girls 59 on December 27. Both teams went on to win…
Wolves Win Opener. Barely.
The Minnesota Timberwolves won their 2024-2025 opener. Barely, and unimpressively. OK, I get that an NBA win is an…
2024-2025 Minnesota Basketball Awards–3) Coach of the Year
2025 Coach of the Year The candidates are: Tim Bergstrasser, Minnesota State-Moorhead Dragons Men 25-9. The Dragons season was on…
2024-2025 Minnesota Basketball Awards–2) Player of the Year
2025 Player of the Year The candidates are: Amaya Battle, Minnesota Gophers Women, 5-11, point guard. Battle is the heart…
2024-2025 Minnesota Basketball Awards–1) Team of the Year
2025 Minnesota Basketball Awards It’s a little more than 3 weeks since the Minnesota Lynx season—and, ergo, the 2024-2025 basketball…
Four Takeaways from Timberwolves Preseason
Four Takeaways from Timberwolves Pre-Season 1. The Timberwolves at least superficially were not very good with 1 win and 4…
NBA 2025-2026 Preview, Part I–Da East
The Eastern Division of the NBA seems poised for a topsy-turvy season, or maybe it would be more accurate to…
NBA 2025-2026 Preview, Part I–The Timberwolves and the West
The Timberwolves open their 2025-2026 Saturday at Denver at 8 p.m. for its 1st pre-season game. Four more pre-season games…