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Gopher Men’s Roller Coaster Ride Comes to an End
Well, the Minnesota Gopher men’s roller coaster of a basketball season has come to an end with a 76-64 loss…
Here’s Our Boys All-State Tournament Teams
My All-State Tournament Teams and MVPs No automatic picks because your team won. You get team trophies for that. These…
Boys State Tournament by the Numbers
First, here are the individual statistical leaders Points All Classes–Casmir Chavis, Park Center 79 Zeke Austin Albany 76 Isaac Johnson-Arigu,…
Girls High School Basketball Season Finale
In this post–my final girls top 13 teams • my top 18 players of the year • the top 10…
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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…
Way-Too-Early 2023-2024 Preview, Part 1–The Gopher Women
Minnesota’s signature basketball teams are of course the Gophers and the Timberwolves and the Lynx–the only teams designated by the…
#1 Cherry, unbeaten Columbia Heights headline 4th annual Hall of Fame Winter Classic Saturday January 13
The 4th annual Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame Winter Classic will feature #1A-ranked Cherry vs. #14AAA, unbeaten Columbia…
#1 vs. #1 and more at the 4th Annual Hall of Fame Winter Classic Saturday January 13
#1AAAA-rated Minnetonka (10-0 as if today, Tuesday) and #1AAA DeLaSalle (8-2 as of today) headline the 4th annual Minnesota High…
Gopher women fall short to Maryland, 72-64
Looking at the stat sheet, you might say, hey, here’s a game the Gopher women could have won. I mean,…
Timberwolves hit speed bumps, but still are #1 in the West
Well, it was bound to happen. The Timberwolves were bound to hit a speed bump, sooner or later, and that…
Men, Women Sweep a Gopher-Style Doubleheader
A couple nights ago we covered a Northern Sun doubleheader in Mankato. Last night it was the Minnesota Gophers staging…
Minnesota State (Mankato) sweeps weird double-header
They had a weird double-header down in Mankato last night. Now, the Northern Sun plays the vast majority of its…
Edwards, Towns bomb the NBA’s new darlings: Minnesota 127 Indiana 109
So much for the in-season tournament. The L.A. Lakers and big, bad LeBron James rose to the spotlight as they…
Concordia St. Paul, UMD split men’s-women’s doubleheader
The Northern Sun has now been at it for almost a month and everybody’s got 5 o r 6 games…
Wisconsin “stomps” St. Thomas women 78-55
We last visited the St. Thomas women on opening night when they lost 94-59 at Drake. Last night the Wisconsin…
Gopher women survive Purdue 60-58 at the Barn
If you’re going to win in the Big 10, you probably want to win when you’re at home and your…