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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…
Minnehaha girls outlast DeLaSalle 61-58
The #3AA Minnehaha girls outlasted #3AAA DeLaSalle 61-58 at Hamline on Saturday night, Nov, 25, to help kick off the…
Providence stakes its claim as girls high school ball gets underway
Minnesota girls high school ball got underway Friday and Saturday with 7 games each day at Hamline and 12 at…
Bueckers, Connecticut Defeat Gopher Women 62-44, But Optimism Remains
More than 10,000 women’s basketball fans converged on Williams Arena to see Minnesota native and 2021 college player of the…
And, now, how about those MIAC men
St. Thomas won 7 of 8 MIAC men’s basketball titles from 2014 through 2021, then left the conference. Not only…
It’s time for an MIAC women’s preview
So I haven’t mentioned the MIAC yet. Shame on me. But, hey, defending champion Gustavus Adolphus only opened its season…
Timberwolves win streak reaches 6
Even those of you who are only casual followers of the Minnesota Timberwolves are probably aware that the Wolves are…
Gopher women rout Chicago State 100-42
One rout of a mediocre mid-major (that is, the Gopher women’s 92-57 win over Long Island last week) doesn’t prove…
Northern Sun men win 5 of 8 on Day 2
We’re continuing with the Northern Sun men today. You might recall that they swept 8 games on Friday night against…
Northern Sun men open with an 8-0 sweep of southern rivals
8 of the 9 Minnesota men in the Northern Sun conference opened 2023-2024 play Friday night (November 10) down south…
Gopher women open Plitzuweit era with 92-57 win
A season-opening win over a mid-major foe, even a season-opening 92-57 rout over such a foe, can be somewhat lacking…